The 1910s

1910

Georg Gaßmann, German politician, Mayor of Marburg (died 1987)

Georg Gaßmann was a German politician.

Georg Gaßmann, German politician, Mayor of Marburg (died 1987)

1910

Rachel Kempson, English actress (died 2003)

Rachel Redgrave, known primarily by her birth name Rachel Kempson, was an English actress. She married Sir Michael Redgrave, and was the matriarch of the famous acting dynasty.

Rachel Kempson, English actress (died 2003)

1910

T-Bone Walker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1975)

Aaron Thibeaux "T-Bone" Walker was an American blues musician, composer, songwriter and bandleader, who was a pioneer and innovator of the jump blues, West Coast blues, and electri…

T-Bone Walker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1975)

1910

Aleksandr Laktionov, Soviet painter (died 1972)

Aleksandr Ivanovich Laktionov was a Socialist realism painter in the post-war Soviet Union. His meticulous and almost photo-real style was popular, but courted controversy among ar…

Aleksandr Laktionov, Soviet painter (died 1972)

1910

Ralph Metcalfe, American sprinter and politician (died 1978)

Ralph Harold Metcalfe Sr. was an American track and field sprinter and politician. He jointly held the world record in the 100-meter dash and placed second in that event in two Oly…

Ralph Metcalfe, American sprinter and politician (died 1978)

1910

Harry Bernstein, English-American journalist and author (died 2011)

Harry Louis Bernstein was a British-born American writer. Bernstein lived in Brick Township, New Jersey. He died at the age of 101, on June 3, 2011.

Harry Bernstein, English-American journalist and author (died 2011)

1910

Gyula Kállai, Hungarian communist leader, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the People's Republic of Hungary (died

Gyula Kállai was a Hungarian communist politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1949 to 1951, Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1965 to 1967 and Speaker of…

Gyula Kállai, Hungarian communist leader, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the People's Republic of Hungary (died

1910

Hector Dyer, American sprinter (died 1990)

Hector "Hec" Monroe Dyer was an American athlete, winner of a gold medal in 4 × 100 m relay at the 1932 Summer Olympics.

Hector Dyer, American sprinter (died 1990)

1910

Paulette Goddard, American actress and model (died 1990)

Paulette Goddard was an American actress and socialite. She was a prominent leading actress during the Golden Age of Hollywood.

Paulette Goddard, American actress and model (died 1990)

1910

Christopher Cockerell, English engineer, invented the hovercraft (died 1999)

Sir Christopher Sydney Cockerell was an English engineer, best known as the inventor of the hovercraft.

Christopher Cockerell, English engineer, invented the hovercraft (died 1999)

1910

Wilfred Thesiger, British military officer, explorer, and writer (died 2003)

Sir Wilfred Patrick Thesiger, also known as Mubarak bin Landan, was a British military officer, explorer, and writer. Thesiger's travel books include Arabian Sands (1959), on his f…

Wilfred Thesiger, British military officer, explorer, and writer (died 2003)

1910

Mark Twain, American novelist, humorist, and critic (born 1835)

Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, and essayist. He has been praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has prod…

Mark Twain, American novelist, humorist, and critic (born 1835)

1910

Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian-French author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1832)

Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson was a Norwegian writer who received the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature "as a tribute to his noble, magnificent and versatile poetry, which has alway…

Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian-French author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1832)

1910

Jean Moréas, Greek poet and critic (born 1856)

Jean Moréas was a Greek poet, essayist, and art critic, who wrote mostly in the French language but also in Greek during his youth.

Jean Moréas, Greek poet and critic (born 1856)

1910

Howard Taylor Ricketts, American pathologist (born 1871)

Howard Taylor Ricketts was an American pathologist after whom the bacteria family Rickettsiaceae and the order Rickettsiales are named.

Howard Taylor Ricketts, American pathologist (born 1871)

1910

Edward VII of the United Kingdom (born 1841)

Edward VII was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910.

Edward VII of the United Kingdom (born 1841)

1910

Stanislao Cannizzaro, Italian chemist and academic (born 1826)

Stanislao Cannizzaro was an Italian chemist. He is famous for the Cannizzaro reaction and for his influential role in the atomic-weight deliberations of the Karlsruhe Congress in 1…

Stanislao Cannizzaro, Italian chemist and academic (born 1826)

1910

Eliza Orzeszkowa, Polish author and publisher (born 1841)

Eliza Orzeszkowa was a Polish novelist and a leading writer of the Positivism movement during the foreign Partitions of Poland. In 1905, together with Henryk Sienkiewicz, she was n…

Eliza Orzeszkowa, Polish author and publisher (born 1841)

1910

Pauline Viardot, French soprano and composer (born 1821)

Pauline Viardot was a French dramatic mezzo-soprano, composer and pedagogue of Spanish descent. Born Michelle Ferdinande Pauline García, she came from a musical family and took up …

Pauline Viardot, French soprano and composer (born 1821)

1910

Henri-Edmond Cross, French Neo-Impressionist painter (born 1856)

Henri-Edmond Cross, born Henri-Edmond-Joseph Delacroix, was a French painter and printmaker. He is most acclaimed as a master of Neo-Impressionism and he played an important role i…

Henri-Edmond Cross, French Neo-Impressionist painter (born 1856)

1910

Jules Renard, French author and playwright (born 1864)

Pierre-Jules Renard was a French author and member of the Académie Goncourt, most famous for the works Poil de carotte and Les Histoires Naturelles. Among his other works are Le Pl…

Jules Renard, French author and playwright (born 1864)

1910

Robert Koch, German physician and microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1843)

Heinrich Hermann Robert Koch was a German physician and microbiologist. He won the 1905 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for his investigations and discoveries in relation to…

Robert Koch, German physician and microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1843)

1910

Mily Balakirev, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1837)

Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor known today primarily for his work promoting musical nationalism and his encouragement of more famous Russ…

Mily Balakirev, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1837)

1910

Elizabeth Blackwell, English-American physician and educator (born 1821)

Elizabeth Blackwell was an English-American physician, notable as the first woman to earn a medical degree in the United States, and the first woman on the Medical Register of the …

Elizabeth Blackwell, English-American physician and educator (born 1821)