1933
Edelmiro Amante, Filipino lawyer and politician (died 2013)
Edelmiro Atega Amante Sr., was a Filipino politician.
Edelmiro Amante, Filipino lawyer and politician (died 2013)
The 1930s
Explore 2813 historical events from 1930–1939.
1933
Easley Blackwood, Jr
Easley Rutland Blackwood Jr. was an American professor of music, concert pianist, composer, and the author of books on music theory, including his research into the properties of m…
Easley Blackwood, Jr
1933
Ignatius Zakka I Iwas, Iraqi patriarch (died 2014)
Mor Ignatius Zakka I Iwas was the 122nd reigning Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East and, as such, Supreme Head of the Universal Syriac Orthodox Church. Also know…
Ignatius Zakka I Iwas, Iraqi patriarch (died 2014)
1933
Anthony Llewellyn, Welsh-American chemist and astronaut (died 2013)
John Anthony Llewellyn was a Welsh chemist and a NOAA aquanaut. In August 1967, Llewellyn was one of only two non-American astronaut candidates selected by NASA as part of NASA Ast…
Anthony Llewellyn, Welsh-American chemist and astronaut (died 2013)
1933
Annie Easley, American computer scientist, mathematician, and engineer (died 2011)
Annie Jean Easley was an African American computer scientist who contributed significantly to the beginning iterations of NASA's rocket technologies.
Annie Easley, American computer scientist, mathematician, and engineer (died 2011)
1933
Jerry Leiber, American songwriter and producer (died 2011)
Leiber and Stoller were an American songwriting and record-production duo, consisting of lyricist Jerome Leiber and composer Michael Stoller. As well as many R&B and pop hits, they…
Jerry Leiber, American songwriter and producer (died 2011)
1933
Joyce Ricketts, American baseball player (died 1992)
Joyce Ricketts was a right fielder who played from 1953 through 1954 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL). She batted left-handed and threw right-handed.
Joyce Ricketts, American baseball player (died 1992)
1933
Carol Burnett, American actress, singer, and producer
Carol Creighton Burnett is an American comedian, actress, singer and writer. Burnett has played dramatic and comedic roles on stage and screen. She has received numerous awards and…
Carol Burnett, American actress, singer, and producer
1933
Al McCoy, American sports announcer (died 2024)
Allen Leonard McCoy was an American sportscaster who was the play-by-play announcer for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association from 1972 to 2023. The 2022–23 NBA s…
Al McCoy, American sports announcer (died 2024)
1933
Filiberto Ojeda Ríos, Puerto Rican-American general (died 2005)
Filiberto Ojeda Ríos was a Puerto Rican independence activist who cofounded the Boricua Popular Army, also known as Los Macheteros, and its predecessor, the Fuerzas Armadas de Libe…
Filiberto Ojeda Ríos, Puerto Rican-American general (died 2005)
1933
Arno Allan Penzias, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2024)
Arno Allan Penzias was an American physicist and radio astronomer. He shared the 1978 Nobel Prize in Physics with Robert Woodrow Wilson "for their discovery of cosmic microwave bac…
Arno Allan Penzias, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2024)
1933
Peter Imbert, Baron Imbert, English police officer and politician, Lord Lieutenant for Greater London (died 2017)
Peter Michael Imbert, Baron Imbert, was Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service from 1987 to 1993, and prior to that appointment Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police fro…
Peter Imbert, Baron Imbert, English police officer and politician, Lord Lieutenant for Greater London (died 2017)
1933
Miodrag Radulovacki, Serbian-American neuropharmacologist and academic (died 2014)
Miodrag (Misha) Radulovacki, was a Serbian American scientist and inventor. He was professor of pharmacology in the College of Medicine at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UI…
Miodrag Radulovacki, Serbian-American neuropharmacologist and academic (died 2014)
1933
Ed Charles, American baseball player and coach (died 2018)
Edwin Douglas Charles was an American professional baseball third baseman in Major League Baseball. A right-handed hitter, Charles played for the Kansas City Athletics (1962–67) an…
Ed Charles, American baseball player and coach (died 2018)
1933
Charles Sanderson, Baron Sanderson of Bowden, English politician
(Charles) Russell Sanderson, Baron Sanderson of Bowden is a Scottish Conservative Party politician and a life peer. He was a member of the House of Lords from 1985 until his retire…
Charles Sanderson, Baron Sanderson of Bowden, English politician
1933
Steven Weinberg, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2021)
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)
1933
Collie Smith, Jamaican cricketer (died 1959)
O'Neil Gordon "Collie" Smith was a West Indian international cricketer.
Collie Smith, Jamaican cricketer (died 1959)
1933
Rod McKuen, American singer-songwriter and poet (died 2015)
Rodney Marvin McKuen was an American poet, singer-songwriter and composer. He was one of the best-selling poets in the United States during the late 1960s. Throughout his career, M…
Rod McKuen, American singer-songwriter and poet (died 2015)
1933
Willie Nelson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer and actor
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
1933
Harry Woolf, Baron Woolf, English lawyer and judge, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
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
1933
James Brown, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (died 2006)
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)
1933
Johnny Unitas, American football player and sportscaster (died 2002)
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)
1933
Louis Farrakhan, American religious leader
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
1933
John Roseboro, American baseball player and coach (died 2002)
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)