Explore 2322 historical events from 1900–1909.
Korczak Ziolkowski was an American artist and sculptor known for designing the Crazy Horse Memorial.
Korczak Ziolkowski, American sculptor, designed the Crazy Horse Memorial (died 1982)
Paul Eugene Brown was an American football coach and executive in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC), the National Football League (NFL), and the American Football League (…
Paul Brown, American football player and coach (died 1991)
Michael Ellis DeBakey was an American general and cardiovascular surgeon, scientist and medical educator who became Chairman of the Department of Surgery, President, and Chancellor…
Michael E. DeBakey, American surgeon and educator (died 2008)
Max Kaminsky was an American jazz trumpeter and bandleader.
Max Kaminsky, American trumpet player and bandleader (died 1994)
Cesare Pavese was an Italian novelist, poet, short story writer, translator, literary critic, and essayist. He is often referred to as one of the most influential Italian writers o…
Cesare Pavese, Italian poet and author (died 1950)
Shigekazu Shimazaki was a Japanese career officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service during World War II.
Shigekazu Shimazaki, Japanese admiral (died 1945)
Sir Walter Angus Bethune was an Australian politician and member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. He was Premier of Tasmania from 26 May 1969 to 3 May 1972.
Angus Bethune, Australian soldier and politician, 33rd Premier of Tasmania (died 2004)
Raymond Scott was an American composer, bandleader, pianist, record producer, audio engineer, and inventor. In his lifetime he was primarily recognized as a composer of production …
Raymond Scott, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (died 1994)
Waldo Rudolph Wedel was an American archaeologist and a central figure in the study of the prehistory of the Great Plains. He was born in Newton, Kansas to a family of Mennonites.
Waldo Rudolph Wedel, American archaeologist and author (died 1996)
Tord Alvar Quan Lidell was an English radio announcer and newsreader for the BBC and compere. He joined BBC Birmingham as chief announcer in 1932 before moving to London the follow…
Alvar Lidell, English journalist (died 1981)
Werner Flume was a German jurist and professor of Roman law, private law, tax law and a legal historian. He has significantly influenced the modern development of German private la…
Werner Flume, German jurist (died 2009)
Leon Brown "Chu" Berry was an American jazz tenor saxophonist during the 1930s. He is perhaps best known for his time as a member of singer Cab Calloway's big band.
Chu Berry, American saxophonist (died 1941)
Karolos Koun was a prominent Greek theater director, widely known for his lively staging of ancient Greek plays.
Karolos Koun, Greek director and playwright (died 1987)
Sicco Leendert Mansholt was a Dutch farmer, politician and diplomat of the Social Democratic Workers' Party (SDAP) and later the Labour Party (PvdA), who served as the fourth presi…
Sicco Mansholt, Dutch farmer and politician, 4th President of the European Commission (died 1995)
Mae Questel was an American actress. She was best known for providing the voices for the animated characters Betty Boop and Olive Oyl.
Mae Questel, American actress and vocal artist (died 1998)
George Colar, actually Cola but he used Colar, better known as Kid Sheik or Kid Sheik Cola, was a New Orleans jazz trumpeter and band leader. He is most associated with Dixieland j…
Kid Sheik, American trumpet player (died 1996)
Penny Singleton was an American actress and labor leader. During her six decade career on stage, screen, radio and television, Singleton appeared as the comic-strip heroine Blondie…
Penny Singleton, American actress and singer (died 2003)
John Creasey was an English author known mostly for detective and crime novels but who also wrote science fiction, romance and westerns. He wrote more than six hundred novels using…
John Creasey, English author and politician (died 1973)
Rafayel "Rafo" Israyelian was a Soviet Armenian architect.
Rafael Israelyan, Armenian architect and educator, designed the Sardarapat Memorial and St. Vartan Cathedral (died 1973)
Viktor Amazaspovich Ambartsumian was a Soviet and Armenian astrophysicist and science administrator. One of the 20th century's leading astronomers, he is widely regarded as the fou…
Victor Ambartsumian, Georgian-Armenian astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic (died 1996)
Paul Bénichou was a French/Algerian writer, intellectual, critic, and literary historian.
Paul Bénichou, French historian, author, and critic (died 2001)
Robert Lecourt was a French politician and lawyer, judge and the fourth President of the European Court of Justice.
Robert Lecourt, French lawyer, judge, and politician, Lord Chancellor of France (died 2004)
Tatsuo Shimabuku was an Okinawan, Japanese martial artist. He is the founder of Isshin-ryū style of karate.
Tatsuo Shimabuku, Japanese martial artist, founded Isshin-ryū (died 1975)
Esphyr Solomonovna Slobodkina was a Russian-born American artist, author, and illustrator, best known for her classic children's picture book Caps for Sale. Slobodkina was a celebr…
Esphyr Slobodkina, Russian-American author and illustrator (died 2002)