1915
Nicholas Metropolis, American mathematician and physicist (died 1999)
Nicholas Constantine Metropolis was a Greek-American physicist.
Nicholas Metropolis, American mathematician and physicist (died 1999)
The 1910s
Explore 3298 historical events from 1910–1919.
1915
Priscilla Lane, American actress (died 1995)
Priscilla Lane was an American actress, and the youngest sibling in the Lane Sisters' family of singers and actresses. She is best remembered for her roles in the films The Roaring…
Priscilla Lane, American actress (died 1995)
1915
First World War: The Battle of the Hohenzollern Redoubt marks the end of the Battle of Loos.
The Actions of the Hohenzollern Redoubt took place on the Western Front in World War I from 13 to 19 October 1915, at the Hohenzollern Redoubt near Auchy-les-Mines in France. In th…
First World War: The Battle of the Hohenzollern Redoubt marks the end of the Battle of Loos.
1915
World War I: Bulgaria joins the Central Powers.
World War I, or the First World War, also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Central Powers. One of the deadliest conflicts in…
World War I: Bulgaria joins the Central Powers.
1915
Martin Clemens, Scottish soldier (died 2009)
Major Warren Frederick Martin Clemens was a British-Australian colonial administrator and military officer. In late 1941 and early 1942, while serving as a District Officer in the …
Martin Clemens, Scottish soldier (died 2009)
1915
Doris Fisher, American singer-songwriter (died 2003)
Doris Fisher was an American singer and songwriter, collaborating both as lyricist and composer. She co-wrote many popular songs in the 1940s, including "Whispering Grass", "You Al…
Doris Fisher, American singer-songwriter (died 2003)
1915
Peggy Mount, English actress (died 2001)
Margaret Rose Mount was an English actress. As a child, she found acting an escape from an unhappy home life. After playing in amateur productions, she was taken on by a repertory …
Peggy Mount, English actress (died 2001)
1915
Stu Hart, Canadian wrestler and trainer, founded Stampede Wrestling (died 2003)
Stewart Edward Hart was a Canadian amateur and professional wrestler, wrestling booker, promoter, and coach. He is best known for founding and handling Stampede Wrestling, a profes…
Stu Hart, Canadian wrestler and trainer, founded Stampede Wrestling (died 2003)
1915
Don Budge, American tennis player and coach (died 2000)
John Donald Budge was an American tennis player. He is most famous as the first tennis player—male or female—to win all four Grand Slam tournaments in one year and complete the Gra…
Don Budge, American tennis player and coach (died 2000)
1915
Nini Theilade, Danish ballet dancer, choreographer, and educator (died 2018)
Nini Arlette Theilade was a Danish ballet dancer, choreographer and teacher.
Nini Theilade, Danish ballet dancer, choreographer, and educator (died 2018)
1915
Thomas Huckle Weller, American biologist and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2008)
Thomas Huckle Weller was an American virologist. He, John Franklin Enders and Frederick Chapman Robbins were awarded a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1954 for showing how…
Thomas Huckle Weller, American biologist and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2008)
1915
John Tukey, American mathematician and academic (died 2000)
John Wilder Tukey was an American mathematician and statistician, best known for the development of the fast Fourier Transform (FFT) algorithm, the box plot and for laying the foun…
John Tukey, American mathematician and academic (died 2000)
1915
Les Paul, American guitarist and songwriter (died 2009)
Lester William Polsfuss, known as Les Paul, was an American jazz, country, and blues guitarist, songwriter, luthier, and inventor. He was one of the pioneers of the solid-body elec…
Les Paul, American guitarist and songwriter (died 2009)
1915
Christopher Mayhew, English soldier and politician (died 1997)
Christopher Paget Mayhew, Baron Mayhew was a British politician who was a Labour Member of Parliament (MP) from 1945 to 1950 and from 1951 to 1974, when he left the Labour Party to…
Christopher Mayhew, English soldier and politician (died 1997)
1915
David Rockefeller, American banker and businessman (died 2017)
David Rockefeller was an American economist and investment banker who served as chairman and chief executive of Chase Manhattan Corporation. He was the oldest living member of the …
David Rockefeller, American banker and businessman (died 2017)
1915
Marga Faulstich, German glass chemist (died 1998)
Marga Faulstich was a German glass chemist. She worked for Schott AG for 44 years. During this time, she worked on more than 300 types of optical glasses. Forty patents were regist…
Marga Faulstich, German glass chemist (died 1998)
1915
David "Stringbean" Akeman, American singer and banjo player (died 1973)
David Akeman, better known as Stringbean, was an American singer-songwriter, musician, comedian, and semiprofessional baseball player best known for his role as a main cast member …
David "Stringbean" Akeman, American singer and banjo player (died 1973)
1915
Marcel Cadieux, Canadian civil servant and diplomat, Canadian Ambassador to the United States (died 1981)
Marcel Cadieux, was a Canadian civil servant and diplomat.
Marcel Cadieux, Canadian civil servant and diplomat, Canadian Ambassador to the United States (died 1981)
1915
Red Adair, American firefighter (died 2004)
Paul Neal "Red" Adair was an American oil well firefighter. He became notable internationally as an innovator in the specialized and hazardous profession of extinguishing and cappi…
Red Adair, American firefighter (died 2004)
1915
Robert Kanigher, American author (died 2002)
Robert Kanigher was an American comic book writer and editor whose career spanned five decades. He was involved with the Wonder Woman franchise for over twenty years, taking over t…
Robert Kanigher, American author (died 2002)
1915
Alice T
Alice Turner Schafer was an American mathematician. She was one of the founding members of the Association for Women in Mathematics in 1971.
Alice T
1915
Pat Buttram, American actor (died 1994)
Maxwell Emmett "Pat" Buttram was an American character actor. He was known for playing the sidekick of Gene Autry and for playing the character of Mr. Haney in the television serie…
Pat Buttram, American actor (died 1994)
1915
Julius Schwartz, American publisher and agent (died 2004)
Julius "Julie" Schwartz was an American comic book editor and a science fiction agent. He was born in The Bronx, New York. He is best known as a longtime editor at DC Comics, where…
Julius Schwartz, American publisher and agent (died 2004)
1915
Dick Reynolds, Australian footballer and coach (died 2002)
Richard Sylvannus Reynolds was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Dick Reynolds, Australian footballer and coach (died 2002)