Explore 2322 historical events from 1900–1909.
Jacqueline Audry was a French film director who began making films in post-World War II France and specialised in literary adaptations that centered women. She was the first commer…
Jacqueline Audry, French director and screenwriter (died 1977)
David Fyodorovich Oistrakh was a Soviet Russian violinist, violist, and conductor. He was also Professor at the Moscow Conservatory, People's Artist of the USSR (1953), and Laureat…
David Oistrakh, Ukrainian-Russian violinist and educator (died 1974)
Ramdhari Singh, known by his pen name Dinkar, was an Indian Hindi language poet, essayist, freedom fighter, patriot and academic. He emerged as a poet of rebellion as a consequence…
Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, Indian poet, academic, and politician (died 1974)
Thomas Edward Tolan, nicknamed the "Midnight Express", was an American track and field athlete who competed in sprints. He set world records in the 100-yard dash and 100 meters eve…
Eddie Tolan, American sprinter and educator (died 1967)
Herman David Koppel, known in Denmark as Herman D. Koppel, was a Danish composer and pianist of Jewish origin. Born in Copenhagen, he fled the Nazis with his family to Sweden in 19…
Herman David Koppel, Danish pianist and composer (died 1998)
John Francis Burke was an American lyricist, successful and prolific between the 1920s and 1950s. His work is considered part of the Great American Songbook.
Johnny Burke, American songwriter (died 1964)
Mehmet Ali Aybar was a lawyer, member of the Turkish parliament, the second president of the Workers Party of Turkey, the founder and President of the Socialist Revolution Party, a…
Mehmet Ali Aybar, Turkish lawyer and politician (died 1995)
Joshua Lockwood Logan III was an American theatre and film director, producer, playwright, screenwriter, and actor. One of the most prolific and acclaimed Broadway directors of the…
Joshua Logan, American director and screenwriter (died 1988)
Carole Lombard was an American actress, particularly noted for her energetic, often off-beat roles in screwball comedies. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Lombard 23rd o…
Carole Lombard, American actress (died 1942)
Prof Sergei Lvovich Sobolev, FRSE was a Soviet mathematician working in mathematical analysis and partial differential equations.
Sergei Sobolev, Russian mathematician and academic (died 1989)
Ezekias Papaioannou was a Greek Cypriot communist politician and secretary general of AKEL.
Ezekias Papaioannou, Greek-Cypriot politician (died 1988)
Werner Karl Otto Theodor von Haeften was an Oberleutnant in the Wehrmacht who took part in the military-based conspiracy against Adolf Hitler known as the 20 July plot.
Werner von Haeften, German lieutenant (died 1944)
Mercè Rodoreda i Gurguí was a Catalan novelist, who wrote in the Catalan language.
Mercè Rodoreda, Catalan author and poet (died 1983)
Paul Hamilton Engle, was an American poet, editor, teacher, literary critic, novelist, and playwright. He is remembered as the long-time director of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and …
Paul Engle, American novelist, poet, playwright, and critic (died 1991)
Henry (Harry) Arthur Hooton was an Australian poet and social commentator whose writing spanned the years 1930s–1961. He was described by a biographer as ahead of his time, or rath…
Harry Hooton, Australian poet and critic (died 1961)
John Waldo Green was an American songwriter, composer, musical arranger, conductor and pianist. He was given the nickname "Beulah" by colleague Conrad Salinger. His most famous son…
Johnny Green, American conductor and composer (died 1989)
Ann Petry was an American writer of novels, short stories, children's books and journalism. Her 1946 debut novel The Street became the first novel by an African-American woman to s…
Ann Petry, American novelist (died 1997)
Herman "Ivory" Chittison was an American jazz pianist.
Herman Chittison, American pianist (died 1967)
John Kenneth Galbraith, also known as J. K. Galbraith or Ken Galbraith, was a Canadian-American economist, diplomat, public official, and intellectual. His books on economic topics…
John Kenneth Galbraith, Canadian-American economist and diplomat, 7th United States Ambassador to India (died 2006)
Margaret Olivia Ensor Coolidge was a British-born American writer and educator. She published 27 books, many for young adults, including The Greek Myths (1949), her debut; The Troj…
Olivia Coolidge, English-American author and educator (died 2006)
Kenji Miyamoto was a Japanese communist politician. He was the leader of the Japanese Communist Party (JCP) from 1958 to 1977.
Kenji Miyamoto, Japanese politician (died 2007)
Hjördis Olga Maria Petterson was a Swedish actress. She appeared in more than 140 films. She was born in Visby, Sweden and died in Stockholm. She had one child with her second husb…
Hjördis Petterson, Swedish actress (died 1988)
Wally Prigg (1908–1980) was an Australian rugby league footballer. He was a lock for the Australian national rugby league team. He played nineteen Tests for the Kangaroos between 1…
Wally Prigg, Australian rugby league player (died 1980)
Robert Abial "Red" Rolfe was an American baseball third baseman, manager and front-office executive in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played in MLB for the New York Yankees from 1…
Red Rolfe, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1969)