Explore 2221 historical events from 1910–1919.
Aleks Çaçi was an Albanian author of the socialist realism period.
Aleks Çaçi, Albanian journalist and author (died 1989)
Egnatius "Iggy" Katona was an American stock car racing driver from Willis, Michigan. He is most famous for his performance in the ARCA series in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, where…
Iggy Katona, American race car driver (died 2003)
Chief Moses Adekoyejo Majekodunmi was a Nigerian gynaecologist and obstetrician. He was Minister of Health in the Nigerian First Republic.
Moses Majekodunmi, Nigerian physician and politician (died 2012)
Neagu Bunea Djuvara was a Romanian historian, essayist, philosopher, journalist, novelist, and diplomat.
Neagu Djuvara, Romanian historian, journalist, and diplomat (died 2018)
Dame Moura Lympany was an English concert pianist.
Moura Lympany, English pianist (died 2005)
Roger Dennistoun Poore was a British racing driver, financier and entrepreneur. He became chairman of Norton Villiers Triumph (NVT) during the final years of the old British motorc…
Dennis Poore, English racing driver and businessman (died 1987)
Paul Felix Schmidt was an Estonian and German chess player, writer and chemist.
Paul Felix Schmidt, Estonian–German chess player and chemist (died 1984)
William Lee was an American playback singer who provided a voice or singing voice in many films, for actors in musicals and for many Disney characters.
Bill Lee, American actor and singer (died 1980)
Consuelo Velázquez Torres, also popularly known as Consuelito Velázquez, was a Mexican concert pianist and composer. She was the composer of famous Mexican ballads such as "Bésame …
Consuelo Velázquez, Mexican pianist and songwriter (died 2005)
Charles Van Dell Johnson was an American actor. He had a prolific career in film, television, theatre and radio, which spanned over 50 years, from 1940 to 1992. He was a major star…
Van Johnson, American actor (died 2008)
Frederick Chapman Robbins was an American pediatrician and virologist. He was born in Auburn, Alabama, and grew up in Columbia, Missouri, attending David H. Hickman High School.
Frederick Chapman Robbins, American pediatrician and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2003)
Saburō Sakai was a Japanese naval aviator and flying ace of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Sakai had 28 aerial victories, including shared ones, according to offi…
Saburō Sakai, Japanese lieutenant and pilot (died 2000)
Gordon Dennis Bashford was a British car design engineer. Bashford played a significant part in the design of most post-war Rover cars, including the Land Rover.
Gordon Bashford, English engineer, co-designed the Range Rover (died 1991)
Terence Anthony Harris known as Tony Harris, was a South African sportsman who was the last man to be a dual international of both cricket and rugby union for his country. He repre…
Tony Harris, South African cricketer and rugby player (died 1993)
Martha Raye was an American comic actress and singer whose career spanned six decades across film, theater, and television. Her wide smile and energetic comedic style earned her th…
Martha Raye, American actress and comedian (died 1994)
Hélène Baillargeon (1916–1997) was a Canadian singer, actor, and folklorist probably best known as the host of the CBC Television show Chez Hélène from 1959 to 1973.
Hélène Baillargeon, Canadian singer and actress (died 1997)
Charles Wright Mills was an American sociologist, and a professor of sociology at Columbia University from 1946 until his death in 1962. Mills published widely in both popular and …
C. Wright Mills American sociologist and author (died 1962)
John Holbrook Vance was an American writer of fantasy, science fiction, and mysteries. He wrote several mystery novels under pen names, including Ellery Queen.
Jack Vance, American author (died 2013)
Ephraim Shay was an American merchant, entrepreneur and self-taught railroad engineer who worked in the state of Michigan. He designed the Shay locomotive and patented the type. He…
Ephraim Shay, American engineer, designed the Shay locomotive (born 1839)
Mário de Sá-Carneiro was a Portuguese poet and writer. He is one of the best known authors of the Geração de Orpheu, and is usually considered their greatest poet, after Fernando P…
Mário de Sá-Carneiro, Portuguese poet and writer (born 1890)
Jørgen Pedersen Gram was a Danish actuary and mathematician who was born in Nustrup, Duchy of Schleswig, Denmark and died in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Jørgen Pedersen Gram, Danish mathematician and academic (born 1850)
Thomas James Clarke was an Irish republican and a leader of the Irish Republican Brotherhood. Clarke was arguably the person most responsible for the 1916 Easter Rising. A proponen…
Tom Clarke, Irish rebel (born 1858)
Thomas Stanislaus MacDonagh was an Irish political activist, poet, playwright, educationalist and revolutionary leader. He was one of the seven leaders of the Easter Rising of 1916…
Thomas MacDonagh, Irish poet and rebel (born 1878)
Patrick Henry Pearse was an Irish teacher, barrister, poet, writer, nationalist, republican political activist and revolutionary who was one of the leaders of the Easter Rising in …
Patrick Pearse, Irish teacher and rebel leader (born 1879)