Explore 552 historical events from 1890–1899.
Fred Astaire was an American dancer, actor, singer, musician, choreographer, and presenter, whose career in stage, film, and television spanned 76 years. He is widely regarded as t…
Fred Astaire, American actor, singer, and dancer (died 1987)
Eugenie Peterson, known as Indra Devi, was a pioneering teacher of yoga as exercise, and an early disciple of the "father of modern yoga", Tirumalai Krishnamacharya.
Indra Devi, pioneer of Yoga (died 2002)
Charlotte "Lotte" Auerbach FRS FRSE was a German geneticist who contributed to founding the science of mutagenesis. She became well known after 1942 when she discovered, with A. J.…
Charlotte Auerbach, German-Scottish folklorist, geneticist, and zoologist (died 1994)
Friedrich August von Hayek was an Austrian economist and philosopher. He is known for his contributions to political economy, political philosophy and intellectual history. Hayek s…
Friedrich Hayek, Austrian economist and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1992)
Pierre Victor Auger was a French physicist, born in Paris. He worked in the fields of atomic physics, nuclear physics, and cosmic ray physics. He is famous for being one of the dis…
Pierre Victor Auger, French physicist and academic (died 1993)
Earle Bryan Combs was an American professional baseball player who played his entire career for the New York Yankees (1924–1935). Combs batted leadoff and played center field on th…
Earle Combs, American baseball player and coach (died 1976)
Jean Étienne Valluy was a French general.
Jean Étienne Valluy, French general (died 1970)
María Carmen de Icaza y de León, 8th Baroness of Claret was a Spanish journalist and novelist from 1935–60. She enjoyed success with her 1936 novel, Cristina Guzmán, which was subs…
Carmen de Icaza, Spanish writer (died 1979)
Lothar or Lotar Rădăceanu was a Romanian journalist and linguist, best known as a socialist and communist politician.
Lothar Rădăceanu, Romanian journalist, linguist, and politician (died 1955)
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Deyneka was a Soviet painter, graphic artist and sculptor, regarded as one of the most important Russian modernist figurative painters of the first half of…
Aleksandr Deyneka, Russian painter and sculptor (died 1969)
John Marshall Harlan was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1955 to 1971. Harlan is usually called John Marshall Harlan…
John Marshall Harlan II, American lawyer and jurist, Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court (died 1971)
Jeralean Talley was an American supercentenarian who was, aged 116 years, 25 days, the world's verified oldest living person. She was previously thought to be the oldest living Ame…
Jeralean Talley, American super-centenarian (died 2015)
Panka Pelishek was a Bulgarian pianist and music teacher. She played as a soloist and a chamber musician, particularly known for performing Beethoven's works. In teaching, she enco…
Panka Pelishek, Bulgarian pianist and music teacher (died 1990)
Antonio J. Barrette was a Canadian politician born in Joliette, Quebec, Canada, who served as the 18th premier of Quebec.
Antonio Barrette, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Premier of Quebec (died 1968)
Muriel McQueen Fergusson, was a Canadian activist, judge and politician. Fergusson served in the Senate of Canada and the first woman Speaker of the Senate. She is known for a long…
Muriel McQueen Fergusson, Canadian lawyer and politician, Canadian Speaker of the Senate (died 1997)
Johannes Türn was an Estonian chess player.
Johannes Türn, Estonian chess and draughts player (died 1993)
Suzanne Rachel Flore Lenglen was a French tennis player. She was the inaugural world No. 1 from 1921 to 1926, winning eight Grand Slam titles in singles and twenty-one in total. Sh…
Suzanne Lenglen, French tennis player (died 1938)
Henri Michaux was a Belgian-born French experimental poet, writer and painter. Michaux is renowned for his strange, highly original poetry and prose, and also for his art: the Pari…
Henri Michaux, Belgian-French poet and painter (died 1984)
Kazi Nazrul Islam was a Bengali poet, short story writer, journalist, lyricist, and musician. He was later honoured with the title of national poet of Bangladesh. Nazrul produced a…
Kazi Nazrul Islam, Bengali poet, author, and flute player (died 1976)
Douglas Charles Abbott was a Canadian Member of Parliament, federal Cabinet Minister, and justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. Abbott's appointment directly from the Cabinet of …
Douglas Abbott, Canadian lawyer and politician, 10th Canadian Minister of Defence (died 1987)
Irving Grant Thalberg was an American film producer during the early years of motion pictures. He was called "The Boy Wonder" for his youth and ability to select scripts, choose ac…
Irving Thalberg, American screenwriter and producer (died 1936)
Charlotte "Lotte" Reiniger was a German film director and the foremost pioneer of silhouette animation. Her best known films are The Adventures of Prince Achmed, from 1926, the old…
Lotte Reiniger, German animator and director (died 1981)
Edwin Way Teale was an American naturalist, photographer and writer. Teale's works serve as primary source material documenting environmental conditions across North America from 1…
Edwin Way Teale, American environmentalist and photographer (died 1980)
Georg von Békésy was a Hungarian-American biophysicist.
Georg von Békésy, Hungarian-American biophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1972)