List of covers of Time magazine (1930s)

This is a list of people and other topics appearing on the cover of Time magazine in the 1930s. Time was first published in 1923. As Time became established as one of the United States' leading news magazines, an appearance on the cover of Time became an indicator of notability, fame or notoriety. Such features were accompanied by articles about the topic.

Cover for November 3, 1930, with Haile Selassie

January 6 – Owen D. Young

January 13 –

January 20 –

January 27 –

February 3 –

February 10 –

February 17 –

February 24 –

March 3 – Pointer Mary Blue

March 10 –

March 17 –

March 24 –

March 31 –

April 7 –

April 14 –

April 21 –

April 28 –

May 5 –

May 12 –

May 19 –

May 26 –

June 2 –

June 9 –

June 16 –

June 23 –

June 30 –

July 7 –

July 14 –

July 21 –

July 28 –

August 4 –

August 11 –

Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, Duchess of York

August 18 –

Mrs. Thomas Hitchcock (Louise Eustis Hitchcock)

August 26 –

September 1 –

September 8 –

September 15 –

September 22 –

September 29 –

October 6 –

Harry Emerson Fosdick

October 13 –

Sergei Koussevitsky

October 20 –

Henri Matisse

October 27 –

King George V &

Queen Mary

November 3 –

Emperor Haile Selassie

November 10 –

Jouett Shouse

November 17 – Football's Public

November 24 –

December 1 –

December 8 –

December 15 –

December 22 –

December 29 –

Cover for July 20, 1931, with Nikola Tesla

January 5 – Mahatma Gandhi

January 12 –

January 19 –

January 26 –

February 2 –

February 9 –

February 16 –

Joseph Deems Taylor aka Deems Taylor

February 23 –

Vyacheslav Menzhinsky

March 2 –

March 9 –

March 16 –

March 23 –

March 30 –

April 6 –

April 13 –

April 20 –

April 27 –

Mrs. Nanaline Duke

May 4 –

May 11 –

May 18 –

May 25 –

John Humber &

Grace Hammond Conners

June 1 –

June 8 –

June 15 –

June 22 –

June 29 –

July 6 –

July 13 –

July 20 –

July 27 –

August 3 –

August 10 –

August 17 –

August 24 –

August 31 –

September 7 –

September 14 –

September 21 –

September 28 –

Pierre Laval &

Aristide Briand

October 5 –

Primo Carnera

October 12 –

Baron Kijuro Shidehara

October 19 –

October 26 –

November 2 –

November 9 –

November 16 –

November 23 –

November 30 –

December 7 –

December 14 –

December 21 –

December 28 –

Cover for August 15, 1932, with the Marx Brothers

January 4 – Pierre Laval

January 11 –

Daniel Willard

January 18 –

Errett Lobban Cord

January 25 –

Philip Barry

February 1 –

Franklin D. Roosevelt

February 8 –

February 15 –

February 22 –

February 29 –

March 7 –

March 14 –

March 21 –

March 28 –

April 4 –

April 11 –

April 18 – The Circus

April 25 –

Neville Chamberlain

May 2 –

Charles A. Lindbergh Jr.

May 9 –

Rt. Rev. James Edward Freeman

May 16 –

May 23 –

May 31 –

June 6 –

June 13 –

June 20 –

June 27 –

July 4 –

July 11 –

July 18 –

July 25 –

Earl of Bessborough, First lady & page

August 1 –

Ellsworth Vines

August 8 –

Norman M. Thomas

August 15 –

Groucho, Harpo, Chico & Zeppo Marx

August 22 –

August 29 –

September 5 –

September 12 –

September 19 –

September 26 –

Edward Dickinson Duffield

October 3 –

October 10 –

October 17 –

October 24 –

October 31 –

November 7 – Common Citizens

November 14 –

November 21 –

November 28 –

December 5 –

December 12 –

December 19 –

December 26 –

Cover for September 11, 1933, with Gertrude Stein

January 2 – Franklin D. Roosevelt, Man of the Year

January 9 –

January 16 –

January 23 –

January 30 –

February 6 –

February 13 –

February 20 –

February 27 –

March 6 –

Sara Delano Roosevelt

March 13 –

March 20 –

March 27 –

April 3 –

April 10 –

April 17 –

April 24 –

May 1 –

May 8 –

May 15 –

May 22 –

May 29 –

June 5 –

June 12 –

June 19 –

June 26 –

July 3 –

July 10 –

July 17 –

July 24 –

July 31 –

August 7 –

August 14 –

August 21 –

August 28 –

September 4 –

September 11 –

September 18 –

September 25 –

October 2 –

October 9 –

October 16 –

October 23 –

October 30 –

November 6 –

November 13 – Football

November 20 –

November 27 –

December 4 –

December 11 –

December 18 –

December 25 – Alice in Wonderland (

Alec B. Francis &

Charlotte Henry)

Cover for January 15, 1934, with Elmer Thomas and Charles Coughlin

January 1 – Hugh S. Johnson, Man of the Year

January 8 –

Walter P. Chrysler

January 15 –

Elmer Thomas &

January 22 –

January 29 –

February 5 –

February 12 –

February 19 –

February 26 –

March 5 –

March 12 –

March 19 –

March 26 –

April 2 –

April 9 –

April 16 –

April 23 –

April 30 –

May 7 –

May 14 –

May 21 –

May 28 –

June 4 –

June 11 –

June 18 –

June 25 –

July 2 –

July 9 –

July 16 –

July 23 –

July 30 –

August 6 –

August 13 –

August 20 – Cavalcade

August 27 –

September 3 –

September 10 –

September 17 –

September 24 –

October 1 –

Henry Noble MacCracken

October 8 –

Helen Rogers Reid & Friends

October 15 –

October 22 –

October 29 –

November 5 –

November 12 –

November 19 –

Robert M. La Follette Jr.

November 26 –

Benjamin N. Cardozo

December 3 –

Lázaro Cárdenas

December 10 –

Maxwell Anderson

December 17 –

White House Staffers (Marguerite LeHand, Louis Howe, Gus Gennerich, Marvin Hunter McIntyre)

December 24 –

Thomas Hart Benton

December 31 –

Herbert H. Lehman

Cover for January 14, 1935, with Henry Ford

January 7 – Franklin D. Roosevelt, Man of the Year

January 14 –

Henry Ford

January 21 –

John Thomas Taylor

January 28 –

Kathleen Norris

February 4 –

Pierre-Étienne Flandin

February 11 –

February 18 –

February 25 –

March 4 –

March 11 –

March 18 –

March 25 –

General Douglas MacArthur

April 1 –

Huey P. Long

April 8 –

Anthony Eden &

April 15 –

April 22 –

April 29 –

May 6 –

May 13 –

May 20 –

May 27 –

June 3 –

June 10 –

June 17 –

June 24 –

July 1 –

July 8 –

July 15 –

July 22 –

July 29 –

August 5 –

August 12 –

August 19 –

August 26 –

September 2 –

September 9 –

September 16 –

September 23 –

September 30 –

October 7 –

October 14 –

October 21 –

John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir

October 28 –

November 4 –

November 11 – Football Spectators

November 18 –

November 25 –

December 2 –

December 9 –

December 16 –

December 23 –

December 30 –

Cover for February 17, 1936, with Leni Riefenstahl

January 6 – Haile Selassie, Man of the Year

January 13 –

Arthur H. Compton

January 20 –

J. P. Morgan Jr.

January 27 –

Abby Aldrich Rockefeller

February 3 –

George Santayana

February 10 –

Marriner S. Eccles

February 17 –

Leni Riefenstahl

February 24 –

Hirohito,

Pu Yi,

Joseph Stalin &

March 2 –

March 9 –

March 16 –

March 23 –

March 30 –

April 6 –

April 13 –

April 20 –

April 27 –

May 4 –

May 11 –

May 18 –

May 25 –

June 1 –

June 8 –

June 15 –

June 22 –

French strikers

June 29 –

July 6 –

July 13 –

July 20 –

July 27 –

August 3 –

Charles Phelps Taft II

August 10 –

August 17 –

August 24 –

Emilio Mola &

August 31 –

September 7 –

September 14 –

September 21 –

September 28 –

October 5 –

Lou Gehrig &

October 12 –

October 19 –

October 26 –

November 2 –

Joseph M. Patterson &

November 9 –

November 16 –

November 23 –

November 30 –

December 7 –

December 14 –

December 21 –

December 28 –

January 4 – Wallis Warfield Simpson, Woman of the Year

January 11 –

January 18 –

January 25 –

February 1 –

February 8 –

February 15 –

February 22 –

Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII

March 1 –

Charles E. Hughes

March 8 –

King George VI

March 15 –

Joseph E. Davies & his wife Marjorie Merriweather Post

March 22 –

March 29 –

April 5 –

April 12 –

April 19 –

April 26 –

May 3 –

Billy and Bobby Mauch

May 10 –

May 17 –

May 24 –

May 31 –

June 7 –

June 14 –

June 21 –

June 28 –

Ethel du Pont &

Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr.

July 5 –

July 12 –

July 19 –

July 26 –

August 2 –

August 9 –

August 16 –

August 23 –

August 30 –

September 6 –

September 13 –

September 20 –

September 27 –

October 4 –

October 11 –

October 18 –

October 25 –

November 1 –

November 8 –

Alfred Lunt &

November 15 –

November 22 –

November 29 –

December 6 –

December 13 –

Colby M. Chester, Chairman of General Foods

December 20 –

Joseph Stalin

December 27 –

Walt Disney

January 3 – Chiang Kai-shek & Mme. Chiang, Couple of the Year

January 10 –

January 17 –

January 24 –

January 31 –

February 7 –

February 14 –

Sebastián Pozas Perea

February 21 –

February 28 –

March 7 –

March 14 –

March 21 –

March 28 –

April 4 –

April 11 –

April 18 –

April 25 –

May 2 –

May 9 –

May 16 –

May 23 –

May 30 –

June 6 –

June 13 –

Charles A. Lindbergh &

June 20 –

June 27 –

July 4 –

July 11 –

July 18 –

July 25 –

August 1 –

August 8 –

August 15 –

William McChesney Martin Jr.

August 22 –

August 29 –

September 5 –

September 12 –

September 19 –

September 26 –

October 3 –

October 10 –

October 17 –

October 24 –

October 31 –

November 7 –

November 14 –

November 21 –

November 28 –

December 5 –

December 12 –

December 19 –

December 26 – Charlot's 'Nativity'

Cover for July 17, 1939, with Sonja Henie

January 2 – Adolf Hitler, Man of the Year

January 9 –

January 16 –

January 23 –

January 30 –

February 6 –

February 13 –

February 20 –

February 27 –

March 6 –

March 13 –

March 20 –

March 27 –

April 3 –

April 10 –

April 17 –

April 24 –

May 1 –

May 8 –

May 15 –

May 22 –

May 29 –

June 5 –

June 12 –

June 19 –

June 26 –

July 3 –

July 10 –

July 17 –

July 24 –

July 31 –

August 7 –

August 14 –

August 21 –

August 28 –

September 4 –

September 11 –

September 18 –

September 25 –

Walther von Brauchitsch

October 2 –

Arthur Vandenberg

October 9 –

Queen Elizabeth

October 16 –

Kaufman T. Keller

October 23 –

Cyril Newall, 1st Baron Newall

October 30 –

November 6 –

November 13 –

November 20 –

November 27 –

December 4 –

December 11 –

December 18 –

December 25 –

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