Explore 4337 historical events from 1930–1939.
John Kilian Houston Brunner was a British author of science fiction novels and stories. His 1968 novel Stand on Zanzibar, about an overpopulated world, won the 1969 Hugo Award for …
John Brunner, English-Scottish author and screenwriter (died 1995)
John Kasmin is a British art dealer and collector, also known as "Kas".
John Kasmin, English art dealer
Bernard Nevill FRSA FCSD was a British designer and academic, formerly a professor at Saint Martin's School of Art and design director for Liberty of London.
Bernard Nevill, English painter, designer, and academic (died 2019)
Robert Lee "Chick" Willis was an American blues singer and guitarist, who performed and recorded from the 1950s to the 2000s.
Chick Willis, American singer and guitarist (died 2013)
Manfred Hermann Wörner was a German politician and diplomat. He served as the defence minister of West Germany between 1982 and 1988. He then served as the seventh secretary genera…
Manfred Wörner, German politician and diplomat, 7th Secretary General of NATO (died 1994)
Donald Wrye was an American director, screenwriter and producer.
Donald Wrye, American director, screenwriter, and producer (died 2015)
Neil Chapman Coles, MBE is an English professional golfer. Coles had a successful career in European golf, winning 29 important tournaments between 1956 and 1982. After reaching 50…
Neil Coles, English golfer and architect
Claude Miller Jarman Jr. was an American actor. He became a child star with his role as Jody Baxter in The Yearling (1946), for which he won an Academy Juvenile Award. Further role…
Claude Jarman, Jr., American actor and producer (died 2025)
Anthony Wilford Brimley was an American actor. After serving in the U.S. Marine Corps and working odd jobs in the 1950s, Brimley started working as an extra and stuntman in Western…
Wilford Brimley, American actor (died 2020)
Richard Jay Schaap was an American sportswriter, broadcaster, and author.
Dick Schaap, American sportscaster and author (died 2001)
Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot, often referred to by her initials B.B., was a French actress, singer, model, and animal rights activist. She became one of the best-known symbols of the…
Brigitte Bardot, French actress and animal rights activist (died 2025)
Mihaly Robert Csikszentmihalyi was a Hungarian-American psychologist. He recognized and named the psychological concept of "flow", a highly focused mental state conducive to creati…
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Hungarian-American psychologist and academic (died 2021)
Stuart M. Kaminsky was an American mystery writer and film professor. He is known for three long-running series of mystery novels featuring the protagonists Toby Peters, a private …
Stuart M. Kaminsky, American author and screenwriter (died 2009)
Alan A'Court was an English professional footballer who mostly played for Liverpool. He gained five caps for England and represented the nation at the 1958 FIFA World Cup.
Alan A'Court, English footballer and manager (died 2009)
Udo Jürgens was an Austrian composer and singer of popular music whose career spanned over 50 years. He won the Eurovision Song Contest 1966 for Austria, composed close to 1,000 so…
Udo Jürgens, Austrian-Swiss singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2014)
Anna Kashfi was an Anglo-Indian actress who had a brief Hollywood career in the 1950s but was better known for her tumultuous marriage to film star Marlon Brando and the controvers…
Anna Kashfi, Indian-American actress (died 2015)
Richard Rashleigh Folliott Scott, Baron Scott of Foscote, is a British judge, who formerly held the office of Lord of Appeal in Ordinary.
Richard Scott, Baron Scott of Foscote, English lawyer and judge
Robert Earl Wilson was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played all or part of eleven seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers (196…
Earl Wilson, American baseball player (died 2005)
Benjamin Aaron Boretz is an American composer and music theorist.
Benjamin Boretz, American composer and theorist
Emilio Botín-Sanz de Sautuola y García de los Ríos, iure uxoris Marquess of O'Shea was a Spanish banker. He was the executive chairman of Spain's Grupo Santander. In 1993 his bank …
Emilio Botín, Spanish banker and businessman (died 2014)
Miguel-Ángel Cárdenas, also known as Michel Cardena, was a Colombian-Dutch Nouveau réalisme and pop art painter and a pioneer of video art in the Netherlands. His works cover a var…
Miguel-Ángel Cárdenas, Colombian-Dutch painter and illustrator (died 2015)
Harold Henning was a South African professional golfer. He played on the PGA Tour and the Senior PGA Tour. He won professional tournaments on the highest level in Africa, Australia…
Harold Henning, South African golfer (died 2004)
Simon Hepworth Nicholson was a British painter and sculptor. He was the son of sculptor Barbara Hepworth and her second husband, artist Ben Nicholson.
Simon Nicholson, English sculptor and painter (died 1990)
Robert Lee "Sam" Huff was an American professional football player whose frequent battles against Cleveland Browns star fullback Jim Brown made him the first member of the defense …
Sam Huff, American football player, coach, and sportscaster (died 2021)