Explore 1930 historical events from 1980–1989.
Jeffrey Paul "Jeph" Jacques is an American-Canadian cartoonist who writes and draws the webcomic Questionable Content. Jacques has formerly created the webcomics indietits from 200…
Jeph Jacques, American author and illustrator
Venus Ebony Starr Williams is an American professional tennis player. She has been ranked as the world No. 1 in both women's singles and doubles by the Women's Tennis Association. …
Venus Williams, American tennis player
Antonio Ethan Gates Jr. is an American former professional football player who spent his entire 16-year career as a tight end for the San Diego / Los Angeles Chargers of the Nation…
Antonio Gates, American football player
Sergey Alexandrovich Kirdyapkin is a Russian race walker.
Sergey Kirdyapkin, Russian race walker
Craig Mottram is a former Australian long and middle-distance runner who specialised in the 5000 metre event.
Craig Mottram, Australian runner
Antero Pertti Elias Niittymäki is a Finnish former professional ice hockey goaltender who last played for TPS of the SM-liiga. He additionally played in the National Hockey League …
Antero Niittymäki, Finnish ice hockey player
Jean Christine Carroll is an Irish former cricketer who played as a wicket-keeper. She appeared in eight One Day Internationals and five Twenty20 Internationals for Ireland between…
Jean Carroll, Irish cricketer
Daniel Ellis is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender who currently works as a goaltending scout for the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Dan Ellis, Canadian ice hockey player
Robbie Neilson is a Scottish professional football manager and former player who is currently head coach of Shenzhen Peng City in the Chinese Super League.
Robbie Neilson, Scottish footballer and manager
Nuno Filipe Oliveira dos Santos is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played mainly as a forward but also as a full-back.
Nuno Santos, Portuguese footballer
Franco Semioli is an Italian football coach and former player. A midfielder, he played as a right winger.
Franco Semioli, Italian footballer
Fabian Wegmann is a German former professional road racing cyclist. Born in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Wegmann currently resides in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, G…
Fabian Wegmann, German cyclist
Morris W. Stoloff was an American composer. He worked with Sammy Davis Jr., Dinah Shore, Al Jolson and Frank Sinatra.
Morris Stoloff, American composer (born 1898)
Alexander Ivanovich Oparin was a Soviet biochemist notable for his theories about the origin of life and for his book The Origin of Life.
Alexander Oparin, Russian biochemist and academic (born 1894)
Sohrab Sepehri was an Iranian poet and painter, considered to be one of the five most famous Iranian poets who have practiced modern poetry alongside Nima Youshij, Ahmad Shamlou, M…
Sohrab Sepehri, Iranian poet and painter (born 1928)
Ellen Jane Froman was an American actress and singer. During her 30-year career, she performed on stage, radio, and television despite chronic health problems due to injuries susta…
Jane Froman, American actress and singer (born 1907)
Friedrich Wilhelm Strassmann was a German chemist who, with Otto Hahn in December 1938, identified the element barium as a product of the bombardment of uranium with neutrons. Thei…
Fritz Strassmann, German chemist and physicist (born 1902)
Alejo Carpentier y Valmont was a Cuban novelist, essayist, and musicologist who greatly influenced Latin American literature during its famous "boom" period. Born in Lausanne, Swit…
Alejo Carpentier, Swiss-Cuban musicologist and author (born 1904)
Dame Esmerelda Cicely Courtneidge was an Australian-born British actress, comedian and singer. The daughter of the producer and playwright Robert Courtneidge, she was appearing in …
Cicely Courtneidge, Australian-born British actress, comedian and singer (born 1893)
Thomas Michael Caldwell was an American musician who was the bassist for the Marshall Tucker Band between 1973 and 1980.
Tommy Caldwell, American bass player (born 1949)
José Luis Alberto Muñoz Marín, most commonly known as Luis Muñoz Marín, was a Puerto Rican journalist, politician, and statesman who served as the first democratically elected gove…
Luis Muñoz Marín, Puerto Rican journalist and politician, 1st Governor of Puerto Rico (born 1898)
Clarence Victor Grimmett was a New Zealand-born Australian cricketer. He was one of the finest spin bowlers of his time and usually credited as the developer of the flipper.
Clarrie Grimmett, New Zealand-Australian cricketer (born 1891)
George Pal was a Hungarian-American animator, film director and producer. He is known for his stop motion animated film series Puppetoons and his fantasy and science-fiction films.…
George Pal, Hungarian-American animator and producer (born 1908)