Decade retrospective

The 1910s

The 1910s was the decade that began on January 1, 1910, and ended on December 31, 1919.

Years covered

10

Featured people

12

Starts

Jan 1, 1910

Ends

Dec 31, 1919

Year by year

Each year in the 1910s

1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919

People of the decade

Born in the 1910s

Abdul Haris Nasution 1918–2000 Indonesian general and politician, 12th Indonesian Minister of Defence (died 2000) Adolph Green 1914–2002 American playwright and composer (died 2002) Ahmad Abd al-Ghafur Attar 1916–1991 Saudi Arabian writer and journalist (born 1916) Al Suomi 1913–2014 American ice hockey player and referee (died 2014) Alan Young 1919–2016 English-born Canadian-American actor (born 1919) Albert Ellis 1913–2007 American psychologist and author (born 1913) Alicia Markova 1910–2004 English ballerina and choreographer (died 2004) António de Spínola 1910–1996 Portuguese general and politician, 14th President of Portugal (died 1996) Arsenio Lacson 1912–1962 Filipino journalist and politician, Mayor of Manila (born 1912) Arthur Jackson 1918– American lieutenant and target shooter (died 2015) Arthur Kornberg 1918–2007 American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2007) Augusto Roa Bastos 1917–2005 Paraguayan journalist, author, and academic (born 1917)

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Adjacent decades

The 1900s 1900s The 1920s 1920s

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Middle of the decade 1915 The most notable person of the 1910s Abdul Haris Nasution What came next The 1920s