1935
Centuries: Year in Review 20th Century (19th century - 20th century - 21st century)
Decades: 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s - 1930s - 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s
Years: 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 - 1935 - 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940
Births
- January 8 - Elvis Presley, American singer
- February 11 - Sergio Mendes -- an alternative source gives 1941.
- February 11 - Gerry Goffin.
- February 11 - Bent Lorentzen, composer.
- February 11 - Gene Vincent, American rock guitarist/vocalist -- an alternative source gives 1943.
- July 17 - Peter Schickele, composer
- September 17 - Ken Kesey, author
- October 12 - Luciano Pavarotti, opera singer
- December 1 - Woody Allen, American film director
Deaths
- December 24 - Alban Berg, aged 50, Austrian composer
Events
- Mao Zedong assumes the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party.
- Cane toads introduced to Australia.
- Physics - James Chadwick
- Chemistry - Frédéric Joliot, Irène Joliot-Curie
- Medicine - Hans Spemann
- Literature - not awarded
- Peace - Carl Von Ossietzky