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Events
January
- January 15 – The Moon moves into its nearest point to Earth, called perigee, at the same time as its fullest phase of the Lunar Cycle. This is the closest moon distance at Template:Cvt in recent history, and the next one will be on January 1, 2257, at Template:Cvt.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- January 26 – The Indian National Congress declares this date as Independence Day, or as the day for Purna Swaraj (Complete Independence).<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
- January 28 – The first patent for a field-effect transistor is granted in the United States, to Julius Edgar Lilienfeld.<ref>Template:US patent Method and apparatus for controlling electric currents, first filed in Canada on October 22, 1925. Template:Cite book</ref>
- January 30 – Pavel Molchanov launches a radiosonde from Slutsk in the Soviet Union.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
February
- February 10 – The Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng launch the Yên Bái mutiny in the hope of ending French colonial rule in Vietnam.
- February 18 – While studying photographs taken in January, Clyde Tombaugh confirms the existence of Pluto, a celestial body considered a planet until redefined as a dwarf planet in 2006.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
March
- March 2
- Mahatma Gandhi informs the British Viceroy of India that civil disobedience will begin the following week.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- André Tardieu begins his second term as Prime Minister of France.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- March 6
- International Unemployment Day is observed in countries throughout the world.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- The first frozen foods of Clarence Birdseye go on sale in Springfield, Massachusetts.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- March 12 – Mahatma Gandhi sets off on a 200-mile march towards the sea with 78 followers to protest against the British monopoly on salt in India; more will join them during the Salt March that ends on April 5.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- March 28 – The government of Turkey requests the international community to adopt Istanbul and Ankara, as the official names for Constantinople and Angora. The U.S. State Department adopts the "Istanbul" form in May.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- March 29 – Heinrich Brüning is appointed Chancellor of Germany.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- March 31 – The Motion Picture Production Code (Hays Code) is instituted by the studios in the United States, imposing strict guidelines on the treatment of sex, crime, religion and violence in films for the next 40 years.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
April
- April 6
- In an act of civil disobedience, Mahatma Gandhi breaks the salt laws of British India by making salt by the sea at the end of the Salt March.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
- The International Left Opposition (ILO) is founded in Paris, France.
- April 17 – Neoprene is invented by DuPont.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- April 18 – The Chittagong Rebellion begins in India with the Chittagong armoury raid
- April 19 - Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI) founded
- April 21
- A fire in the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus, United States kills 320 people.<ref>Template:Cite HGOC</ref>
- The Turkestan–Siberia Railway is completed.
- April 22 – The United Kingdom, Japan and the United States sign the London Naval Treaty to regulate submarine warfare and limit naval shipbuilding.
May
- May 6 – The 7.1 Template:M Salmas earthquake shakes northwestern Iran and southeastern Turkey, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent); up to 3,000 people are killed.
- May 10 – The National Pan-Hellenic Council is founded in Washington, D.C.
- May 15 – Nurse Ellen Church becomes the world's first flight attendant, working on a Boeing Air Transport trimotor.
- May 16 – Rafael Trujillo is elected president of the Dominican Republic.
- May 17 – French Prime Minister André Tardieu decides to withdraw the remaining French troops from the Rhineland (they depart by June 30).
- May 17 - The Bank for International Settlements was founded in Basel, Switzerland.
- May 24 – Amy Johnson lands in Darwin, Australia, becoming the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia (she left on May 5 for the 11,000 mile flight).
June
- June 7 – Carl Gustaf Ekman becomes Prime Minister of Sweden, for the second and final time.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- June 14 – The Federal Bureau of Narcotics is established under the United States Department of the Treasury, replacing the Narcotics Division of the Prohibition Unit.
- June 17 – President Herbert Hoover signs the Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act into law, implementing protectionist trade policies in the United States.<ref>Template:Citation</ref> It has the incidental effect of defining an antique as older than 1830.
July
- July 3–10 – The First Eastern Women's Congress takes place in Damascus in Syria.
- July 4 – The dedication of George Washington's sculpted head is held at Mount Rushmore, South Dakota.
- July 5 – The Seventh Lambeth Conference of Anglican bishops opens. This conference approves the use of birth control in limited circumstances, a move away from the Christian views on birth control expressed by the Sixth Conference a decade earlier.
- July 7
- The far-right Lapua Movement marches in Helsinki, Finland.
- Building of the Boulder Dam (later known as the Hoover Dam) is started on the Colorado River, in the United States.
- July 11 – Australian cricketer Don Bradman scores a world record 309 runs in one day, on his way to the highest individual Test innings of 334, during a Test match against England.
- July 13 – The inaugural FIFA World Cup begins: Lucien Laurent scores the first goal, for France against Mexico.
- July 19 – Georges Simenon's detective character Inspector Jules Maigret makes his first appearance in print under Simenon's own name, when the novel Pietr-le-Letton (known in English as The Strange Case of Peter the Lett) begins serialization in a French weekly magazine.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- July 28 – R. B. Bennett defeats William Lyon Mackenzie King in federal elections and becomes the Prime Minister of Canada.
- July 29 – British airship R100 sets out for a successful 78-hour passage to Canada.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- July 30 – Uruguay beats Argentina 4–2 to win the first FIFA World Cup final in Association football, at Estadio Centenario in Montevideo.
August
- August – The volcanic island of Anak Krakatau begins to form permanently in the Sunda Strait.
- August 7 – R. B. Bennett takes office as the eleventh Prime Minister of Canada.
- August 12 – Turkish troops move into Persia to fight Kurdish insurgents.
- August 16 – The first British Empire Games open in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.<ref name="Pocket On This Day">Template:Cite book</ref>
- August 27 – A military junta takes over in Peru.
September
- September 3 – The huge 1930 San Zenón hurricane in the Caribbean demolishes most of the city of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic.
- September 6 – 1930 Argentine coup d'état: José Félix Uriburu carries out a military coup, overthrowing Hipólito Yrigoyen, President of Argentina.
- September 8 – Scotch Tape, invented by Richard Gurley Drew, is sold by the 3M company in the United States for the first time.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- September 14 – 1930 German federal election: National Socialists win 107 seats in the German Parliament, the Reichstag (18.3% of all the votes), making them the second largest party.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- September 17 – The Kurdish Ararat rebellion is suppressed by the Turks.
- September 20 – The Eastern Catholic Rite Syro-Malankara Catholic Church is formed.
- September 27 – İsmet İnönü forms a new government in Turkey (6th government).
October
- October – The Indochinese Communist Party is formed.
- October 1 – British rule of Weihaiwei ends, as it is returned to China.
- October 3 – The German Socialist Labour Party in Poland – Left is founded, following a split in the DSAP in Łódź.
- October 5 – British airship R101, the world's largest flying craft, crashes in France en route to India, on its first overseas flight, resulting in the loss of 48 lives, with six survivors. Those killed include Britain's Air Minister, Christopher Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson.<ref>"R101 Passenger List." Template:Webarchive Airship Heritage Trust via Airshipsonline. Retrieved: 27 August 2010.</ref>
- October 14 – Ståhlberg kidnapping: The former and first President of Finland, Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, and his wife, Ester Ståhlberg, are kidnapped from their home by members of the far-right Lapua Movement but released unharmed.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- October 20 – The British Passfield white paper demands restrictions on Jewish immigration into Mandatory Palestine.<ref name=CBH>Template:Cite book</ref>
- October 24 – Brazilian Revolution of 1930: Getúlio Vargas overthrows Washington Luís.
- October 27 – Ratifications are exchanged in London on the first London Naval Treaty signed in April, modifying the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922. Its arms limitation provisions go into effect immediately, hence putting more limits on the expensive naval arms race between its five signatories (the United Kingdom, the United States, the Empire of Japan, France and Italy.)
November
- November 2 – Haile Selassie is crowned emperor of Ethiopia.
- November 3 – Getúlio Vargas becomes president of Brazil.
- November 25
- An earthquake in the Izu Peninsula of Japan kills 223 people and destroys 650 buildings.
- Cecil George Paine, a pathologist at the Sheffield Royal Infirmary in England, achieves the first recorded cure (of an eye infection) using penicillin.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
December
- December – All adult Turkish women are given the right to vote in elections.
- December 19 – Mount Merapi volcano in central Java, Indonesia, erupts, destroying numerous villages and killing 1,300 people.
- December 24 – In London, inventor Harry Grindell Matthews demonstrates his device to project pictures on clouds.
- December 29 – Sir Muhammad Iqbal's presidential address in Allahabad introduces the two-nation theory, outlining a vision for the creation of Pakistan.<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
- December 31 – The Papal encyclical Casti connubii, issued by Pope Pius XI, stresses the sanctity of marriage, prohibits Roman Catholics from using any form of artificial birth control, and reaffirms the Catholic prohibition on abortion.
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- Bernhard Schmidt invents the Schmidt camera.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Births
January
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- January 1
- Gaafar Nimeiry, 4th President of Sudan (d. 2009)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Ty Hardin, American actor (d. 2017)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Frederick Wiseman, American director and producer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- January 3
- Robert Loggia, American actor (d. 2015)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Ahmed Osman, Prime Minister of Morocco<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- January 5 – M. R. Srinivasan, Indian nuclear scientist (d. 2025)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- January 6
- "Professor Tanaka" (Charles Kalani Jr.), American wrestler and actor (d. 2000)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Vic Tayback, American actor (d. 1990)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- January 9 – Pavel Kolchin, Soviet Olympic cross-country skier (d. 2010)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- January 10 – Roy E. Disney, Disney executive (d. 2009)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- January 11 – Rod Taylor, Australian actor (d. 2015)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- January 12
- Tim Horton, Canadian hockey player, co-founder of Tim Hortons fast food chain (d. 1974)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Jennifer Johnston, Irish novelist (d. 2025)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- January 15 – Hédi Baccouche, Prime Minister of Tunisia (d. 2020)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- January 19 – Tippi Hedren, American actress<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- January 20 – Buzz Aldrin, American pilot, astronaut (Apollo 11), second person to set foot on the Moon<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- January 21 – Mainza Chona, Zambian politician and diplomat (d. 2001)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- January 23
- Derek Walcott, West Indian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2017)<ref name="Learning2016">Template:Cite book</ref>
- William Pogue, American astronaut (d. 2014)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- January 24 – Terence Bayler, New Zealand actor (d. 2016)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- January 27 – Bobby Bland, African-American R&B musician (d. 2013)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- January 30
- Gene Hackman, American actor and novelist (d. 2025)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Magnus Malan, South African soldier, Minister of Defence (1980–1991) (d. 2011)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
February
- February 1
- Shahabuddin Ahmed, 12th president of Bangladesh (d. 2022)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Hussain Muhammad Ershad, 10th president of Bangladesh (d. 2019)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- February 3 – Mani Krishnaswami, Carnatic music vocalist from Tamil Nadu, India (d. 2002)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- February 4 – Jim Loscutoff, American basketball player (d. 2015)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- February 7 – Ikutaro Kakehashi, Japanese engineer and entrepreneur (d. 2017)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- February 8 – Alejandro Rey, Argentine-American actor (d. 1987)<ref name="Ward1993">Template:Cite book</ref>
- February 10 – Robert Wagner, American actor<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- February 13
- Ernst Fuchs, Austrian painter (d. 2015)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Israel Kirzner, English-born American economist, author and academic<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- February 17 – Ruth Rendell, British author (d. 2015)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- February 19
- John Frankenheimer, American film director (d. 2002)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- K. Viswanath, Indian actor, director and screenwriter (d. 2023)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- February 22 – Marni Nixon, American vocalist (d. 2016)<ref>Fox, Margalit. "Marni Nixon, the Singing Voice Behind the Screen, Dies at 86", The New York Times, July 25, 2016</ref>
- February 23 – Goro Shimura, Japanese mathematician (d. 2019)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- February 24 – Norman Bleehen, British oncologist (d. 2008)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- February 27 – Joanne Woodward, American actress<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- February 28 – Leon Cooper, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2024)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
March
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- March 2 – Tom Wolfe, American author, journalist (d. 2018)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- March 3
- Heiner Geißler, German politician (d. 2017)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Ion Iliescu, 2-time President of Romania (d. 2025)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- K. S. Rajah, Singaporean Senior Counsel, Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court (d. 2010)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- March 6
- Allison Hayes, American actress (d. 1977)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Lorin Maazel, French-born American orchestral conductor (d. 2014)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- March 7
- Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, English photographer, royal spouse (d. 2017)<ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Cbignore</ref>
- Daphne Osborne, English botanist (d. 2006)<ref>Anon. Daphne Osborne. The Times (27 July 2006)Template:Dead linkTemplate:Cbignore (accessed 7 January 2009)</ref>
- March 8 – Douglas Hurd, English politician<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- March 9 – Ornette Coleman, American jazz saxophonist (d. 2015)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- March 14
- Irma Adelman, Romanian-born economist (d. 2017)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Helga Feddersen, German actress (d. 1990)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- March 15
- Alba Arnova, Italian-Argentine ballerina, actress (d. 2018)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Zhores Alferov, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2019)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Shadi Abdel Salam, Egyptian film director, screenwriter and costume and set designer (d. 1986)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
- March 17 – James Irwin, American astronaut (d. 1991)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- March 18 – Adam Maida, American Roman Catholic prelate; Archbishop of Detroit (1990–2009)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- March 19 – Gualtiero Marchesi, Italian chef and restaurateur (d. 2017)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- March 20 – Thomas Williams, New Zealand cardinal (d. 2023)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- March 22
- Sir Lynden Pindling, 1st prime minister of the Bahamas (d. 2000)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Pat Robertson, American televangelist, motivational speaker, author and television host (d. 2023)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Stephen Sondheim, American composer and lyricist (d. 2021)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- March 24
- David Dacko, 1st President of the Central African Republic (d. 2003)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Steve McQueen, American actor (d. 1980)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- March 26 – Sandra Day O'Connor, American politician, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> (d. 2023)
- March 27 – Daniel Spoerri, Romanian-Swiss artist and writer (d. 2024)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- March 28
- Robert Ashley, American composer (d. 2014)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Jerome Isaac Friedman, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Albert S. Ruddy, Canadian film and television producer (d. 2024)
- March 29
- Anerood Jugnauth, Mauritian politician, 3-time Prime Minister of Mauritius, and 4th President of Mauritius<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> (d. 2021)
- John Marshall, Australian swimmer (d. 1957)<ref>Gordon, Harry (2000). Marshall, John Birnie (1930–1957) . Australian Dictionary of Biography</ref>
- March 30
- John Astin, American actor<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Rolf Harris, Australian entertainer and convicted sex offender (d. 2023)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- March 31 – Julián Herranz Casado, Spanish cardinal<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
April
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- April 1
- Grace Lee Whitney, American actress (Star Trek) (d. 2015)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Ásta Sigurðardóttir, Icelandic writer and visual artist (d. 1971)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- April 3
- Lawton Chiles, American politician, U.S. Senator (Florida), 41st Governor of Florida (d. 1998)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Helmut Kohl, Chancellor of Germany (d. 2017)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- April 5
- Mary Costa, American opera singer and actress<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Pierre Lhomme, French cinematographer (d. 2019)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- April 7
- Vilma Espín, Cuban revolutionary, feminist, and chemical engineer (d. 2007)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Andrew Sachs, German-born British actor (d. 2016)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- April 8 – Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma (d. 2010)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- April 9 – F. Albert Cotton, American chemist (d. 2007)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
- April 10
- Claude Bolling, French jazz pianist and composer (d. 2020)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Dolores Huerta, American labor leader and civil rights activist<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Spede Pasanen, Finnish television personality (d. 2001)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- April 11
- Nicholas F. Brady, American politician and businessman<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Anton LaVey, American author, musician, and occultist (d. 1997)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- April 12 – John Landy, Australian athlete and politician (d. 2022)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- April 14 – Bradford Dillman, American actor and author (d. 2018)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- April 15 – Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, President of Iceland<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- April 16 – Herbie Mann, American jazz flutist (d. 2003)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- April 18 – Jean Guillou, French organist (d. 2019)
- April 19 – Dick Sargent, American actor and gay activist (d. 1994)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- April 21 – Silvana Mangano, Italian actress (d. 1989)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- April 24
- Richard Donner, American film director and producer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> (d. 2021)
- José Sarney, 31st President of Brazil<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- April 25 – Paul Mazursky, American director and writer (d. 2014)<ref>Tugend, Tom Jewish Journal: "Paul Mazursky, filmmaker, 84" Template:Webarchive Jewish Journal (July 9, 2014)</ref>
- April 26 – Roger Moens, Belgian athlete and sportscaster<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- April 28
- James Baker, former United States Secretary of State<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Carolyn Jones, American actress (d. 1983)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- April 29
- Jean Rochefort, French actor (d. 2017)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Mahmud of Terengganu, 16th Sultan of Terengganu (d. 1998)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- April 30 – Félix Guattari, French psychotherapist, philosopher, semiologist, and activist (d. 1992)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
May
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- May 1 – Little Walter, African-American blues singer, musician, and songwriter (d. 1968)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- May 3 – Juan Gelman, Argentine poet, writer (d. 2014)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- May 4 – Roberta Peters, American soprano (d. 2017)<ref name="Cullen1970">Template:Cite book</ref>
- May 5 – Michael J. Adams, American aviator, aeronautical engineer, and astronaut (d. 1967)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- May 6 – May Abrahamse, South African soprano (d. 2025)
- May 8
- Heather Harper, Northern Irish soprano (d. 2019)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Gary Snyder, American poet, essayist and translator<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- May 9 – Joan Sims, English actress (d. 2001)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- May 11 – Edsger W. Dijkstra, Dutch computer scientist (d. 2002)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- May 13
- Vernon Shaw, 5th president of Dominica (d. 2013)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Mike Gravel, American politician, former Senator of Alaska and Presidential candidate (d. 2021)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- May 14 – María Irene Fornés, Cuban-American playwright (d. 2018)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- May 15
- Jasper Johns, American painter<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Grace Ogot, Kenyan author, nurse, journalist, politician and diplomat (d. 2015)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- May 17 – María Luisa Mendoza, Mexican journalist, novelist and politician (d. 2018)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- May 19 – Lorraine Hansberry, African-American playwright (d. 1965)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- May 20 – James McEachin, American actor (d. 2025)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- May 21 – Malcolm Fraser, 22nd Prime Minister of Australia (d. 2015)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- May 22
- Kenny Ball, British jazz trumpeter, singer and bandleader (d. 2013)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Harvey Milk, American politician and gay rights activist (d. 1978)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- May 25 – Sonia Rykiel, French fashion designer (d. 2016)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- May 27
- John Barth, American writer (d. 2024)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Muhammad Lafir, Sri Lankan snooker player (d. 1981)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- May 28 – Edward Seaga, Jamaican politician, 5th Prime Minister of Jamaica (d. 2019)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- May 31
- Clint Eastwood, American actor, director, and producer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Ruslan Stratonovich, Russian physicist, engineer (d. 1997)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
June
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- June 1 – Edward Woodward, English actor and singer (d. 2009)<ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Cbignore</ref>
- June 2 – Pete Conrad, American astronaut, moonwalker and commander of Apollo 12 (d. 1999)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- June 3
- Marion Zimmer Bradley, American writer (d. 1999)<ref>Template:Cite webTemplate:Cbignore</ref>
- George Fernandes, Indian politician (d. 2019)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- June 4
- Morgana King, American jazz singer, actress (d. 2018)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Viktor Tikhonov, Soviet ice hockey player and coach (d. 2014)<ref>Template:Cite webTemplate:Cbignore</ref>
- June 6 – Frank Tyson, English cricketer (d. 2015)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- June 8 – Robert Aumann, German-born mathematician, recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- June 9
- Barbara, French singer (d. 1997)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Jordi Pujol, 126th President of the Government of Catalonia<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- June 10
- Grace Mirabella, American journalist, editor of Vogue 1971–88 (d. 2021)<ref name="Moritz1992">Template:Cite book</ref>
- Theo Sommer, German journalist (d. 2022)<ref name="Munzinger">Template:Cite news</ref>
- June 11
- Neale Lavis, Australian equestrian (d. 2019)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Charles Rangel, African-American politician (d. 2025)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- June 12
- Jim Nabors, American actor, musician and comedian (d. 2017)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Son Sen, Cambodian politician and war criminal (d. 1997)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- June 16 – Vilmos Zsigmond, Hungarian-American cinematographer (d. 2016)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- June 19 – Gena Rowlands, American actress (d. 2024)<ref name="Events2010">Template:Cite book</ref>
- June 20
- Magdalena Abakanowicz, Polish sculptor (d. 2017)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Juan Alberto Melgar Castro, Honduran military ruler (d. 1987)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- June 21 – Gerald Kaufman, British Labour politician (d. 2017)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- June 22
- Yuri Artyukhin, Russian cosmonaut (d. 1998)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Sa'dun Hammadi, 33rd prime minister of Iraq (d. 2007)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- June 23
- J. H. Elliott, British historian (d. 2022)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Anthony Thwaite, English poet, critic, and academic (d. 2021)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- June 24 – Claude Chabrol, French film director (d. 2010)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- June 26
- Wolfgang Schwanitz, German Leader of the Office for National Security, Head of the Stasi (d. 2022)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Moeenuddin Ahmad Qureshi, Pakistani economist and caretaker prime minister (d. 2016)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- June 27 – Ross Perot, American business magnate, billionaire, politician, and philanthropist (d. 2019)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- June 28
- William C. Campbell, Irish-American biologist, parasitologist, Nobel Prize laureate<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Itamar Franco, President of Brazil (d. 2011)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- June 29
- Robert Evans, American producer (d. 2019)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Viola Léger, American-Canadian actress and politician (d. 2023)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- June 30
- Ignatius Peter VIII Abdalahad, Syrian bishop (d. 2018)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Thomas Sowell, American economist and social theorist<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Ahmed Zaki Yamani, Saudi Arabian politician (d. 2021)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
July
- July 1 – Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada, Bolivian politician and businessman<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- July 2
- Sylve Bengtsson, Swedish Olympic footballer (d. 2005)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Ahmad Jamal, American jazz pianist and composer (d. 2023)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Carlos Menem, President of Argentina<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> (d. 2021)
- July 3
- Carlos Kleiber, Austrian conductor (d. 2004)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Ferdinando Riva, Swiss football forward (d. 2014)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- N. Venkatachala, Indian judge (d. 2019)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- July 4
- George Steinbrenner, American businessman and baseball team owner (d. 2010)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Yuriy Tyukalov, Russian rower (d. 2018)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- July 6
- George Armstrong, Canadian professional ice hockey player (d. 2021)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Françoise Mallet-Joris, Belgian writer (d. 2016)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- M. Balamuralikrishna, Indian Carnatic vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, playback singer, composer and actor (d. 2016)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- July 7
- Theodore McCarrick, American Roman Catholic former cardinal (d. 2025)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Biljana Plavšić, Bosnian politician and war criminal<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- July 9 – Slavko Dacevski, Macedonian football player and manager<ref>Legends: Slavko Dacevski at FK Vardar official website Template:In lang</ref>
- July 11
- Jack Alabaster, New Zealand cricketer (d. 2024)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Harold Bloom, American literary critic (d. 2019)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- July 12 – Gordon Pinsent, Canadian actor (d. 2023)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- July 14 – Polly Bergen, American actress (d. 2014)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- July 15
- Einosuke Akiya, Japanese Buddhist leader<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Jacques Derrida, Algerian-born French literary critic (d. 2004)<ref>Template:Cite book.</ref>
- Stephen Smale, American mathematician<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- July 17
- Sigvard Ericsson, Swedish speed skater (d. 2019)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Ray Galton, English scriptwriter (d. 2018)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Sir William Heseltine, Australian Private Secretary to Queen Elizabeth II<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- July 19 – David Rubadiri, Malawian diplomat, academic, poet, playwright and novelist (d. 2018)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- July 20
- Alex Sánchez, Costa Rican football player<ref>Carrera del lateral Alex Sánchez Template:Webarchive - Nacion Template:In lang</ref>
- Oleg Anofriyev, Soviet-Russian actor, singer, songwriter, film director and poet (d. 2018<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>)
- July 21
- Gene Littler, American professional golfer (d. 2019)<ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Cbignore</ref>
- Helen Merrill, American jazz vocalist<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Anand Bakshi, Indian poet/lyricist (d. 2002)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- July 22 – Ferruccio Amendola, Italian actor and voice actor (d. 2001)
- July 24 – Jacqueline Brookes, American actress (d. 2013)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- July 25
- Murray Chapple, New Zealand cricketer (d. 1985)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Maureen Forrester, Canadian contralto (d. 2010)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
- July 28
- Firoza Begum, Bangladeshi singer (d. 2014)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Jean Roba, Belgian comics author (d. 2006)<ref>Striptekenaar Jean Roba (Bollie en Billie) overledenTemplate:Dead link - Het Nieuwsblad Template:In lang</ref>
August
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- August 1
- Pierre Bourdieu, French sociologist (d. 2002)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Lawrence Eagleburger, United States Secretary of State (d. 2011)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Károly Grósz, 51st prime minister of Hungary (d. 1996)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Geoffrey Holder, Trinidadian-American dancer, choreographer and actor (d. 2014)<ref>"Geoffrey Holder, Bond villain and dancer, dies aged 84", BBC News, October 6, 2014; accessed October 8, 2014.</ref>
- August 4
- Enrico Castellani, Italian painter (d. 2017)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Ali al-Sistani, Iranian Shia Ayatollah<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- August 5 – Neil Armstrong, American astronaut, first human to set foot on the Moon, commander of Apollo 11 (d. 2012)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- August 6 – Abbey Lincoln, American singer (d. 2010)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- August 9
- Carmen Balcells, Spanish literary agent (d. 2015)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Jacques Parizeau, French-Canadian politician (d. 2015)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- August 10 – Luigi De Filippo, Italian actor (d. 2018)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- August 12 – George Soros, Hungarian-born investor<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- August 14 – Liz Fraser, English actress (d. 2018)<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
- August 15 – Tom Mboya, Kenyan trade unionist, educationist, Pan Africanist, author and independence activist (probable; d. 1969)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- August 16
- Robert Culp, American actor (d. 2010)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Leslie Manigat, 34th President of Haiti (d. 2014)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Flor Silvestre, Mexican singer, actress and equestrienne (d. 2020)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Tony Trabert, American tennis player and commentator (d. 2021)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- August 17 – Ted Hughes, English poet (d. 1998)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- August 19 – Frank McCourt, Irish-American writer (d. 2009)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- August 20 – Jan Olszewski, 3rd Prime Minister of Poland (d. 2019)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- August 21 – Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (d. 2002)<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref>
- August 22 – Gylmar dos Santos Neves, Brazilian footballer (d. 2013)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- August 23 – Michel Rocard, Prime Minister of France (d. 2016)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- August 24 – Sultanah Bahiyah, Sultanah of Kedah (d. 2003)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- August 25
- Sir Sean Connery, Scottish actor (James Bond) (d. 2020)<ref>Template:Who's Who</ref>
- Georgiy Daneliya, Russian film director and screenwriter (d. 2019)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- August 27 – Gholamreza Takhti, Iranian wrestler (d. 1968)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- August 28
- Windsor Davies, Welsh actor (d. 2019)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Ben Gazzara, American actor (d. 2012)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, 45th Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> (d. 2020)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- August 30
- Warren Buffett, American billionaire entrepreneur<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Paul Poupard, French cardinal<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
September
- September 1 – Charles Correa, Indian architect (d. 2015)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- September 3 – Cherry Wilder, New Zealand novelist (d. 2002)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- September 6 – Salvatore De Giorgi, Italian cardinal<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- September 7
- King Baudouin I of Belgium (d. 1993)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Sonny Rollins, African-American jazz saxophonist<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Yuan Longping, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and an expert in hybrid rice (d. 2021)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- September 8
- Mario Adorf, German actor<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Jeannette Altwegg, English figure skater (d. 2021)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- September 9 – Frank Lucas, African-American drug trafficker (d. 2019)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- September 11 – Renzo Montagnani, Italian actor (d. 1997)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- September 12 – Akira Suzuki, Japanese chemist, Nobel Prize laureate<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- September 13 – Jimmy McLane, American Olympic swimmer (d. 2020)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- September 16 – Anne Francis, American actress (d. 2011)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- September 17
- Marie-Thérèse Houphouët-Boigny, First Lady of Ivory Coast<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- David Huddleston, American actor (The Big Lebowski) (d. 2016)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Edgar Mitchell, American astronaut (d. 2016)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Thomas P. Stafford, American astronaut (d. 2024)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- September 20 – Kenneth Mopeli, Chief Minister of QwaQwa bantustan (d. 2014)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- September 23 – Ray Charles, African-American singer, musician and actor (d. 2004)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- September 24 – John Young, American astronaut (d. 2018)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- September 25
- Elsa Aguirre, Mexican actress<ref>Template:Cite AV media</ref>
- Shel Silverstein, American author, poet and humorist (d. 1999)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- September 26
- Philip Bosco, American actor (d. 2018)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Alice Harnoncourt, Austrian violinist (d. 2022)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Fritz Wunderlich, German tenor singer (d. 1966)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- September 29
- Colin Dexter, English detective fiction writer (d. 2017)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Richard Bonynge, Australian pianist and conductor<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
October
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- October 1
- Richard Harris, Irish actor, singer (d. 2002)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Philippe Noiret, French actor (d. 2006)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- October 2 – Dave Barrett, Canadian politician (d. 2018)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- October 4 – Andrej Marinc, Slovenian politician (d. 2025)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- October 5
- Pavel Popovich, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 2009)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Reinhard Selten, German economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2016)<ref name=mcs>O'Connor, J J, and E F Robertson, "Reinhard Selten", www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk, November 2010. Retrieved 2016-09-03.</ref>
- October 6
- Hafez al-Assad, President of Syria (d. 2000)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Richie Benaud, Australian cricketer and commentator (d. 2015)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- October 8 – Tōru Takemitsu, Japanese composer (d. 1996)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- October 10
- Yves Chauvin, Belgian-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2015)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Harold Pinter, English playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2008)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- October 11 – A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury, 13th President of Bangladesh (d. 2024)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- October 14
- Schafik Handal, Salvadoran politician (d. 2006)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Mobutu Sese Seko, President of Democratic Republic of the Congo (d. 1997)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- October 17 – Robert Atkins, American nutritionist (d. 2003)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- October 18 – Frank Carlucci, American politician (d. 2018)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- October 19 – Ron Joyce, Canadian businessman (d. 2019)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- October 21 – Ivan Silayev, Soviet and Russian politician (d. 2023)
- October 24
- Ahmad Shah of Pahang, Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia (d. 2019)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- The Big Bopper (J.P. Richardson), American singer (d. 1959)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- October 27 – Francisca Aguirre, Spanish poet (d. 2019)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- October 28 – Bernie Ecclestone, English motor racing tycoon<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- October 29
- Omara Portuondo, Cuban singer and dancer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Niki de Saint Phalle, French artist (d. 2002)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- October 30
- Clifford Brown, American jazz trumpeter (d. 1956)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Timothy Findley, Canadian author (d. 2002)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- October 31 – Michael Collins, American astronaut<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> (d. 2021)
November
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- November 5 – Hans Mommsen, German historian (d. 2015)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- November 11
- Mildred Dresselhaus, American scientist and educator (d. 2017)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Mabandla Dlamini, 3rd prime minister of Swaziland (d. 2025)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Alevtina Kolchina, Soviet Olympic cross-country skier (d. 2022)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- November 13
- Richard A. Falk, American academic<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Fred R. Harris, American politician and United States Senator from Oklahoma, 1964 to 1973 (d. 2024)
- November 14
- Monique Mercure, Canadian actress (d. 2020)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Jānis Pujats, Latvian cardinal, Archbishop of Riga<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Ed White, American astronaut (d. 1967)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- November 15 – J. G. Ballard, English writer (d. 2009)<ref>Template:Cite webTemplate:Cbignore</ref>
- November 16
- Chinua Achebe, Nigerian writer (d. 2013)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Salvatore Riina ("Toto"), Italian multiple murderer (d. 2017)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- November 17 – Bob Mathias, American athlete (d. 2006)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- November 19 – Christian Schwarz-Schilling, Austrian-German politician and philanthropist<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- November 20 – Choe Yong-rim, North Korean politician<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- November 22 – Owen Garriott, American astronaut (d. 2019)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- November 24 – Inge Feltrinelli, German-Italian publisher, photographer (d. 2018)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- November 26 – Berthold Leibinger, German engineer, entrepreneur and philanthropist (d. 2018)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- November 29 – David Goldblatt, South African photographer (d. 2018)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- November 30 – G. Gordon Liddy, American organizer of the Watergate burglaries (d. 2021)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
December
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- December 2 – Gary Becker, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2014)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- December 3 – Jean-Luc Godard, French film director (d. 2022)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- December 4
- Ronnie Corbett, Scottish-born comedian (d. 2016)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Jacqueline du Bief, French figure skater<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- December 5 - Raoul F. Camus, American musicologist
- December 6 – Daniel Lisulo, Prime Minister of Zambia (d. 2000)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- December 7 – Christopher Nicole, Guyanese-born British writer (d. 2017)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- December 8 – Maximilian Schell, Swiss-Austrian actor (d. 2014)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- December 9
- Edoardo Sanguineti, Italian writer (d. 2010)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Buck Henry, American actor, screenwriter and director (d. 2020)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- December 11 – Jean-Louis Trintignant, French actor and director (d. 2022)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- December 12 – Silvio Santos, Brazilian TV show host, entrepreneur (d. 2024)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- December 15
- Antonietta Meo, Italian saint (d. 1937)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Edna O'Brien, Irish novelist (d. 2024)<ref name="Depuis2009">Template:Cite book</ref>
- December 17 – Armin Mueller-Stahl, Russian-born German actor<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- December 19 – Anca Giurchescu, Romanian academic and ethnochoreologist (d. 2015)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- December 21
- Adebayo Adedeji, Nigerian UN official (d. 2018)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Kalevi Sorsa, Prime Minister of Finland (d. 2004)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- December 25 – Salah Jahin, Egyptian poet, lyricist, playwright and cartoonist (d. 1986)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- December 28 – Mariam A. Aleem, Egyptian artist (d. 2010)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- December 30
- Alvin Peterson, Jamaican percussionist (d. 2021)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Tu Youyou, Chinese pharmaceutical chemist, Nobel Prize laureate<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- December 31 – Odetta, American singer (d. 2008)<ref name="WaltersMansfield1998">Template:Cite book</ref>
Deaths
January – February
- January 8 – Martha Tynæs, Norwegian social worker and politician (b. 1870)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
- January 9 – Edward Bok, American author (b. 1863)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- January 19 – Frank Ramsey, British philosopher, mathematician and economist (b. 1903)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- January 22 – Reginald Brett, 2nd Viscount Esher, British politician and courtier (b. 1852)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- January 24 – Rebecca Latimer Felton, American writer, lecturer, reformer, and politician (b. 1835)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- January 27 – Dewa Shigetō, Japanese admiral (b. 1856)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- January 28 – Emmy Destinn, Czech operatic soprano (b. 1878)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- February 3
- Michele Bianchi, Italian fascist leader (b. 1883)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Poseidon, Australian racehorse (b. 1903)
- February 14 – Sir Thomas MacKenzie, New Zealand politician, explorer, 18th Prime Minister of New Zealand and High Commissioner (b. 1854)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- February 15 – Giulio Douhet, Italian general, air power theorist (b. 1869)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- February 21
- Heinrich Kroll, German fighter ace (b. 1894)<ref>Norman Franks, et al.,Fokker D VII Aces of World War 1: Part 2, Osprey Publishing, 2004, Template:ISBN, p. 43.</ref>
- Ahmad Shah Qajar, Shah of Persia (b. 1898)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- February 23
- Mabel Normand, American actress (b. 1892)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Horst Wessel, Nazi ideologue, composer (b. 1907)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- February 26
- Mary Whiton Calkins, American philosopher and psychologist (b. 1863)<ref>Template:Cite ANB</ref>
- Rafael Merry del Val, British-born Spanish Roman Catholic cardinal and Servant of God (b. 1865)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
March – April
- March 2 – D. H. Lawrence, British writer (b. 1885)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- March 6 – Alfred von Tirpitz, German politician, admiral (b. 1848)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- March 8 – William Howard Taft, 27th President of the United States, 10th Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1857)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- March 12 – William George Barker, Canadian pilot (b. 1894)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- March 13 – Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman, American author (b. 1852)<ref>Fishinger, Sondra. "Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, 1852–1930", in Past and Promise: Lives of New Jersey Women. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1997: 139. Template:ISBN</ref>
- March 14 – A. A. Kannisto, Finnish politician (b. 1876)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- March 16 – Miguel Primo de Rivera, Spanish military officer, Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1870)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- March 19 – Arthur Balfour, British politician and statesman, 48th Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1848)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- March 24 – Eugeen Van Mieghem, Belgian painter (b. 1875)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- March 27 – Sister Christine, German-born Hindu teacher<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- March 30 – Shyamji Krishna Varma, Indian lawyer, journalist and revolutionary (b. 1857)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- April 1 – Cosima Wagner, wife and inspiration of Richard Wagner (b. 1837)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- April 2 – Empress Zewditu of Ethiopia (b. 1876)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- April 3 – Dame Emma Albani, Canadian operatic soprano (b. 1847)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- April 4 – Victoria of Baden, Queen consort of Sweden (b. 1862)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- April 6 – Dimitrije, Serbian Patriarch (b. 1846)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- April 9 – Rose Caron, French operatic soprano (b. 1857)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- April 14 – Vladimir Mayakovsky, Russian poet (b. 1893)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- April 21 – Robert Bridges, British poet (b. 1844)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- April 22 – Jeppe Aakjær, Danish poet, novelist (b. 1866)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
May – June
- May 8 – Patriarch George V of Armenia (b. 1847)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- May 13 – Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian explorer, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1861)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- May 17 – Herbert Croly, American political author (b. 1869)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- May 25
- Randall Davidson, English clergyman, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1848)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Archduke Rainer of Austria (b. 1895)<ref>"Archduke Rainer of Austria Dead", New York Times (26 May 1930): 15.</ref>
- June 5
- Sophie Holten, Danish painter (b. 1858)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=kvinfo>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Eric Lemming, Swedish athlete (b. 1880)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Jules Pascin, Bulgarian painter (b. 1885)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- June 9 – William Allardyce, British colonial governor (b. 1861)<ref name=adb>Template:Australian Dictionary of Biography</ref>
- June 10 – Adolf von Harnack, German Lutheran theologian and church historian (b. 1851)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- June 13 – Sir Henry Segrave, British racer, land and water speed record holder (b. 1896)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- June 14 – Enrico Millo, Italian admiral and politician (b. 1865)<ref>Italian Navy website page dedicated to Enrico Millo, 2008 (in Italian).</ref>
- June 16 – Anna Whitlock, Swedish suffragist (b. 1852)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- June 30 – Yashiro Rokurō, Japanese admiral and politician (b. 1860)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
July– August
- July 7 – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, British fiction writer (Sherlock Holmes) (b. 1859)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- July 8 – Sir Joseph Ward, 17th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1856)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- July 11 – Masataka Ogawa, Japanese chemist (b. 1865)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- July 15
- Leopold Auer, Hungarian violinist (b. 1845)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Rudolph Schildkraut, Ottoman-born Austrian actor (b. 1862)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- July 16 – Juan Luis Sanfuentes, 16th President of Chile (b. 1858)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- July 19
- David Bonis, Canadian politician
- Sir Robert Stout, 2-time prime minister of New Zealand (b. 1844)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Oku Yasukata, Japanese field marshal, leading figure in the early Imperial Japanese Army (b. 1847)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- July 23 – Glenn Curtiss, American aviation pioneer (b. 1878)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- July 26 – Pavlos Karolidis, Greek historian (b. 1849)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- July 28 – Allvar Gullstrand, Swedish ophthalmologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1862)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- August 3 – James Alexander Anderson, Canadian politician
- August 4 – Siegfried Wagner, German composer and conductor, son of Richard Wagner (born 1869)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- August 11 – Edward Angle, American dentist (b. 1855)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- August 12 – Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien, English general (b. 1858)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- August 15 – Florian Cajori, Swiss-born historian of mathematics (b. 1859)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- August 21 – Sir Aston Webb, British architect (b. 1849)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- August 24 – Tom Norman, British freak showman (b. 1860)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- August 26 – Lon Chaney, American actor (b. 1883)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- August 29 – William Archibald Spooner, British scholar, Anglican priest (b. 1844)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
September– October
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- September 1 – Peeter Põld, Estonian pedagogical scientist, politician (b. 1878)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- September 10 – Aubrey Faulkner, South African cricketer (b. 1881)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- September 18 – Ruth Alexander, pioneering American pilot (b. 1905)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- September 20 – Gombojab Tsybikov, Russian explorer (b. 1873)
- September 28
- Daniel Guggenheim, American mining magnate and philanthropist (b. 1856)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Prince Leopold of Bavaria, German prince and field marshal (b. 1846)
- October 4 – Olena Pchilka, Ukrainian writer, translator and publisher (b. 1849)<ref name="Prokhorov1982">Template:Cite book</ref>
- October 10 – Adolf Engler, German botanist (b. 1844)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- October 15 – Herbert Henry Dow, Canadian-born chemical industrialist (b. 1866)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- October 16 – James Surtees Phillpotts, English writer and educator (b. 1839)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- October 20 – Valeriano Weyler, 1st Duke of Rubí, Spanish general (b. 1838)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- October 26 – Harry Payne Whitney, American horse breeder and businessman (b. 1872)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- October 27 – Ellen Hayes, American mathematician and astronomer (b. 1851)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- October 28 – Mary Harrison McKee, de facto First Lady of the United States (b. 1858)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- October 30 – Sakichi Toyoda, Japanese inventor, industrialist (b. 1867)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
November – December
- November – Alfred Wegener, German geophysicist, meteorologist (b. 1880)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- November 3 – Nikolai Alexandrov, Soviet actor and director (b. 1870)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- November 4 – Akiyama Yoshifuru, Japanese general (b. 1859)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- November 5
- Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician, pathologist, and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1858)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Luigi Facta, Italian politician, 26th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1861)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- November 8 – Alexander Bedward, Jamaican preacher (b. 1848)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- November 9 – Tasker H. Bliss, American general (b. 1853)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- November 20 – Sir Neville Howse, Australian politician and recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1863)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- November 21 – Clelia Merloni, Italian nun and founder of the Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- November 26 – Sir Ponnambalam Ramanathan, Sinhalese lawyer and politician (b. 1851)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- November 27
- Johnny Tyldesley, English cricketer (b. 1873)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Simon Kahquados, Potawatomi political activist (b. 1851)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- November 28 – Constantine VI, Turkish-born bishop, briefly Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (b. 1859)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- November 29 – Anna DeCosta Banks, American nurse (b. 1869)<ref name=":13">Template:Cite web</ref>
- November 30 – Mary Harris Jones, Irish-born American labor leader (b. 1837)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- December 8 – Florbela Espanca, Portuguese poet (b. 1894)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- December 9
- Andrew "Rube" Foster, American Negro league baseball player (b. 1879)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Laura Muntz Lyall, Canadian painter (b. 1860)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- December 12 – Nikolai Pokrovsky, Russian politician, last foreign minister of the Russian Empire (b. 1865)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- December 13 – Fritz Pregl, Austrian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- December 17 – Peter Warlock, British composer (b. 1894)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
- December 22 – Vintilă Brătianu, 31st Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1867)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- December 25 – Eugen Goldstein, German physicist (b. 1850)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
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- Evgeny Aleksandrovich Radkevich, Russian general (b. 1851)
Nobel Prizes
- Physics – Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman
- Chemistry – Hans Fischer
- Physiology or Medicine – Karl Landsteiner
- Literature – Sinclair Lewis
- Peace – Nathan Söderblom
References
Sources
- The 1930s Timeline: 1930 – from American Studies Programs at The University of Virginia