Explore 4337 historical events from 1930–1939.
Degaga "Mamo" Wolde was an Ethiopian long-distance runner who competed in track, cross-country, and road running events. He was the winner of the marathon at the 1968 Summer Olympi…
Mamo Wolde, Ethiopian runner (died 2002)
Raymond Hervey Jolliffe, 5th Baron Hylton, ARICS, DL, is a British peer and landowner. He was one of 92 hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords after the passing o…
Raymond Jolliffe, 5th Baron Hylton, English politician
Robert Emmett McGrath was an American actor, singer, and children's author best known for playing original human character and music teacher Bob Johnson on the educational televisi…
Bob McGrath, American singer and actor (died 2022)
William Williams was an American professional baseball player. He appeared in four Major League Baseball (MLB) games for the 1969 Seattle Pilots. Williams also had an extensive min…
Billy Williams, American baseball player and coach (died 2013)
David Alliance, Baron Alliance, was an Iranian businessman and Liberal Democrat politician.
David Alliance, Baron Alliance, Iranian-English businessman and politician (died 2025)
Mario Matthew Cuomo was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 52nd governor of New York for three terms, from 1983 to 1995. A member of the Democratic Party, Cuomo pr…
Mario Cuomo, American lawyer and politician, 52nd Governor of New York (died 2015)
Zia Fariduddin Dagar was an Indian classical vocalist belonging to the Dhrupad tradition, the oldest existing form of north Indian classical music. He was part of the Dagar family …
Zia Fariduddin Dagar, Indian singer (died 2013)
Bernie Faloney was a professional football player in the Canadian Football League and an outstanding American college football player for the Maryland Terrapins. Born in Carnegie, …
Bernie Faloney, American-Canadian football player and sportscaster (died 1999)
George Derek Ibbotson was an English runner who excelled in athletics in the 1950s. His most famous achievement was setting a new world record in the mile in 1957.
Derek Ibbotson, English runner (died 2017)
John Patrick Murtha Jr. was an American politician and Marine Corps officer. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district in the Unit…
John Murtha, American colonel and politician (died 2010)
Dudley Robert Herschbach is an American chemist at Harvard University. He won the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry jointly with Yuan T. Lee and John C. Polanyi "for their contribution…
Dudley R
Sir Geoffrey William Hill, FRSL was an English poet, professor emeritus of English literature and religion, and former co-director of the Editorial Institute, at Boston University.…
Geoffrey Hill, English poet and academic (died 2016)
Anna Maria Pierangeli, known internationally by the stage name Pier Angeli, was an Italian actress, model and singer. She won the Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress for her debut ro…
Pier Angeli, Italian actress, twin sister to Marisa Pavan (died 1971)
José Sanchis Grau was a Spanish comic book writer. He also worked for Editorial Bruguera and Spanish children comics in general. He was the creator of strips like Pumby (1954) and …
José Sanchis Grau, Spanish author and illustrator (died 2011)
Maria Luisa Pierangeli, known professionally as Marisa Pavan, was an Italian and French actress who first became known as the twin sister of film star Pier Angeli before achieving …
Marisa Pavan, Italian actress, twin sister to Pier Angeli (died 2023)
Robert Ivanovich Rozhdestvensky was a Soviet-Russian poet and songwriter who broke with socialist realism in the 1950s–1960s during the Khrushchev Thaw and, along with such poets a…
Robert Rozhdestvensky, Russian poet and author (died 1994)
Sir Bernard Ingham was a British journalist and civil servant. He was Margaret Thatcher's chief press secretary throughout her time as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 197…
Bernard Ingham, English journalist and civil servant (died 2023)
Boris Claudio "Lalo" Schifrin was an Argentine and American pianist, composer, arranger and conductor. Initially prominent as a jazz composer, he was best known for his large body …
Lalo Schifrin, Argentinian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 2025)
Ocie Lee Smith, known professionally as O. C. Smith, was an American singer. His recording of "Little Green Apples" went to number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1968 and sold over …
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Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary was the second wife of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and Queen of Iran from 1951 to 1958. Their marriage suffered many pressures, particularly when it beca…
Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari, Princess of Iran (died 2001)
Evgenij Ivanovich Kychanov was a Soviet-Russian orientalist, an expert on the Tangut people and their mediaeval Xi Xia Empire. From 1997 to 2003 he served as the director of the Sa…
Yevgeny Kychanov, Russian orientalist, historian, and academic (died 2013)
Amrish Puri was an Indian actor, who was one of the most notable and important figures in Indian cinema and theatre. He acted in more than 450 films, and established himself as one…
Amrish Puri, Indian actor (died 2005)
June Marie Salter was an Australian actress and author prominent in theatre and television. She is best known for her character roles, in particular as schoolteacher Elizabeth McKe…
June Salter, Australian actress (died 2001)
Prunella Margaret Rumney West, known professionally as Prunella Scales, was an English actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Sybil Fawlty in the BBC television sitcom Faw…
Prunella Scales, English actress (died 2025)