Explore 4336 historical events from 1930–1939.
Rosalie Alma Gower was a Canadian nurse who became a city councilor in Vernon, British Columbia, and later a commissioner of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Co…
Rosalie Gower, Canadian nurse and politician (died 2013)
Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh was a Russian-born Soviet astronomer and discoverer of minor planets and comets at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Nauchnyi, Crimea.
Nikolai Chernykh, Russian astronomer (died 2004)
Eileen Derbyshire is a retired English actress, best known for her role as Emily Bishop in the long-running ITV soap opera Coronation Street. She played the character for 55 years …
Eileen Derbyshire, English actress
Riccardo Giacconi was an Italian-American Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist who laid down the foundations of X-ray astronomy. He was a professor at the Johns Hopkins University.
Riccardo Giacconi, Italian-American astrophysicist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2018)
Lowell Gibbs "Cotton" Fitzsimmons was an American college and NBA basketball coach. A native of Bowling Green, Missouri, he attended and played basketball at Hannibal-LaGrange Juni…
Cotton Fitzsimmons, American basketball player and coach (died 2004)
Thomas Edison Lewis was an American gridiron football player. He played fullback for the Alabama Crimson Tide.
Tommy Lewis, American football player and coach (died 2014)
Kalasuri Ratnadurai Sivagurunathan was a Sri Lankan journalist, lawyer, academic and editor of Thinakaran.
R. Sivagurunathan, Sri Lankan journalist, lawyer, and academic (died 2003)
Desmond Mpilo Tutu was a South African Anglican bishop and theologian, known for his work as an anti-apartheid and human rights activist. He was Bishop of Johannesburg from 1985 to…
Desmond Tutu, South African archbishop and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2021)
William Dallas Fyfe Brown was a Scottish football goalkeeper.
Bill Brown, Scottish footballer (died 2004)
Anthony George Booth was an English actor, often known for his role as Mike Rawlins in the BBC series Till Death Us Do Part. He would become the father-in-law of the prime minister…
Tony Booth, English actor (died 2017)
Ole-Johan Dahl was a Norwegian computer scientist. Dahl was a professor of computer science at the University of Oslo and is considered to be one of the fathers of Simula and objec…
Ole-Johan Dahl, Norwegian computer scientist and academic, co-developed Simula (died 2002)
Raymond Kopa was a French professional footballer, integral to the France national team of the 1950s. At the club level he played primarily for Reims but also for Real Madrid teams…
Raymond Kopa, French footballer (died 2017)
Valery Aleksandrovich Klimov was a Soviet violinist.
Valery Klimov, Ukrainian-Russian violinist and educator (died 2022)
Edwin Lee Mathews was an American professional baseball third baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 17 seasons for the Boston / Milwaukee / Atlanta Braves (1952–196…
Eddie Mathews, American baseball player and manager (died 2001)
Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam was an Indian aerospace engineer and science administrator who served as president of India from 2002 to 2007. The Government of India honoured …
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Indian engineer, academic, and politician, 11th President of India (died 2015)
Pauline Perry, Baroness Perry of Southwark is an educator, educationist, academic, and activist. She is a Conservative politician and was for 25 years a working member of the Briti…
Pauline Perry, Baroness Perry of Southwark, English academic and politician
Charles Wendell Colson, generally referred to as Chuck Colson, was an American attorney and political advisor who served as Special Counsel to President Richard Nixon from 1969 to …
Charles Colson, American lawyer and politician (died 2012)
Phillip Wayne "Bear" Underwood, known as P. W. Underwood, was an American gridiron football player and coach. He was the head coach of the Southern Miss Golden Eagles from 1969 to …
P. W. Underwood, American football player and coach (died 2013)
José Alencar Gomes da Silva was a Brazilian businessman, entrepreneur and politician who served as the 23rd vice president of Brazil from 1 January 2003 to 1 January 2011. In busin…
José Alencar, Brazilian businessman and politician (died 2011)
Ernst Hinterberger was an Austrian writer of novels, particularly detective novels, plays and successful sitcoms. His first TV scripts were unusual for their use of genuine Vienna …
Ernst Hinterberger, Austrian author and playwright (died 2012)
Anatoly Ignatovich Pristavkin was a Russian writer and public figure.
Anatoly Pristavkin, Russian writer (died 2008)
Christiern Gunnar Albertson was a New York City-based jazz journalist, writer and record producer.
Chris Albertson, Icelandic-American historian, journalist, and producer (died 2019)
Edward Randolph Emberley is an American artist and illustrator, best known for children's picture books.
Ed Emberley, American author and illustrator
Atsushi Miyagi was a Japanese tennis player.
Atsushi Miyagi, Japanese tennis player (died 2021)