1930s

## 1930

* January 8 – Davey Whitney born.
* February 18 – David Dick born.
* March 22 – Bobby Watson born.
* April 17 – Roy Skinner born.
* June 14 – William J. Dodd died, aged 67.
* June 15 – Guy R. Strong born.
* August 24 – H. Foster Petit born.
* August 29 – Henry Tureman Allen died, aged 71.
* August 31 – Lou Tsioropoulos born.
* September 1 – John Reccius died, aged 70.
* September 5 – Ida Marie Honoré died, aged 76.
* November 10 – Clarence M. Pendleton, Jr. born.
* December 12 – Steve Meilinger born.

## 1931

* January 4 – Richard Frymire born.
* January 6 – Tom Marshall born.
* January 18 – Shelby Hearon born.
* February 18 – William Lynwood Montell born.
* April 12 – Betty Clooney born.
* April 14 – Arnold Shultz died, aged 45.
* April 16 – Julian Carroll born.
* May 7 – Jerry Chesnut born.
* May 8 – Charles H. Parrish died, aged 72.
* May 18 – Charlie Hamburg died, aged 64.
* May 27 – Kenny Price born.
* June 5 – Barbara Paul born.
* June 14 – Jimmy Blythe died, aged 30.
* July 13 – Frank Ramsey born.
* August 2 – Pierre DuMaine born.
* August 24 – Augustus E. Wilson died, aged 84.
* September 2 – Ernest E. West born.
* September 5 – The Paramount first opened.
* October 23 – Jim Bunning born.
* December 8 – Jack Bellman died, aged 67.

## 1932

* January 17 – John W. Langley died, aged 64.
* February 29 – Edward Faulkner born.
* March 4 – Andrew Jackson Smith died, aged 88.
* March 19 – Gay Brewer born.
* April 10 – Fred Pfeffer died, aged 72.
* April 14 – Loretta Lynn born.
* May 17 – Gus Meade born.
* May 26 – Joseph Jackson died, aged 37.
* July 2 – Reid Patterson born.
* July 7 – Young E. Allison died, aged 78.
* August 3 – Nettie Depp died, aged 57.
* August 8 – Bill Beach born.
* September 5 – Al Wilson died, aged 36.

## 1933

* January 7 – Rudell Stitch born.
* May 30 – Burley Bayer died, aged 59.
* June 17 – Betty Jean Robinson born.
* September 8 – Richard C. Lamb born.
* September 20 – Billy Walker died, aged ~73.
* September 23 – Barry Bingham, Jr. born.
* October 9 – Thomas Graham, Jr. born.
* October 18 – Bross Townsend born.
* October 25 – Larry Hopkins born.
* October 31 – Hugh Randall born.
* November 1 – Davey Moore born.
* November 18 – Boniface Hardin born.
* December 28 – John Y. Brown, Jr. born.

## 1934

* January 14 – Walker Hines died, aged 63.
* January 19 – Phil Rollins born.
* February 3 – Jerry Bird born.
* February 3 – Dick Sutherland died, aged 52.
* February 9 – Lottie Deno died, aged 89.
* March 2 – Dottie Rambo born.
* June 12 – Enid Yandell died, aged 64.
* August 5 – Wendell Berry born.
* August 10 – Jerry Crutchfield born.
* August 16 – Andrew J. Offutt born.
* September 24 – Archibald Thomas Robertson died, aged 70.
* October 30 – Ray Smith born.
* November 30 – Steve Hamilton born.

## 1935

* January 19 – Owsley Stanley born.
* April 6 – Nancy Huston Banks died, aged 84.
* April 14 – James Baker Hall born.
* May 4 – James S. Albus born.
* May 11 – Dick Leitsch born.
* May 24 – Rusty York born.
* May 26 – Eddie Haas born.
* June 15 – Edwin P. Morrow died, aged 57.
* June 30 – Paul Toth born.
* August 4 – Thomas Appelman born.
* August 18 – Spencer Bell died, aged 47.
* September 23 – Les McCann born.
* October 1 – Ray Sanders born.
* November 15 – Jack Smith born.
* December 14 – Stanley G. Weinbaum died, aged 33.
* December 20 – Eliza Calvert Hall died, aged 79.
* December 23 – Paul Hornung born.

## 1936

* January 13 – Vernon Hatton born.
* March 13 – Jack Parr born.
* April 12 – Charles Napier born.
* April 14 – Bobby Nichols born.
* April 18 – Historical Marker 1 - Ashland dedicated in Lexington.
* May 5 – Bill Anderson died, aged 71.
* May 25 – Tom T. Hall born.
* May 31 – John Crigler born.
* August 14 – Rainey Bethea died, aged 26.
* August 28 – Slater La Master died, aged 46.
* September 5 – Leo Wardrup born.
* October 5 – Adrian Smith born.
* October 5 – Ingram Crockett died, aged 80.
* October 10 – William Voris Gregory died, aged 58.
* November 1 – Johnny Cox born.
* November 9 – Mary Travers born.
* December 7 – Martha Layne Collins born.

## 1937

* February 1 – Don Everly born.
* February 20 – Walter Arnold Baker born.
* February 28 – Elvira Sydnor Miller died, aged 76.
* March 2 – Denny Crum born.
* July 6 – Ned Beatty born.
* July 11 – Bobbi Jordan born.
* July 18 – Hunter S. Thompson born.
* July 27 – Don Galloway born.
* August 27 – J. D. Crowe born.
* October 17 – Clyde Hatter died, aged 29.
* November 13 – Mrs. Leslie Carter died, aged 80.

## 1938

* February 16 – Lee Tannehill died, aged 57.
* February 26 – Jan Crutchfield born.
* March 2 – Ben Harney died, aged 65.
* March 26 – Mel Ignatow born.
* March 26 – Harry Buckner died, aged 61.
* April 4 – Norro Wilson born.
* May 24 – Donald Brumfield born.
* May 31 – Dick Parsons born.
* August 5 – James D. Black died, aged 88.
* November 5 – Eugene Ulrich born.

## 1939

* January 19 – Phil Everly born.
* March 8 – Scott Stratton died, aged 69.
* April 5 – Roger Davis born.
* May 6 – Mathilde Brundage died, aged 79.
* June 27 – Brereton Jones born.
* July 10 – Lawrence Pressman born.
* July 12 – Charles Dougherty died, aged 59.
* July 29 – John Sowders died, aged 72.
* December 20 – Courtney Johnson born.