Explore 1255 historical events from 1930–1939.
Kenneth Geddes "Ken" Wilson was an American theoretical physicist and a pioneer in using computers for studying particle physics. He was awarded the 1982 Nobel Prize in Physics for…
Kenneth G
Nell Mary Dunn is an English playwright, screenwriter and author. She is known especially for a volume of short stories, Up the Junction, and a novel, Poor Cow.
Nell Dunn, English playwright, screenwriter and author
Michael O'Dwyer was an Irish Gaelic football manager and player. He most famously managed the senior Kerry county team between 1974 and 1989, during which time he became the county…
Mick O'Dwyer, Irish Gaelic footballer and manager (died 2025)
Sir George Charles Radda was a Hungarian-British chemist.
George Radda, Hungarian chemist and academic
Renaldo "Obie" Benson was an American soul and R&B singer and songwriter. He was best known as a founding member and the bass singer of Motown group the Four Tops, which he joined …
Renaldo Benson, American singer-songwriter (died 2005)
Rut Irmelin Sandman Lilius is a Swedish-speaking Finnish writer.
Irmelin Sandman Lilius, Finnish author, poet, and translator
William Joseph Levada was an American Catholic prelate who served as prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith from 2005 to 2012. During that time, he was the highe…
William Levada, American cardinal (died 2019)
Vern Harper Vernon Harper born on June 17, 1936 in Regent Park Toronto, Ontario – May 12, 2018) was a Canadian First Nations Cree Elder, medicine man, and Aboriginal rights activis…
Vern Harper, Canadian tribal leader and activist (died 2018)
Kenneth Charles Loach is a retired English filmmaker. His socially critical directing style and socialist views are evident in his film treatment of social issues such as poverty, …
Ken Loach, English director, producer, and screenwriter
Denis Clive Hulme was a New Zealand racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1965 to 1974. Nicknamed "the Bear", Hulme won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 196…
Denny Hulme, New Zealand race car driver (died 1992)
Ronald Runaldo Venetiaan was a Surinamese politician who served as President of Suriname between 1991 and 1996, and between 2000 and 2010.
Ronald Venetiaan, Surinamese politician, 6th President of Suriname (died 2025)
Marisa Galvany is an American soprano who had an active international career performing in operas and concerts up into the early 2000s. Known for the great intensity of her perform…
Marisa Galvany, American soprano and actress
Billy Guy was an American singer, best known as a lead singer for the Coasters. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987.
Billy Guy, American singer (died 2002)
Enn Vetemaa was an Estonian writer sometimes referred to as a "forgotten classic", as well as "the unofficial master of the Estonian Modernist short novel".
Enn Vetemaa, Estonian author and screenwriter (died 2017)
Charles Joseph Marie Ruijs de Beerenbrouck was a Dutch politician of the Roman Catholic State Party (RKSP). He served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 9 September 1918 …
Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck, Dutch lawyer and politician, 28th Prime Minister of the Netherlands (born 1873)
Milton Brown was an American band leader and vocalist who co-founded the genre of Western swing. His band was the first to fuse hillbilly hokum, jazz, and pop together into a uniqu…
Milton Brown, American singer and bandleader (born 1903)
Ottorino Respighi was an Italian composer, violinist, teacher, and musicologist and one of the leading Italian composers of the early 20th century. His compositions range over oper…
Ottorino Respighi, Italian composer and conductor (born 1879)
Teresa de la Parra was a Venezuelan novelist.
Teresa de la Parra, French-Venezuelan author (born 1889)
Wajed Ali Khan Panni, also known by his daak naam Chand Mian, was a Bengali politician, educationist and the zamindar of Karatia.
Wajed Ali Khan Panni, Bengali aristocrat and philanthropist (born 1871)
Karl Pearson was an English biostatistician and mathematician. He has been credited with establishing the discipline of mathematical statistics. He founded the world's first univer…
Karl Pearson, English mathematician and academic (born 1857)
Fuad I was the Sultan and later King of Egypt and the Sudan. The ninth ruler of Egypt and Sudan from the Muhammad Ali dynasty, he became Sultan in 1917, succeeding his elder brothe…
Fuad I of Egypt (born 1868)
Field Marshal Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, was a senior British Army officer and imperial governor. He fought in the Second Boer War and in the First World Wa…
Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, English field marshal and diplomat, British High Commissioner in Egypt (born 1861)
Panagis Tsaldaris was a Greek politician who served as Prime Minister of Greece twice. He was a revered conservative politician and leader for many years (1922–1936) of the conserv…
Panagis Tsaldaris, Greek lawyer and politician, 124th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1868)
Leonidas Paraskevopoulos was a Greek military officer and politician. He played a major role in Greece's war effort during the First World War, and was the commander-in-chief of th…
Leonidas Paraskevopoulos, Greek general and politician (born 1860)