Explore 2221 historical events from 1910–1919.
Meyer Howard Abrams, usually cited as M. H. Abrams, was an American literary critic, known for works on romanticism, in particular his book The Mirror and the Lamp. Under Abrams's …
M. H. Abrams, American author, critic, and academic (died 2015)
Michael Charles Gauntlet Wilding was an English stage, television, and film actor. He is best known for a series of films he made with Anna Neagle; he also made two films with Alfr…
Michael Wilding, English actor (died 1979)
Essie Summers was a New Zealand writer whose romance novels sold more than 19 million copies in 105 countries. She was known as New Zealand's "Queen of Romance."
Essie Summers, New Zealand author (died 1998)
Vernon Pelling Elliott was a British bassoonist, conductor and composer. He was an influential teacher of the bassoon for over 40 years. From the 1960s he became more widely known…
Vernon Elliott, English bassoon player, composer, and conductor (died 1996)
William Alfred Brown, was an Australian cricketer who played 22 Test matches between 1934 and 1948, captaining his country in one Test. A right-handed opening batsman, his partners…
Bill Brown, Australian cricketer (died 2008)
Milton Friedman was an American economist and statistician who received the 1976 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his research on consumption analysis, monetary histor…
Milton Friedman, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2006)
Irving Kupcinet was an American newspaper columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times, television talk-show host, and radio personality based in Chicago, Illinois. He was popularly known b…
Irv Kupcinet, American football player and journalist (died 2003)
Sir David Brand KCMG was an Australian politician. He was the longest-serving premier of Western Australia, in office from 1959 to 1971, and was state leader of the Liberal Party f…
David Brand, Australian politician, 19th Premier of Western Australia (died 1979)
Gertrud Louise Goldschmidt, known as Gego, was a modern German-Venezuelan visual artist. Gego is perhaps best known for her geometric and kinetic sculptures made in the 1960s and 1…
Gego, German-Venezuelan sculptor and academic (died 1994)
Henry Burk Jones was an American actor of stage, film, and television.
Henry Jones, American actor (died 1999)
Palle Huld was a Danish Boy Scout, film actor and writer. He appeared in 40 films between 1933 and 2000. He was born in Hellerup in Denmark. His journey around the world at the age…
Palle Huld, Danish actor (died 2010)
Håkon Stenstadvold was a Norwegian painter, illustrator, journalist, art critic and politician for the Conservative Party.
Håkon Stenstadvold, Norwegian painter, illustrator, and critic (died 1977)
Vladimir Žerjavić was a Croatian economist and demographer who published a series of historical articles and books during the 1980s and 1990s on demographic losses in Yugoslavia du…
Vladimir Žerjavić, Croatian economist and author (died 2001)
Fritz Hellwig was a German CDU politician and European Commissioner. He was born in Saarbrücken and turned 100 in August 2012. He died on 22 July 2017 at the age of 104, being the …
Fritz Hellwig, German politician (died 2017)
Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov was a Soviet and Russian mathematician, physicist, philosopher and mountaineer.
Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, Russian mathematician, physicist, and mountaineer (died 1999)
David Raksin was an American composer noted for his work in film and television. Raksin had more than 100 film scores and 300 television scores to his credit. Some sources called h…
David Raksin, American composer and educator (died 2004)
Raoul Wallenberg was a Swedish architect, businessman, diplomat, and humanitarian. He saved thousands of Jews in German-occupied Hungary during the Holocaust from German Nazis and …
Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish architect and diplomat, savior of thousands of Jews from The Holocaust (died ~1947)
Abbé Pierre (born Henri Marie Joseph Grouès; was a French Catholic priest. He was a member of the Resistance during World War II and deputy of the Popular Republican Movement. In 1…
Abbé Pierre, French priest and humanitarian (died 2007)
Richard Crump Miller was an American photographer best known for his vintage carbro prints, photos of celebrities, and work documenting the Hollywood Freeway.
Richard C. Miller, American photographer (died 2010)
Jorge Leal Amado de Faria, known as Jorge Amado, was a Brazilian writer of the modernist school. He remains the best-known of modern Brazilian writers, with his work having been tr…
Jorge Amado, Brazilian novelist and poet (died 2001)
Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs was a German astronomer. She made key observations of variable stars.
Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs, German astronomer and academic (died 1954)
Raphael David Blau was an American screenwriter who co-wrote the story for Bedtime for Bonzo (1951), among other film productions.
Raphael Blau, American screenwriter and producer (died 1996)
Samuel Michael Fuller was an American film director, screenwriter, novelist, journalist, and actor. He was known for directing low-budget genre movies with controversial themes, of…
Samuel Fuller, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1997)
Claire Linton Cribbs was an American basketball player and high school coach. He was a two-time All-American at the University of Pittsburgh and won over 400 games as a high school…
Claire Cribbs, American basketball player and coach (died 1985)