Explore 1744 historical events from 1910–1919.
Hervé Bazin was a French writer, whose best-known novels covered semi-autobiographical topics of teenage rebellion and dysfunctional families.
Hervé Bazin, French author and poet (died 1996)
Lester Rodney was an American journalist who helped break down the color barrier in baseball as sports writer for the Daily Worker.
Lester Rodney, American soldier and journalist (died 2009)
Maurice Goldhaber was an American physicist.
Maurice Goldhaber, Ukrainian-American physicist and academic (died 2011)
Ivan DeBlois Combe was the American inventor of personal-care products, most notably Clearasil and Odor Eaters. In 1949 he established his eponymous company Combe Incorporated in W…
Ivan Combe, American businessman, developed Clearasil (died 2000)
Kemal Satır was a Turkish physician and politician.
Kemal Satır, Turkish physician and politician (died 1991)
Ronald Neame CBE, BSC was an English filmmaker and cinematographer. Beginning his career as a cinematographer, for his work on the British war film One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (…
Ronald Neame, English-American director, cinematographer, producer, and screenwriter (died 2010)
Conrado Eugenio Marrero Ramos, nicknamed "Connie", was a Cuban professional baseball pitcher. The right-handed Marrero pitched in Major League Baseball from 1950 to 1954 for the Wa…
Connie Marrero, Cuban baseball player and coach (died 2014)
George Helm Roth was an American gymnast and Olympic champion who competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He was a member of the United States men's national artistic …
George Roth, American gymnast (died 1997)
Paul Verner was a German communist politician. He joined the communist movement at a young age and went into exile during Adolf Hitler's rule. Verner became a prominent political p…
Paul Verner, German soldier and politician (died 1986)
Bruno Beger was a German racial anthropologist, ethnologist, and explorer who worked for the Ahnenerbe. In that role he participated in Ernst Schäfer's 1938–1939 expedition to Tibe…
Bruno Beger, German anthropologist and ethnologist (died 2009)
Christiaan David "Chris" Berger was a Dutch athlete, competing in the sprints.
Chris Berger, Dutch sprinter and footballer (died 1965)
Lee Falk, born Leon Harrison Gross, was an American writer, playwright, theater director, and producer, best known as the creator of the comic strips Mandrake the Magician and The …
Lee Falk, American director, producer, and playwright (died 1999)
Andor Arnoldovich Lilienthal was a Hungarian and Soviet chess player. In his long career, he played against ten male and female world champions, beating Emanuel Lasker, José Raúl C…
Andor Lilienthal, Russian-Hungarian chess player (died 2010)
Pritilata Waddedar was a Bengali revolutionary nationalist from Chittagong who was influential in the Indian independence movement. She is often praised as "Bengal's first woman ma…
Pritilata Waddedar, Indian educator and activist (died 1932)
Guy Augustin Marie Jean de la Pérusse des Cars was a best-selling French author of popular novels.
Guy des Cars, French journalist and author (died 1993)
Ishirō Honda was a Japanese filmmaker who directed 46 feature films in a career spanning five decades. He is acknowledged as the most internationally successful Japanese filmmaker…
Ishirō Honda, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1993)
Wilhelm Friedrich "Gaius" de Gaay Fortman was a Dutch jurist and politician of the Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP).
Wilhelm Friedrich de Gaay Fortman, Dutch jurist and politician, Dutch Minister of The Interior (died 1997)
Robert Leroy Johnson was an American blues musician and songwriter. His singing, guitar playing and songwriting on his landmark 1936 and 1937 recordings have influenced later gener…
Robert Johnson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1938)
Charles Biro was an American comic book creator and cartoonist. He created the comic book characters Airboy and Steel Sterling, and worked on Daredevil Comics and Crime Does Not Pa…
Charles Biro, American author and illustrator (died 1972)
Maxine Sullivan, born Marietta Williams in Homestead, Pennsylvania, United States, was an American jazz vocalist and performer.
Maxine Sullivan, American singer and actress (died 1987)
Phil Silvers was an American entertainer and comedic actor, known as "The King of Chutzpah". His career as a professional entertainer spanned nearly 60 years. He achieved major pop…
Phil Silvers, American actor and comedian (died 1985)
Max Rudolf Frisch was a Swiss playwright and novelist. Frisch's works focused on problems of identity, individuality, responsibility, morality, and political commitment. The use of…
Max Frisch, Swiss playwright and novelist (died 1991)
Herta Oberheuser was a German Nazi physician and convicted war criminal who performed medical atrocities on prisoners at the Ravensbrück women's concentration camp. For her role in…
Herta Oberheuser, German physician (died 1978)
Lisa Fonssagrives was a Swedish model, dancer, sculptor, and photographer. She is widely credited with having been the first supermodel.
Lisa Fonssagrives, Swedish-American model (died 1992)