* Mary Hunter Austin ( 1868 – 1934 ), American writer

Subsequent formalizations were framed as attempts to define " effective calculability " or " effective method "; those formalizations included the Gödel – Herbrand – Kleene recursive functions of 1930, 1934 and 1935, Alonzo Church's lambda calculus of 1936, Emil Post's " Formulation 1 " of 1936, and Alan Turing's Turing machines of 1936 – 7 and 1939.

* 1864 – William Bate Hardy, British biochemist ( d. 1934 )

* 1878 – Erich Mühsam, German author ( d. 1934 )

* 1934 – Enrique Álvarez Félix, Mexican actor ( d. 1996 )

* 1934 – Anton Geesink, Dutch judoka ( d. 2010 )

* 1934 – Guy Peellaert, Belgian artist and photographer ( d. 2008 )

* 1934 – The strongest surface wind gust in the world at 231 mph, is measured on the summit of Mount Washington, New Hampshire.

* 1934 – The U. S. Auto-Lite Strike begins, culminating in a five-day melee between Ohio National Guard troops and 6, 000 strikers and picketers.

* 1934 – Heinz Schneiter, Swiss footballer

* 1934 – Don McKenney, Canadian ice hockey player

* 1934 – Jerry Lordan, English singer-songwriter and composer ( d. 1995 )

* 1934 – Piers Anthony, English writer

* 1934 – Chris Bonington, English mountaineer

* 1934 – Billy Boston, Welsh rugby player

* 1877 – William Brennaugh, Canadian lacrosse player ( d. 1934 )

England then achieved their first Ashes win at Lord's since 1934 to go 1 – 0 up.

* 1934 – Gleichschaltung: Adolf Hitler becomes Führer of Germany.

* 1858 – Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont, ( d. 1934 )

* 1934 – Valery Bykovsky, Soviet astronaut

* 2012 – Ekrem Bora, Turkish actor ( b. 1934 )

* 2012 – Miguel de la Madrid, Mexican politician, President of Mexico ( b. 1934 )

After 1890 came philosopher Josiah Royce ( 1855 – 1916 ), botanist Liberty Hyde Bailey ( 1858 – 1954 ), the Southern Agrarians of the 1920s and 1930s, novelist John Steinbeck ( 1902 – 1968 ), historian A. Whitney Griswold ( 1906 – 1963 ), environmentalist Aldo Leopold ( 1887 – 1948 ), Ralph Borsodi ( 1886 – 1977 ), and present-day authors Wendell Berry ( b. 1934 ), Gene Logsdon ( b. 1932 ), Paul Thompson, and Allan C. Carlson ( b. 1949 ).

* 1934 – John Beck, New Zealand cricketer ( d. 2000 )

* 1934 – John Standing, English actor

* 1934 – John Guy, New Zealand cricketer

* 1873 – John McGraw, American baseball player and manager ( d. 1934 )

Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani in 1997 signed legislation designating the southwest corner of West 54th Street and Broadway, the corner on which John J. Fitz Gerald lived from 1934 to 1963, as " Big Apple Corner.

Inspired by a concert where he saw John Lee Hooker perform, he supplemented his work as a carpenter and mechanic with a developing career playing on street corners with friends, including Jerome Green ( c. 1934 – 1973 ), in a band called The Hipsters ( later The Langley Avenue Jive Cats ).

* Charles Richard John Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough ( 1871 – 1934 ), only son of the 8th Duke

* English Deism: Its Roots and Its Fruits by John Orr ( 1934 )

* 1934 – John Norris Bahcall, American physicist ( d. 2005 )

In 1934 the Wings made the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time, with John Sorrell scoring 21 goals over 47 games and Larry Aurie leading the team in scoring.

* John Campbell Hamilton-Gordon, 7th Earl of Aberdeen ( 1847 – 1934 ) ( created Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair in 1916 )

* John Campbell Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair ( 1847 – 1934 )

Bogart would star in 36 films between 1934 and 1942 including John Huston's The Maltese Falcon ( 1941 ), one of the first films now considered a classic film noir.

* 1934 – John Surtees, English motorcycle and race car driver

Madero's leadership of the Revolution, presidency and assassination are depicted in at least two Hollywood movies, Viva Villa !, ( 1934 ) directed by Jack Conway, screenplay by Ben Hecht, and Viva Zapata !, ( 1952 ) directed by Elia Kazan, screenplay by John Steinbeck.

* 1934 – John Ziegler, former NHL Commissioner

In 1934 Hawks went to Columbia Pictures to make his first screwball comedy, Twentieth Century, starring John Barrymore and Hawks's distant cousin Carole Lombard.

Bogart starred in the Broadway play Invitation to a Murder at the Theatre Masque, now the John Golden Theatre, in 1934.

* John Anson Ford ( 1883 – 1983 ), American local-level legislator who served on Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for 24 years ( 1934 – 58 ); Democratic nominee for U. S. Senator ( 1940 )

* John Ford ( cricketer ) ( born 1934 ), English right-handed batsman and right-arm fast bowler who played for Gloucestershire Second XI between 1953 and 1956

* 1934 – John A. Alonzo, American cinematographer ( d. 2001 )

* 1903 – John Dillinger, American bank robber and murderer ( d. 1934 )

* 1850 – John Collier, British writer and painter ( d. 1934 )