Explore 2613 historical events from 1910–1919.
Roger MacDougall was a Scottish playwright, screenwriter and director.
Roger MacDougall, Scottish director, playwright, and screenwriter (died 1993)
Anita Page was an American film actress who reached stardom in the final years of the silent film era.
Anita Page, American actress (died 2008)
William Howard Schuman was an American composer and arts administrator.
William Schuman, American composer and educator (died 1992)
Hedda Sterne was a Romanian-born American artist who was an active member of the New York School of painters. Her work is often associated with Abstract Expressionism and Surrealis…
Hedda Sterne, Romanian-American painter and photographer (died 2011)
Bruno Coquatrix was a French record producer, the owner and manager of Olympia in Paris from 1954 until his death in 1979.
Bruno Coquatrix, French songwriter and manager (died 1979)
Herminio Masantonio was an Argentine football centre-forward. He played most of his career for Huracán and represented Argentina at international level.
Herminio Masantonio, Argentinian footballer (died 1956)
Adoniran Barbosa, artistic name of João Rubinato, was a noted Brazilian São Paulo style samba singer and composer.
Adoniran Barbosa, Brazilian musician, singer, composer, humorist, and actor (died 1982)
Charles Ainslie Crichton was an English film director and editor.
Charles Crichton, English director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1999)
James Patrick Murphy was a Welsh footballer who made over 200 appearances for West Bromwich Albion and won 15 caps for the Wales national team, which he later managed. Murphy is mo…
Jimmy Murphy, Welsh-English footballer and manager (died 1989)
Sylvia Sidney was an American stage, screen, and film actress whose career spanned over 70 years. She rose to prominence in dozens of leading roles in the 1930s. She was nominated …
Sylvia Sidney, American actress (died 1999)
Guy Mairesse was a French racing driver. He participated in three Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 3 September 1950. He scored no championship points.
Guy Mairesse, French racing driver (died 1954)
Yusof bin Ishak Al-Haj was a Singaporean journalist, civil servant, and politician who served as the head of state of Singapore from 1959 to 1970, as the second Yang di-Pertuan Neg…
Yusof bin Ishak, Singaporean journalist and politician, 1st President of Singapore (died 1970)
Jane Waddington Wyatt was an American actress. She starred in a number of Hollywood films, such as Frank Capra's Lost Horizon, but is likely best known for her role as homemaker an…
Jane Wyatt, American actress (died 2006)
Hatice Nüzhet Gökdoğan was a Turkish astronomer, mathematician and academic. After studying mathematics and astronomy in France as a young adult, Gökdoğan joined the faculty of Ist…
Nüzhet Gökdoğan, Turkish astronomer and mathematician (died 2003)
Willy Ronis was a French photographer. His best-known work shows life in post-war Paris and Provence.
Willy Ronis, French photographer (died 2009)
Pierre Henri Marie Schaeffer was a French composer, writer, broadcaster, engineer, musicologist, acoustician and founder of Groupe de Recherche de Musique Concrète (GRMC). His inno…
Pierre Schaeffer, French composer and producer (died 1995)
Gloria Blondell was an American actress who was the younger sister of actress Joan Blondell.
Gloria Blondell, American actress (died 1986)
Mae Clarke was an American actress. She is widely remembered for playing Henry Frankenstein's bride Elizabeth, who is chased by Boris Karloff in Frankenstein, and for being on the …
Mae Clarke, American actress (died 1992)
Herman Berlinski was a German-born American composer, organist, pianist, musicologist and choir conductor.
Herman Berlinski, Polish-American pianist, composer, and conductor (died 2001)
Robert Henry Winters was a Canadian politician and businessman.
Robert Winters, Canadian colonel, engineer, and politician, 26th Canadian Minister of Public Works (died 1969)
Alphonsa of the Immaculate Conception, born as Anna Muttathupadathu, was an Indian Catholic nun and educator. She is the first woman of Indian origin to be canonized as a saint by …
Saint Alphonsa, first woman of Indian origin to be canonized as a saint by the Catholic Church (died 1946)
Linus Reinhard Frey was an American infielder in Major League Baseball who played from 1933 through 1948 for the Brooklyn Dodgers (1933–1936), Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, New Yo…
Lonny Frey, American baseball player and soldier (died 2009)
George Cisar was an American left fielder in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Brooklyn Dodgers during the 1937 season. He batted and threw right-handed.
George Cisar, American baseball player (died 2010)
Dorothea Margaret Tanning was an American painter, printmaker, sculptor, writer, and poet. Her early work was influenced by European Surrealism.
Dorothea Tanning, American painter, sculptor, and poet (died 2012)