Historical figures in 1901
The atlas holds 45 people and 70 moments here, in 1901. The most recorded lives are Hermann Hesse, William McKinley and Winston Churchill. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Performers.
Notable people
Leo Tolstoy
in 1901
1 moment here
Russian novelist, essayist, educator, religious thinker, and social critic. Born at Yasnaya Polyana, Tolstoy studied in Kazan, served in the Caucasus…
Louis Armstrong
in 1901
1 moment here
American jazz trumpeter, vocalist, bandleader, and entertainer whose career transformed jazz solo performance and made him an international cultural…
Mark Twain
in 1901
1 moment here
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known as Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, journalist, lecturer, riverboat pilot, and traveler.…
Marlene Dietrich
in 1901
1 moment here
German-American actress and singer Marlene Dietrich (Marie Magdalene Dietrich) was born in Berlin and achieved international fame through stage,…
Ngô Đình Diệm
in 1901
1 moment here
Ngô Đình Diệm was a Vietnamese civil servant, nationalist politician, prime minister of the State of Vietnam, and first president of the Republic of…
Octave Mirbeau
in 1901
1 moment here
French novelist, playwright, journalist, pamphleteer, and art critic. Mirbeau’s documented life moved between Normandy, Paris, Brittany, the French…
Pablo Picasso
in 1901
2 moments here
Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and co-founder of Cubism. Born in Málaga, Picasso trained in A Coruña, Barcelona, and Madrid…
Queen Victoria
in 1901
1 moment here
Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 1819–1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death, and…
Rabindranath Tagore
in 1901
1 moment here
Bengali poet, novelist, dramatist, composer, painter, philosopher, social reformer, and educationist.…
Roald Amundsen
in 1901
1 moment here
Norwegian polar explorer Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (1872–1928) led the first successful transit of the Northwest Passage, reached the South…
Rubén Darío
in 1901
1 moment here
Nicaraguan poet, journalist, and diplomat Félix Rubén García Sarmiento, known as Rubén Darío, was a central initiator of Spanish-language Modernismo.…
Sri Aurobindo
in 1901
1 moment here
Sri Aurobindo (Aurobindo Ghose) was an Indian nationalist, philosopher, poet, and yogi. His documented movements run from childhood in Bengal and…
Sukarno
in 1901
1 moment here
Sukarno (1901–1970) was an Indonesian nationalist, revolutionary, engineer, and the first president of Indonesia.…
Swami Vivekananda
in 1901
3 moments here
Indian Hindu monk, philosopher, teacher, and chief disciple of Ramakrishna. Born Narendranath Datta in Calcutta, he travelled widely through India…
Theodore Roosevelt
in 1901
3 moments here
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (1858–1919) was the 26th president of the United States, serving from 1901 to 1909.…
Thomas Edison
in 1901
1 moment here
American inventor and industrialist whose laboratories developed and commercialized technologies in telegraphy, recorded sound, electric lighting and…
Walt Disney
in 1901
1 moment here
Walter Elias Disney was an American animator, film producer, voice actor, and entrepreneur. His documented movements include childhood residences in…
William Howard Taft
in 1901
2 moments here
William Howard Taft was an American lawyer, judge, colonial administrator, secretary of war, 27th president of the United States, and 10th chief…
William McKinley
in 1901
6 moments here
William McKinley Jr. (1843–1901) was an American lawyer, Civil War veteran, Republican politician, governor of Ohio, and the 25th president of the…
Winston Churchill
in 1901
3 moments here
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874–1965) was a British soldier, journalist, author and statesman whose career ranged from imperial campaigns in…
Yosano Akiko
in 1901
1 moment here
Japanese poet, author, educator, feminist, and social reformer. Born Hō Shō in Sakai, she became known as Yosano Akiko after her marriage to poet…
Moments
- 1901 Holidays on Norderney Franz Kafka
- 1901 Birth in New Orleans Louis Armstrong
- 1901 Works as tutor in Schaffhausen Albert Einstein
- 1901 Australian flag ceremony Edmund Barton
- 1901 Birth at Via Gaeta Enrico Fermi
- 1901 Recuperates at Gaspra Leo Tolstoy
- 1901 At North Creek after McKinley's death Theodore Roosevelt
- 1901 Sworn in as president Theodore Roosevelt
- 1901 Arrival for Pan-American Exposition visit William McKinley
- 1901 Dies at the Milburn House William McKinley
- 1901 Excursion to Niagara Falls William McKinley
- 1901 Final public address William McKinley
- 1901 Shot at the Temple of Music William McKinley
- 1901 Retirement correspondence from Princeton Grover Cleveland
- 1901 Sweepstakes race victory Henry Ford
- 1901 Dinner with Booker T. Washington Theodore Roosevelt
- 1901 Begins organizing in Batumi Joseph Stalin
- 1901 Move to avenue du Bois Octave Mirbeau
- 1901 Birth at Leberstraße 65 Marlene Dietrich
- 1901 Birth at the Disney family home Walt Disney