Explore 1816 historical events from 1900–1909.
Roberto Gastone Zeffiro Rossellini was an Italian film director, screenwriter and producer. He was one of the most prominent directors of the Italian neorealist cinema, contributin…
Roberto Rossellini, Italian director and screenwriter (died 1977)
Zinka Milanov was a Croatian operatic dramatic soprano who had a major career centered on the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. After finishing her education in Zagreb, Milanov …
Zinka Milanov, Croatian-American soprano and educator (died 1989)
Ernest Leslie McCormick was an Australian cricketer who played in 12 Test matches from 1935 to 1938.
Ernie McCormick, Australian cricketer (died 1991)
Alfred Pellan was an important figure in twentieth-century Canadian painting.
Alfred Pellan, Canadian painter and educator (died 1988)
Arturo Uslar Pietri was a Venezuelan intellectual, historian, writer, television producer, and politician.
Arturo Uslar Pietri, Venezuelan lawyer, journalist, and author (died 2001)
Margret Elizabeth Rey was a German-born American writer and illustrator, best known for the Curious George series of children's picture books that she and her husband H. A. Rey cre…
Margret Rey, German author and illustrator (died 1996)
Bruce Bennett was an American film and television actor who was a college athlete in football and in intercollegiate and international track-and-field competitions. In 1928, he won…
Bruce Bennett, American shot putter and actor (died 2007)
Giuseppe Siri was an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Genoa from 1946 to 1987, and was elevated to the rank of cardinal in 1953. A protégé of Pop…
Giuseppe Siri, Italian cardinal (died 1989)
Buddhadasa was a Thai Buddhist monk. Known as an innovative reinterpreter of Buddhist doctrine and Thai folk beliefs, he fostered a reformation in conventional religious perception…
Buddhadasa, Thai monk and philosopher (died 1993)
Henry Edward Hibbs was an English footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Birmingham and England in the 1920s and 1930s. His uncle Hubert Pearson and cousin Harold Pearson were a…
Harry Hibbs, English footballer (died 1984)
Antonio Rosario Mennonna was an Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. At the time of his death at the age of 103, he was the second-oldest bishop in the Church, behind Anto…
Antonio Rosario Mennonna, Italian bishop (died 2009)
Henry Wijeyakone Tambiah (1906–1997) was a Ceylonese academic, diplomat, lawyer and judge, born in Sri Lanka during British colonial rule. He was a Commissioner of Assize, High Com…
Henry Thambiah, Sri Lankan lawyer, judge, and diplomat, Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Canada (died 1997)
Terence Hanbury "Tim" White was an English writer. He is best known for his Arthurian novels, which were published together in 1958 as The Once and Future King. One of his best kno…
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Bruno Gröning was a German mystic who rose to fame in the late 1940s for performing faith healings.
Bruno Gröning, German mystic and author (died 1959)
Sir Roy George Douglas Allen, CBE, FBA was an English economist, mathematician and statistician, also member of the International Statistical Institute.
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Freda Josephine Baker, also spelled Joséphine Baker, was an American and French dancer, singer, and actress. Her career was centered primarily in Europe, mostly in France. She was …
Josephine Baker, French actress, singer, and dancer; French Resistance operative (died 1975)
Robert Walter Vivian Robins was an English cricketer and cricket administrator, who played for Cambridge University, Middlesex, and England. A right-handed batsman and right-arm le…
Walter Robins, English cricketer and footballer (died 1968)
Max August Zorn was a German mathematician. He was an algebraist, group theorist, and numerical analyst. He is best known for Zorn's lemma, a method used in set theory that is appl…
Max August Zorn, German mathematician and academic who is noted for Zorn's Lemma (died 1993)
Robert Klark Graham was an American eugenicist and businessman who made millions by developing shatterproof plastic eyeglass lenses and who later founded the Repository for Germina…
Robert Klark Graham, American eugenicist and businessman, founded Repository for Germinal Choice (died 1997)
Sandro Penna was an Italian poet.
Sandro Penna, Italian poet (died 1977)
Bruno de Finetti was an Italian probabilist statistician and actuary, noted for the "operational subjective" conception of probability. The classic exposition of his distinctive th…
Bruno de Finetti, Austrian-Italian mathematician and statistician (died 1985)
William Gordon Welchman was an English mathematician. During World War II, he worked at Britain's secret decryption centre at Bletchley Park, where he was one of the most important…
Gordon Welchman, English-American mathematician and author (died 1985)
Léon Joseph Marie Ignace Degrelle was a Belgian Walloon politician and Nazi collaborator. He rose to prominence in Belgium in the 1930s as the leader of the Rexist Party (Rex). Dur…
Léon Degrelle, Belgian SS officer (died 1994)
Alan Geoffrey Fairfax was an Australian cricketer who played in ten Test matches from 1929 to 1931. He was an all rounder.
Alan Fairfax, Australian cricketer (died 1955)