1909

1909 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	1909; MCMIX
Ab urbe condita	2662
Armenian calendar	1358; ԹՎ ՌՅԾԸ
Assyrian calendar	6659
Bahá'í calendar	65–66
Balinese saka calendar	1830–1831
Bengali calendar	1316
Berber calendar	2859
British Regnal year	8 Edw. 7 – 9 Edw. 7
Buddhist calendar	2453
Burmese calendar	1271
Byzantine calendar	7417–7418
Chinese calendar	戊申年 (Earth Monkey); 4605 or 4545; — to —; 己酉年 (Earth Rooster); 4606 or 4546
Coptic calendar	1625–1626
Discordian calendar	3075
Ethiopian calendar	1901–1902
Hebrew calendar	5669–5670
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1965–1966
- Shaka Samvat	1830–1831
- Kali Yuga	5009–5010
Holocene calendar	11909
Igbo calendar	909–910
Iranian calendar	1287–1288
Islamic calendar	1326–1327
Japanese calendar	Meiji 42; (明治４２年)
Javanese calendar	1838–1839
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar	4242
Minguo calendar	3 before ROC ; 民前3年
Nanakshahi calendar	441
Thai solar calendar	2451–2452
Tibetan calendar	阳土猴年; (male Earth-Monkey); 2035 or 1654 or 882; — to —; 阴土鸡年; (female Earth-Rooster); 2036 or 1655 or 883

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	19th century ; 20th century ; 21st century ;
Decades:	1880s ; 1890s ; 1900s ; 1910s ; 1920s ;
Years:	1906 ; 1907 ; 1908 ; 1909 ; 1910 ; 1911 ; 1912 ;

Last updated July 29, 2019

1909 ( MCMIX ) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar , the 1909th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 909th year of the 2nd millennium , the 9th year of the 20th century , and the 10th and last year of the 1900s decade. As of the start of 1909, the Gregorian calendar was 13 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Roman numerals Numbers in the Roman numeral system

Roman numerals are a numeral system that originated in ancient Rome and remained the usual way of writing numbers throughout Europe well into the Late Middle Ages. Numbers in this system are represented by combinations of letters from the Latin alphabet. Modern usage employs seven symbols, each with a fixed integer value:

A common year is a calendar year with 365 days, as distinguished from a leap year, which has 366. More generally, a common year is one without intercalation. The Gregorian calendar,, employs both common years and leap years to keep the calendar aligned with the tropical year, which does not contain an exact number of days.

A common year starting on Friday is any non-leap year that begins on Friday, 1 January, and ends on Friday, 31 December. Its dominical letter hence is C. The most recent year of such kind was 2010 and the next one will be 2021 in the Gregorian calendar, or, likewise, 2011 and 2022 in the obsolete Julian calendar. The century year, 2100, will also be a common year starting on Friday in the Gregorian calendar. See below for more. Any common year that starts on Wednesday, Friday or Saturday has only one Friday the 13th; The only Friday the 13th in this common year occurs in August. Leap years starting on Thursday share this characteristic, but also have another one in February.

Events

January–February

January 7 – Colombia recognizes the independence of Panama.
January 9 – The British Nimrod Expedition to the South Pole, led by Ernest Shackleton, arrives at the farthest south reached by any prior expedition, at 88°23' S, prior to turning back, due to diminishing supplies.^[1]
January 16 – Shackleton's expedition claims to have found the magnetic South Pole ^[2] (but the location recorded may be incorrect).
January 24 – The White Star Liner RMS Republic sinks, the day after a collision with SS Florida. In the first recorded use of the CQD emergency radio signal for a large passenger vessel, one person, a male passenger, is lost on the Republic.^[3]
January 28 – The last United States troops leave Cuba, after being there since the Spanish–American War of 1898.
February 2 – The Paris Film Congress opens. It is an attempt to create a cartel of leading European producers similar to the MPPC in the United States.
February 5 – Leo Baekeland announces the creation of bakelite hard thermosetting plastic.
February 12 – The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is founded in New York, New York.

January 7 is the seventh day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. 358 days remain until the end of the year.

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a sovereign state largely situated in the northwest of South America, with land, and territories in North America. Colombia shares a border to the west with Panama, to the east with Brazil and Venezuela, and to the south with Ecuador and Peru. It shares its maritime limits with Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Jamaica, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic. Colombia is a unitary, constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments, with the capital in Bogotá.

Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is a country in Central America, bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The capital and largest city is Panama City, whose metropolitan area is home to nearly half the country's 4 million people.

March–April

March 4 – William Howard Taft is sworn in, as the 27th President of the United States.
March 10 – The Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909 is signed in Bangkok.
March 18 – Einar Dessau uses a shortwave radio transmitter, becoming the first radio broadcaster.
March 21 – The remains of the Báb are placed in the Bahá'í Shrine of the Báb on Mount Carmel in Haifa, at this time within the Ottoman Empire.
March 31 – Serbia accepts Austrian control over Bosnia and Herzegovina.
April 4 – The association football team Sport Club Internacional is founded in Porto Alegre, Brazil.
April 6 – Robert Peary, Matthew Henson, and four Inuit explorers, Ootah, Ooqueah, Seegloo, and Egigingwah, come within a few miles of the North Pole.^[4]
April 11 – The city of Tel Aviv (known in its first year as Ahuzat Bayit) is founded by the Jewish community, on the outskirts of Jaffa.
April 13 (March 31 by Eastern reckoning) – A countercoup begins in the Ottoman Empire.
April 14 – Adana massacre: Ottoman Turks kill 15,000–30,000 Armenian Christians, in the Adana Vilayet.
April 18 – Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome.
April 19 – The Anglo-Persian Oil Company (modern-day BP) is incorporated.
April 27 – Sultan of the Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II is overthrown and succeeded by his brother, Mehmed V. He is sent to the Ottoman port city of Thessaloniki (Selanik) the next day.

March 4 is the 63rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. 302 days remain until the end of the year.

William Howard Taft was the 27th president of the United States (1909–1913) and the tenth chief justice of the United States (1921–1930), the only person to have held both offices. Taft was elected president in 1908, the chosen successor of Theodore Roosevelt, but was defeated for re-election by Woodrow Wilson in 1912 after Roosevelt split the Republican vote by running as a third-party candidate. In 1921, President Warren G. Harding appointed Taft to be chief justice, a position in which he served until a month before his death.

The inauguration of William Howard Taft as the 27th President of the United States was held on Thursday, March 4, 1909 in the Senate Chamber at the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.. The inauguration marked the commencement of William Howard Taft's only term as President and of James S. Sherman's only term as Vice President. Sherman died 3 years, 240 days into this term, and the office remained vacant for the balance of it.

May–June

May 13 – 30 – The first Giro d'Italia bicycle race starts and finishes in Milan; Luigi Ganna is the winner.
May 19 – Russian ballet is brought to the Western world, when the Ballets Russes opens a tour produced by Sergei Diaghilev at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, with 55 dancers, including Vaslav Nijinsky.^[5]
June 2 – French forces capture Abéché, capital of the Wadai Empire in central Africa.
June 15 – Representatives from England, Australia and South Africa meet at Lord's Cricket Ground, and form the Imperial Cricket Conference.

May 13 is the 133rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. 232 days remain until the end of the year.

May 30 is the 150th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. 215 days remain until the end of the year.

The Giro d'Italia is an annual multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in Italy, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. The first race was organized in 1909 to increase sales of the newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport; however it is currently run by RCS Sport. The race has been held annually since its first edition in 1909, except when it was stopped for the two world wars. As the Giro gained prominence and popularity the race was lengthened, and the peloton expanded from primarily Italian participation to riders from all over the world. The Giro is a UCI World Tour event, which means that the teams that compete in the race are mostly UCI WorldTeams, with the exception of the teams that the organizers can invite.

July–August

July 16 – A revolution forces Mohammad Ali Shah of the Qajar Dynasty to abdicate in favor of his son Ahmad Shah Qajar. He proceeds to leave Persia for Imperial Russia, reportedly seeking the assistance of Nicholas II of Russia in regaining the throne.
July 25 – Louis Blériot is the first man to fly across the English Channel (thus a large open body of water) in a heavier-than-air craft.
July 25 – August 2 – "Tragic Week": The city of Barcelona experiences a workers' uprising.
August 2 – The United States Army Signal Corp Division purchases the world's first military airplane, a Wright Military Flyer, from the Wright brothers.
August 8 – Max Heindel formally founds the Rosicrucian Fellowship in Seattle, Washington.
August 12 – The Indianapolis Motor Speedway opens in the United States.

July 16 is the 197th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. 168 days remain until the end of the year.

Ahmad Shah Qajar, was Shah (King) of Persia from 16 July 1909 to 15 December 1925, and the last ruling member of the Qajar dynasty.

Nicholas II or Nikolai II, known as Saint Nicholas the Passion-Bearer in the Russian Orthodox Church, was the last Emperor of Russia, ruling from 1 November 1894 until his forced abdication in 15 March 1917. His reign saw the fall of the Russian Empire from one of the foremost great powers of the world to economic and military collapse. He gave limited support to the economic and political reforms promoted by top aides Sergei Witte and Pyotr Stolypin, but they faced too much aristocratic opposition to be fully effective. He supported modernization based on foreign loans and close ties with France. He resisted giving the new parliament major roles. He insisted he ruled by God's grace and was loathe to negotiate or compromise. He was ridiculed as Nicholas the Bloody or Vile Nicholas by his political adversaries due to the Khodynka Tragedy, anti-Semitic pogroms, Bloody Sunday, the violent suppression of the 1905 Russian Revolution, the repression of political opponents, and his responsibility for defeat in the Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905). His memory was reviled by Soviet historians as a weak and incompetent leader whose decisions led to military defeats and the deaths of millions of his subjects. By contrast Anglo-Russian historian Nikolai Tolstoy, leader of the International Monarchist League, says, "There were many bad things about the tsar's regime, but he inherited an autocracy and his acts are now being seen in perspective and in comparison to the terrible crimes committed by the Soviets."

September–October

September 4 – Japan and China sign the Jiandao/Gando Treaty, which gives Japan a way to receive railroad concessions in Manchuria.
October 8 – An earthquake in the Zagreb area leads Andrija Mohorovičić to identify the Mohorovičić discontinuity.
October 12 – The association football team Coritiba is founded in Curitiba, Brazil.
October 13 – An agreement by Germany, Italy and Switzerland gives the Germans and Italians access to the Gotthard Rail Tunnel.
October 26 – Itō Hirobumi, four time Prime Minister of Japan (the 1st, 5th, 7th and 10th) and Resident-General of Korea, is assassinated by An Jung-geun at the Harbin Railway Station in Manchuria.

September 4 is the 247th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. 118 days remain until the end of the year.

The Empire of Japan was the historical nation-state and great power that existed from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 to the enactment of the 1947 constitution of modern Japan.

The Qing dynasty, officially the Great Qing, was the last imperial dynasty of China. It was established in 1636, and ruled China proper from 1644 to 1912. It was preceded by the Ming dynasty and succeeded by the Republic of China. The Qing multi-cultural empire lasted for almost three centuries and formed the territorial base for modern China. It was the fifth largest empire in world history. The dynasty was founded by the Manchu Aisin Gioro clan in Manchuria. In the late sixteenth century, Nurhaci, originally a Ming Jianzhou Guard vassal, began organizing "Banners", military-social units that included Manchu, Han, and Mongol elements. Nurhaci formed the Manchu clans into a unified entity and officially proclaimed the Later Jin in 1616. By 1636, his son Hong Taiji began driving Ming forces out of the Liaodong Peninsula and declared a new dynasty, the Qing.

November–December

November 18 – In Nicaragua, 500 revolutionaries (including 2 Americans) are executed by order of dictator José Santos Zelaya. The United States responds by sending 2 warships.
December 4 – Montreal Canadiens, a well known professional ice hockey club in Canada, is founded.^[6]
December 14 – New South Wales Premier Charles Wade signs the Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909, formally completing the transfer of State land to the Commonwealth, to create the Australian Capital Territory.
December 19 – The association football team Borussia Dortmund is founded in Dortmund, Germany.
December 23 – King Albert I of Belgium succeeds his uncle, Leopold II (died December 17), on the throne.
December 28 – The first manned heavier-than-air powered flight in South Africa is made at East London, by French aviator Albert Kimmerling, in a Voisin 1907 biplane.^[7]

Undated

Karl Landsteiner, Constantin Levaditi and Erwin Popper discover the polio virus.

Births

January to April

January

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January 1
- Dana Andrews, American actor (d. 1992)
- Stepan Bandera, Ukrainian nationalist leader (d. 1959)
January 2 – Barry Goldwater, American politician (d. 1998)
January 3 – Victor Borge, Danish entertainer (d. 2000)
January 4 – J. R. Simplot, American businessman (d. 2008)
January 5 – Stephen Cole Kleene, American mathematician (d. 1994)
January 8 – Willy Millowitsch, German actor (d. 1999)
January 9
- Anthony Mamo, 1st President of Malta (d. 2008)
- Patrick Peyton, American priest, saint (d. 1992)
January 13 – Marinus van der Lubbe, Dutch communist convicted of setting fire to the German Reichstag building in 1933 (d. 1934)
January 15
- Jean Bugatti, German-born automobile designer (d. 1939)
- Gene Krupa, American drummer (d. 1973)
January 16 – Clement Greenberg, American art critic (d. 1994)
January 19 – Hans Hotter, German bass-baritone (d. 2003)
January 21 – Todor Skalovski, Macedonian composer (d. 2004)
January 22
- Porfirio Rubirosa, Dominican diplomat, race-car driver, and polo player (d. 1956)
- Ann Sothern, American actress (d. 2001)
- U Thant, Burmese United Nations Secretary General (d. 1974)
January 24 – Martin Lings, British Islamic scholar (d. 2005)
January 25 – Robert Rex, 1st Premier of Niue (d. 1992)
January 28 – Colin Munro MacLeod, Canadian-American geneticist, medical researcher (d. 1972)
January 30 – Saul Alinsky, American community organizer (d. 1972)

February

February 1 – George Beverly Shea, American gospel singer, songwriter (d. 2013)
February 3 – Simone Weil, French philosopher (d. 1943)
February 6 – Aino Talvi, Estonian actress (d. 1992)
February 7
- Wilhelm Freddie, Danish painter (d. 1995)
- Amedeo Guillet, Italian army officer (d. 2010)
- Silvio Zavala, Mexican historian (d. 2014)
February 9
- Harald Genzmer, German composer (d. 2007)
- Carmen Miranda, Portuguese-born Brazilian actress, singer (d. 1955)
- Giulio Racah, Israeli mathematician, physicist (d. 1965)
- Dean Rusk, American politician (d. 1994)
February 11
- Max Baer, American boxer, actor (d. 1959)
- Joseph Mankiewicz, American filmmaker (d. 1993)
February 12 – Zoran Mušič, Slovene painter (d. 2005)
February 15
- Miep Gies, Austrian-born Dutch humanitarian (d. 2010)
- Guillermo Gorostiza Paredes, Spanish footballer (d. 1966)
February 16
- Hugh Beaumont, American actor (d. 1982)
- Jeffrey Lynn, American actor, film producer (d. 1995)
February 18
- Matti Järvinen, Finnish athlete (d. 1985)
- Wallace Stegner, American writer (d. 1993)
February 19 – Enrico Donati, Italian-born American painter (d. 2008)
February 20 – Heinz Erhardt, German comedian, musician, entertainer, actor, and poet (d. 1979)
February 21 – Hans Erni, Swiss painter, sculptor (d. 2015)
February 22 – Edmund Berkeley, American scientist (d. 1988)
February 24 – August Derleth, American writer (d. 1971)
February 25 – Geoffrey Dummer, English electrical engineer (d. 2002)
February 26 – King Talal of Jordan (d. 1972)
February 28 – Stephen Spender, English writer (d. 1995)

March

March 4 – Harry Helmsley, American real estate entrepreneur (d. 1997)
March 7 – Roger Revelle, American scientist, scholar (d. 1991)
March 12 – Virginia McLaurin, American community service volunteer
March 19
- Jean Brachet, Belgian chemist (d. 1988)
- Louis Hayward, South African-born actor (d. 1985)
March 22
- Milt Kahl, American animator (d. 1987)
- Gabrielle Roy, Canadian author (d. 1983)
March 24 – Clyde Barrow, American outlaw, member of Barrow Gang (d. 1934)
March 26 – Héctor José Cámpora, Argentine Peronist politician, 38th President of Argentina (d. 1980)
March 27 – Golo Mann, German historian (d. 1994)
March 28 – Nelson Algren, American author (d. 1981)
March 29 – Moon Mullican, American country music singer (d. 1967)

April

Guillermo Leon Valencia Guillermo Leon Valencia Munoz.jpg — Guillermo León Valencia

April 6 – William M. Branham, American Christian minister (d. 1965)
April 7 – Robert Charroux, French writer (d. 1978)
April 8 – John Fante, Italian-American writer (d. 1983)
April 13
- Stanislaw Marcin Ulam, Polish-born mathematician (d. 1984)
- Eudora Welty, American author (d. 2001)
April 22
- Rita Levi-Montalcini, Italian neurologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2012)
- Spyros Markezinis, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 2000)
- Indro Montanelli, Italian journalist (d. 2001)
April 24
- Bernhard Grzimek, German zoo director, zoologist (d. 1987)
April 25 – William Pereira, American architect (d. 1985)
April 26
- Marianne Hoppe, German actress (d. 2002)
- Rodney Collin, British writer (d. 1956)
April 27 – Guillermo León Valencia, 21st President of Colombia (d. 1971)
April 30
- Queen Juliana of the Netherlands (d. 2004)
- F. E. McWilliam, Northern Irish sculptor (d. 1992)

May to August

May

May 1 – Yiannis Ritsos, Greek poet, activist (d. 1990)
May 4 – Howard Da Silva, American actor (d. 1986)
May 6 – Loyd Sigmon, American amateur radio broadcaster (d. 2004)
May 7 – Edwin H. Land, American camera inventor (d. 1991)
May 10 – Maybelle Carter, American musician (d. 1978)
May 15
- James Mason, British actor (d. 1984)
- Clara Solovera, Chilean folk musician (d. 1992)
May 16 – Margaret Sullavan, American actress (d. 1960)
May 17 – Karl Schäfer, Austrian figure skater (d. 1976)
May 18 – Fred Perry, English tennis player (d. 1995)
May 19 – Nicholas Winton, British humanitarian (d. 2015)
May 23 – Hugh E. Blair, American linguist (d. 1967)
May 24 – Victoria Hopper, Canadian stage, film actress and singer (d. 2007)
May 26
- Matt Busby, Scottish football manager (d. 1994)
- Adolfo López Mateos, 48th President of Mexico (d. 1969)
- Papa Charlie McCoy, American Delta blues musician, songwriter (d. 1950)
- Maria Ripamonti, Italian Roman Catholic and a professed religious from the Ancelle della carità (d. 1954)
May 27
- Dolores Hope, American singer, philanthropist (d. 2011)
- Guillermo León Valencia, President of Colombia (d. 1971)
- Donald Trumbull, American special effects artist (d. 2004)
May 30 – Benny Goodman, American musician (d. 1986)
May 31 – John Spencer-Churchill, English painter, sculptor and a stockbroker (d. 1992)

June

June 1 – Yechezkel Kutscher, Slovakian-born Israeli philologist, Hebrew linguist (d. 1971)
June 3 – Ira D. Wallach, American businessman, philanthropist (d. 2007)
June 6 – Isaiah Berlin, Russian historian of ideas (d. 1997)
June 7 – Jessica Tandy, English actress (d. 1994)
June 10 – Mary Field, American film actress (d. 1996)
June 12
- Archie Bleyer, American song arranger, band leader (d. 1989)
- Tom Steele, Scottish-born actor, stuntman (d. 1990)
June 14 – Burl Ives, American singer (d. 1995)
June 19 – Osamu Dazai, Japanese novelist (d. 1948)
June 20
- Errol Flynn, Australian-born actor (d. 1959)
- Robb White, American writer (d. 1990)
June 21 – Pok Shau-fu, Chinese journalist and politician (d. 2000)
June 22
- Infanta Beatriz of Spain, (d. 2002)
- Katherine Dunham, American dancer, choreographer, and songwriter (d. 2006)
June 23 – Li Xiannian, President of the People's Republic of China (d. 1992)
June 24 – William Penney, Baron Penney, English mathematician, physicist (d. 1991)
June 25 – Marguerite Viby, Danish actress (d. 2001)
June 26
- Mavis Thorpe Clark, Australian novelist, writer (d. 1999)
- Colonel Tom Parker, Dutch-born celebrity manager (d. 1997)
- Wolfgang Reitherman, German animator, director and producer (d. 1985)
June 27 – Giuseppe Ballerio, Italian football player (d. 1999)
June 28 – Eric Ambler, British author (d. 1998)
June 30 – Juan Bosch, 43rd President of the Dominican Republic (d. 2001)

July

July 1 – Antonina Pirozhkova, Russian civil engineer, writer (d. 2010)
July 2 – Gil English, American professional baseball third baseman (d. 1996)
July 5
- Douglas MacArthur II, American diplomat (d. 1997)
- Douglas Dodds-Parker, British politician and administrator (d. 2006)
July 6
- Oscar Alende, Argentine politician (d. 1996)
- Eric Reece, 32nd Premier of Tasmania (d. 1999)
July 7
- Billy Herman, American second baseman and manager (d. 1992)
- Richard Turnbull, British colonial governor (d. 1998)
- Gottfried von Cramm, German tennis player (d. 1976)
July 8 – Ike Petersen, American football back (d. 1995)
July 9 – Juan Yustrich, Argentine football goalkeeper (d. 2002)
July 11
- Irene Hervey, American actress (d. 1998)
- Song Renqiong, Chinese political, military leader (d. 2005)
July 12
- Joe DeRita, American comedian (d. 1993)
- Motoichi Kumagai, Japanese photographer, illustrator (d. 2010)
July 13
- Raili Halttu, Finnish sprinter (d. 2006)
- Fritz Leonhardt, German structural engineer (d. 1999)
- Souphanouvong, 1st President of Laos (d. 1995)
July 14
- Francis Brian Shorland, New Zealand organic chemist (d. 1999)
- Alejandro Morera Soto, Costa Rican football player (d. 1995)
July 15
- Hendrik Casimir, Dutch physicist (d. 2000)
- Vera Shlakman, American economist, professor (d. 2017)
July 16
- Aruna Asaf Ali, Indian independence activist (d. 1996)
- Teddy Buckner, American jazz trumpeter (d. 1994)
- Bernard Gadney, English rugby union footballer (d. 2000)
July 18
- Andrei Gromyko, Soviet Minister for Foreign Affairs (d. 1989)
- Mohammed Daoud Khan, 5th Prime Minister of Afghanistan and 1st President of Afghanistan (d. 1978)
- Harriet Nelson, American singer, actress (d. 1994)
July 19 – Balamani Amma, Indian poet (d. 2004)
July 20
- Sigfrid Heyner, Swedish swimmer (d. 1995)
- Clyde Roberts, American college football player (d. 2004)
July 21 – Egidio Armelloni, Italian gymnast (d. 1997)
July 22 – Licia Albanese, Italian-born American operatic soprano (d. 2014)
July 23 – John William Finn, American WWII hero (d. 2010)
July 26 – Vivian Vance, American actress (d. 1979)
July 28 – Malcolm Lowry, British novelist ( Under the Volcano ) (d. 1957)^[8]
July 30 – C. Northcote Parkinson, British historian, author (d. 1993)

August

August 8
- Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham, English cricketer, politician and 9th Governor-General of New Zealand (d. 1977)
- Jack Renshaw, Australian politician, Premier of New South Wales (d. 1987)
August 9 – Adam von Trott zu Solz, German lawyer, diplomat (d. 1944)
August 10
- Leo Fender, American guitar inventor, manufacturer (d. 1991)
- Richard J. Hughes, American politician, 45th Governor of New Jersey, and Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court (d. 1992)
- Claude Thornhill, American pianist, arranger, composer, and bandleader (d. 1965)
August 18 – Gordon Gunter, American marine biologist, fisheries scientist (d. 1998)
August 25 – Michael Rennie, English actor (d. 1971)
August 26 – Jim Davis, American actor (d. 1981)
August 30 – Marguerite Allan, British actress (d. 1994)
August 31 – Ferenc Fejtő, Hungarian-born French journalist, political scientist (d. 2008)

September to December

September

September 1 – E. Herbert Norman, Canadian diplomat (d. 1957)
September 7 – Elia Kazan, Turkish-born film director (d. 2003)
September 9 – Rita Carewe, American actress (d. 1955)
September 10 – Irakli Abashidze, Georgian poet, literary scholar, and politician (d. 1992)
September 14
- Peter Scott, British ornithologist and painter (d. 1989)
- Andreas Tzimas, Greek communist politician, Resistance leader (d. 1972)
September 15
- Phil Arnold, American actor (d. 1968)
- Jean Batten, New Zealand-born aviator (d. 1982)
- Jan van Aartsen, Dutch politician (d. 1992)
September 19 – Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche, Austrian auto designer, businessman (d. 1998)
September 21 – Kwame Nkrumah, Ghanaian politician (d. 1972)
September 24 – Carl Sigman, American songwriter (d. 2000)
September 26 – Bill France, Sr., American race car driver, businessman, and co-founder of NASCAR (d. 1992)
September 28 – Al Capp, American cartoonist (d. 1979)
September 29 – Vasco Bergamaschi, Italian road racing cyclist (d. 1979)

October

October 1
- Margie Hines, American voice actress (d. 2011)
- Everett Sloane, American actor (d. 1965)
October 4 – Murray Chotiner, American political consultant (d. 1974)
October 7 – Tony Malinosky, American baseball player (d. 2011)
October 8 – Piotr Jaroszewicz, Polish politician, Prime Minister of Poland (d. 1992)
October 10
- Robert F. Boyle, American production designer, art director (d. 2010)
- Max Simon Ehrlich, American writer (d. 1983)
October 13 – Herblock, American editorial cartoonist (d. 2001)
October 14 – Bernd Rosemeyer, German race car driver (d. 1938)
October 17 – Cozy Cole, American jazz drummer (d. 1981)
October 18 – Norberto Bobbio, Italian philosopher of law and political sciences (d. 2004)
October 20 – Carla Laemmle, American actress (d. 2014)
October 24 – Bill Carr, American athlete (d. 1966)
October 25 – Whit Bissell, American actor (d. 1996)
October 27 – Henry Townsend, American musician (d. 2006)
October 28 – Francis Bacon, Irish-born British painter (d. 1992)

November

November 6 – Elizabeth Douglas-Home, Spouse of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1990)
November 9 – Kay Thompson, American author, actress (d. 1998)
November 10 – Paweł Jasienica, Polish historian (d. 1970)
November 13 – Vincent Apap, Maltese sculptor (d. 2003)
November 16 – Mirza Nasir Ahmad, Indian Islamic leader (d. 1982)
November 18 – Johnny Mercer, American songwriter (d. 1976)
November 22 – Mikhail Mil, Russian helicopter manufacturer (d. 1970)
November 23 – Nigel Tranter, Scottish historian, novelist (d. 2000)
November 24 – Gerhard Gentzen, German mathematician (d. 1945)
November 26 – Eugène Ionesco, Romanian-born playwright (d. 1994)
November 27 – James Agee, American writer (d. 1955)

December

December 2 – Marion Dönhoff, German journalist (d. 2002)
December 4 – Jimmy Jewel, English actor (d. 1995)
December 5 – Bobbie Heine Miller, South African tennis player (d. 2016)
December 7 – Arch Oboler, American actor, playwright, screenwriter, novelist, producer, and director (d. 1987)
December 9 – Douglas Fairbanks Jr., American actor, naval officer (d. 2000)
December 14 – Edward Lawrie Tatum, American geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1975)
December 20
- Vagn Holmboe, Danish composer (d. 1996)
- Vakkom Majeed, Indian freedom fighter, politician (d. 2000)
December 21 – Seichō Matsumoto, Japanese writer, journalist (d. 1992)
December 22
- Alan Carney, American actor (d. 1973)
- Patricia Hayes, British character actress, comedian (d. 1998)
December 27 – Henryk Jabłoński, President of Poland (d. 2003)
December 29 – Thomas Beck, American actor (d. 1995)

Date unknown

Cecil Williams, English-South African theatre director, anti-apartheid activist (d. 1979)