Explore 1816 historical events from 1900–1909.
Stanley Jasspon Kunitz was an American poet. He was appointed Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress twice, first in 1974 and then again in 2000.
Stanley Kunitz, American poet and translator (died 2006)
Roger Maxwell "Doc" Cramer was an American center fielder and left-handed batter in Major League Baseball who played for four American League teams from 1929 to 1948.
Doc Cramer, American baseball player (died 1990)
Helen Battles Sawyer Hogg was an American-Canadian astronomer who pioneered research into globular clusters and variable stars. She was the first female president of several astron…
Helen Sawyer Hogg, American-Canadian astronomer and academic (died 1993)
Karl Amadeus Hartmann was a German composer. A major figure of the musical life of post-war Germany, he has been described as the greatest German symphonist of the 20th century.
Karl Amadeus Hartmann, German composer (died 1963)
Myrna Loy was an American film, television, and stage actress. As a performer, she was known for her ability to adapt to her screen partner's acting style.
Myrna Loy, American actress (died 1993)
Ruth Gloria Nelson was an American stage and film actress. She is known for her roles in films such as Wilson, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Humoresque, 3 Women, The Late Show and Awak…
Ruth Nelson, American actress (died 1992)
Franz König was an Austrian Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as archbishop of Vienna from 1956 to 1985, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1958. The last surviving ca…
Franz König, Austrian cardinal (died 2004)
Abeid Amani Karume was a Tanzanian politician and statesman who served as the first president of Zanzibar and vice-president of Tanzania from 1964 until his assassination in 1972.
Abeid Karume, 1st President of Zanzibar (died 1972)
Wassily Wassilyevich Leontief was a Russian-American economist known for his research on input–output analysis and how changes in one economic sector may affect other sectors.
Wassily Leontief, German-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1999)
André Jolivet was a French composer. Known for his devotion to French culture and musical thought, Jolivet drew on his interest in acoustics and atonality, as well as both ancient…
André Jolivet, French composer (died 1974)
Leopold John Genn was an English actor and barrister. Distinguished by his relaxed charm and smooth, "black velvet" voice, he had a lengthy career in theatre, film, television and …
Leo Genn, British actor and barrister (died 1978)
Era Bell Thompson was an American writer and editor.
Era Bell Thompson, American journalist and author (died 1986)
Erwin Chargaff was an Austro-Hungarian-born American biochemist, writer, and professor of biochemistry at Columbia University medical school. A Bucovinian Jew who immigrated to the…
Erwin Chargaff, Austrian-American biochemist and academic (died 2002)
Ernst Rudolf Jaakson was an Estonian diplomat whose contribution was to maintain Estonia's legal continuity with his uninterrupted diplomatic service for 69 years.
Ernst Jaakson, Estonian diplomat (died 1998)
Enoch Henry Light was an American classically trained violinist, danceband leader, and recording engineer. As the leader of various dance bands that recorded as early as March 1927…
Enoch Light, American bandleader, violinist, and recording engineer (died 1978)
Jean Gebser was a Swiss philosopher, linguist, and poet who described the structures of human consciousness.
Jean Gebser, German linguist, poet, and philosopher (died 1973)
Mikio Naruse was a Japanese film director and screenwriter who directed 89 films spanning the period 1930 to 1967.
Mikio Naruse, Japanese director and screenwriter (died 1969)
Weldon Leo "Jack" Teagarden was an American jazz trombonist and singer. He led both of his bands himself and was a sideman for Paul Whiteman's orchestra. From 1946 to 1951, he play…
Jack Teagarden, American singer-songwriter and trombonist (died 1964)
Bipin Gupta was an Indian actor and artist during the 1930s and 1960s. He acted in Bengali and Hindi cinema, most notably in Baiju Bawra (1952), Jagriti (1954), Gharana (1961), Jee…
Bipin Gupta, Indian actor and producer (died 1981)
Ernest Paul Bushmiller Jr. was an American cartoonist, best known for creating the comic strip character Nancy in 1933, now in print for over 90 years. His work is noted for its si…
Ernie Bushmiller, American cartoonist (died 1982)
Leonard Constant Lambert was a British composer, conductor, and author. He was the founding music director of the Royal Ballet, and he was a major figure in the establishment of th…
Constant Lambert, English composer and conductor (died 1951)
Arthur William "Big Boy" Crudup was an American Delta blues singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is best known, outside blues circles, for his songs "That's All Right" (1946), "My …
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1974)
Siaka Probyn Stevens was the leader of Sierra Leone from 1967 to 1985, serving as Prime Minister from 1967 to 1971 and as President from 1971 to 1985. Stevens' leadership was often…
Siaka Stevens, Sierra Leonean police officer and politician, 1st President of Sierra Leone (died 1988)
Maria Faustyna Kowalska of the Blessed Sacrament, OLM was a Polish Catholic religious sister and mystic. Faustyna, popularly spelled Faustina in English, had apparitions of Jesus C…
Faustina Kowalska, Polish nun and saint (died 1938)