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Born in 1901

970 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. Ernest Riedel

    canoeist

    1901–1983 · aged 81

    July 13 · 1901

    No external source identified

  2. Sabih Arca

    association football player

    1901–1979

    1901

    No external source identified

  3. Giuseppe Pancera

    sport cyclist

    1901–1977 · aged 76

    January 10 · 1901

    No external source identified

  4. Herbert Plaxton

    ice hockey player

    1901–1970 · aged 69

    April 22 · 1901

    No external source identified

  5. Hans Moser

    event rider, dressage rider

    1901–1974 · aged 73

    January 19 · 1901

    No external source identified

  6. Josef Schneider

    association football coach, association football player

    1901–date unavailable

    February 3 · 1901

    No external source identified

  7. Arcady Aris

    editing staff, literary critic

    1901–1942

    January 29 · 1901

    Source: Chuvash encyclopedia

  8. Leonard Martin

    skipper, sailor

    1901–1967

    November 24 · 1901

    Source: olympedia.org

  9. Kazimierz Gzowski

    equestrian, military officer

    1901–1986 · aged 84

    October 8 · 1901

    No external source identified

  10. Pierre Lewden

    high jumper

    1901–1989 · aged 88

    February 21 · 1901

    Source: Roglo

  11. Henrique da Silveira

    agronomist, fencer

    1901–1973 · aged 72

    January 26 · 1901

    No external source identified

  12. Pavla Jesih

    entrepreneur, mountaineer

    1901–1976 · aged 75

    May 10 · 1901

    No external source identified

  13. Albert Frederik Hendrik Buining

    botanist, politician

    1901–1976 · aged 74

    August 25 · 1901

    No external source identified

  14. Manuel Vidal Hermosa

    association football coach, association football player

    1901–1965 · aged 63

    October 15 · 1901

    No external source identified

  15. Edward Kirby

    athletics competitor

    1901–1968 · aged 66

    October 30 · 1901

    No external source identified

  16. Reidar Ødegaard

    military patrol (sport) runner, Nordic combined skier

    1901–1972 · aged 70

    November 24 · 1901

    No external source identified

  17. Arnaldo Carli

    sport cyclist

    1901–1983 · aged 82

    July 30 · 1901

    Source: BnF authorities

  18. Salvador Cardona

    sport cyclist

    1901–1985 · aged 84

    January 12 · 1901

    No external source identified

  19. David Collet

    rower

    1901–1984 · aged 82

    October 19 · 1901

    Source: World Rowing athlete database

  20. Artur Svensson

    athletics competitor

    1901–1984 · aged 83

    January 16 · 1901

    Source: Sveriges dödbok 1830–2020

  21. Josef Bím*

    Nordic combined skier, military personnel

    Date disputed

    January 21 · 1901

    Source: Czech National Authority Database

  22. Dagmar Salén

    sailor

    1901–1980 · aged 79

    May 22 · 1901

    No external source identified

  23. Moss Christie

    swimmer

    1901–1978 · aged 77

    September 18 · 1901

    Source: olympedia.org

  24. Luigi Tasselli

    sport cyclist

    1901–1971 · aged 70

    October 20 · 1901

    No external source identified

  25. Erkki Huttunen

    architect

    1901–1956 · aged 55

    May 18 · 1901

    Source: mfa.fi

  26. Irja Agnes Browallius

    writer, teacher

    1901–1968 · aged 67

    October 13 · 1901

    Source: FemBio database

  27. Arvid Laurin

    sailor, skipper

    1901–1998 · aged 96

    October 3 · 1901

    Source: Sveriges dödbok 1830–2020

  28. Emilio Polli

    large estate owner, swimmer

    1901–1983 · aged 81

    April 10 · 1901

    No external source identified

  29. Håkon Bryhn

    sailor, skipper

    1901–1968 · aged 67

    August 14 · 1901

    No external source identified

  30. Pierre Caron

    film director, screenwriter

    1901–1971 · aged 69

    August 15 · 1901

    Source: birth certificate

  31. Stanislav Kalesnik

    geographer, university teacher

    1901–1977 · aged 76

    January 23 · 1901

    Source: Great Russian Encyclopedia

  32. Rösli Streiff

    alpine skier

    1901–1997 · aged 96

    January 16 · 1901

    Source: Historical Dictionary of Switzerland

  33. Grete Heckscher

    fencer

    1901–1987 · aged 85

    November 8 · 1901

    No external source identified

  34. Oliver Horn*

    water polo player

    Date disputed

    June 22 · 1901

    Source: sports-reference.com

  35. Hélder de Souza

    equestrian

    1901–1957 · aged 55

    November 28 · 1901

    No external source identified

  36. Thorsten Svensson

    association football player

    1901–1954 · aged 52

    October 8 · 1901

    Source: Transfermarkt

  37. Werner Krogmann

    sailor

    1901–1954 · aged 53

    February 5 · 1901

    No external source identified

  38. Joseph Van Dam

    sport cyclist

    1901–1986 · aged 84

    November 2 · 1901

    Source: firstcycling.com

  39. George Dixon

    basketball player, rugby union player

    1901–1991 · aged 90

    April 10 · 1901

    No external source identified

  40. Josef Effenberger

    artistic gymnast, gymnast

    1901–1983 · aged 82

    October 18 · 1901

    No external source identified

  41. Hans Grieder

    artistic gymnast

    1901–1995 · aged 93

    November 12 · 1901

    Source: olympedia.org

  42. Helmuth Kahl

    modern pentathlete

    1901–1974 · aged 72

    February 17 · 1901

    No external source identified

  43. Otto Bucher

    rower

    1901–date unavailable

    October 29 · 1901

    No external source identified

  44. Jan Kurnakowicz

    actor

    1901–1968 · aged 67

    January 27 · 1901

    Source: janek.czarnieckiego.pl

  45. Eugène Constant

    rower

    1901–1970 · aged 69

    January 8 · 1901

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  46. Ali Valiyev

    writer

    1901–1983 · aged 81

    February 27 · 1901

    No external source identified

  47. Antoine Mazairac

    track cyclist, sport cyclist

    1901–1966 · aged 65

    May 24 · 1901

    Source: BnF authorities

  48. Sofya Georgiyevna Tamamshyan*

    botanist

    Date disputed

    1901

    Source: He consistently served the interests of science: To the centenary celebration of A…

  49. Raymond Talleux

    rower

    1901–1982 · aged 81

    March 2 · 1901

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  50. Aleksander Małecki

    fencer

    1901–1939

    September 4 · 1901

    No external source identified

  51. Paulo d'Eça Leal

    fencer

    1901–1977 · aged 76

    July 15 · 1901

    No external source identified

  52. Maria Chmurkowska

    film actor, actor

    1901–1979 · aged 78

    January 9 · 1901

    Source: IMDb

  53. Ercole Carzino

    association football coach, association football player

    1901–1980 · aged 78

    October 9 · 1901

    No external source identified

  54. Theodor Haag

    field hockey player, rugby union player

    1901–1956

    March 13 · 1901

    No external source identified

  55. Werner Proft

    field hockey player

    1901–1989 · aged 87

    August 12 · 1901

    No external source identified

  56. Mario Gruppioni

    amateur wrestler

    1901–1939 · aged 37

    September 13 · 1901

    No external source identified

  57. Maurice Norland

    athletics competitor

    1901–1967 · aged 65

    July 30 · 1901

    Source: BnF authorities

  58. Arnold Martignoni

    ice hockey player

    1901–1984 · aged 82

    May 19 · 1901

    No external source identified

  59. Robert Desmettre

    water polo player, swimmer

    1901–1936 · aged 34

    August 5 · 1901

    Source: GeneaStar

  60. Marc Detton

    rower

    1901–1977 · aged 75

    February 20 · 1901

    Source: World Rowing athlete database

  61. Jiří Tožička

    ice hockey player, ice hockey coach

    1901–1981 · aged 79

    November 14 · 1901

    Source: Czech National Authority Database

  62. Arthur Reinmann

    weightlifter

    1901–1983

    1901

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  63. Curtis Shears

    fencer

    1901–1988 · aged 87

    July 4 · 1901

    No external source identified

  64. Hans Laurids Sørensen

    artistic gymnast

    1901–1974 · aged 73

    August 13 · 1901

    No external source identified

  65. John Schmitt

    rower

    1901–1991 · aged 89

    December 23 · 1901

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  66. Albert Thévenon

    water polo player

    1901–1959 · aged 57

    September 16 · 1901

    Source: birth certificate

  67. Erik Mellbin

    sailor

    1901–1955 · aged 54

    June 30 · 1901

    No external source identified

  68. Salustiano Sanchez

    miner, farmer

    1901–2013 · aged 112

    June 8 · 1901

    No external source identified

  69. Alexandre Vialatte

    writer, literary critic

    1901–1971 · aged 70

    April 22 · 1901

    Source: Babelio

  70. Ladislao de Gauss

    painter, graphic artist

    1901–1970

    1901

    Source: Integrated Authority File

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