1907
Valter Biiber, Estonian footballer (died 1977)
Valter Biiber was an Estonian football player.
Valter Biiber, Estonian footballer (died 1977)
The 1900s
Explore 2322 historical events from 1900–1909.
1907
Augustus F. Hawkins, American lawyer and politician (died 2007)
Augustus Freeman Hawkins was an American politician of the Democratic Party who served in the California State Assembly from 1935 to 1963 and the U.S. House of Representatives from…
Augustus F. Hawkins, American lawyer and politician (died 2007)
1907
Ramon Magsaysay, Filipino captain, engineer, and politician, 7th President of the Philippines (died 1957)
Ramon del Fierro Magsaysay Sr. was a Filipino politician and military officer who was the seventh president of the Philippines, serving from 1953 until his death in 1957. An automo…
Ramon Magsaysay, Filipino captain, engineer, and politician, 7th President of the Philippines (died 1957)
1907
William Shawn, American journalist (died 1992)
William Shawn was an American magazine editor who edited The New Yorker from 1952 until 1987.
William Shawn, American journalist (died 1992)
1907
Pertev Naili Boratav, Turkish author and educator (died 1998)
Pertev Naili Boratav, born Mustafa Pertev was a Turkish folklorist and researcher of folk literature. He has been characterized as 'the founding father of Turkish folkloristics dur…
Pertev Naili Boratav, Turkish author and educator (died 1998)
1907
Loren Eiseley, American anthropologist, philosopher, and author (died 1977)
Loren Eiseley was an American anthropologist, educator, philosopher, and natural science writer, who taught and published books from the 1950s through the 1970s. He received many h…
Loren Eiseley, American anthropologist, philosopher, and author (died 1977)
1907
Reggie Nalder, Austrian-American actor (died 1991)
Reggie Nalder was a prolific Austrian film and television character actor from the late 1940s to the early 1990s. His distinctive features—partially the result of disfiguring burns…
Reggie Nalder, Austrian-American actor (died 1991)
1907
Ahmed Adnan Saygun, Turkish composer and musicologist (died 1991)
Ahmed Adnan Saygun was a Turkish composer and musicologist.
Ahmed Adnan Saygun, Turkish composer and musicologist (died 1991)
1907
Leon Edel, American author and critic (died 1997)
Joseph Leon Edel was an American/Canadian literary critic and biographer. He was the elder brother of North American philosopher Abraham Edel.
Leon Edel, American author and critic (died 1997)
1907
Altiero Spinelli, Italian theorist and politician (died 1986)
Altiero Spinelli was an Italian politician, political theorist and European federalist, referred to as one of the founding fathers of the European Union. A communist and militant a…
Altiero Spinelli, Italian theorist and politician (died 1986)
1907
Walter Reuther, American labor union leader and president of the United Auto Workers (died 1970)
Walter Philip Reuther was an American leader of organized labor and civil rights activist who built the United Automobile Workers (UAW) into one of the most progressive labor union…
Walter Reuther, American labor union leader and president of the United Auto Workers (died 1970)
1907
William Wentworth, Australian economist and politician, 11th Australian Minister for Human Services (died 2003)
William Charles Wentworth, usually known as Bill Wentworth and sometimes referred to as William Charles Wentworth IV, was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Liberal P…
William Wentworth, Australian economist and politician, 11th Australian Minister for Human Services (died 2003)
1907
Alva R. Fitch, American general (died 1989)
Alva Revista Fitch was a lieutenant general in the United States Army and was deputy director of Defense Intelligence Agency from 1964 to 1966. He commanded an artillery battalion …
Alva R. Fitch, American general (died 1989)
1907
Dorothy Hill, Australian geologist and palaeontologist (died 1997)
Dorothy Hill was an Australian geologist and palaeontologist, the first female professor at an Australian university, and the first female president of the Australian Academy of Sc…
Dorothy Hill, Australian geologist and palaeontologist (died 1997)
1907
Cécile Chabot, Canadian poet and illustrator (died 1990)
Cécile Chabot was a Canadian poet and illustrator.
Cécile Chabot, Canadian poet and illustrator (died 1990)
1907
Lev Oborin, Russian pianist and educator (died 1974)
Lev Nikolayevich Oborin ; was a Soviet and Russian pianist, composer and pedagogue. He was the winner of the first International Chopin Piano Competition in 1927.
Lev Oborin, Russian pianist and educator (died 1974)
1907
Yuri Ivask, Russian-American poet and critic (died 1986)
George Ivask was a Russian poet and literary critic; in his later years he was an American scholar of Russian literature. Ivask was born to a family of an Estonian-German father an…
Yuri Ivask, Russian-American poet and critic (died 1986)
1907
Gunnar Ekelöf, Swedish poet and author (died 1968)
Bengt Gunnar Ekelöf was a Swedish poet and writer. He was a member of the Swedish Academy from 1958 and was awarded an honorary doctorate in philosophy by Uppsala University in 195…
Gunnar Ekelöf, Swedish poet and author (died 1968)
1907
Fay Wray, Canadian-American actress (died 2004)
Vina Fay Wray was a Canadian-American actress best known for starring as Ann Darrow in the 1933 film King Kong. Through an acting career that spanned nearly six decades, Wray attai…
Fay Wray, Canadian-American actress (died 2004)
1907
Warren E. Burger, American lawyer and judge, 15th Chief Justice of the United States (died 1995)
Warren Earl Burger was an American attorney who served as the 15th chief justice of the United States from 1969 to 1986.
Warren E. Burger, American lawyer and judge, 15th Chief Justice of the United States (died 1995)
1907
Leon Askin, Austrian actor (died 2005)
Leon Askin was an Austrian-born actor best known in North America for portraying the character General Albert Burkhalter on the TV situation comedy Hogan's Heroes. From the 1950s o…
Leon Askin, Austrian actor (died 2005)
1907
Edwin McMillan, American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1991)
Edwin Mattison McMillan was an American physicist credited with being the first to produce a transuranium element, neptunium. For this, he shared the 1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry …
Edwin McMillan, American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1991)
1907
Maurice Blanchot, French philosopher and author (died 2003)
Maurice Blanchot was a French writer, philosopher and literary theorist. His work, exploring a philosophy of death alongside poetic theories of meaning and sense, bore significant …
Maurice Blanchot, French philosopher and author (died 2003)
1907
Philip Fotheringham-Parker, English race car driver (died 1981)
Philip Fotheringham-Parker was a racing driver from England.
Philip Fotheringham-Parker, English race car driver (died 1981)