Explore 2813 historical events from 1930–1939.
Meena Kumari was an Indian actress and poet, who worked in Hindi films. Known as "The Tragedy Queen", she is regarded among the finest and greatest actresses in the history of Indi…
Meena Kumari, Indian actress (died 1972)
Theresia Anna Lilian Maria Shields was an American actress, who was the mother and manager of actress Brooke Shields.
Teri Shields, American actress, producer, and agent (died 2012)
Dušan Třeštík was a Czech historian. He specialized in medieval history of the Czech lands and theory of history.
Dušan Třeštík, Czech historian and author (died 2007)
Ioannis Varvitsiotis is a Greek politician and a former government minister of Greece. He was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for New Democracy from 2004 to 2009, part of…
Ioannis Varvitsiotis, Greek politician, Greek Minister of Defence
William Patrick Anthony Crawford was an Australian cricketer who played in four Tests, including one in England at Lord's in 1956 and three in India in 1956–57. He was born in Dubb…
Pat Crawford, Australian cricketer (died 2009)
Amritsar Govindsingh Kripal Singh was an Indian Test cricketer.
A. G. Kripal Singh, Indian cricketer (died 1987)
Edwin Ronald Firmani is a former professional football player and manager. A former forward, he spent most of his playing career in Italy and England. He managed 13 different clubs…
Eddie Firmani, South African footballer and manager
Jerry Eugene Pournelle was an American scientist in the area of operations research and human factors research, a science fiction writer, journalist, and one of the first bloggers.…
Jerry Pournelle, American journalist and author (died 2017)
Alberto "Bert" Gatmaitan Romulo is a Filipino politician and diplomat. He served in the Philippines in various capacities as executive secretary, finance secretary, foreign affairs…
Alberto Romulo, Filipino politician and diplomat
Yusuf Hazziez, known professionally as Joe Tex, was an American singer and musician who gained success in the 1960s and 1970s with his brand of Southern soul, which mixed the style…
Joe Tex, American soul singer-songwriter (died 1982)
Elinor Claire "Lin" Ostrom was an American political scientist and political economist whose work was associated with New Institutional Economics and the resurgence of political ec…
Elinor Ostrom, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2012)
Tetsuko Kuroyanagi is a Japanese actress, television personality, World Wide Fund for Nature advisor, and Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF. She joined NHK Broadcasting Theatre Compa…
Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, Japanese actress, talk show host, and author
Doyle Frank Brunson was an American poker player who played professionally for over 60 years. He was a two-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event champion, a Poker Hall of Fa…
Doyle Brunson, American poker player (died 2023)
Ann Elizabeth Oldfield Butler-Sloss, Baroness Butler-Sloss, is a retired English judge. She was the first female Lord Justice of Appeal and was the highest-ranking female judge in …
Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, Baroness Butler-Sloss, English lawyer and judge
Rocco Domenico "Rocky" Colavito Jr. was an American professional baseball player, coach, and television sports commentator. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as an outfielde…
Rocky Colavito, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2024)
David Keith Duckworth was an English mechanical engineer. He is most famous for designing the Cosworth DFV engine, an engine that revolutionised the sport of Formula One.
Keith Duckworth, English engineer, founded Cosworth (died 2005)
Jerry Laymon Falwell was an American Baptist pastor, televangelist, and politically conservative activist. He was the founding pastor of the Thomas Road Baptist Church, a megachurc…
Jerry Falwell, American minister and television host (died 2007)
Jerzy Marian Grotowski was a Polish theatre director and dramatic theorist whose innovative approaches to acting, training and theatrical production have significantly influenced t…
Jerzy Grotowski, Polish director and producer (died 1999)
Tamás Vásáry was a Hungarian concert pianist and conductor who made an international career, living in Switzerland from 1956 and later in London from 1970. He was known for interpr…
Tamás Vásáry, Hungarian pianist and conductor (died 2026)
Frederic Lindsay was a Scottish crime writer, who was born in Glasgow and lived in Edinburgh. He was a full-time writer from 1979 and previously worked as a lecturer, teacher and l…
Frederic Lindsay, Scottish author and educator (died 2013)
Rufus Parnell "Parnelli" Jones was an American professional racing driver and racing team owner. He is notable for his accomplishments while competing in the Indianapolis 500 and t…
Parnelli Jones, American race car driver and businessman (died 2024)
Minnie Joycelyn Elders is an American pediatrician and public health administrator who served as Surgeon General of the United States from 1993 to 1994. A vice admiral in the Publi…
Joycelyn Elders, American admiral and physician, 15th Surgeon General of the United States
Richard Robert Ernst was a Swiss physical chemist and Nobel laureate.
Richard R. Ernst, Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2021)
Robert Lee Helms was an American country singer and musician. In 1957, he had a perennial Christmas hit with "Jingle Bell Rock", and two other hits that same year: "Fraulein" and "…
Bobby Helms, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1997)