Explore 1816 historical events from 1900–1909.
George Henry Sanders was a British actor and singer whose career spanned over 40 years. His heavy, upper-class English accent and smooth bass voice often led him to be cast as soph…
George Sanders, Russian-born British actor (died 1972)
Vincent Joseph Schaefer was an American chemist and meteorologist who developed cloud seeding. On November 13, 1946, while a researcher at the General Electric Research Laboratory,…
Vincent Schaefer, American chemist and meteorologist (died 1993)
William "Vilim" Feller, born Vilibald Srećko Feller, was a Croatian–American mathematician specializing in probability theory.
William Feller, Croatian-American mathematician and academic (died 1970)
Anton Karl Karas was an Austrian zither player and composer, best known for his internationally famous 1948 soundtrack to Carol Reed's The Third Man. His association with the film …
Anton Karas, Austrian zither player and composer (died 1985)
Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige was an American professional baseball pitcher who played in Negro league baseball and Major League Baseball (MLB). His career spanned five decades and …
Satchel Paige, American baseball player and coach (died 1982)
Harry Rudolph Von Zell was an American announcer of radio programs, and an actor in films and television shows. He is best remembered for his work on The George Burns and Gracie Al…
Harry von Zell, American actor and announcer (died 1981)
Richard Herbert Wehner was a German politician. A former member of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD), he joined the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) after World War II. …
Herbert Wehner, German politician, Minister of Intra-German Relations (died 1990)
Ram Shri Mugali was a Kannada language writer. He was awarded the central Sahitya Akademi in 1956 for his work "Kannada Sahitya Charitre". He was the president of the 44th Kannada …
R. S. Mugali, Indian poet and academic (died 1993)
Rudolf Uhlenhaut was a British-German engineer, driving engineer for Mercedes-Benz, and the father of Mercedes-Benz 300 SL and 300 SLR. He had a long association with the Mercedes-…
Rudolf Uhlenhaut, English-German engineer (died 1989)
Vincent Sherman was an American director and actor who worked in Hollywood. His movies include Mr. Skeffington (1944), Nora Prentiss (1947), and The Young Philadelphians (1959).
Vincent Sherman, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2006)
Philip Cortelyou Johnson was an American architect who designed modern and postmodern architecture. Among his best-known designs are his modernist Glass House in New Canaan, Connec…
Philip Johnson, American architect, designed the IDS Center and PPG Place (died 2005)
Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa was a Canadian-born American academic and politician of Japanese ancestry. A professor of English, he served as president of San Francisco State University a…
S. I. Hayakawa, Canadian-American academic and politician (died 1992)
Clifford Odets was an American playwright, screenwriter, and actor. In the mid-1930s, he was widely seen as the potential successor to Nobel Prize–winning playwright Eugene O'Neill…
Clifford Odets, American director, playwright, and screenwriter (died 1963)
Vladimir Prelog was a Croatian-Swiss organic chemist who received the 1975 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his research into the stereochemistry of organic molecules and reactions. Pr…
Vladimir Prelog, Croatian-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1998)
Chandra Shekhar Sitaram Tiwari, popularly known as Chandra Shekhar Azad, was an Indian revolutionary who reorganised the Hindustan Republican Association (HRA) under its new name o…
Chandra Shekhar Azad, Indian activist (died 1931)
John Cornelius "Johnny" Hodges was an American alto saxophonist, best known for solo work with Duke Ellington's big band. He played lead alto in the saxophone section for many year…
Johnny Hodges, American saxophonist and clarinet player (died 1970)
Irena Morzycka-Iłłakowicz was a Polish second lieutenant of the National Armed Forces and intelligence agent. The daughter of Bolesław Morzycki and Władysława Zakrzewska and the si…
Irena Iłłakowicz, German-Polish lieutenant (died 1943)
Jerzy Władysław Giedroyć was a Polish writer, lawyer, publicist and political activist. For many years, he worked as editor of the highly influential Paris-based periodical, Kultur…
Jerzy Giedroyc, Polish author and activist (died 2000)
Herbert Henri Jasper was a Canadian psychologist, physiologist, neurologist, and epileptologist.
Herbert Jasper, Canadian psychologist and neurologist (died 1999)
Eugen Schuhmacher was a German zoologist and pioneer of animal documentaries. Besides Bernhard Grzimek and Heinz Sielmann he belonged to the German wildlife documentary filmmakers …
Eugen Schuhmacher, German zoologist, director, and producer (died 1973)
Joan Bogle Butler, known professionally as Joan Hickson, was an English actress of theatre, film and television. She was known for her role as Agatha Christie's Miss Marple in the …
Joan Hickson, English actress (died 1998)
Thelma Alice Todd was an American actress and businesswoman who carried the nicknames "the Ice Cream Blonde" and "Hot Toddy". Appearing in about 120 feature films and shorts betwee…
Thelma Todd, American actress and singer (died 1935)
John Marcellus Huston was an American and Irish filmmaker and actor. In a career spanning five decades, he wrote the screenplays for many of the 37 feature films he directed, many …
John Huston, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1987)
Victor Dickenson was an American jazz trombonist. His career began in the 1920s and continued through musical partnerships with Count Basie (1940–41), Sidney Bechet (1941), and Ear…
Vic Dickenson, American trombonist (died 1984)