Who Was Alive in 1901
117 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1901
Giuseppe VerdiAge 88
Queen VictoriaAge 82
Susan B. AnthonyAge 81
Florence NightingaleAge 81
Harriet TubmanAge about 79
Jules VerneAge 73
Leo TolstoyAge 73
Henrik IbsenAge 73
Dmitri MendeleevAge 67
Mark TwainAge 66
Andrew CarnegieAge 66
John D. RockefellerAge 62
Claude MonetAge 61
Émile ZolaAge 61
Pierre-Auguste RenoirAge 60
Sarah BernhardtAge 57
Thomas EdisonAge 54
Alexander Graham BellAge 54
Paul GauguinAge 53
Antoni GaudíAge 49
Sigmund FreudAge 45
Nikola TeslaAge 45
Woodrow WilsonAge 45
George Bernard ShawAge 45
Theodore RooseveltAge 43
Emmeline PankhurstAge 43
Max PlanckAge 43
Arthur Conan DoyleAge 42
Anton ChekhovAge 41
Rabindranath TagoreAge 40
Gustav KlimtAge 39
Claude DebussyAge 39
David HilbertAge 39
Henry FordAge 38
Edvard MunchAge 38
Max WeberAge 37
Rudyard KiplingAge 36
H.G. WellsAge 35
Sun Yat-senAge 35
Marie CurieAge 34
Frank Lloyd WrightAge 34
Scott JoplinAge 33
Maxim GorkyAge 33
Mahatma GandhiAge 32
Grigori RasputinAge 32
Henri MatisseAge 32
Vladimir LeninAge 31
Marcel ProustAge 30
Orville WrightAge 30
Rosa LuxemburgAge 30
Ernest RutherfordAge 30
Roald AmundsenAge 29
Bertrand RussellAge 29
Ernest ShackletonAge 27
Guglielmo MarconiAge 27
Winston ChurchillAge 27
Harry HoudiniAge 27
Carl JungAge 26
Albert SchweitzerAge 26
Thomas MannAge 26
Pancho VillaAge 23
Lise MeitnerAge 23
Joseph StalinAge 23
Albert EinsteinAge 22
Leon TrotskyAge 22
Helen KellerAge 21
Pablo PicassoAge 20
Alexander FlemingAge 20
Mustafa Kemal AtatürkAge 20
Virginia WoolfAge 19
James JoyceAge 19
Igor StravinskyAge 19
Franklin D. RooseveltAge 19
Coco ChanelAge 18
Franz KafkaAge 18
Benito MussoliniAge 18
John Maynard KeynesAge 18
Eleanor RooseveltAge 17
Harry S. TrumanAge 17
Niels BohrAge 16
Diego RiveraAge 15
Erwin SchrödingerAge 14
Georgia O'KeeffeAge 14
Chiang Kai-shekAge 14
Le CorbusierAge 14
T. S. EliotAge 13
Charlie ChaplinAge 12
Jawaharlal NehruAge 12
Adolf HitlerAge 12
Ludwig WittgensteinAge 12
Ho Chi MinhAge 11
Agatha ChristieAge 11
Dwight D. EisenhowerAge 11
Charles de GaulleAge 11
Haile SelassieAge 9
J.R.R. TolkienAge 9
Mao ZedongAge 8
Aldous HuxleyAge 7
Nikita KhrushchevAge 7
Babe RuthAge 6
Buster KeatonAge 6
F. Scott FitzgeraldAge 5
Amelia EarhartAge 4
Golda MeirAge 3
C. S. LewisAge 3
Duke EllingtonAge 2
Ernest HemingwayAge 2
Jorge Luis BorgesAge 2
Alfred HitchcockAge 2
Humphrey BogartAge 2
Antoine de Saint-ExupéryAge 1
Werner HeisenbergAge 0
Louis ArmstrongAge 0
Walt DisneyAge 0
Enrico FermiAge 0
HirohitoAge 0
Marlene DietrichAge 0
Born in 1901
Walt Disney
Created Mickey Mouse, Disney empire
Marlene Dietrich
German-American film star and singer
Louis Armstrong
What a Wonderful World, jazz trumpet
Enrico Fermi
Father of the nuclear age, first nuclear reactor
Hirohito
Emperor of Japan during WWII
Werner Heisenberg
Uncertainty principle, quantum mechanics pioneer
Also Born in 1901
German and American actress (1901–1992)
President of Indonesia from 1945 to 1967
American scientist and activist (1901–1994)
American actor (1901–1960)
French novelist, art theorist, and statesman (1901–1976)
American actor (1901–1961)
American cultural anthropologist (1901–1978)
Italian poet and translator (1901–1968)
Czech writer and poet (1901–1986)
American physicist (1901–1958)
Leader of Cuba (1936–1944; 1952–1959)
Prime Minister of Japan from 1964 to 1972
Died in 1901
Giuseppe Verdi
La Traviata, Aida — operatic master
Queen Victoria
Longest-reigning British monarch of her era
Also Died in 1901
President of the United States from 1897 to 1901
President of the United States from 1889 to 1893
French painter and illustrator (1864–1901)
Swiss novelist (1827–1901)
Swiss Symbolist painter (1827–1901)
Emir of Afghanistan from 1880 to 1901
French mathematician (1822–1901)
Finland-Swedish baron, geologist and explorer (1832–1901)
Assassin of William McKinley (1873–1901)
Sources
- 1901 — Wikipedia. Births, deaths and events of the year
- Giuseppe Verdi — Wikipedia
- Queen Victoria — Wikipedia
- Susan B. Anthony — Wikipedia
- Florence Nightingale — Wikipedia
- Harriet Tubman — Wikipedia
- Jules Verne — Wikipedia
- Leo Tolstoy — Wikipedia
- Henrik Ibsen — Wikipedia
- Dmitri Mendeleev — Wikipedia
- Mark Twain — Wikipedia
- Andrew Carnegie — Wikipedia
- John D. Rockefeller — Wikipedia
- Claude Monet — Wikipedia
- Émile Zola — Wikipedia
- Pierre-Auguste Renoir — Wikipedia
- Sarah Bernhardt — Wikipedia
- Thomas Edison — Wikipedia
- Alexander Graham Bell — Wikipedia
- Paul Gauguin — Wikipedia
- Antoni Gaudí — Wikipedia
- Sigmund Freud — Wikipedia
- Nikola Tesla — Wikipedia
- Woodrow Wilson — Wikipedia
- George Bernard Shaw — Wikipedia
- Theodore Roosevelt — Wikipedia
- Emmeline Pankhurst — Wikipedia
- Max Planck — Wikipedia
- Arthur Conan Doyle — Wikipedia
- Anton Chekhov — Wikipedia
- Rabindranath Tagore — Wikipedia
- Gustav Klimt — Wikipedia
- Claude Debussy — Wikipedia
- David Hilbert — Wikipedia
- Henry Ford — Wikipedia
- Edvard Munch — Wikipedia
- Max Weber — Wikipedia
- Rudyard Kipling — Wikipedia
- H. G. Wells — Wikipedia
- Sun Yat-sen — Wikipedia
- Marie Curie — Wikipedia
- Frank Lloyd Wright — Wikipedia
- Scott Joplin — Wikipedia
- Maxim Gorky — Wikipedia
- Mahatma Gandhi — Wikipedia
- Grigori Rasputin — Wikipedia
- Henri Matisse — Wikipedia
- Vladimir Lenin — Wikipedia
- Marcel Proust — Wikipedia
- Wright brothers — Wikipedia
- Rosa Luxemburg — Wikipedia
- Ernest Rutherford — Wikipedia
- Roald Amundsen — Wikipedia
- Bertrand Russell — Wikipedia
- Ernest Shackleton — Wikipedia
- Guglielmo Marconi — Wikipedia
- Winston Churchill — Wikipedia
- Harry Houdini — Wikipedia
- Carl Jung — Wikipedia
- Albert Schweitzer — Wikipedia
- Thomas Mann — Wikipedia
- Pancho Villa — Wikipedia
- Lise Meitner — Wikipedia
- Joseph Stalin — Wikipedia
- Albert Einstein — Wikipedia
- Leon Trotsky — Wikipedia
- Helen Keller — Wikipedia
- Pablo Picasso — Wikipedia
- Alexander Fleming — Wikipedia
- Mustafa Kemal Atatürk — Wikipedia
- Virginia Woolf — Wikipedia
- James Joyce — Wikipedia
- Igor Stravinsky — Wikipedia
- Franklin D. Roosevelt — Wikipedia
- Coco Chanel — Wikipedia
- Franz Kafka — Wikipedia
- Benito Mussolini — Wikipedia
- John Maynard Keynes — Wikipedia
- Eleanor Roosevelt — Wikipedia
- Harry S. Truman — Wikipedia
- Niels Bohr — Wikipedia
- Diego Rivera — Wikipedia
- Erwin Schrödinger — Wikipedia
- Georgia O'Keeffe — Wikipedia
- Chiang Kai-shek — Wikipedia
- Le Corbusier — Wikipedia
- T. S. Eliot — Wikipedia
- Charlie Chaplin — Wikipedia
- Jawaharlal Nehru — Wikipedia
- Adolf Hitler — Wikipedia
- Ludwig Wittgenstein — Wikipedia
- Ho Chi Minh — Wikipedia
- Agatha Christie — Wikipedia
- Dwight D. Eisenhower — Wikipedia
- Charles de Gaulle — Wikipedia
- Haile Selassie — Wikipedia
- J. R. R. Tolkien — Wikipedia
- Mao Zedong — Wikipedia
- Aldous Huxley — Wikipedia
- Nikita Khrushchev — Wikipedia
- Babe Ruth — Wikipedia
- Buster Keaton — Wikipedia
- F. Scott Fitzgerald — Wikipedia
- Amelia Earhart — Wikipedia
- Golda Meir — Wikipedia
- C. S. Lewis — Wikipedia
- Duke Ellington — Wikipedia
- Ernest Hemingway — Wikipedia
- Jorge Luis Borges — Wikipedia
- Alfred Hitchcock — Wikipedia
- Humphrey Bogart — Wikipedia
- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry — Wikipedia
- Werner Heisenberg — Wikipedia
- Louis Armstrong — Wikipedia
- Walt Disney — Wikipedia
- Enrico Fermi — Wikipedia
- Hirohito — Wikipedia
- Marlene Dietrich — Wikipedia