Explore 4337 historical events from 1930–1939.
Francis Gregory Alan Morris was an American actor. He was best known for portraying Barney Collier on the television series Mission: Impossible and Lieutenant David Nelson on Vega$…
Greg Morris, American actor (died 1996)
Joseph Edward Benton is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bootle from 1990 to 2015.
Joe Benton, English soldier and politician
Miguel Ortiz Berrocal was a Spanish figurative and abstract sculptor. He is best known for his puzzle sculptures, which can be disassembled into many abstract pieces. These works a…
Miguel Ortiz Berrocal, Spanish sculptor and educator (died 2006)
"Country" Johnny Mathis was an American country music singer and songwriter. He was a successful solo performer and one half of the duo Jimmy & Johnny. Mathis is credited with penn…
Johnny "Country" Mathis, American singer-songwriter (died 2011)
Samora Moisés Machel was a Mozambican politician and revolutionary who served as the first President of Mozambique from the country's independence in 1975 until his death in the 19…
Samora Machel, Mozambican commander and politician, 1st President of Mozambique (died 1986)
Mars Zakirovich Rafikov was a Soviet cosmonaut who was dismissed from the Soviet space program for disciplinary reasons.
Mars Rafikov, Soviet pilot and cosmonaut (died 2000)
Emily "Cissy" Houston was an American soul and gospel singer and choir director. Nicknamed The Duchess of Gospel, she is best known as the mother of American singer and actress Whi…
Cissy Houston, American singer (died 2024)
Sir John Bertrand Gurdon was a British developmental biologist, best known for his pioneering research in Cellular differentiation and nuclear transplantation and cloning.
John Gurdon, English biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2025)
David Troy Somerville was a Canadian singer best known as the co-founder, and original lead singer, of The Diamonds, one of the most popular vocal groups of the 1950s.
Dave Somerville, Canadian singer (died 2015)
Neale Andrew Fraser, was an Australian champion tennis player. Fraser is the most recent man to have completed the triple crown, which he did in 1959 and 1960 at the U.S. National …
Neale Fraser, Australian tennis player (died 2024)
German Molina Moreno, also known as Kuya Germs and dubbed as "The Master Showman", was a Filipino television host, presenter, actor, comedian, talent manager, producer, writer, and…
German Moreno, Filipino television host and actor (died 2016)
Ann Thwaite is a British writer who is the author of five major biographies. A.A. Milne: His Life was the Whitbread Biography of the Year, 1990. Edmund Gosse: A Literary Landscape …
Ann Thwaite, English author
Doug Bailey was an American political consultant and founder of The Hotline, a bipartisan, daily briefing on American politics.
Doug Bailey, American political consultant, founded The Hotline (died 2013)
Billy Lee Riley was an American musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer. His most memorable recordings include "Rock With Me Baby", "Flyin' Saucers Rock and Roll" and "Red…
Billy Lee Riley, American rockabilly musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer (died 2009)
Nizam Mir Barkat Ali Khan Siddiqi Mukarram Jah, Asaf Jah VIII, less formally known as Mukarram Jah, was the titular Nizam of Hyderabad between 1967 and 1971. He was the head of the…
Prince Mukarram Jah, 8th Nizam of Hyderabad (died 2023)
Harold Glenn Dunaway was an American stock car and sprint car driver. He made one start in the NASCAR Grand National Series.
Harold Dunaway, American race car driver and pilot (died 2012)
Sir Peter Mansfield was an English physicist who was awarded the 2003 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, shared with Paul Lauterbur, for discoveries concerning Magnetic Resonan…
Peter Mansfield, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2017)
Melvin Sokolsky was an American photographer and film director.
Melvin Sokolsky, American fashion photographer (died 2022)
William Edward Tidy, MBE was a British cartoonist, writer and television personality, known chiefly for his comic strips. He was noted for his charitable work, particularly for the…
Bill Tidy, English soldier and cartoonist (died 2023)
Thomas John Kummer, known professionally as Jay Sebring, was an American celebrity hair stylist, and the founder of the hairstyling corporation Sebring International. Sebring was m…
Jay Sebring, American hair stylist and businessman (died 1969)
Guido Molinari L.L. D. was a Canadian artist, known nationally and internationally for his serial abstract paintings and their dynamic interplay of colours and focus on modular sha…
Guido Molinari, Canadian painter and art collector (died 2004)
Raynald Fréchette was a Quebec lawyer, judge and political figure.
Raynald Fréchette, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (died 2007)
Leroy Nicholas Barnes was an American crime boss, active in New York City during the 1970s.
Nicky Barnes, American drug lord (died 2012)
Nobuyo Yamashita , known professionally as Nobuyo Ōyama , was a Japanese actress last affiliated with Actors Seven. Her husband was actor and television personality Keisuke Sagawa.…
Nobuyo Ōyama, Japanese voice actress (died 2024)