1900
Don Redman, American composer, and bandleader (died 1964)
Donald Matthew Redman was an American jazz musician, arranger, bandleader, and composer.
Don Redman, American composer, and bandleader (died 1964)
The 1900s
Explore 2322 historical events from 1900–1909.
1900
Otto Nothling, Australian cricketer and rugby player (died 1965)
Otto Ernest Nothling was a rugby union player who represented Australia, as well as an Australian cricketer who played in one Test in 1928. He is one of only two Australian rugby a…
Otto Nothling, Australian cricketer and rugby player (died 1965)
1900
Holling C. Holling, American author and illustrator (died 1973)
Holling Clancy Holling was an American writer and illustrator, best known for the book Paddle-to-the-Sea, which was a Caldecott Honor Book in 1942. Paddle to the Sea won the Lewis …
Holling C. Holling, American author and illustrator (died 1973)
1900
Helen Morgan, American actress and singer (died 1941)
Helen Morgan was an American singer and actress who worked in films and on the stage. A quintessential torch singer, she made a big splash in the Chicago club scene in the 1920s. S…
Helen Morgan, American actress and singer (died 1941)
1900
Ernie Pyle, American soldier and journalist (died 1945)
Ernest Taylor Pyle was an American journalist and war correspondent who is best known for his stories about ordinary American soldiers during World War II. Pyle is also notable for…
Ernie Pyle, American soldier and journalist (died 1945)
1900
John T. Scopes, American educator (died 1970)
John Thomas Scopes was an American teacher in Dayton, Tennessee, who was charged on May 5, 1925, with violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which prohibited the teaching of human evolu…
John T. Scopes, American educator (died 1970)
1900
Rudolf Schottlaender, German philosopher, classical philologist and translator (died 1988)
Rudolf Schottlaender was a German philosopher, classical philologist, translator and political publicist of Jewish descent.
Rudolf Schottlaender, German philosopher, classical philologist and translator (died 1988)
1900
Cecil Howard Green, English-American geophysicist and businessman, co-founded Texas Instruments (died 2003)
Cecil Howard Green was a British-born American geophysicist, electrical engineer, and electronics manufacturing executive, who trained at the University of British Columbia and the…
Cecil Howard Green, English-American geophysicist and businessman, co-founded Texas Instruments (died 2003)
1900
Charles Farrell, American actor and singer (died 1990)
Charles David Farrell was an American film actor and later Mayor of Palm Springs, serving from 1947 to 1955. Farrell was known for his onscreen romances with actress Janet Gaynor i…
Charles Farrell, American actor and singer (died 1990)
1900
Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt, New Zealand physician and politician, 11th Governor-General of New Zealand (died 1994)
Colonel Arthur Espie Porritt, Baron Porritt, was a New Zealand physician, military surgeon, statesman and athlete. He won a bronze medal at the 1924 Summer Olympics in the 100 m sp…
Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt, New Zealand physician and politician, 11th Governor-General of New Zealand (died 1994)
1900
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, Queen Consort of King George VI of the United Kingdom, Empress Consort of India…
Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon was Queen of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 to 6 February 1952 as the wife of King Ge…
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, Queen Consort of King George VI of the United Kingdom, Empress Consort of India…
1900
Charley Paddock, American sprinter (died 1943)
Charles William Paddock was an American track star who competed for the University of Southern California and was a two-time Olympic champion, specializing in the 100-meter sprint.
Charley Paddock, American sprinter (died 1943)
1900
Philip Phillips, American archaeologist and scholar (died 1994)
Philip Phillips was an influential archaeologist in the United States during the 20th century.
Philip Phillips, American archaeologist and scholar (died 1994)
1900
Margret Boveri, German journalist (died 1975)
Margret Antonie Boveri was one of the best-known German journalists and writers of the post-World War II period. She was a recipient of the German Critics' Prize and the Bundesverd…
Margret Boveri, German journalist (died 1975)
1900
Estelle Brody, American silent film actress (died 1995)
Estelle Brody was an American actress who became one of the biggest female stars of British silent film in the latter half of the 1920s. Her career was then derailed by a series of…
Estelle Brody, American silent film actress (died 1995)
1900
Jack Tworkov, Polish-American painter and educator (died 1982)
Jack Tworkov was an American abstract expressionist painter.
Jack Tworkov, Polish-American painter and educator (died 1982)
1900
Ida Browne, Australian geologist and palaeontologist (died 1976)
Ida Alison Browne was an Australian geologist, petrologist and paleontologist at the University of Sydney.
Ida Browne, Australian geologist and palaeontologist (died 1976)
1900
Vivienne de Watteville, British travel writer and adventurer (died 1957)
Vivienne Florence Beatrice de Watteville was a British travel writer and adventurer, author of two books based on her experiences in East Africa in the 1920s, Out in the Blue (1927…
Vivienne de Watteville, British travel writer and adventurer (died 1957)
1900
Pauline A. Young, American teacher, historian, aviator and activist (died 1991)
Pauline Alice Young was an African-American teacher, librarian, historian, lecturer, community activist, humanitarian, and individualist.
Pauline A. Young, American teacher, historian, aviator and activist (died 1991)
1900
Ruth Bonner, Soviet Communist activist, sentenced to a labor camp during Joseph Stalin's Great Purge (died 1987)
Ruf Grigorievna Bonner, also known as Ruth Bonner, was a Soviet Communist activist who spent eight years in a labor camp during Joseph Stalin's Great Purge. She was the mother of …
Ruth Bonner, Soviet Communist activist, sentenced to a labor camp during Joseph Stalin's Great Purge (died 1987)
1900
Gontran de Poncins, French author and adventurer (died 1962)
Jean-Pierre Gontran de Montaigne, vicomte de Poncins, known as Gontran De Poncins, was a French writer and adventurer.
Gontran de Poncins, French author and adventurer (died 1962)
1900
Dorothy Burr Thompson, American archaeologist and art historian (died 2001)
Dorothy Burr Thompson was an American classical archaeologist and art historian at Bryn Mawr College and a leading authority on Hellenistic terracotta figurines.
Dorothy Burr Thompson, American archaeologist and art historian (died 2001)
1900
Lisy Fischer, Swiss-born pianist and child prodigy (died 1999)
Elisabeth (Lisy) Fischer was a Swiss pianist from a talented Jewish family. Born to parents Arthur Fischer and Bertha Hochstetter, she was a child prodigy giving piano recitals fro…
Lisy Fischer, Swiss-born pianist and child prodigy (died 1999)
1900
Frances Adaskin, Canadian pianist (died 2001)
Frances Alice Adaskin, was a Canadian pianist.
Frances Adaskin, Canadian pianist (died 2001)