Explore 2613 historical events from 1910–1919.
Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, better known as Mother Teresa or Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian-Indian Catholic nun, founder of the Missionaries of Charity and a Catholic…
Mother Teresa, Albanian-Indian nun, missionary, Catholic saint, and Nobel Prize laureate (died 1997)
Eero Saarinen was a Finnish-American architect and industrial designer. Saarinen's work includes the General Motors Technical Center, the Dulles International Airport Main Terminal…
Eero Saarinen, Finnish-American architect and furniture designer, designed the Gateway Arch (died 1961)
Giuseppe Meazza was an Italian football manager and player. Throughout his career, he played mainly for Inter Milan in the 1930s, scoring 284 goals in 408 games for the club, and w…
Giuseppe Meazza, Italian footballer and manager (died 1979)
Morris Cole Graves was an American painter. He was one of the earliest Modern artists from the Pacific Northwest to achieve national and international acclaim. His style, referred …
Morris Graves, American painter and academic (died 2001)
Tjalling Charles Koopmans was a Dutch-American mathematician and economist. He was the joint winner with Leonid Kantorovich of the 1975 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences fo…
Tjalling Koopmans, Dutch-American mathematician and economist Nobel Prize laureate (died 1985)
Vivien Theodore Thomas was an American laboratory supervisor who, in the 1940s, played a major role in developing a procedure now called the Blalock–Thomas–Taussig shunt used to tr…
Vivien Thomas, American surgeon and academic (died 1985)
Squadron Leader Roger Joyce Bushell was a South African aviator in the British Royal Air Force. He masterminded the famous "Great Escape" from Stalag Luft III in March 1944, but wa…
Roger Bushell, South African-English soldier and pilot (died 1944)
Paul Friedrich Saagpakk was an Estonian linguist who compiled a standard reference dictionary of Estonian with 500,000 Estonian expressions and their English equivalents.
Paul Saagpakk, Estonian linguist, lexicographer, and academic (died 1996)
Donald Watson was an English animal rights and veganism advocate who co-founded The Vegan Society.
Donald Watson, English activist, founded the Vegan Society (died 2005)
Kitty Carlisle Hart was an American stage and screen actress, opera singer, television personality and spokesperson for the arts. She was the leading lady in the Marx Brothers movi…
Kitty Carlisle, American actress, singer, socialite, and game show panelist (died 2007)
Franz Jáchym was an Austrian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Coadjutor Bishop of Vienna from 1950 to 1983, and as Titular Archbishop of Maronea. He graduated fro…
Franz Jáchym, Austrian Roman Catholic archbishop (died 1984)
Denis Stanley Tomlinson was a Rhodesian cricketer who played in one Test match for South Africa in 1935. He was the first Rhodesian-born cricketer to represent South Africa.
Denis Tomlinson, Zimbabwean-South African cricketer (died 1993)
Maurice Papon was a French civil servant, mass murderer and Nazi collaborator who was convicted of crimes against humanity committed during the occupation of France. Papon led the …
Maurice Papon, French civil servant and convicted war criminal (died 2007)
Leila Antoinette Sterling Mackinlay was a British writer of romance novels from 1930 to 1979 as Leila S. Mackinlay or Leila Mackinlay and also under the pseudonym Brenda Grey. Some…
Leila Mackinlay, English author (died 1996)
Phiroze Edulji Palia was an early Indian cricketer. His first name is sometimes written as other orthographic variations including Phiroz. Palia represented India in his first ever…
Phiroze Palia, Indian cricketer (died 1981)
Walter John Giesler was an American soccer administrator, and coach best known for coaching the United States men's national soccer team in the 1950 FIFA World Cup.
Walter Giesler, American soccer player, referee, and coach (died 1976)
Jean-Louis Bernard Barrault was a French actor, director and mime artist who worked on both screen and stage.
Jean-Louis Barrault, French actor and director (died 1994)
A. Lehman Engel was an American composer for television, film, and operas and a conductor of Broadway musicals and operas.He was nominated five times and won twice a Tony Award for…
Lehman Engel, American composer and conductor (died 1982)
John Edward Hawkins was an English actor, who worked on stage and in film from the 1930s until the 1970s. He was known for his portrayal of military men, said to "endow the countle…
Jack Hawkins, English actor and producer (died 1973)
Ioannis "Yiannis" Latsis, also known as John Spyridon Latsis, was a Greek shipping multi-billionaire business magnate notable for his great wealth, influential friends, and charita…
Yiannis Latsis, Greek businessman (died 2003)
Rolf Liebermann, was a Swiss composer and music administrator. He served as the artistic director of the Hamburg State Opera from 1959 to 1973 and again from 1985 to 1988. He was a…
Rolf Liebermann, Swiss-French composer and manager (died 1999)
Betty Neels was a prolific British writer of over 134 romance novels, beginning in 1969 and continuing until her death. Her work is known for being particularly chaste.
Betty Neels, English nurse and author (died 2001)
Erich Kempka was a member of the SS in Nazi Germany who served as Adolf Hitler's primary chauffeur from 1936 to April 1945. He was present in the area of the Reich Chancellery on 3…
Erich Kempka, German colonel and chauffeur (died 1975)
Karl Kling was a German racing driver and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One at 11 Grands Prix from 1954 to 1955.
Karl Kling, German race car driver and manager (died 2003)