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Born in 1901

970 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

Rudolf Nilsen
poet, writer
1901–1929 · aged 28
February 28 · 1901
Source: 1910 census of Norway
Federico Munerati
association football coach, association football player
1901–1980 · aged 78
October 16 · 1901
No external source identified
Sid Atkinson
athletics competitor
1901–1977 · aged 76
March 14 · 1901
Source: BnF authorities
Otto Heckmann
cosmologist, astronomer
1901–1983 · aged 81
June 23 · 1901
Source: La France savante
Alan Valentine
rugby union player, writer
1901–1980 · aged 79
February 23 · 1901
No external source identified
Ermenegildo Florit
Catholic priest, theologian
1901–1985 · aged 84
July 5 · 1901
Source: Munzinger Personen
Eduardo Víctor Haedo
politician, journalist
1901–1970 · aged 69
July 28 · 1901
Source: authority file of the National Library of Uruguay
Masuma Begum*
politician
Date disputed
1901
No external source identified
Georges Lampin
production manager, filmmaker
1901–1979 · aged 77
October 14 · 1901
Source: SNAC
Leonard Peter Schultz
zoologist, ichthyologist
1901–1986 · aged 85
February 2 · 1901
No external source identified
Giorgio Simonelli
screenwriter, film editor
1901–1966 · aged 64
November 23 · 1901
Source: BnF authorities
János Biri
association football player, association football coach
1901–1983 · aged 81
July 21 · 1901
No external source identified
Juan Urquizu
association football coach, association football player
1901–1982 · aged 81
June 24 · 1901
Source: national-football-teams.com
Latife Bekir Çeyrekbaşı
activist, educator
1901–1952
1901
No external source identified
Blaž Arnič
composer, accordionist
1901–1970 · aged 69
January 31 · 1901
Source: Croatian Encyclopedia
Eugene Oberst
athletics competitor, javelin thrower
1901–1991 · aged 89
July 23 · 1901
No external source identified
Alexis Chantraine
association football player, association football coach
1901–1987 · aged 86
March 16 · 1901
Source: FBref
Terence Sanders
soldier, rower
1901–1985 · aged 83
June 2 · 1901
Source: Sports-Reference.com
Daniel Fernández Crespo
politician, school teacher
1901–1964 · aged 63
April 28 · 1901
Source: Autores.uy
Francisco Gamborena
association football player, association football coach
1901–1982 · aged 81
March 14 · 1901
Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary
Joseph Albert Sullivan
physician, politician
1901–1988 · aged 87
January 8 · 1901
Source: Find a Grave
Annemarie von Gabain
sinologist, university teacher
1901–1993 · aged 91
July 4 · 1901
Source: BnF authorities
Hadi Taqtaş
poet
1901–1931 · aged 30
January 1 · 1901
No external source identified
Slavin Cindrić
association football player
1901–1942 · aged 40
August 10 · 1901
No external source identified
Harry Sweet
film actor, actor
1901–1933 · aged 31
October 2 · 1901
Source: mymovies.it
Rudolf Jeny
association football coach, association football player
1901–1975
March 2 · 1901
Source: Transfermarkt
Domingo del Santísmo Sacramento Iturrate Zubero
presbyter
1901–1927 · aged 25
May 11 · 1901
Source: GCatholic.org
Vladimir Lugovskoy
librettist, teacher
1901–1957 · aged 55
July 1 · 1901
No external source identified
Marcelle Chantal*
actor, stage actor
Date disputed
February 9 · 1901
Source: birth certificate
Ilia Abuladze
historian, philologist
1901–1968 · aged 66
November 24 · 1901
Source: Biographical Dictionary of Georgia
Armand
photographer
1901–1963
1901
No external source identified
Alberto Fermín Zubiría
politician, lawyer
1901–1971 · aged 69
October 9 · 1901
No external source identified
Sven Utterström
cross-country skier
1901–1979 · aged 77
May 16 · 1901
Source: Sveriges dödbok 1830–2020
Miguel Brito
association football coach, association football player
Born 1901
June 13 · 1901
No external source identified
Khan Shushinski
singer, actor
1901–1979 · aged 77
August 20 · 1901
No external source identified
Carlo Biotti
athlete, manager
1901–1977 · aged 76
June 5 · 1901
No external source identified
Fedor Vasilevich Konstantinov
university teacher, journalist
1901–1991 · aged 90
February 21 · 1901
No external source identified
Ilia Beshkov*
illustrator, artist
Date disputed
July 24 · 1901
Source: Beshkov, Il’ya
Nikolai Kochin
physicist, mathematician
1901–1944 · aged 43
May 19 · 1901
Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
Mohammad Hejazi
translator, politician
1901–1974 · aged 72
April 14 · 1901
No external source identified
Chaim Gvati
politician
1901–1990 · aged 89
January 29 · 1901
Source: knesset.gov.il
Ruth Weyher
film producer, actor
1901–1983 · aged 81
May 28 · 1901
Source: Integrated Authority File
Giuseppe Burzio*
Catholic bishop, nuncio
Date disputed
January 22 · 1901
Source: Czech National Authority Database
Jean Boyer
association football player
1901–1981 · aged 80
February 13 · 1901
Source: Fichier des personnes décédées
Hugo Gunckel Lüer
taxonomist, botanical collector
1901–1997 · aged 95
August 10 · 1901
No external source identified
Adolphe Mengotti
association football player
1901–1984
November 12 · 1901
No external source identified
Carlos Bernardo González Pecotche
philosopher, writer
1901–1963 · aged 61
August 11 · 1901
Source: BnF authorities
Yuri Bilibin
geologist
1901–1952 · aged 50
May 19 · 1901
Source: bigenc.ru
William Lehman
association football player
1901–1979
December 20 · 1901
No external source identified
Andrei Kostrichkin
actor
1901–1973 · aged 71
August 24 · 1901
No external source identified
Konstantin Koroteev
military personnel
1901–1953 · aged 51
February 25 · 1901
No external source identified
William Anderson
ice hockey player
1901–1983 · aged 81
April 1 · 1901
No external source identified
Paul Fritsch
boxer
1901–1970 · aged 69
February 25 · 1901
Source: birth certificate
Alaattin Baydar
association football player
1901–1990 · aged 89
January 1 · 1901
No external source identified
Bolesław Filipiak
Catholic bishop, Catholic priest
1901–1978 · aged 77
September 1 · 1901
No external source identified
Lilly Becher
editing staff, writer
1901–1978 · aged 77
January 27 · 1901
Source: Integrated Authority File
Bernard von Brentano
journalist, author reading
1901–1964 · aged 63
October 15 · 1901
Source: BnF authorities
Emanuel Löffler
artistic gymnast
1901–1986 · aged 84
December 29 · 1901
Source: The Fine Art Archive
Eveline Du Bois-Reymond Marcus
illustrator, malacologist
1901–1990 · aged 88
October 6 · 1901
Source: Integrated Authority File
Kristmann Guðmundsson
writer
1901–1983 · aged 82
October 23 · 1901
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Hryhorii Epik
journalist, writer
1901–1937 · aged 36
January 17 · 1901
No external source identified
Paul Martin
surgeon, middle-distance runner
1901–1987 · aged 85
August 11 · 1901
Source: general catalog of BnF
Lily Bouwmeester
film actor
1901–1993 · aged 91
September 28 · 1901
Source: Biografisch Portaal
James MacNabb
rower
1901–1990 · aged 88
December 26 · 1901
Source: World Rowing athlete database
Quiterio Olmedo*
association football player
Date disputed
May 21 · 1901
Source: footballfacts.ru
Vicente Aguirre
association football player
1901–1990 · aged 89
January 22 · 1901
No external source identified
Blanche Huber
pharmacist, physician
1901–1942
August 17 · 1901
No external source identified
Ramón Guzmán*
association football player, association football coach
Date disputed
September 22 · 1901
Source: worldfootball.net
Eugène Schaus
economist, lawyer
1901–1978 · aged 76
May 12 · 1901
Source: Munzinger Personen
Hanns Jelinek
musician, actor
1901–1969 · aged 67
December 5 · 1901
Source: SNAC
Kazimierz Makarczyk
chess player
1901–1972 · aged 71
January 1 · 1901
No external source identified
Edvard Westerlund
amateur wrestler
1901–1982 · aged 81
February 1 · 1901
No external source identified
Raymond Souplex
film actor, singer
1901–1972 · aged 71
June 1 · 1901
Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror
Harald Braun
writer, film producer
1901–1960 · aged 59
April 26 · 1901
Source: BnF authorities
Linn Farrish
rugby union player, spy
1901–1944 · aged 42
October 3 · 1901
No external source identified
John Elliott
boxer
1901–1945 · aged 43
October 12 · 1901
No external source identified
Félix Pérez Marcos
association football player
1901–1983 · aged 82
June 13 · 1901
No external source identified
Virginia Grace
archaeologist, anthropologist
1901–1994 · aged 93
January 9 · 1901
Source: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Peter Jilemnický
politician, writer
1901–1949 · aged 48
March 18 · 1901
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Mihály Székely
opera singer
1901–1963 · aged 61
May 8 · 1901
Source: Discogs
Tordis Maurstad*
actor, stage actor
Date disputed
December 24 · 1901
Source: Norsk biografisk leksikon
Josep Planas
association football coach, association football player
1901–1977 · aged 75
April 14 · 1901
Source: Catalan Sport Encyclopedia
Dean Benjamin McLaughlin
astronomer
1901–1965 · aged 64
October 25 · 1901
Source: SNAC
Martin Kessel
writer
1901–1990 · aged 89
April 14 · 1901
Source: Integrated Authority File
Leonard Steckel*
dramaturge, film actor
Date disputed
January 8 · 1901
Source: Integrated Authority File
Véra Korène*
actor
Date disputed
July 17 · 1901
Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror
Marcel Domergue
association football player
1901–1969 · aged 67
November 16 · 1901
Source: BnF authorities
Maria Koppenhöfer
film actor, actor
1901–1948 · aged 46
December 11 · 1901
Source: Integrated Authority File
Yocheved Bat-Miriam
translator, poet
1901–1980 · aged 78
March 5 · 1901
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Sebastian Huber
winter sports practitioner, bobsledder
1901–1985 · aged 83
June 26 · 1901
No external source identified
José Rodrigues Miguéis
linguist, writer
1901–1980 · aged 78
December 9 · 1901
Source: The Fine Art Archive Db
Nino Besozzi
actor, stage actor
1901–1971 · aged 69
February 6 · 1901
Source: Integrated Authority File
Joseph Beerli
athlete, bobsledder
1901–1967 · aged 65
December 22 · 1901
No external source identified
Thomas Arnold
bobsledder
1901–1986 · aged 85
April 5 · 1901
No external source identified
Nikolay Mordvinov
theatre director, actor
1901–1966 · aged 64
February 15 · 1901
Source: Chuvash encyclopedia
Glenn Hartranft
athletics competitor
1901–1970 · aged 68
December 3 · 1901
No external source identified
Otto Kaiser
figure skater
1901–1977 · aged 76
May 8 · 1901
No external source identified
Erich Fiedler
film actor, dub actor
1901–1981 · aged 80
March 15 · 1901
Source: SNAC
Louis Kuehn
competitive diver
1901–1981 · aged 79
April 2 · 1901
No external source identified
Edward Mitchell
rower
1901–1970 · aged 68
July 23 · 1901
Source: Sports-Reference.com
Ray Kegeris
swimmer
1901–1975 · aged 73
September 10 · 1901
No external source identified
Viktor Gertler
film director, composer
1901–1969 · aged 67
August 24 · 1901
Source: filmportal.de
Chester A. Arnold
paleobotanist, university teacher
1901–1977 · aged 76
June 25 · 1901
Source: SNAC
Narve Bonna
ski jumper
1901–1976 · aged 75
January 16 · 1901
Source: BnF authorities
Karl Rainer
association football player, association football coach
1901–1987 · aged 85
July 1 · 1901
Source: Transfermarkt
Alfred Byrd Graf
botanist, writer
1901–2001 · aged 100
November 23 · 1901
No external source identified
René Le Hénaff*
screenwriter, film editor
Date disputed
April 26 · 1901
Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror
Al LeConey
athletics competitor
1901–1959 · aged 58
November 3 · 1901
No external source identified
Ana María Vela Rubio
dressmaker, centenarian
1901–2017 · aged 116
October 29 · 1901
No external source identified
Rabiga Kushaeva
teacher, women's rights activist
1901–1937
1901
No external source identified
Luis Brunetto
athletics competitor
1901–1968 · aged 66
October 27 · 1901
Source: World Athletics database
József Vértesy
water polo player, swimmer
1901–1983 · aged 82
February 19 · 1901
No external source identified
Tessie Camilleri
1901–1930 · aged 29
January 6 · 1901
No external source identified
Giuseppe Aliberti
association football coach, association football player
1901–1956 · aged 54
March 5 · 1901
Source: Transfermarkt
Harald Kaarmann*
association football player, police officer
Date disputed
December 12 · 1901
Source: national-football-teams.com
Harry Halm
actor, screenwriter
1901–1980 · aged 79
January 17 · 1901
Source: BnF authorities
Alexander Ireland
boxer
1901–1966 · aged 64
February 11 · 1901
No external source identified
Louis Dufour
ice hockey player
1901–1982 · aged 81
July 26 · 1901
No external source identified
Wilhelm Meise
university teacher, biologist
1901–2002 · aged 100
September 12 · 1901
No external source identified
Feliciano Perducca
association football player
1901–1976 · aged 75
June 9 · 1901
No external source identified
Kurt Helbig
strength athlete, weightlifter
1901–1975 · aged 73
July 28 · 1901
Source: Integrated Authority File
Arvid Wallman
competitive diver
1901–1982 · aged 81
February 3 · 1901
No external source identified
Anatoly Lurie
mechanic, university teacher
1901–1980 · aged 78
July 19 · 1901
No external source identified
Mona Dol
actor
1901–1990 · aged 89
May 28 · 1901
Source: BnF authorities
George Renwick
athletics competitor
1901–1984 · aged 82
August 7 · 1901
No external source identified
Aino Bach
printmaker, painter
1901–1980 · aged 78
December 14 · 1901
Source: Artists of the World Online
Åke Borg
swimmer
1901–1973 · aged 71
August 18 · 1901
Source: Sveriges dödbok
İsmet Uluğ
boxer, association football player
1901–1975
January 1 · 1901
No external source identified
George Vernot
swimmer
1901–1962 · aged 61
February 27 · 1901
No external source identified
Vladimir Geptner
mammalogist, zoologist
1901–1975 · aged 74
June 22 · 1901
No external source identified
Édouard Crut
association football player
1901–1974 · aged 73
April 16 · 1901
Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror
George McKenzie
boxer
1901–1941 · aged 39
September 22 · 1901
No external source identified
Jack Cummings
tennis player
1901–1972 · aged 70
May 8 · 1901
No external source identified
Ernst Karlberg
ice hockey player
1901–1987 · aged 85
October 12 · 1901
Source: Sveriges dödbok 1815–2022
Janina Kurkowska-Spychajowa
archer
1901–1979 · aged 78
February 8 · 1901
No external source identified
William Nichol
athletics competitor
1901–1955 · aged 53
May 29 · 1901
Source: Sports-Reference.com
Martin Schröttle
ice hockey player
1901–1972 · aged 70
September 1 · 1901
No external source identified
Hans Drakenberg
fencer
1901–1982 · aged 81
February 4 · 1901
No external source identified
Bernard Carp
sailor
1901–1966 · aged 65
April 17 · 1901
Source: Biografisch Portaal
Mariblanca Sabas Alomá
writer, journalist
1901–1983 · aged 82
February 10 · 1901
No external source identified
Frank Fisher
ice hockey player
1901–1983 · aged 82
January 1 · 1901
No external source identified
Joseph De Combe
water polo player, swimmer
1901–1965 · aged 64
June 19 · 1901
No external source identified
Richard Ripley
athletics competitor
1901–1996 · aged 95
June 23 · 1901
Source: BnF authorities
Giuseppe Di Donna
Catholic priest, Catholic bishop
1901–1952 · aged 50
August 23 · 1901
Source: heiligen.net
Fritz Hagmann
Swiss wrestler, amateur wrestler
1901–1974 · aged 73
March 28 · 1901
Source: BnF authorities
Olga Orgonista
athlete, figure skater
1901–1978 · aged 77
February 22 · 1901
No external source identified
Paul Fässler
association football player
1901–1983 · aged 81
June 13 · 1901
No external source identified
Paul ten Bruggencate
astrophysicist, astronomer
1901–1961 · aged 60
February 24 · 1901
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Marian Spoida
association football player, association football coach
1901–1940 · aged 39
January 4 · 1901
Source: Internetowy Polski Słownik Biograficzny
Edward Johnston Alexander
botanist
1901–1985 · aged 84
July 31 · 1901
No external source identified

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