Explore 4336 historical events from 1930–1939.
Elsa Lystad was a Norwegian film and stage actress. She was a recipient of the Leonard Statuette, the King's Medal of Merit, the Amanda Honorary Award, and Gullruten.
Elsa Lystad, Norwegian actress (died 2023)
Roy Alastair McLean was a South African cricketer who played in 40 Test matches between 1951 and 1964. A stroke-playing middle-order batsman, he scored over 2,000 Test runs, but ma…
Roy McLean, South African cricketer and rugby player (died 2007)
Henry Mobley was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and composer. Mobley was described by Leonard Feather as the "middleweight champion of the tenor saxophone", a metaphor used to …
Hank Mobley, American saxophonist and composer (died 1986)
Kailasam Balachander was an Indian playwright, film director, film producer, screenwriter and actor who worked mainly in the Tamil cinema. He was well known for his distinct film-m…
K. Balachander, Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2014)
Janice Richmond "Jan" Lourie is an American computer scientist and graphic artist. In the late 1960s she was a pioneer in CAD/CAM for the textile industry. She is best known for in…
Janice Lourie, American computer scientist and graphic artist
Margot Patricia "Pat" Newcomb Wigan is an American publicist and producer. After working for Pierre Salinger, she was hired by the agency of Arthur P. Jacobs and briefly represente…
Patricia Newcomb, American publicist
Andrew Bruce Boa was a Canadian actor, who found success playing the token American in British films and television, usually playing military types. Boa's most notable film role is…
Bruce Boa, Canadian actor (died 2004)
Janette Dexter Sherman was a physician, toxicologist, author, and activist in the U.S. She researched pesticides, nuclear radiation, birth defects, breast cancer, and illnesses ca…
Janette Sherman, American physician, author, and pioneer in occupational and environmental health (died 2019)
Josephine Veasey CBE was a British mezzo-soprano, particularly associated with Wagner and Berlioz roles.
Josephine Veasey, English soprano and actress (died 2022)
John Chaloner Alabaster was a New Zealand cricketer who played 21 Test matches for the country's national team between 1955 and 1972. A leg-spin bowler, he was the only New Zealand…
Jack Alabaster, New Zealand cricketer (died 2024)
Murphy James "Mike" Foster Jr. was an American businessman and politician who served as the 53rd governor of Louisiana from 1996 to 2004.
Mike Foster, American politician, 53rd Governor of Louisiana (died 2020)
Trevor Storer was a British businessman and founder of the Pukka Pies company in 1963, which was originally called Trevor Storer's Home Made Pies. He was the author of Bread Salesm…
Trevor Storer, English businessman, founded Pukka Pies (died 2013)
Harold Bloom was an American literary critic and the Sterling Professor of humanities at Yale University. In 2017, Bloom was called "probably the most famous literary critic in the…
Harold Bloom, American literary critic (died 2019)
Ezra Feivel Vogel was an American sociologist who wrote on modern Japan, China, and Korea. He was Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences at Harvard University.
Ezra Vogel, American sociologist (died 2020)
Gordon Edward Pinsent was a Canadian actor, writer, director, and singer. He was known for his roles in numerous productions, including Away from Her, The Rowdyman, John and the Mi…
Gordon Pinsent, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2023)
Guy Camille Ligier was a French racing driver and team owner. He maintained many varied and successful careers over the course of his life, including rugby player, butcher, racing …
Guy Ligier, French race car driver and team owner (died 2015)
Samuel Eldred Greenlee, Jr. was an American writer of fiction and poetry. He is best known for his novel The Spook Who Sat by the Door, first published in March 1969 in London by t…
Sam Greenlee, American author and poet (died 2014)
Naomi Shemer was an Israeli songwriter, composer, and performer, widely described as the "first lady of Israeli song". She became one of the most influential figures in modern Hebr…
Naomi Shemer, Israeli singer-songwriter (died 2004)
Polly Bergen was an American actress, singer, television host, writer, and entrepreneur.
Polly Bergen, American actress and singer (died 2014)
Benoît Sinzogan was a Beninese military officer and politician, best known for leading his country's gendarmerie in the late 1960s. He was a member of the Fon ethnic group, which d…
Benoît Sinzogan, Beninese military officer and politician (died 2021)
Jacques Derrida was a French philosopher. He developed the philosophy of deconstruction, which he applied in some of his texts, and which he developed through close readings of the…
Jacques Derrida, Algerian-French philosopher and academic (died 2004)
Richard Garneau, was a Canadian sports journalist and writer in Quebec.
Richard Garneau, Canadian journalist and sportscaster (died 2013)
Stephen Smale is an American mathematician, known for his research in topology, dynamical systems and mathematical economics. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1966 and spent more…
Stephen Smale, American mathematician and computer scientist
Einosuke Akiya is a Japanese Buddhist leader. He was the fifth president of Soka Gakkai from 18 July 1981 to 9 November 2006. After his resignation from that position, he became t…
Einosuke Akiya, Japanese Buddhist leader