* 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 )

* 1926 – Pier Giorgio Frassati, Italian activist and saint ( b. 1901 )

Both companies built large integrated steel mills on their respective sides of Sydney Harbour in 1901 ; DOMCO's steel mill in Whitney Pier was known as Dominion Iron and Steel Company Limited ( DISCO ).

In 1899, DOMCO financed the Dominion Iron and Steel Company Limited, or DISCO, which constructed a steel mill on the south side of Sydney Harbour in Sydney's Whitney Pier neighbourhood, opening in 1901 ; this was in direct competition to a rival steel mill that was built by SCOTIA at the same time on the north side of the harbour at Sydney Mines.

An integrated steel mill was established on the southeast side of Sydney Harbour in the Whitney Pier neighbourhood of Sydney, Nova Scotia in 1901 by American investors.

Carla gave birth to another boy, Giorgio, in September 1901, but he died of diphtheria on June 10, 1906.

The cathedral is the burial place of Blessed Piergiorgio Frassati ( 1901 – 1925 ), Turin native, avid athlete, and benefactor of the poor, called the " saint for youth of the Third Millennium.

Enrico Fermi (; 29 September 1901 – 28 November 1954 ) was an Italian physicist, naturalized American later in his life, particularly known for his work on the development of the first nuclear reactor, Chicago Pile-1, and for his contributions to the development of quantum theory, nuclear and particle physics, and statistical mechanics.

Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (; 10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901 ) was an Italian Romantic composer, mainly of opera.

* 1901 – Vittorio De Sica, Italian director ( d. 1974 )

* 1901 – Gino Cervi, Italian actor ( d. 1974 )

Marino Marini ( 27 February 1901 Pistoia — 6 August 1980 Viareggio ) was an Italian sculptor.

* 1813 – Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer ( d. 1901 )

* 1901 – Mario Scelba, Italian politician, 33rd Prime Minister of Italy ( d. 1991 )

Vittorio De Sica ( 7 July 1901 or 1902 – 13 November 1974 ) was an Italian director and actor, a leading figure in the neorealist movement.

* November 13 – Vittorio De Sica, Italian film director ( b. 1901 )

* June 14 – Salvatore Quasimodo, Italian writer, Nobel Prize laureate ( b. 1901 )

* October 29 – Mario Scelba, Italian politician, former Prime Minister and president of the European Parliament ( b. 1901 )

* October 10 – Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer ( d. 1901 )

On January 17, 1901, Le maschere was premiered in six Italian theaters.

In the Venusberg by John Collier ( artist ) | John Collier, 1901: a gilded setting that is distinctly Italian quattrocento

Franco Dino Rasetti ( August 10, 1901 – December 5, 2001 ) was an Italian scientist.

Robert Hofstadter coined the term fermi ( unit ), symbol fm, in honor of the Italian physicist Enrico Fermi ( 1901 – 1954 ), one of the founders of nuclear physics, in Hofstadter's 1956 paper published in the Reviews of Modern Physics journal, " Electron Scattering and Nuclear Structure ".

These included leading figures of the European ' Enlightenment ' including the philosophers Voltaire, 1694 – 1778 ) and Jean-Jacques Rousseau ( 1712 – 1778 ); the future US Presidents John Adams ( 1735 – 1826 ) and Thomas Jefferson ( 1743 – 1826 ); Benjamin Franklin ( 1706 – 1790 ); the German landscape artist Prince Hermann von Pückler-Muskau ; the Italian statesman Giuseppe Garibaldi ( 1807 – 1882 ); Russian Tsars Nicholas I ( 1796 – 1855 ) and Alexander I ( 1777 – 1825 ); the king of Persia ; Queen Victoria ( 1819 – 1901 ) and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg ( 1819 – 61 ); Sir Walter Scott ( 1771 – 1832 ); Prince Leopold III, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau ( 1740 – 1817 ); Prime Ministers William Ewart Gladstone ( 1809 – 1898 ) and Sir Robert Walpole ( 1676 – 1745 ); Queen Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach ( 1683 – 1737 ); John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute ( 1713 – 92 ) his architect William Burges ( 1827 – 1881 ) and the present Prince of Wales and Princess Margaret.

It also inspired the Italian newspaper Università popolare, founded in 1901.

* Emanuele Ciaceri ( 1901 ), edition with Italian translation and commentary online

There is also a report that an Italian, Triulzi, demonstrated such a device in 1901, calling it a cleptoscope.

The Cook's Decameron: A Study In Taste, Containing Over Two Hundred Recipes For Italian Dishes is a cookbook by Mrs. W. G. Waters that was published in 1901 and is now in the public domain.

* The Cook's Decameron: A Study In Taste, Containing Over Two Hundred Recipes For Italian Dishes ( 1901 ) by Mrs. W. G.

The fermi is named after the Italian physicist Enrico Fermi ( 1901 – 1954 ), one of the founders of nuclear physics.