Explore 2180 historical events from 1930–1939.
Irene Joan Marion Sims was an English actress and comedienne, best remembered for her roles in the Carry On franchise, appearing in 24 of the films.
Joan Sims, English actress (died 2001)
Edsger Wybe Dijkstra was a Dutch computer scientist, programmer, mathematician, and science essayist.
Edsger W
Basil Harry Losten was a bishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in the USA. He was until his death Bishop Emeritus of the Ukrainian Catholic Diocese of Stamford, Connecticut…
Basil H
George Elwood Smith was an American applied physicist and a co-inventor of the charge-coupled device (CCD). Smith shared one half of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics with Willard Bo…
George E
Douglas Leon Atkins was an American professional football defensive end who played for the Cleveland Browns, Chicago Bears, and New Orleans Saints in the National Football League (…
Doug Atkins, American football player (died 2015)
Gary Sherman Snyder is an American poet, essayist, lecturer, and environmental activist. His early poetry has been associated with the Beat Generation and the San Francisco Renaiss…
Gary Snyder, American poet, essayist, and translator
Jesús Franco Manera, also commonly known as Jess Franco, was a Spanish filmmaker, composer, and actor, known as a highly prolific director of low-budget exploitation and B-movies. …
Jesús Franco, Spanish director and screenwriter (died 2013)
Maurice Robert "Mike" Gravel was an American politician and writer who represented Alaska in the United States Senate from 1969 to 1981 as a member of the Democratic Party. He ran …
Mike Gravel, American politician (died 2021)
William Brian "Digger" James was an Australian soldier and military physician who served in the Australian Army during the Korean War and the Vietnam War.
William James, Australian general and physician (died 2015)
Jasper Johns is an American painter, sculptor, draftsman, and printmaker. Considered a central figure in the development of American postwar art, he has been variously associated w…
Jasper Johns, American painter and sculptor
Warren Bruce Rudman was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States senator from New Hampshire from 1980 to 1993. A member of the Republican Party, he was kno…
Warren Rudman, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (died 2012)
Fred Thomas Saberhagen was an American science fiction and fantasy author most famous for his Berserker series of science fiction short stories and novels.
Fred Saberhagen, American soldier and author (died 2007)
Friedrich Gulda was an Austrian pianist and composer who worked in both the classical and jazz fields.
Friedrich Gulda, Austrian pianist and composer (died 2000)
Eugene Dominic Genovese was an American historian of the American South and American slavery. He was noted for bringing a Marxist perspective to the study of power, class and relat…
Eugene Genovese, American historian and author (died 2012)
Samuel Etcheverry, nicknamed "the Rifle", was a professional American and Canadian football player and head coach. Etcheverry played the quarterback position, most famously with th…
Sam Etcheverry, American football player and coach (died 2009)
Thomas Bryant was an American jazz double-bassist.
Tommy Bryant, American bassist (died 1982)
Keith Davis was a New Zealand rugby union player who played for both New Zealand and New Zealand Māori. He played for Auckland, and won the Ranfurly Shield in his first ever provin…
Keith Davis, New Zealand rugby player (died 2019)
Lorraine Vivian Hansberry was an American playwright and writer. She was the first Black American female author to have a play performed on Broadway. Hansberry's best-known work, t…
Lorraine Hansberry, American playwright and director (died 1965)
John Malcolm Fraser was an Australian farmer and politician who was the 22nd prime minister of Australia, serving from 1975 to 1983. He held office as the leader of the Liberal Par…
Malcolm Fraser, Australian politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Australia (died 2015)
Kenneth Daniel Ball was an English jazz musician, best known as the bandleader, lead trumpet player and vocalist in Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen.
Kenny Ball, English jazz trumpet player, vocalist, and bandleader (died 2013)
Marisol Escobar, otherwise known simply as Marisol, was a Venezuelan-American sculptor born in Paris, who lived and worked in New York City. She became world-famous in the mid-1960…
Marisol Escobar, French-American sculptor (died 2016)
Harvey Bernard Milk was an American politician and the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California, as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.
Harvey Milk, American lieutenant and politician (died 1978)
Friedrich Achleitner was an Austrian poet and architecture critic. As a member of the Wiener Gruppe, he wrote concrete poems and experimental literature. His magnum opus is a multi…
Friedrich Achleitner, German poet and critic (died 2019)
Sonia Rykiel was a French fashion designer and writer. She created the Poor Boy Sweater, which was featured on the cover of French Elle magazine. Her knitwear designs and new fashi…
Sonia Rykiel, French fashion designer (died 2016)