Explore 4338 historical events from 1930–1939.
Daniel Mametta Colchico was an American athlete who played defensive end in the National Football League (NFL).
Daniel Colchico, American football player and coach (died 2014)
Malcolm Frederick Evans was an English road manager and personal assistant employed by the Beatles from 1963 until their break-up in 1970.
Mal Evans, British road manager of The Beatles (died 1976)
Gerald Donald Kindall was an American professional baseball player and college baseball player and coach. He was primarily a second baseman in Major League Baseball (MLB) who appea…
Jerry Kindall, American baseball player and coach (died 2017)
Ramsey Emmanuel Lewis Jr. was an American jazz pianist, composer, and radio personality. Lewis recorded over 80 albums and received five gold records and three Grammy Awards in his…
Ramsey Lewis, American jazz pianist and composer (died 2022)
Lee Ann Meriwether is an American retired actress and the winner of the 1955 Miss America pageant. She has appeared in many films and television shows, notably as Betty Jones, the …
Lee Meriwether, American model and actress, Miss America 1955
André Philippus Brink was a South African novelist, essayist and poet. He wrote in both Afrikaans and English and taught English at the University of Cape Town.
André Brink, South African author and playwright (died 2015)
Sylvia Robinson, known mononymously as Sylvia, was an American singer and record producer. Robinson achieved success as a performer on two R&B chart toppers: as half of Mickey & Sy…
Sylvia Robinson, American singer and producer (died 2011)
Ruta Lee is a Canadian-born American actress and dancer of Lithuanian descent. She was born in Montreal, Canada, to Lithuanian immigrant parents. Ruta Lee appeared as one of the br…
Ruta Lee, Canadian-American actress and dancer
Guy Tardif was a Canadian politician. He was a Parti Québécois member of the National Assembly of Quebec from 1976 to 1985 and was a cabinet minister in the governments of René L…
Guy Tardif, Canadian academic and politician (died 2005)
James Brendan Bolger was a New Zealand politician of the National Party who was the 35th prime minister of New Zealand, serving from 1990 to 1997.
Jim Bolger, New Zealand businessman and politician, 35th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 2025)
Norman Robert Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, is an English architect. Closely associated with the development of high-tech architecture, Lord Foster is recognised as a key fi…
Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, English architect, founded Foster and Partners
Frederick J. Eikerenkoetter II, better known as Reverend Ike, was an American minister and evangelist based in New York City. He was known for the slogan "You can't lose with the s…
Reverend Ike, American minister and television host (died 2009)
John Francis Kralick was an American professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1959 to 1967. He participated in 235 games in the course of an eight-year ca…
Jack Kralick, American baseball player (died 2012)
Carol Ann Shields was an American-born Canadian novelist and short story writer. She is best known for her 1993 novel The Stone Diaries, which won the U.S. Pulitzer Prize for Ficti…
Carol Shields, American-Canadian novelist and short story writer (died 2003)
Dimitri Kitsikis was a Greek philosopher, Turkologist and Sinologist, as well as a professor of international relations and geopolitics. He also published poetry in French and Gree…
Dimitri Kitsikis, Greek poet and educator (died 2021)
Colette Boky , is a French-Canadian operatic soprano, particularly associated with lyric roles in the French, Italian, and German repertories.
Colette Boky, Canadian soprano and actress
Berhanu Dinka was an Ethiopian diplomat. His distinguished diplomatic career spanned more than five decades, during which he held a number of senior portfolios in the Ethiopian For…
Berhanu Dinka, Ethiopian economist and diplomat (died 2013)
John Malcolm Henricks is an Australian Olympic swimmer who won two gold medals at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. Henricks set world records in two freestyle events.
Jon Henricks, Australian swimmer; winner of two Olympic gold medals in 1956
Harry Eugene Crews was an American novelist, short story writer, and essayist. He often made use of violent, grotesque characters and set them in regions of the Deep South.
Harry Crews, American novelist, playwright, short story writer, and essayist (died 2012)
Chief Molade Alexander Okoya-Thomas FCNA, MFR, OFR, KSS was a Nigerian businessman and philanthropist.
Molade Okoya-Thomas, Nigerian businessman and philanthropist (died 2015)
Frank Stewart was an American professional wrestler and wrestling promoter, best known for his time spent competing in Pacific Northwest Wrestling under the ring name Dutch Savage.
Dutch Savage, American wrestler and promoter (died 2013)
Victor Henry Elford was an English sports car racing, rallying, and Formula One driver. He participated in 13 World Championship F1 Grands Prix, debuting on 7 July 1968. He scored …
Vic Elford, English racing driver (died 2022)
Lu Jiaxi was a self-taught Chinese mathematician who made important contributions in combinatorial design theory. He was a high school physics teacher in a remote city and worked i…
Lu Jiaxi, Chinese self-taught mathematician (died 1983)