Explore 1255 historical events from 1930–1939.
Willie Hugh Nelson is an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, actor, and activist. He was one of the main figures of the outlaw country subgenre that developed in the late 1960s…
Willie Nelson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer and actor
Harry Kenneth Woolf, Baron Woolf is a British life peer and retired barrister and judge. He was Master of the Rolls from 1996 until 2000 and Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales…
Harry Woolf, Baron Woolf, English lawyer and judge, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
James Joseph Brown was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, musician, and record producer. The central progenitor of funk music and a major figure of 20th-century music, he is r…
James Brown, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (died 2006)
Steven Weinberg was an American theoretical physicist. He shared the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics with Abdus Salam and Sheldon Glashow "for their contributions to the theory of the …
Steven Weinberg, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2021)
O'Neil Gordon "Collie" Smith was a West Indian international cricketer.
Collie Smith, Jamaican cricketer (died 1959)
John Constantine Unitas was an American professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 18 seasons, primarily with the Baltimore Colts. Nickn…
Johnny Unitas, American football player and sportscaster (died 2002)
Louis Farrakhan is an American religious leader who has been the head of the Nation of Islam (NOI) since 1981, an organization which combines black nationalism and Islamic teaching…
Louis Farrakhan, American religious leader
John Junior Roseboro was an American professional baseball player and coach. He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball from 1957 until 1970, most prominently as a member of t…
John Roseboro, American baseball player and coach (died 2002)
Barbara Taylor Bradford was a British-American best-selling novelist. Her debut novel, A Woman of Substance, was published in 1979 and sold over 30 million copies worldwide. She wr…
Barbara Taylor Bradford, British novelist (died 2024)
Dame Jane Elizabeth Ailwên Phillips, known professionally as Siân Phillips, is a Welsh actress. Her early career consisted primarily of stage roles, including the title roles in Ib…
Siân Phillips, Welsh actress and singer
Yelena Yegorovna Gorchakova was a Russian javelin thrower who won bronze medals at the 1952 and 1964 Olympics. Her 1964 bronze was a disappointment as she set a world record in the…
Yelena Gorchakova, Russian javelin thrower (died 2002)
Bernadette Thérèse Marie Chirac is a French politician and the widow of the former president Jacques Chirac.
Bernadette Chirac, French politician, First Lady of France
Haradanahalli Doddegowda Deve Gowda is an Indian politician who served as the prime minister of India for nearly 11 months, from 1996 to 1997. He previously served as the chief min…
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Donald Desbrow Whillans was an English rock climber and mountaineer. He climbed with Joe Brown and Chris Bonington.
Don Whillans, English rock climber and mountaineer (died 1985)
Edward Charles Francis Publius de Bono was a Maltese physician and commentator. He originated the term lateral thinking, and wrote many books on thinking, including Six Thinking Ha…
Edward de Bono, Maltese physician, author, and academic (died 2021)
Constance Mary Towers is an American film, stage, and television actress. She gained prominence for her appearances in several mainstream 1950s films before transitioning to theate…
Constance Towers, American actress and singer
Maurice André was a French trumpeter, active in the classical music field.
Maurice André, French trumpet player (died 2012)
Yevgeny Gavrilovich Minayev was a Russian weightlifter who competed for the Soviet Union. He won a silver medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics and a gold medal at the 1960 Summer Olym…
Yevgeny Minayev, Russian weightlifter (died 1993)
Fred Anderson was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s.
Fred Anderson, Australian-South African rugby league player (died 2012)
Chen Jingrun, also known as Jing-Run Chen, was a Chinese mathematician who made significant contributions to number theory, including Chen's theorem and the Chen prime.
Chen Jingrun, Chinese mathematician and academic (died 1996)
Jane Margaret Byrne was an American politician who served as the 50th mayor of Chicago from April 16, 1979, until April 29, 1983. Prior to her tenure as mayor, Byrne served as Chic…
Jane Byrne, American lawyer and politician, 50th Mayor of Chicago (died 2014)
Réal Giguère was a Canadian television host and broadcaster.
Réal Giguère, Canadian television host and actor (died 2019)
Aharon Lichtenstein was an Orthodox rabbi, Israel Prize laureate and rosh yeshiva who was an authority in Jewish law (Halakha).
Aharon Lichtenstein, French-Israeli rabbi and author (died 2015)
Dame Joan Henrietta Collins is an English actress, author and columnist. She is the recipient of several accolades, including a Golden Globe Award, a People's Choice Award, two Soa…
Joan Collins, English actress