Explore 2322 historical events from 1900–1909.
John Willard Marriott Sr. was an American entrepreneur and businessman. He was the founder of the Marriott Corporation, the parent company of the world's largest hospitality, hotel…
J. Willard Marriott, American businessman, founded the Marriott Corporation (died 1985)
Martha Ostenso was a Norwegian American novelist and screenwriter who is also an important figure in Canadian literary history.
Martha Ostenso, Canadian screenwriter and novelist (died 1963)
Hedwig "Hettie" Ross was a New Zealand-born Australian educator and political activist. She was a founding member of the Communist Party of New Zealand and a leader of the Austral…
Hedwig Ross, New Zealand-born educator and political activist, founding member of the Communist Party of New Zealand…
Willis Laurence James was an American musician, composer and educator. He was on the faculty of Spelman College for more than three decades.
Willis Laurence James, American violinist and educator (died 1966)
Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, often referred to as Chacha "Uncle" Ramgoolam or SSR, was a Mauritian physician, politician, and statesman. He served as the island's only chief minister…
Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, Mauritian philanthropist and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Mauritius (died 1985)
Ricardo Cortez was an American actor and film director. He was a matinée idol during the silent era, and later specialized in playing "heavies".
Ricardo Cortez, American actor (died 1977)
Paul Hugh Emmett was an American chemist best known for his pioneering work in the field of catalysis and for his work on the Manhattan Project during World War II. He spearheaded …
Paul Hugh Emmett, American chemist and engineer (died 1985)
William Spratling was an American architect, writer, artist, collector, and silver designer who established the Taller de Las Delicias in Taxco, Guerrero, Mexico, in 1931. Through …
William Spratling, American-Mexican silversmith and educator (died 1967)
William Frederick Stone was one of the last five surviving First World War veterans who served in the United Kingdom's armed forces and one of the last two surviving seamen worldwi…
Bill Stone, English soldier (died 2009)
Hammond Edward "Ham" Fisher was an American comic strip writer and cartoonist. He is best known for his long, popular run on Joe Palooka, which was launched in 1930 and ranked as o…
Ham Fisher, American cartoonist (died 1955)
Artur Sirk was an Estonian political and military figure. A veteran of the country's struggle for independence, Sirk later became a leading figure within the right-wing Vaps Moveme…
Artur Sirk, Estonian soldier, lawyer, and politician (died 1937)
Suzanne Belperron, born in Saint-Claude, France, was an influential 20th-century jewellery designer based in Paris. She worked for the Boivin and Herz jewellery houses before the o…
Suzanne Belperron, French jewelry designer (died 1983)
Isabel Townsend Pell was an American socialite and member of the French Resistance during World War II. She was subsequently decorated with the Legion of Honour.
Isabel Pell, American socialite, fought as part of the French Resistance during WWII (died 1951)
Thomas William John Goddard was an English cricketer and the fifth-highest wicket taker in first-class cricket.
Tom Goddard, English cricketer (died 1966)
Ashfaqulla Khan was an Indian freedom fighter and martyr in the Indian independence movement against British rule, and the co-founder of the Hindustan Republican Association, later…
Ashfaqulla Khan, Indian activist (died 1927)
Leela Roy was a prominent Indian freedom fighter and reformer, and a close associate of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. She was born in Goalpara, Assam, to Girish Chandra Nag, who was …
Leela Roy Nag, Indian freedom fighter, social reformer and politician (died 1970)
Thomas Clayton Wolfe was an American novelist and short story writer. He is known largely for his first novel, Look Homeward, Angel (1929), and for the short fiction that appeared …
Thomas Wolfe, American novelist (died 1938)
August Mälk was an Estonian writer and politician.
August Mälk, Estonian author and playwright (died 1987)
Vivion Mercer Lenon Brewer was an American desegregationist, most notable for being a founding member of the Women's Emergency Committee to Open Our Schools (WEC) in 1958 during th…
Vivion Brewer, American activist and desegregationist (died 1991)
Willy Merkl was a German mountain climber who is most notable for his attempt to lead a German-American team up the Nanga Parbat in the Himalayas in 1932.
Willy Merkl, German mountaineer (died 1934)
Morris Stanley Nichols was the leading all-rounder in English cricket for much of the 1930s.
Stan Nichols, English cricketer (died 1961)
Joseph B. Friedman was an independent American inventor with a broad range of interests and ideas. Friedman was a first generation American and the fifth of eight children of Jewis…
Joseph Friedman, American inventor (died 1982)
Joseph Zubin was a Lithuanian-born American educational psychologist and an authority on schizophrenia who is commemorated by the Joseph Zubin Awards. He was the founder of the Bio…
Joseph Zubin, Lithuanian-American psychologist and academic (died 1990)
Helen Hayes MacArthur was an American actress. Often referred to as the "First Lady of American Theatre", she was the second person and first woman to win the EGOT, and the first p…
Helen Hayes, American actress (died 1993)