Explore 3298 historical events from 1910–1919.
Vladimir Žerjavić was a Croatian economist and demographer who published a series of historical articles and books during the 1980s and 1990s on demographic losses in Yugoslavia du…
Vladimir Žerjavić, Croatian economist and author (died 2001)
Fritz Hellwig was a German CDU politician and European Commissioner. He was born in Saarbrücken and turned 100 in August 2012. He died on 22 July 2017 at the age of 104, being the …
Fritz Hellwig, German politician (died 2017)
Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov was a Soviet and Russian mathematician, physicist, philosopher and mountaineer.
Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, Russian mathematician, physicist, and mountaineer (died 1999)
David Raksin was an American composer noted for his work in film and television. Raksin had more than 100 film scores and 300 television scores to his credit. Some sources called h…
David Raksin, American composer and educator (died 2004)
Raoul Wallenberg was a Swedish architect, businessman, diplomat, and humanitarian. He saved thousands of Jews in German-occupied Hungary during the Holocaust from German Nazis and …
Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish architect and diplomat, savior of thousands of Jews from The Holocaust (died ~1947)
Abbé Pierre (born Henri Marie Joseph Grouès; was a French Catholic priest. He was a member of the Resistance during World War II and deputy of the Popular Republican Movement. In 1…
Abbé Pierre, French priest and humanitarian (died 2007)
Richard Crump Miller was an American photographer best known for his vintage carbro prints, photos of celebrities, and work documenting the Hollywood Freeway.
Richard C. Miller, American photographer (died 2010)
Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs was a German astronomer. She made key observations of variable stars.
Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs, German astronomer and academic (died 1954)
Raphael David Blau was an American screenwriter who co-wrote the story for Bedtime for Bonzo (1951), among other film productions.
Raphael Blau, American screenwriter and producer (died 1996)
Samuel Michael Fuller was an American film director, screenwriter, novelist, journalist, and actor. He was known for directing low-budget genre movies with controversial themes, of…
Samuel Fuller, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1997)
Claire Linton Cribbs was an American basketball player and high school coach. He was a two-time All-American at the University of Pittsburgh and won over 400 games as a high school…
Claire Cribbs, American basketball player and coach (died 1985)
Jorge Leal Amado de Faria, known as Jorge Amado, was a Brazilian writer of the modernist school. He remains the best-known of modern Brazilian writers, with his work having been tr…
Jorge Amado, Brazilian novelist and poet (died 2001)
William Ben Hogan was an American professional golfer who is considered to be one of the greatest players in the history of the game. He profoundly influenced golf swing theory, an…
Ben Hogan, American golfer and sportscaster (died 1997)
Salvador Edward Luria was an Italian microbiologist, later a naturalized U.S. citizen. He won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1969, with Max Delbrück and Alfred Hershe…
Salvador Luria, Italian-American microbiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1991)
Frank Friedman Oppenheimer was an American particle physicist, cattle rancher, professor of physics at the University of Colorado, and the founder of the Exploratorium in San Franc…
Frank Oppenheimer, American physicist and academic (died 1985)
Julia Carolyn Child was an American chef, author, and television personality. She is recognized for having brought French cuisine to the American public with her debut cookbook, Ma…
Julia Child, American chef and author (died 2004)
Dame Wendy Margaret Hiller was an English film and stage actress who enjoyed a varied acting career that spanned nearly 60 years. Writer Joel Hirschorn, in his 1984 compilation Rat…
Wendy Hiller, English actress (died 2003)
Edward Joseph Drake was an English football player and manager. As a player, he first played for Southampton but made his name playing for Arsenal in the 1930s, winning two league …
Ted Drake, English footballer and manager (died 1995)
Generalmajor Otto Ernst Remer was a German Army officer who served during World War II and played a major role in stopping the 20 July plot in 1944 against Adolf Hitler. He was a c…
Otto Ernst Remer, German general (died 1997)
Hermann Olaf Frances "Herb" Narvo was an Australian rugby league footballer and boxer of the 1930s and 1940s. He was a national representative rugby league player and national heav…
Herb Narvo, Australian rugby league player, coach, and boxer (died 1958)
John Hersey Michaelis was a United States Army four-star general who served as Commander in Chief, United Nations Command/Commander, United States Forces Korea/Commanding General, …
John H. Michaelis, American general (died 1985)
Eugene Curran Kelly was an American dancer, actor, singer, director and choreographer. He was known for his energetic and athletic dancing style. Kelly sought to create a new form …
Gene Kelly, American actor, singer, and dancer (died 1996)
Joseph Hector "Toe" Blake was a Canadian ice hockey player and coach in the National Hockey League (NHL). Blake played in the NHL from 1935 to 1948 with the Montreal Maroons and Mo…
Toe Blake, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1995)
Prince Igor Nikolayevich Troubetzkoy was a French aristocrat and athlete of Russian descent. He was styled His Serene Highness, but did not use the style often.
Igor Troubetzkoy, Russian aristocrat and race car driver (died 2008)