1909
Syd Buller, English cricketer and umpire (died 1970)
John Sydney Buller was an English first-class cricketer and international umpire. He was a wicket-keeper.
Syd Buller, English cricketer and umpire (died 1970)
The 1900s
Explore 1530 historical events from 1900–1909.
1909
Ronnie Grieveson, South African cricketer and soldier (died 1998)
Ronald Eustace Grieveson was a South African cricketer who played in two Tests in 1938–39. He was born and died in Johannesburg, South Africa. He attended Parktown Boys' High Schoo…
Ronnie Grieveson, South African cricketer and soldier (died 1998)
1909
Ruby Keeler, Canadian-American actress, singer, and dancer (died 1993)
Ethel Ruby Keeler was a Canadian and American actress, dancer, and singer who was paired on-screen with Dick Powell in a string of successful early musicals at Warner Bros., partic…
Ruby Keeler, Canadian-American actress, singer, and dancer (died 1993)
1909
Michael Rennie, English actor and producer (died 1971)
Michael Rennie was a British film, television and stage actor, who had leading roles in a number of Hollywood films, including his portrayal of the space visitor Klaatu in the scie…
Michael Rennie, English actor and producer (died 1971)
1909
Eric Davies, South African cricketer and educator (died 1976)
Eric Quail Davies, was a South African cricketer, who played in five Test matches from 1936 to 1939. He was born in King William's Town and died in Port Alfred, both in Cape Provin…
Eric Davies, South African cricketer and educator (died 1976)
1909
Jim Davis, American actor (died 1981)
Jim Davis was an American actor, best known for his roles in television Westerns. In his later career, he became famous as Jock Ewing in the CBS primetime soap opera Dallas, a role…
Jim Davis, American actor (died 1981)
1909
Gene Moore, American baseball player (died 1978)
Eugene Moore Jr. was an American professional baseball right fielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Cardinals, Boston Bees / Braves, B…
Gene Moore, American baseball player (died 1978)
1909
Sylvère Maes, Belgian cyclist (died 1966)
Sylvère Maes was a Belgian cyclist, who is most famous for winning the Tour de France in 1936 and 1939. In 1937, Maes left the 1937 Tour de France together with his Belgian team wh…
Sylvère Maes, Belgian cyclist (died 1966)
1909
Charles Pozzi, French race car driver (died 2001)
Charles Albert Pozzi was a French racing driver who participated in one World Championship Formula One race in 1950, the year of its inception.
Charles Pozzi, French race car driver (died 2001)
1909
Lester Young, American saxophonist and clarinet player (died 1959)
Lester Willis Young, nicknamed "Pres" or "Prez", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and occasional clarinetist.
Lester Young, American saxophonist and clarinet player (died 1959)
1909
Signe Rink, Greenland-born Danish writer and ethnologist (born 1836)
Nathalie Sophia Nielsine Caroline Rink was a Danish writer and ethnologist. Together with her husband Hinrich, she founded Greenland's first newspaper, Atuagagdliutit, in 1861. She…
Signe Rink, Greenland-born Danish writer and ethnologist (born 1836)
1909
Isaac Albéniz, Spanish pianist and composer (born 1860)
Isaac Manuel Francisco Albéniz y Pascual was a Spanish virtuoso pianist, composer, and conductor. He is one of the foremost composers of the post-romantic era who also had a signif…
Isaac Albéniz, Spanish pianist and composer (born 1860)
1909
Ernest Hogan, American actor and composer (born 1859)
Ernest Hogan was the first Black American entertainer to produce and star in a Broadway show, The Oyster Man in 1907, and helped to popularize the musical genre of ragtime.
Ernest Hogan, American actor and composer (born 1859)
1909
Thomas Price, Welsh-Australian politician, 24th Premier of South Australia (born 1852)
Thomas Price served as the South Australian United Labor Party's first Premier of South Australia. He formed a minority government at the 1905 election and was re-elected with incr…
Thomas Price, Welsh-Australian politician, 24th Premier of South Australia (born 1852)
1909
George Meredith, English novelist and poet (born 1828)
George Meredith was an English novelist and poet of the Victorian era. At first, his focus was poetry, influenced by John Keats among others, but Meredith gradually established a r…
George Meredith, English novelist and poet (born 1828)
1909
Edward Everett Hale, American minister, historian, and author (born 1822)
Edward Everett Hale was an American author, historian, and Unitarian minister, best known for his writings such as "The Man Without a Country", published in Atlantic Monthly, in su…
Edward Everett Hale, American minister, historian, and author (born 1822)
1909
Friedrich Martens, Estonian-Russian historian, lawyer, and diplomat (born 1845)
Friedrich Fromhold Martens, or Friedrich Fromhold von Martens, was a diplomat and jurist in service of the Russian Empire who made important contributions to the science of interna…
Friedrich Martens, Estonian-Russian historian, lawyer, and diplomat (born 1845)
1909
Sarah Orne Jewett, American novelist, short story writer, and poet (born 1849)
Theodora Sarah Orne Jewett was an American novelist, short story writer and poet, best known for her local color works set along or near the southern coast of Maine. Jewett is reco…
Sarah Orne Jewett, American novelist, short story writer, and poet (born 1849)
1909
Simon Newcomb, Canadian-American astronomer and mathematician (born 1835)
Simon Newcomb was a Canadian–American astronomer, applied mathematician, and autodidactic polymath. He served as Professor of Mathematics in the United States Navy and at Johns Hop…
Simon Newcomb, Canadian-American astronomer and mathematician (born 1835)
1909
Frederick Holder, Australian politician, 19th Premier of South Australia (born 1850)
Sir Frederick William Holder was an Australian politician who served as the first speaker of the Australian House of Representatives from 1901 to 1909. A member of the Free Trade P…
Frederick Holder, Australian politician, 19th Premier of South Australia (born 1850)
1909
Mary MacKillop, Australian nun and saint, co-founded the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart (born 1842)
Mary Helen MacKillop RSJ was an Australian religious sister. She was born in Melbourne but is best known for her activities in South Australia. Together with Fr Julian Tenison-Wood…
Mary MacKillop, Australian nun and saint, co-founded the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart (born 1842)
1909
William Stanley, British engineer and author (born 1829)
William Ford Robinson Stanley was an English inventor with 78 patents filed in both the United Kingdom and the United States of America. He was an engineer who designed and made pr…
William Stanley, British engineer and author (born 1829)
1909
Euclides da Cunha, Brazilian sociologist and journalist (born 1866)
Euclides da Cunha was a Brazilian journalist, sociologist and engineer. His most important work is Os Sertões, a non-fictional account of the military expeditions promoted by the B…
Euclides da Cunha, Brazilian sociologist and journalist (born 1866)
1909
Madan Lal Dhingra, Indian activist (born 1883)
Madan Lal Dhingra was an Indian freedom fighter who, whilst a student at University College London in 1909, assassinated Sir William Hutt Curzon Wyllie, the political Aide-de-camp …
Madan Lal Dhingra, Indian activist (born 1883)