1930: The Year in People

The Silent Generation · Year of the Horse 🐎 · Born in 1930 turn 96 in 2026

The year in numbers

Gas, per gallon

$0.20

Median home

$3,510

US population

2.07B

US president

Herbert Hoover

Top song

"Body and Soul" — Paul Whiteman

Top film

All Quiet on the Western Front

Best Picture

All Quiet on the Western Front

In the news: Pluto discovered

What happened in 1930

1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1930th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 930th year of the 2nd millennium, the 30th year of the 20th century, and the 1st year of the 1930s decade.

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Born in 1930

136 people in our data · most viewed first

Clint Eastwood

b. 1930 · May 31

American actor and filmmaker

Buzz Aldrin

b. 1930 · January 20

American astronaut

Gene Hackman

1930–2025 · January 30

American actor

Katherine Jackson

b. 1930 · May 4

Mother of Michael Jackson

Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon

1930–2017 · March 7

British photographer and filmmaker

Anton LaVey

1930–1997 · April 11

American writer and Satanist

Carolyn Jones

1930–1983 · April 28

American actress

Bernie Ecclestone

b. 1930 · October 28

British business magnate

Ali al-Sistani

b. 1930 · August 4

Islamic scholar

Ben Gazzara

1930–2012 · August 28

American actor

Frederick Wiseman

1930–2026 · January 1

American filmmaker

Edward Woodward

1930–2009 · June 1

English actor

Anne Francis

1930–2011 · September 16

American actress

George Steinbrenner

1930–2010 · July 4

American businessman

Helmut Kohl

1930–2017 · April 3

Chancellor of Germany from 1982 to 1998

Mary Costa

b. 1930 · April 5

American actress and singer

Andrew Sachs

1930–2016 · April 7

British actor

Buck Henry

1930–2020 · December 9

American actor

Geoffrey Holder

1930–2014 · August 1

Trinidadian-American actor and dancer

Grace Lee Whitney

1930–2015 · April 1

American actress and singer

Marion Zimmer Bradley

1930–1999 · June 3

American author

Armin Mueller-Stahl

b. 1930 · December 17

German actor

George Fernandes

1930–2019 · June 3

Indian trade unionist and politician

Bradford Dillman

1930–2018 · April 14

American actor

Died in 1930

Arthur Conan Doyle1859–1930 · British writer and physician
Ahmad Shah Qajar1898–1930 · Shah of Iran from 1909 to 1925
Arthur Balfour1848–1930 · Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1902 to 1905
Lon Chaney1883–1930 · American actor
Carl Panzram1892–1930 · American serial killer
Alfred Wegener1880–1930 · German climatologist and geophysicist
Giuseppe Morello1867–1930 · Italian-American crime boss
Alfred von Tirpitz1849–1930 · German naval officer
Joseph Baptista1864–1930 · Indian politician and activist
19491849–1930 · Calendar year
George Herbert Mead1863–1930 · American philosopher
A. A. Kannisto1876–1930 · Finnish politician