Explore 1530 historical events from 1900–1909.
Dame Mary Barbara Hamilton Cartland was an English writer who published both contemporary and historical romance novels, the latter set primarily during the Victorian or Edwardian …
Barbara Cartland, English author (died 2000)
Gwendolyn Margaret Lizarraga, MBE commonly known as Madam Liz, was a Belizean businesswoman, women's rights activist and politician. She was the first woman elected to the British …
Gwendolyn Lizarraga, Belizean businesswoman, activist, and politician (died 1975)
Eric Harrison Portman was an English stage and screen actor. He is probably best remembered for his roles in three films for Powell and Pressburger during the 1940s. He was nominat…
Eric Portman, English actor (died 1969)
Gerald Raphael Finzi was an English composer. Finzi is best known as a choral composer, but also wrote in other genres. Large-scale compositions by Finzi include the cantata Dies n…
Gerald Finzi, English composer and academic (died 1956)
Luigi Chinetti was an Italian-born racecar driver, who emigrated to the United States during World War II. He drove in 12 consecutive 24 Hours of Le Mans races, taking three outrig…
Luigi Chinetti, Italian-American race car driver (died 1994)
Bruno Jasieński was a Polish poet, novelist, playwright, Catastrophist, and leader of the Polish Futurist movement in the interwar period. Jasieński was also a communist activist i…
Bruno Jasieński, Polish poet and author (died 1938)
Patrick Smith was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician, who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1923 until 1977, a tenure of 53 years, and the longest in the state. He held a number of m…
Patrick Smith, Irish farmer and politician, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (died 1982)
Ahmet Vehbi Koç was a Turkish billionaire, businessman, entrepreneur and philanthropist who founded the Koç Group, one of Turkey's largest groups of companies. During his lifetime,…
Vehbi Koç, Turkish businessman and philanthropist, founded Koç Holding (died 1996)
Eugenio "Eñing" Hofileña López Sr. was a leading business figure in the Philippines. He was the founder of López Group of Companies. He belonged to the prominent López family of Il…
Eugenio Lopez Sr., Filipino businessman and founder of the Lopez Group of Companies (died 1975)
Henry Emmett Manush, nicknamed "Heinie", was an American baseball outfielder. He played professional baseball for 20 years from 1920 to 1939, including 17 years in Major League Bas…
Heinie Manush, American baseball player and manager (died 1971)
Ida Mett (1901–1973) was a Belarusian anarcho-syndicalist, physician and writer. Following her experiences in the Russian Revolution, she fled into exile in France, where she colla…
Ida Mett, Belarusian Jewish anarchist (died 1973)
Hank Worden was an American cowboy-turned-character actor who appeared in many Westerns, including a dozen John Ford films, such as The Searchers, and the TV series The Lone Ranger…
Hank Worden, American actor and singer (died 1992)
Isabel Luberza Oppenheimer, better known as "Isabel la Negra", was a Puerto Rican brothel owner and madam in barrio Maragüez, Ponce, Puerto Rico. Her name and her brothel, Elizabet…
Isabel Luberza Oppenheimer, Puerto Rican brothel owner and madam in barrio Maragüez, Ponce, Puerto Rico (died 1974)
Ruth Ida Krauss was an American writer of children's books, including The Carrot Seed, and of theatrical poems for adult readers. Many of her books are still in print.
Ruth Krauss, American author and poet (died 1993)
Lila Lee was a prominent screen actress, primarily a leading lady, of the silent film and early sound film eras.
Lila Lee, American actress and singer (died 1973)
Hubert Prior Vallée, known professionally as Rudy Vallée, was an American singer, musician, actor, and radio host. He was one of the first modern pop stars of the teen idol type.
Rudy Vallée, American actor, singer, and saxophonist (died 1986)
Joseph Alfred Pierre Hormisdas "Pit" Lépine was a Canadian ice hockey forward and coach. He was born in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec.
Alfred Lépine, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1955)
Mohammed ″Mod″ Helmy was an Egyptian-German physician who was recognized by Israel as one of the Righteous Among the Nations in 2013, with his name being listed at Yad Vashem in th…
Mohammed Helmy, Egyptian physician and Righteous Among the Nations (died 1982)
Frederick Landis Fitzsimmons was an American professional baseball right-handed pitcher, manager, and coach, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1925 to 1943 with the Ne…
Freddie Fitzsimmons, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1979)
Jean Philippe Arthur Dubuffet was a French painter and sculptor of the École de Paris. His idealistic approach to aesthetics embraced so-called "low art" and eschewed traditional s…
Jean Dubuffet, French painter and sculptor (died 1985)
Francisco Villaruel Guilledo, commonly known as Pancho Villa, was a Filipino professional boxer. Villa, who stood only 5 feet and 1 inch (154 cm) tall and never weighed more than 1…
Francisco Guilledo, Filipino boxer (died 1925)
John Cornelius Stennis was an American politician who served as a U.S. senator from the state of Mississippi. He was a Democrat who served in the Senate for over 41 years, becoming…
John C. Stennis, American lawyer and politician (died 1995)
Stefan Wyszyński was a Polish Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Warsaw and Archbishop of Gniezno from 1948 to 1981. He previously served as Bishop of Lublin from 1…
Stefan Wyszyński, Polish cardinal (died 1981)
Claude Autant-Lara was a French film director, screenwriter, set designer and costume designer who worked in films for over 50 years. His films were often adapted from literary sou…
Claude Autant-Lara, French director, screenwriter, and politician (died 2000)