Explore 1816 historical events from 1900–1909.
Samuel Abraham Goudsmit was a Dutch-American physicist famous for jointly proposing the concept of electron spin with George Eugene Uhlenbeck in 1925.
Samuel Goudsmit, Dutch-American physicist (formulated concept of electron spin) (died 1978)
Günther Anders was a German-born philosopher, journalist and critical theorist.
Günther Anders, German philosopher and journalist (died 1992)
Louis Victor Armbruster was an Australian rugby league footballer for New South Wales, Queensland and Australia. He is considered one of the nation's finest footballers of the 20th…
Vic Armbruster, Australian rugby league footballer (died 1984)
Jean Rey was a Belgian Liberal politician who served as the second president of the European Commission from 1967 to 1970. He served as European Commissioner for External Relations…
Jean Rey, Belgian lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the European Commission (died 1983)
Alexander Romanovich Luria was a Soviet neuropsychologist, often credited as the father of modern neuropsychology. He developed an extensive and original battery of neuropsychologi…
Alexander Luria, Russian psychologist and physician (died 1977)
Mary Loretta Philbin was an American film actress of the silent film era, who played Christine Daaé in the 1925 film The Phantom of the Opera opposite Lon Chaney, and Dea in The M…
Mary Philbin, American actress (died 1993)
Christina Stead was an Australian novelist and short-story writer acclaimed for her satirical wit and penetrating psychological characterisations. Christina Stead was a committed M…
Christina Stead, Australian author and academic (died 1983)
Mary Jessamyn West was an American author of short stories and novels, notably The Friendly Persuasion (1945). A Quaker from Indiana, she graduated from Fullerton Union High School…
Jessamyn West, American author (died 1984)
Theodore Childress "Chill" Wills was an American actor and a singer in the Avalon Boys quartet.
Chill Wills, American actor (died 1978)
Samudrala Raghavacharya, also known as Samudrala Sr., was an Indian screenwriter, lyricist, playback singer, director, and producer known for his works in Telugu cinema. Samudrala …
Samudrala Sr., Indian singer, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1968)
Leonidas Harris Berry was an American and pioneer in gastroscopy and endoscopy. He served as the president of the National Medical Association from 1965 to 1966.
Leonidas Berry, American gastroenterologist (died 1995)
Yaroslav Oleksandrovych Halan was a Soviet Ukrainian writer, playwright, and publicist.
Yaroslav Halan, Ukrainian playwright and publicist (died 1949)
Eric Hoffer was an American philosopher and social critic. A moderate with an atypical working-class background, Hoffer wrote ten books over his career and was awarded the Presiden…
Eric Hoffer, American philosopher and author (died 1983)
Albert Namatjira was an Arrernte painter from the MacDonnell Ranges in Central Australia, widely considered one of the most notable Australian artists. As a pioneer of contemporary…
Albert Namatjira, Australian painter (died 1959)
Sir Karl Raimund Popper was an Austrian–British philosopher, academic and social commentator. One of the 20th century's most influential philosophers of science, Popper is known fo…
Sir Karl Popper, Austrian-English philosopher and academic (died 1994)
Sir Karl Raimund Popper was an Austrian–British philosopher, academic and social commentator. One of the 20th century's most influential philosophers of science, Popper is known fo…
Karl Popper, Austrian-English philosopher and academic (died 1994)
Sir George Oswald Browning "Gubby" Allen CBE was a cricketer who captained England in eleven Test matches. In first-class matches, he played for Middlesex and Cambridge University.…
Gubby Allen, Australian-English cricketer and soldier (died 1989)
Pope Cyril VI was the 116th Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark from 10 May 1959 until his death in 1971.
Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria (died 1971)
Regina Jonas was a Berlin-born Reform rabbi. In 1935, she became the first woman to be ordained as a rabbi. Jonas was murdered in the Holocaust.
Regina Jonas, German rabbi (died 1944)
James David Buttolph Jr. was an American film composer who scored over 300 movies in his career.
David Buttolph, American film composer (died 1983)
William Anthony Hallahan was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball during the 1920s and 1930s. Nicknamed "Wild Bill" because of his lack of control on the mound—…
Bill Hallahan, American baseball player (died 1981)
René-Charles "Zino" Francescatti was a French virtuoso violinist, renowned for his lyrical playing style.
Zino Francescatti, French violinist (died 1991)
Panteleimon Kondratyevich Ponomarenko was a Soviet statesman and politician and one of the leaders of Soviet partisan resistance in Belarus. He served as an administrator at variou…
Panteleimon Ponomarenko, Russian general and politician (died 1984)
Edith Norma Shearer was a Canadian-American actress who was active on film from 1919 through 1942. Shearer often played spunky, sexually liberated women. She appeared in adaptation…
Norma Shearer, Canadian-American actress (died 1983)