Explore 2813 historical events from 1930–1939.
George Philip "Phil" Bryant was an American archer who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. He later became President of the Organising Committee for the Olympic Games for the 193…
George Bryant, American archer (born 1878)
Sir Muhammad Iqbal was an Islamic philosopher and poet. His poetry in Urdu is considered to be among the greatest of the 20th century, and his vision of a cultural and political id…
Allama Muhammad Iqbal, Pakistani National philosopher and poet (born 1877)
George Grey Barnard, often written George Gray Barnard, was an American sculptor who trained in Paris. He is especially noted for his heroic sized Struggle of the Two Natures in Ma…
George Grey Barnard, American sculptor (born 1863)
Edmund Gustav Albrecht Husserl was an Austrian-German philosopher and mathematician who established the school of phenomenology.
Edmund Husserl, Czech mathematician and philosopher (born 1859)
Kanō Jigorō was a Japanese judoka, educator, politician, and the founder of judo. Judo was one of the first Japanese martial arts to gain widespread international recognition, and…
Kanō Jigorō, Japanese founder of judo (born 1860)
Carl von Ossietzky was a German journalist and pacifist. He was the recipient of the 1935 Nobel Peace Prize for his work in exposing the clandestine German rearmament.
Carl von Ossietzky, German journalist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1889)
Octavian Goga was a Romanian far-right politician, poet, and writer who served as Prime Minister of Romania.
Octavian Goga, Romanian politician, former Prime Minister (born 1881)
Thomas Barfoed Thrige was a Danish entrepreneur, industrialist and businessman. In 1894, he started the company Thomas B. Thrige, a manufacturer of electric motors, now known as T-…
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George Seymour Lyon was a Canadian golfer, an Olympic gold medalist in golf, an eight-time Canadian Amateur Championship winner, and a member of Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. He wo…
George Lyon, Canadian golfer and cricketer (born 1858)
Charles-Édouard Guillaume was a Swiss physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1920 "for the service he had rendered to precision measurements in physics by his discove…
Charles Édouard Guillaume, Swiss-French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1861)
Jakob Ehrlich was an early Zionist and leader of the Jewish Community in Vienna, Austria. Ehrlich represented the city's 180,000 Jewish citizens in the city government before World…
Jakob Ehrlich, Czech-Austrian academic and politician (born 1877)
Joseph Baermann Strauss was an American structural engineer who revolutionized the design of bascule bridges. He was the chief engineer of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, …
Joseph Strauss, American engineer, co designed The Golden Gate Bridge (born 1870)
Frederick Ruple was a 20th-century Swiss-American painter, primarily of portraits. He was commissioned to paint Confederate Civil War battle scenes and murals. At times Ruple lived…
Frederick Ruple, Swiss-American painter (born 1871)
John Joseph Flanagan was an Irish-American three-time Olympic gold medalist in the hammer throw, winning in 1900, 1904, and 1908.
John Flanagan, Irish-American hammer thrower and tug of war competitor (born 1873)
William James Glackens was an American realist painter and one of the founders of the Ashcan School, which rejected the formal boundaries of artistic beauty laid down by the conser…
William Glackens, American painter and illustrator (born 1870)
Edmund Josef von Horváth was an Austro-Hungarian playwright and novelist who wrote in German, and went by the nom de plume Ödön von Horváth. He was one of the most critically admir…
Ödön von Horváth, Croatian-French author and playwright (born 1901)
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner was a German expressionist painter and printmaker. He was one of the founders of the artists group Die Brücke or "The Bridge", a key group leading to the foun…
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German painter and illustrator (born 1880)
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis, better known as C. J. Dennis, was an Australian poet and journalist known for his best-selling verse novel The Songs of a Sentimental Blok…
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James Weldon Johnson was an American writer and civil rights activist. He was married to civil rights activist Grace Nail Johnson. Johnson was a leader of the National Association …
James Weldon Johnson, American poet, lawyer and politician (born 1871)
Myra Abigail Pratt née Pankhurst and formerly Wright, later Daria, Princess Karageorgevich was an American golfer who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics representing France. She …
Daria Pratt, American golfer (born 1859)
Otto Bauer was an Austrian politician who was one of the founders and leading thinkers of the Austromarxists who sought a middle ground between social democracy and revolutionary s…
Otto Bauer, Austrian philosopher and politician, Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1881)
Benjamin Nathan Cardozo was an American lawyer and jurist who served on the New York Court of Appeals from 1914 to 1932 and as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Unit…
Benjamin N. Cardozo, American lawyer and jurist (born 1870)
Arthur Barclay was the 15th president of Liberia from 1904 to 1912.
Arthur Barclay, 15th president of Liberia (born 1854)
Marie was the last queen consort of Romania from 10 October 1914 to 20 July 1927 as the wife of King Ferdinand I.
Marie of Romania (born 1875)