Explore 4336 historical events from 1930–1939.
Gerald Stairs "Gerry" Merrithew, born in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, was an educator, provincial and federal politician, and statesman.
Gerald Merrithew, Canadian educator and politician (died 2004)
Dame Elizabeth Violet Blackadder, Mrs Houston, was a Scottish painter and printmaker. She was the first woman to be elected to both the Royal Scottish Academy and the Royal Academy…
Elizabeth Blackadder, Scottish painter and printmaker (died 2021)
Brian Lester Glanville was an English football writer and novelist. He was described by The Times as "the doyen of football writers—arguably the finest football writer of his—or an…
Brian Glanville, English journalist and author (died 2025)
George Kenneth Hotson Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie, Baron Younger of Prestwick, was a British Conservative Party politician and banker. He was the Member of Parliament (…
George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie, Scottish banker and politician, Secretary of State for Defence (died…
Cardiss Hortense Collins was an American politician from Illinois who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1973 to 1997. A member of the Democratic Party, she …
Cardiss Collins, American lawyer and politician (died 2013)
Anthony Newley was an English actor, director, comedian, singer, and composer. A "latter-day British Al Jolson", he achieved widespread success in song, and on stage and screen. "O…
Anthony Newley, English singer and actor (died 1999)
Michael Johnson Parkes was a British racing driver and engineer, who competed in Formula One at six Grands Prix from 1966 to 1967. In endurance racing, Parkes won the 12 Hours of S…
Mike Parkes, English race car driver (died 1977)
Manouchehr Atashi was a Persian poet, writer, and journalist of Kurdish descent.
Manouchehr Atashi, Iranian journalist and poet (died 2005)
Bryan John Birch FRS is a British mathematician. His name has been given to the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture.
Bryan John Birch, English mathematician and scholar
Kenneth Eugene Parnell was an American sex offender, child rapist, and kidnapper who abducted 7-year-old Steven Stayner in Merced, California, in 1972 and 5-year-old Timothy White …
Kenneth Parnell, American sex offender (died 2008)
Freddy Quinn is a former Austrian singer and actor whose popularity in the German-speaking world soared in the late 1950s and 1960s. As Hans Albers had done two generations before …
Freddy Quinn, Austrian singer, guitarist, and actor
James Watson Cronin was an American particle physicist.
James Cronin, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2016)
Kerstin Anita Marianne Ekberg was a Swedish actress active in American and European films, known for her beauty and curvaceous figure. She became prominent in her iconic role as Sy…
Anita Ekberg, Swedish-Italian model and actress (died 2015)
Joseph Michael McDade was an American politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives, having represented Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district.
Joseph M. McDade, American politician (died 2017)
Angeline Dickinson is an American retired actress. She began her career on television, appearing in many anthology series during the 1950s, before gaining her breakthrough role in …
Angie Dickinson, American actress
Teresa Ellen Gorman was a British politician. She was Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Billericay, in the county of Essex, from 1987 to 2001 when she stood down. She was …
Teresa Gorman, English educator and politician (died 2015)
Sylvano Bussotti was an Italian composer of contemporary classical music and also a painter, set and costume designer, opera director and manager, and writer and professor. His com…
Sylvano Bussotti, Italian violinist and composer (died 2021)
Mohammad Anwar Shamim was a former fighter pilot who was the Chief of Air Staff of the Pakistan Air Force, serving in the post from 1978 until retiring in 1985.
Anwar Shamim, Pakistani general (died 2013)
Alan Cyril Wagner was an American television executive, radio personality, writer, and opera historian and critic. He served as the East Coast vice president of programming at CBS …
Alan Wagner, American radio host and critic (died 2007)
Glenn Henry Hall was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. During his National Hockey League career, which lasted from 1952 to 1971 with the Detroit Red Wings, Chicago Bla…
Glenn Hall, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2026)
Robert Ralph Skinner was an American professional baseball left fielder, first baseman, manager, coach and scout. He played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsb…
Bob Skinner, American baseball player (died 2026)
Sir Terence Orby Conran was a British designer, restaurateur, retailer and writer. He founded the household retailer Habitat in 1964, and the Design Museum in Shad Thames, London, …
Terence Conran, English designer and businessman (died 2020)
Basil Lewis D'Oliveira CBE OIS was an England international cricketer of South African Cape Coloured background, whose potential selection by England for the scheduled 1968–69 tour…
Basil D'Oliveira, South African-English cricketer and footballer (died 2011)
Richard McKay Rorty was an American philosopher, historian of ideas, and public intellectual. Educated at the University of Chicago and Yale University, Rorty's academic career inc…
Richard Rorty, American philosopher and author (died 2007)