Explore 910 historical events from 2000–2009.
Travis Hunter Jr. is an American professional football cornerback and wide receiver for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football f…
Travis Hunter, American football player
Joelle Joanie "JoJo" Siwa is an American singer, dancer, actress, and media personality. From 2015 to 2016, she appeared as a dancer on two seasons of the reality television show D…
Jojo Siwa, American dancer, singer, actress, and YouTube personality
Franco Alejandro Colapinto is an Argentine racing driver who competes in Formula One for Alpine.
Franco Colapinto, Formula 1 driver
Graham Powley Jarvis was a Canadian character actor in American films and television from the 1960s to the early 2000s.
Graham Jarvis, Canadian actor (born 1930)
Graham Stuart Thomas was an English horticulturist, who is likely best known for his work with garden roses, his restoration and stewardship of over 100 National Trust gardens and …
Graham Stuart Thomas, English horticulturalist and author (born 1909)
Robert Coleman Atkins was an American physician and cardiologist, best known for the Atkins Diet, which requires close control of carbohydrate consumption and emphasizes protein an…
Robert Atkins, American physician and cardiologist, created the Atkins diet (born 1930)
Herring Burl "H. B." Bailey was a NASCAR driver. He raced his No. 36 Pontiac part-time as an independent driver in the Grand National/Winston Cup series from 1962 to 1993, making 8…
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Earl Silas Johnson IV, known as Earl King, was an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter, most active in blues music. A composer of blues standards such as "Come On" and "Big C…
Earl King, American blues singer, guitarist and songwriter (born 1934)
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 (born 1910)
Sir Bernard Katz, FRS was a German-born British physician and biophysicist, noted for his work on nerve physiology; specifically, for his work on synaptic transmission at the nerve…
Bernard Katz, German-English biophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1911)
Sir John Paul Getty, known widely as John Paul Getty Jr., was a British-American businessman, philanthropist, and book collector. He was the third son of the American-born British …
John Paul Getty Jr
Nina Simone was an American pianist, singer, songwriter, and civil rights activist. Simone's bearing and stage presence earned her the title the High Priestess of Soul. Her music s…
Nina Simone, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and activist (born 1933)
Felice Bryant and Diadorius Boudleaux Bryant were an American husband-and-wife country music and pop songwriting team. They are best known for songs such as "Rocky Top", "We Could"…
Felice Bryant, American songwriter (born 1925)
Fernand Fonssagrives, born Fernand Vigoureux near Paris, was a photographer known for his 'beauty photography' in the early 1940s, and as the first husband of the model Lisa Fonssa…
Fernand Fonssagrives, French-American photographer (born 1910)
Hatice Nüzhet Gökdoğan was a Turkish astronomer, mathematician and academic. After studying mathematics and astronomy in France as a young adult, Gökdoğan joined the faculty of Ist…
Nüzhet Gökdoğan, Turkish astronomer and mathematician (born 1910)
Samson Kitur was a Kenyan athlete, and an Olympic medalist in 1992.
Samson Kitur, Kenyan runner (born 1966)
Rosemary Brown was a Canadian politician, social worker, and human rights advocate. As a member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly from 1972 to 1986, she was the first bl…
Rosemary Brown, Jamaican-Canadian academic and politician (born 1930)
Yun Hyon-seok was a South Korean LGBT poet, writer, and activist. He wrote under the pen names Yuk Wu-dang and Seolheon, and was also known by his nickname Midong or Donghwa.
Yun Hyon-seok, South Korean poet and author (born 1984)
Edward Max Nicholson was a pioneering environmentalist, ornithologist and internationalist, and a founder of the World Wildlife Fund.
Edward Max Nicholson, Irish environmentalist, co-founded the World Wide Fund for Nature (born 1904)
Janko Bobetko was a Croatian general who had participated in World War II and later in the Croatian War of Independence. He was one of the founding members of 1st Sisak Partisan De…
Janko Bobetko, Croatian Army general and Chief of the General Staff (born 1919)
Professor Mark C. Berger was the director of The Center for Business and Economic Research at the University of Kentucky until his death at age 47. He was also a Fulbright Scholar …
Mark Berger, American economist and academic (born 1955)
Peter Raymond George "Possum" Bourne was a champion New Zealand rally car driver. He died under non-competitive circumstances while driving on a public road that was to be the trac…
Possum Bourne, New Zealand race car driver (born 1956)
Elizabeth Ann Hulette, best known in professional wrestling as Miss Elizabeth, was an American professional wrestling manager, occasional professional wrestler and professional wre…
Miss Elizabeth, American wrestler and manager (born 1960)
Willem "Wim" van Est was a Dutch racing cyclist. He is best known for being the first Dutch cyclist to wear the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification in the Tour de…
Wim van Est, Dutch cyclist (born 1923)