October 30, 1939

1939Harvey Goldstein, English statistician and academic (died 2020)^[†]

Harvey Goldstein was a British statistician known for his contributions to multilevel modelling methodology, statistical software, social statistics, and for applying this to educational assessment and league tables.

1939Leland H. Hartwell, American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate^[†]

Leland Harrison "Lee" Hartwell is an American former president and director of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, Washington. He shared the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Paul Nurse and Tim Hunt, for their discoveries of protein molecules that control the division (duplication) of cells.

1939Eddie Holland, American singer-songwriter and producer^[†]

Edward James Holland Jr. is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is brother to Brian Holland.

1939Grace Slick, American singer-songwriter and model^[†]

Grace Slick is an American painter and musician whose musical career spanned four decades. She was a prominent figure in San Francisco's psychedelic music scene during the mid-1960s to the early 1970s.