Definition that contains 1930s
- lee United States striptease artist who became famous on Broadway in the 1930s (1914-1970)
- swing a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz
- depression a period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment
- moody United States tennis player who dominated women's tennis in the 1920s and 1930s (1905-1998)
- nanking a city in eastern China on the Yangtze River; a former capital of China; the scene of a Japanese massacre in the 1930s
- jive a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz
- lindy an energetic American dance that was popular in the 1930s (probably named for the aviator Charles Lindbergh)
- nanjing a city in eastern China on the Yangtze River; a former capital of China; the scene of a Japanese massacre in the 1930s
- deco a style of design that was popular in the 1920s and 1930s; marked by stylized forms and geometric designs adapted to mass production
- koestler British writer (born in Hungary) who wrote a novel exposing the Stalinist purges during the 1930s (1905-1983)