* 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 – Pierre Richard, French actor

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

Writer George Bernard Shaw claimed to have read the complete 9th edition — except for the science articles — and Richard Evelyn Byrd took the Britannica as reading material for his five-month stay at the South Pole in 1934, while Philip Beaver read it during a sailing expedition.

* 1934 – Richard Shelby, American politician

* 1934 – Richard Chamberlain, American actor

Sir Charles Antony Richard Hoare ( born 11 January 1934 ), commonly known as Tony Hoare or C. A. R. Hoare, is a British computer scientist best known for the development ( in 1960, at age 26 ) of Quicksort, a well-known sorting algorithm.

* July 13 – Richard D. Zanuck, American film producer ( b. 1934 )

Richard and Frances Hughes had five children: Robert Elyston-Glodrydd ( born 1932 ), Penelope ( 1934 ), Lleky Susannah ( 1936 ), Catherine Phyllida ( 1940 ) and Owain Gardner Collingwood ( 1943 ).

* Poems of Richard Aldington ( 1934 )

Richard Meier ( born October 12, 1934 ) is an American architect, whose rationalist buildings make prominent use of the color white.

* Richard Smith ( diplomat ) ( born 1934 ), Australian diplomat, Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom

Another legendary Richard was Maurice Evans, who first played the role at the Old Vic in 1934 and then created a sensation in his 1937 Broadway performance, revived it in New York in 1940 and then immortalised it on television for the Hallmark Hall of Fame in 1954.

* Richard Shelby ( born 1934 ), United States senator from Alabama

Richard Francis Xavier Manning, known as Brennan Manning ( New York, April 27, 1934 ) is an American author, friar, priest, contemplative and speaker.

* Birthplace of Major-General Sir Richard Havelock Charles, 1st Baronet ( 1858 – 1934 ), doctor, and Serjeant Surgeon to King George V.

* Richard C. Smith co-wrote the song " Winter Wonderland " in 1934 ; his house still stands on Church St., Honesdale.

Richard David Briers, CBE ( born 14 January 1934 ) is an English actor, whose career has encompassed theatre, television, film and radio.

But many believed that his greatest successes were in Shakespearean productions in which he both directed and starred, especially Romeo and Juliet ( 1935 ), Richard II ( 1937, 1953 ), King Lear ( 1950, 1955 ), Much Ado About Nothing ( 1952, 1955, 1959 ) and his signature role of Hamlet ( 1934, 1939, 1945 ).

* Richard Alexander ( 1934 – 2008 )-Conservative politician

* Richard Levinson ( 1934 – 1987 ), writer

In 1934, on the recommendation of Richard O ' Connor, he was appointed to the War Office at the rank of lieutenant colonel.

Richard John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan ( born 18 December 1934 ), popularly known as Lord Lucan, a British peer and suspected murderer, disappeared without trace early on 8 November 1974.

Richard John Bingham was born on 18 December 1934 at 19 Bentinck Street, Marylebone, London, the second child and elder son of George Bingham, 6th Earl of Lucan, and Kaitlin Elizabeth Anne Dawson.

In 1935, under Edgar Bainton ( Director 1934 – 48 ), the Conservatorium Opera School was founded, later performing works such as Giuseppe Verdi's Falstaff and Othello, Richard Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg and Die Walküre, and Claude Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande, among others.