Curated category
1900 births
- Noburō ŌfujiNoburō ōfuji began his career in the early 1920s as a trainee under Jun'ichi Kōuchi. This master animator taught him the fundamentals of frame-by-frame…
- Kurt WeillKurt Julian Weill entered the world on the 2nd of March 1900 in Dessau. He grew up in a religious Jewish family within the Sandvorstadt district of Saxony.
- Heinrich HimmlerHeinrich Luitpold Himmler was born in Munich on the 7th of October 1900 into a conservative middle-class Catholic family.
- Jørgen VogtJørgen Herman Vogt entered the world on the 23rd of September 1900 in Kristiania. His father Johan Herman Lie Vogt held a professorship in metallurgy from…
- Aaron CoplandAaron Copland was born in Brooklyn, New York, on the 14th of November 1900. He grew up above his family's store at 628 Washington Avenue.
- Devdas GandhiDevdas Mohandas Gandhi entered the world on the 22nd of May 1900 within the Colony of Natal. He was the fourth and youngest son born to Mahatma Gandhi and…
- Margaret MitchellMargaret Mitchell was born on the 8th of November 1900 into a wealthy family in Atlanta. Her father Eugene Muse Mitchell worked as an attorney while her…
- Urho KekkonenUrho Kekkonen was born on the 3rd of September 1900 inside a small log cabin called Lepikon torppa in Pielavesi. His father Juho worked as a forestry manager…
- Erich FrommErich Seligmann Fromm was born on the 23rd of March 1900 in Frankfurt am Main. He grew up as the only child of Rosa and Naphtali Fromm.
- Theodosius DobzhanskyTheodosius Dobzhansky entered the world on the 25th of January 1900 in Nemirov within the Russian Empire. His parents were Grigory and Sophia Voinarsky.