Explore 1816 historical events from 1900–1909.
Ahmet Necip Fazıl Kısakürek was a Turkish poet, novelist, playwright, Islamist ideologue, and conspiracy theorist. He is also known simply by his initials NFK. He was noticed by th…
Necip Fazıl Kısakürek, Turkish author, poet, and playwright (died 1983)
Vladislas "Vlado" Perlemuter was a Lithuanian-born French pianist and teacher.
Vlado Perlemuter, Lithuanian-French pianist and educator (died 2002)
Sir Hubert Ferdinand Opperman, OBE, referred to as Oppy by Australian and French crowds, was an Australian cyclist and politician, whose endurance cycling feats in the 1920s and 19…
Hubert Opperman, Australian cyclist and politician (died 1996)
Frank Runacres was an English painter who worked in both watercolours and oil. He studied at Saint Martin's School of Art, at the Slade School of Fine Arts, and at the Royal Colleg…
Frank Runacres, English painter and educator (died 1974)
Johnny Weissmuller was a Hungarian-born German American Olympic swimmer, water polo player and actor. He has one of the best competitive-swimming records of the 20th century. He se…
Johnny Weissmuller, Hungarian-American swimmer and actor (died 1984)
Charles Richard Drew was an American surgeon and medical researcher. He researched in the field of blood transfusions, developing improved techniques for blood storage, and applied…
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Jan Peerce was an American operatic tenor. Peerce was an accomplished performer on the operatic and Broadway concert stages, in solo recitals, and as a recording artist. He is the …
Jan Peerce, American tenor and actor (died 1984)
Bhagat Puran Singh was an Indian writer, environmentalist, and philanthropist. As a young man he decided to dedicate his life to humanitarian work, and in 1947, he established Ping…
Bhagat Puran Singh, Indian publisher, environmentalist, and philanthropist (died 1992)
Lin Huiyin was a Chinese architect, writer, and poet. She is known to be the first female architect in modern China. Her husband was Liang Sicheng, named as the "father of modern C…
Lin Huiyin, Chinese architect and poet (died 1955)
Ralph Rexford Bellamy was an American actor whose career spanned 65 years on stage, film, and television. During his career, he played leading roles as well as supporting roles, ga…
Ralph Bellamy, American actor (died 1991)
John Vernon McGee was an American ordained Presbyterian minister, pastor, Bible teacher, theologian, and radio minister.
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Margaret Bourke-White was an American documentary photographer and photojournalist. She was known as an architectural and commercial photographer for the first half of her career, …
Margaret Bourke-White, American photographer and journalist (died 1971)
Patrice Tardif was a Canadian politician of Quebec. He was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec (MLA).
Patrice Tardif, Canadian farmer and politician (died 1989)
Keye Luke was a Chinese-born American actor and visual artist. He was the first Chinese-American contract player signed by RKO, Universal Pictures, 20th Century-Fox and Metro-Goldw…
Keye Luke, Chinese-American actor (died 1991)
Manuel Rosenthal was a French composer and conductor who held leading positions with musical organizations in France and the United States. He was friends with many contemporary co…
Manuel Rosenthal, French conductor and composer (died 2003)
Quintin McMillan was a South African cricketer who played in thirteen Test matches between 1929 and 1931/32.
Quintin McMillan, South African cricketer (died 1938)
Wonga Philip "Phil" Harris was an American actor, comedian, bandleader, and musician. He was an orchestra leader and a pioneer in radio situation comedy, first with The Jack Benny …
Phil Harris, American singer-songwriter and actor (died 1995)
Olga Józefowicz, known professionally as Olga Olgina, was a Polish coloratura soprano, teacher and pianist. She made her debut in the title role of Verdi's La traviata at the Vilni…
Olga Olgina, Polish opera singer and teacher (died 1979)
Peter Lorre was a Hungarian and American actor, active first in Europe and later in the United States. Known for his timidly devious characters, appearance, and accented voice, he …
Peter Lorre, Slovak-American actor and singer (died 1964)
Witold Hurewicz was a Polish mathematician who worked in topology.
Witold Hurewicz, Polish mathematician (died 1956)
Jean René Lacoste was a French tennis player and businessman. He was nicknamed "the Crocodile" because of how he dealt with his opponents; he is also known worldwide as the creator…
René Lacoste, French tennis player and businessman, created the polo shirt (died 1996)
Madeleine Angela Clinton-Baddeley was an English stage and television actress, widely remembered for her role as household cook Mrs. Bridges in the period drama Upstairs, Downstair…
Angela Baddeley, English actress (died 1976)
Sir Harold Mario Mitchell Acton was a British writer, scholar, and aesthete who was a prominent member of the Bright Young Things. He wrote fiction, biography, history and autobiog…
Harold Acton, English scholar and author (died 1994)
Ernst Walter Mayr was a German-American evolutionary biologist. He was also a renowned taxonomist, tropical explorer, ornithologist, philosopher of biology, and historian of scienc…
Ernst Mayr, German-American biologist and ornithologist (died 2005)