* 1901 – Pier Giorgio Frassati, Italian Catholic activist ( d. 1925 )

* 1901 – Lowell Stockman, American politician ( d. 1962 )

* 1901 – Simon Kuznets, Ukrainian economist, Nobel laureate ( d. 1985 )

* 1901 – Kiowa land in Oklahoma is opened for white settlement, effectively dissolving the contiguous reservation.

* 1901 – Charles Farrell, American actor ( d. 1990 )

His successor Joe Darling won the next three series in 1899, 1901 – 02 and the classic 1902 series, which became one of the most famous in the history of Test cricket.

* 1835 – Elisha Gray, American inventor and businessman, co-founded Western Electric ( d. 1901 )

* 1999 – Jesse Stone, American musician and songwriter ( b. 1901 )

* 1901 – Francisco Guilledo, Filipino boxer ( d. 1925 )

* 1901 – John C. Stennis, American politician ( d. 1995 )

* 1901 – Stefan Wyszyński, Polish cardinal ( d. 1981 )

* 1975 – Andreas Embirikos, Greek poet and photographer ( b. 1901 )

* 1901 – Ann Harding, American actress ( d. 1981 )

* 1901 – Ernest Lawrence, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1958 )

* 1901 – The first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21.

* 1901 – Alice Rivaz, Swiss writer ( d. 1998 )

* 1901 – Pyotr Novikov, Russian mathematician ( d. 1975 )

* 1831 – John Jones Ross, Canadian politician, 7th Premier of Quebec ( d. 1901 )

* 1901 – Guy Bush, American baseball player ( d. 1985 )

* 1901 – John Sherman Cooper, American politician ( d. 1991 )

* María de las Mercedes, Princess of Asturias, ( 11 September 1880 – 17 October 1904 ), married on 14 February 1901 to Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, and titular heiress from the death of her father until the posthumous birth of her brother

* 1901 – Silliman University is founded in the Philippines.

* 1901 – Aurèle Joliat, Canadian ice hockey player ( d. 1986 )

* 1901 – John Gunther, American journalist and author ( d. 1970 )

* 1901 – Roy Wilkins, American activist ( d. 1981 )

* 1901 – Paul, king of Greece ( d. 1964 )

Rêverie ( daydreaming | Daydream ), 1901, by Paul César Helleu

* Paul of Greece ( 1901 – 1964 ), King of Greece

** Paul of Greece, King of Greece ( b. 1901 )

** Paul Ford, American actor ( b. 1901 )

Paul Kruger's wife, however, was too ill to travel and remained in South Africa where she died on 20 July 1901 without seeing her husband again.

Paul Signac, The Port of Saint-Tropez, oil on canvas, 1901

* Pfohl, Ferdinand: 5 poems (" Moon-rondels, fantastic scenes from ' Pierrot Lunaire '") for voice and piano ( 1891 ); Marschalk, Max: 5 poems for voice and piano ( 1901 ); Vrieslander, Otto: 50 poems for voice and piano ( 46 in 1905, 4 more in 1911 ); Graener, Paul: 3 poems for voice and piano ( c. 1908 ); Marx, Joseph: 4 poems for voice and piano ( 1909 ; 1 of 4, " Valse de Chopin ", reset for voice, piano, and string quartet in 1917 ); Schoenberg, Arnold: 21 poems for speaking voice, piano, flute ( also piccolo ), clarinet ( also bass clarinet ), violin ( also viola ), and violoncello ( 1912 ); Kowalski, Max: 12 poems for voice and piano ( 1913 ); Prohaska, Carl: 6 poems for voice and piano ( 1920 ); Lothar, Mark: 1 poem for voice and piano ( 1921 ).

Many of Matisse's paintings from 1898 to 1901 make use of a Divisionist technique he adopted after reading Paul Signac's essay, " D ' Eugène Delacroix au Néo-impressionisme ".

In the R. F. Delderfield novel Long Summer Day ( the first of the A Horseman Riding By trilogy ), Boer War veteran Paul Craddock buys a farm in 1900 or 1901.

* Gauguin, Paul ; Morice, Charles ( 1901 ).

* Minnesota Twins enfranchised 1894 as the Kansas City Blues, moved to Washington ( 1901 ), and to Minneapolis-St. Paul ( 1961 )

* Paul Meyer, L ' Histoire de Guillaume le Maréchal ( Paris: Société de l ' histoire de France, 1891 – 1901 ), with partial translation of the original sources into Modern French.

* Paul Meyer, L ' Histoire de Guillaume le Maréchal ( Paris: Société de l ' histoire de France, 1891 – 1901 ), with partial translation of the original sources into Modern French.

Chamberlain had begun negotiations to settle colonial differences with the French Ambassador, Paul Cambon, in March 1901, although neither Lansdowne nor Cambon had moved as quickly as Chamberlain would have liked.

Paul Barbarin's year of birth is often given as 1901, but his brother Louis Barbarin ( born 1902 ) said he was quite sure that Paul was several years older than he was, and Paul Barbarin simply refused to answer the year of his birth in an interview at Tulane's Jazz Archives.

The first chicken hatchery in Nebraska started in Cushing in 1901, moved to St. Paul in 1922, and operated until 1956.

Whitesboro was founded about 1901 by the Equitable Industrial Association, which had prominent black American investors including Paul Laurence Dunbar, the educator Booker T. Washington and George Henry White, the leading investor and namesake.

* Paul Fix ( born 1901 ), American film and television character actor

Paul (, Pávlos, Vasiléfs ton Ellínon ; 14 December 1901 – 6 March 1964 ) reigned as King of Greece from 1947 to 1964.

They had two children, Ailsa, born in 1901, and Paul, born in 1907.

* Paul Fix ( 1901 – 1983 ), actor