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In the year 1901
765 Notable birthdays
Hadi Taqtaş
Tatar poet (1901–1931).
Born January 1st, 1901 in Sorqydy.
Died December 8th, 1931 at 30 years old in Kazan.
Hugo Gunckel Lüer
Chilean botanist (1901–1997).
Born August 10th, 1901 in Valdivia.
Died July 17th, 1997 at 95 years old in Santiago.
Alexis Chantraine
Belgian association football player (1901-1987).
Born March 16th, 1901 in Liège.
Died April 24th, 1987 at 86 years old in Liège.
William Anderson
British ice hockey player (1901–1983).
Born April 1st, 1901 in Nantwich.
Died February 23rd, 1983 at 81 years old in Birkenhead.
Bolesław Filipiak
Catholic cardinal (1901-1978).
Born September 1st, 1901 in Ośniszczewko.
Died October 14th, 1978 at 77 years old in Poznań.
Reidar Ødegaard
Cross-country skier (1901-1972).
Born November 24th, 1901 in Lillehammer.
Died April 11th, 1972 at 70 years old in Lillehammer.
Artur Svensson
Swedish sprinter (1901–1984).
Born January 16th, 1901 in Risinge church parish.
Died January 20th, 1984 at 83 years old in Risinge church parish.
Modesto Denis
Paraguayan footballer.
Born March 9th, 1901 in Asunción. [ref]
Died April 30th, 1956 at 55 years old
Aleksey Zhadov
Soviet general (1901–1977).
Born March 30th, 1901 in Nikolskoe.
Died November 10th, 1977 at 76 years old in Moscow.
Sebastian Huber
Bobsledder (1901-1985).
Born June 26th, 1901 in Füssen.
Died March 6th, 1985 at 83 years old in Füssen.
Dean Benjamin McLaughlin
American astronomer (1901-1965).
Born October 25th, 1901 in Brooklyn.
Died December 8th, 1965 at 64 years old in Ann Arbor.
Vladimir Lugovskoy
Russian writer (1901–1957).
Born July 1st, 1901 in Moscow.
Died June 5th, 1957 at 55 years old in Yalta.
Ernesto Chaparro
Chilean footballer (1901-1958).
Born January 4th, 1901 in Santiago. [ref]
Died July 20th, 1958 at 57 years old in Santiago. [ref]
Edvard Westerlund
Olympic wrestler.
Born February 1st, 1901 in Helsinki.
Died December 7th, 1982 at 81 years old in Helsinki.
Nikolay Khmelyov
Soviet actor (1901–1945).
Born August 10th, 1901 in Nizhny Novgorod.
Died November 1st, 1945 at 44 years old in Moscow.
Emanuel Löffler
Olympic gymnast (1901-1986).
Born December 29th, 1901 in Letovice. [ref]
Died August 5th, 1986 at 84 years old in Prague. [ref]
Richard Ripley
British sprinter (1901–1996).
Born June 23rd, 1901 in Middlesbrough.
Died July 14th, 1996 at 95 years old in Hartlepool.
Ernest Riedel
Canoe racer.
Born July 13th, 1901 in New York City.
Died March 26th, 1983 at 81 years old in Miami-Dade County.
Luis Brunetto
Argentine athlete who competed mainly in the triple jump..
Born October 27th, 1901 in Rosario.
Died May 7th, 1968 at 66 years old in Temperley.
Louis Dufour
Swiss ice hockey player (1901-1960).
Born July 26th, 1901 in Les Avants.
Died October 26th, 1982 at 81 years old in Geneva.
Viktor Gertler
Hungarian film director, film editor and screenwriter (1901–1969).
Born August 24th, 1901 in Budapest.
Died July 5th, 1969 at 67 years old in Budapest.
Kristmann Guðmundsson
Icelandic writer (1901–1983).
Born October 23rd, 1901 in Borgarfjörður.
Died November 20th, 1983 at 82 years old in Reykjavík.
Lee Alvin DuBridge
American physicist (1901–1994).
Born September 21st, 1901 in Indiana.
Died January 23rd, 1994 at 92 years old in Duarte (pneumonia).
Joseph Beerli
Swiss bobsledder (1901-1967).
Born December 22nd, 1901 in Switzerland.
Died September 4th, 1967 at 65 years old in Stans.
Domingo del Santísmo Sacramento Iturrate Zubero
Spanish priest (1901-1927).
Died April 7th, 1927 at 25 years old in Belmonte (tuberculosis).
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The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been. Madeleine L'Engle