Explore 2322 historical events from 1900–1909.
Robert Nieuwenhuys was a Dutch writer of Indo descent. The son of a 'Totok' Dutchman and an Indo-European mother, he and his younger brother Roelof, grew up in Batavia, where his f…
Rob Nieuwenhuys, Dutch writer (died 1999)
Thoroughgood "Thurgood" Marshall was an American lawyer who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1967 until 1991. He was the Supreme Court'…
Thurgood Marshall, American lawyer and civil rights activist, 32nd Solicitor General of the United States, and former…
Robert Baumle Meyner was an American Democratic Party politician and attorney who served as the 44th governor of New Jersey from 1954 to 1962. Before being elected governor, Meyner…
Robert B. Meyner, American lawyer and politician, 44th Governor of New Jersey (died 1990)
Henri d'Orléans, was the Orléanist pretender to the defunct throne of France as Henry VI from 1940 until his death in 1999. Henri was the direct descendant of Philippe I, Duke of O…
Henri of Orléans, (died 1999)
Lyman Skinner Ayres II was president of L. S. Ayres and Company from 1954 to 1962 and its chairman of the board from 1962 to 1973. The flagship store in the Ayres family's Midweste…
Lyman S. Ayres II, American businessman (died 1996)
Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher Parrish Friede, writing as M.F.K. Fisher, was an American food writer. She was a founder of the Napa Valley Wine Library. Over her lifetime she wrote 27…
M. F. K. Fisher, American author (died 1992)
Major General Anton Muttukumaru, OBE, ED, ADC was the first native Ceylonese to serve as the Commander of the Ceylon Army, a post he held from 1955 to 1959. He also served as Ceylo…
Anton Muttukumaru, Sri Lankan general and diplomat (died 2001)
Revilo Pendleton Oliver was an American professor of Classical philology, Spanish, and Italian at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He was a founding member of the Jo…
Revilo P. Oliver, American author and academic (died 1994)
Louis Thomas Jordan was an American jazz, blues and jump blues saxophonist, vocalist, songwriter and bandleader who was popular from the late 1930s to the early 1950s. Known as "th…
Louis Jordan, American singer-songwriter, saxophonist, and actor (died 1975)
Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller was the 41st vice president of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977 under President Gerald Ford. A member of the Republican Party and the wealthy…
Nelson Rockefeller, American businessman and politician, 41st Vice President of the United States (died 1979)
Vijayendra Kasturi Ranga Varadaraja Rao was an Indian economist, politician and educator.
V. K. R. Varadaraja Rao, Indian economist, politician, professor and educator (died 1991)
Raza Hussain also known as Allama Rasheed Turabi (9 July 1908 – 18 December 1973) was an Islamic scholar, religious leader, public speaker, poet and philosopher.
Allamah Rasheed Turabi, Pakistani philosopher and scholar (died 1973)
Minor Martin White was an American photographer, theoretician, critic, and educator.
Minor White, American photographer, critic, and educator (died 1976)
Evert Willem Beth was a Dutch philosopher and logician, whose work principally concerned the foundations of mathematics. He was a member of the Significs Group.
Evert Willem Beth, Dutch mathematician and philosopher (died 1964)
Milton Berle was an American actor and comedian. His career as an entertainer spanned over eight decades, first in silent films and on stage as a child actor, then in radio, movies…
Milton Berle, American comedian and actor (died 2002)
René Xavier Marie Alain Cuny was a French actor of stage and screen. He was closely linked with the works of Paul Claudel and Antonin Artaud, and for his performances for the Théât…
Alain Cuny, French actor (died 1994)
Paul Scott Runyan was an American professional golfer. Among the world's best players in the mid-1930s, he won two PGA Championships and is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame.…
Paul Runyan, American golfer and sportscaster (died 2002)
Dorothy Edith Round was a British tennis player who was active from the late 1920s until 1950. She achieved her major successes in the 1930s. She won the singles title at Wimbledon…
Dorothy Round, English tennis player (died 1982)
Vernon Harold "Tim" Spencer was an American singer, songwriter, and actor. Spencer is best known for founding the popular American Cowboy singing group the Sons of the Pioneers in …
Tim Spencer, American country & western singer-songwriter and actor (died 1974)
Peace Pilgrim, born Mildred Lisette Norman, was an American spiritual teacher, mystic, pacifist, vegetarian activist and peace activist. In 1952, she became the first woman to walk…
Peace Pilgrim, American mystic and activist (died 1981)
María Guadalupe "Lupe" Villalobos Vélez was a Mexican actress, singer, and dancer during the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema.
Lupe Vélez, Mexican-American actress and dancer (died 1944)
Beatrice Aitchison was an American mathematician, statistician, and transportation economist who directed the Transport Economics Division of the United States Department of Commer…
Beatrice Aitchison, American mathematician, statistician, and transportation economist (died 1997)
Daniel William Fry was an American contactee of the 1950s who claimed he had multiple contacts with an alien and took a ride in a remotely piloted alien spacecraft. Fry was born in…
Daniel Fry, American contactee (died 1992)
Hans Trippel was a German industrial designer, responsible for the designs of the Trippel SG6, Mercedes-Benz Gullwing's door and the Amphicar.
Hans Trippel, German engineer, developed Amphicar (died 2001)