Decade retrospective

The 1900s

The 1900s was the decade that began on January 1, 1900, and ended on December 31, 1909. The Edwardian era (1901–1910) covers a similar span of time. The term "nineteen-hundreds" is sometimes also used to mean the entire century from January 1, 1900, to December 31, 1999.

Years covered

10

Featured people

12

Starts

Jan 1, 1900

Ends

Dec 31, 1909

Year by year

Each year in the 1900s

1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909

People of the decade

Born in the 1900s

Walt Disney 1901–1966 American animator, director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded The Walt Disney Company (born 1901) Aaron Copland 1900–1990 American composer and conductor (born 1900) Adam Clayton Powell Jr. 1908–1972 American pastor and politician (born 1908) Adam von Trott zu Solz 1909–1944 German lawyer and diplomat (born 1909) Adolf Eichmann 1906–1962 a German Nazi SS-Obersturmbannführer (born 1906) Adolph Rupp 1901–1977 American basketball player and coach (born 1901) Al Simmons 1902–1956 American baseball player and coach (died 1956) Alastair Sim 1900–1976 Scottish-English actor (born 1900) Alberto Moravia 1907–1990 Italian journalist and author (died 1990) Alec Douglas-Home 1903–1995 English cricketer and politician, 66th Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1995) Alejo Carpentier 1904–1980 Swiss-Cuban musicologist and author (born 1904) Alexander Luria 1902– Russian psychologist and physician (died 1977)

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Adjacent decades

The 1910s 1910s

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