Explore 1530 historical events from 1900–1909.
Mary Elizabeth "Mimi" Smith, informally known as Aunt Mimi, was a maternal aunt and the parental guardian of the English musician John Lennon. She was born in Toxteth, Liverpool, a…
Mimi Smith, English nurse (died 1991)
Joel Brand was a member of the Budapest Aid and Rescue Committee, an underground Zionist group in Budapest, Hungary, that smuggled Jews out of German-occupied Europe to the relativ…
Joel Brand, member of the Budapest Aid and Rescue Committee (died 1964)
William Joseph Brennan Jr. was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1956 to 1990. He was the eighth-longe…
William J
Yiorgos Theotokas, formally Georgios Theotokas, was a Greek novelist.
Yiorgos Theotokas, Greek author and playwright (died 1966)
Kurt Friedrich Gödel was a logician, mathematician, and philosopher. Considered along with Aristotle and Gottlob Frege to be one of the most significant logicians in history, Gödel…
Kurt Gödel, Czech-American mathematician, philosopher, and academic (died 1978)
Paul Sacher was a Swiss conductor, patron and billionaire businessman. At the time of his death, Sacher was the majority shareholder of the Hoffmann-La Roche pharmaceutical company…
Paul Sacher, Swiss conductor and philanthropist (died 1999)
Horst Schumann was an SS-Sturmbannführer (major) and medical doctor who conducted sterilization and castration experiments at Auschwitz and was particularly interested in the mass …
Horst Schumann, German SS officer and physician (died 1983)
Mary Astor was an American actress. Although her career spanned several decades, she may be best remembered for her performance as Brigid O'Shaughnessy in The Maltese Falcon (1941)…
Mary Astor, American actress (died 1987)
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Halsted was an American writer who worked as a newspaper editor and in public relations. Halsted also wrote two children's books published in the 1930s. She …
Anna Roosevelt Halsted, American journalist and author (died 1975)
André Weil was a French mathematician, known for his foundational work in number theory and algebraic geometry. He was one of the most influential mathematicians of the twentieth c…
André Weil, French mathematician and academic (died 1998)
Roberto Gastone Zeffiro Rossellini was an Italian film director, screenwriter and producer. He was one of the most prominent directors of the Italian neorealist cinema, contributin…
Roberto Rossellini, Italian director and screenwriter (died 1977)
Ernest Leslie McCormick was an Australian cricketer who played in 12 Test matches from 1935 to 1938.
Ernie McCormick, Australian cricketer (died 1991)
Alfred Pellan was an important figure in twentieth-century Canadian painting.
Alfred Pellan, Canadian painter and educator (died 1988)
Arturo Uslar Pietri was a Venezuelan intellectual, historian, writer, television producer, and politician.
Arturo Uslar Pietri, Venezuelan lawyer, journalist, and author (died 2001)
Margret Elizabeth Rey was a German-born American writer and illustrator, best known for the Curious George series of children's picture books that she and her husband H. A. Rey cre…
Margret Rey, German author and illustrator (died 1996)
Bruce Bennett was an American film and television actor who was a college athlete in football and in intercollegiate and international track-and-field competitions. In 1928, he won…
Bruce Bennett, American shot putter and actor (died 2007)
Giuseppe Siri was an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Genoa from 1946 to 1987, and was elevated to the rank of cardinal in 1953. A protégé of Pop…
Giuseppe Siri, Italian cardinal (died 1989)
Zinka Milanov was a Croatian operatic dramatic soprano who had a major career centered on the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. After finishing her education in Zagreb, Milanov …
Zinka Milanov, Croatian-American soprano and educator (died 1989)
Buddhadasa was a Thai Buddhist monk. Known as an innovative reinterpreter of Buddhist doctrine and Thai folk beliefs, he fostered a reformation in conventional religious perception…
Buddhadasa, Thai monk and philosopher (died 1993)
Henry Edward Hibbs was an English footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Birmingham and England in the 1920s and 1930s. His uncle Hubert Pearson and cousin Harold Pearson were a…
Harry Hibbs, English footballer (died 1984)
Antonio Rosario Mennonna was an Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. At the time of his death at the age of 103, he was the second-oldest bishop in the Church, behind Anto…
Antonio Rosario Mennonna, Italian bishop (died 2009)
Henry Wijeyakone Tambiah (1906–1997) was a Ceylonese academic, diplomat, lawyer and judge, born in Sri Lanka during British colonial rule. He was a Commissioner of Assize, High Com…
Henry Thambiah, Sri Lankan lawyer, judge, and diplomat, Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Canada (died 1997)
Terence Hanbury "Tim" White was an English writer. He is best known for his Arthurian novels, which were published together in 1958 as The Once and Future King. One of his best kno…
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Bruno Gröning was a German mystic who rose to fame in the late 1940s for performing faith healings.
Bruno Gröning, German mystic and author (died 1959)