Explore 1816 historical events from 1900–1909.
Sir Ernst Boris Chain was a German-born British biochemist. He shared the 1945 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Alexander Fleming and Howard Florey "for the discovery of…
Ernst Boris Chain, German-Irish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1979)
Knut "Knutte" Kroon was a Swedish footballer who played as a striker.
Knut Kroon, Swedish footballer (died 1975)
Hermann Julius Walther Rauff, also Walther Rauff was a mid-ranking SS commander in Nazi Germany. From January 1938, he was an aide of Reinhard Heydrich firstly in the Security Serv…
Walter Rauff, German SS officer (died 1984)
Robert Wade King was an American athlete, who won a gold medal in the high jump at the 1928 Summer Olympics with a jump of 1.93 m. His personal best was 1.997 m, achieved earlier …
Bob King, American high jumper and obstetrician (died 1965)
Sir William Reid FRSE FIME DSc DCL was a 20th-century Scottish businessman and mining engineer. He served as President of the Mining Institute of Scotland 1951/2 and as President o…
William Reid, Scottish mining engineer (died 1985)
Grete Sultan was a German-American pianist.
Grete Sultan, German-American pianist (died 2005)
William Calvert Kneale was an English logician best known for his 1962 book The Development of Logic, a history of logic from its beginnings in Ancient Greece written with his wif…
William Kneale, English logician and philosopher (died 1990)
Anne Spencer Morrow Lindbergh was an American writer and aviator. She was the wife of decorated pioneer aviator Charles Lindbergh, with whom she made many exploratory flights.
Anne Morrow Lindbergh, American pilot and author (died 2001)
Billy Wilder was an Austrian and American film director and screenwriter. His career in Hollywood spanned five decades, and he is regarded as one of the most versatile filmmakers o…
Billy Wilder, Austrian-born American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2002)
Tribhuvan Bir Bikram Shah, was the King of Nepal from 1911 until his death in 1955, excluding a brief period of exile between November 1950 and January 1951.
Tribhuvan of Nepal (died 1955)
Pierre Léon Marie Fournier was a French cellist who was called the "aristocrat of cellists" on account of his elegant musicianship and majestic sound.
Pierre Fournier, French cellist and educator (died 1986)
Willard Maas was an American experimental filmmaker and poet.
Willard Maas, American poet and educator (died 1971)
Alberto Rabagliati was an Italian jazz singer.
Alberto Rabagliati, Italian singer (died 1974)
Viktor Schreckengost was an American industrial designer as well as a teacher, sculptor, and artist. His wide-ranging work included noted pottery designs, industrial design, bicycl…
Viktor Schreckengost, American sculptor and educator (died 2008)
Vernon Phillips Watkins was a Welsh poet and translator. He was a close friend of fellow poet Dylan Thomas, who described him as "the most profound and greatly accomplished Welshma…
Vernon Watkins, Welsh-American poet and painter (died 1967)
Maria Goeppert Mayer was a German–American theoretical physicist who shared the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physics with J. Hans D. Jensen and Eugene Wigner. One half of the prize was awar…
Maria Goeppert Mayer, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1972)
Ivan Danilovich Chernyakhovsky was the youngest-ever Soviet General of the army. For his leadership during World War II he was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union twice. He …
Ivan Chernyakhovsky, Ukrainian general (died 1945)
Heinz Harmel was a German SS commander during the Nazi era. He commanded the 10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg during World War II. Harmel was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of…
Heinz Harmel, German general (died 2000)
Anthony Mann was an American film director and stage actor. He came to prominence as a skilled director of film noir and Westerns, and for his historical epics.
Anthony Mann, American actor and director (died 1967)
Estée Lauder was an American businesswoman. She co-founded her eponymous cosmetics company with her husband, Joseph Lauter. Lauder was the only woman on Time magazine's 1998 list o…
Estée Lauder, American businesswoman, co-founder of Estée Lauder Companies (died 2004)
Hans Albrecht Eduard Bethe was a German-American physicist who made major contributions to nuclear physics, astrophysics, quantum electrodynamics and solid-state physics, and recei…
Hans Bethe, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2005)
Károly Kárpáti was a Hungarian Olympic wrestling champion of Jewish heritage.
Károly Kárpáti, Hungarian Jewish wrestler (died 1996)
Jean Alexandre Eugène Dieudonné was a French mathematician, notable for research in abstract algebra, algebraic geometry, and functional analysis, for close involvement with the Ni…
Jean Dieudonné, French mathematician and academic (died 1992)
Séraphin "Séra" Martin was a French middle-distance runner who set world records in the 800 metres and 1000 metres. He competed at the 1928 and 1932 Olympics and placed sixth and e…
Séra Martin, French middle-distance runner (died 1993)