Historical figures of the Interwar Period

The atlas holds 359 people and 2,474 moments here, from 1918 to 1939. The most recorded lives are Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Albert Einstein and Warren G. Harding. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Performers.

Notable people

  1. Winston Churchill

    from 1921 to 1939

    6 moments here

    Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874–1965) was a British soldier, journalist, author and statesman whose career ranged from imperial campaigns in…

  2. Woodrow Wilson

    from 1918 to 1924

    16 moments here

    Thomas Woodrow Wilson was an American academic, governor of New Jersey, and the 28th president of the United States.…

  3. Yang Chen-Ning

    from 1922 to 1938

    8 moments here

    Chinese-American theoretical physicist whose work in statistical mechanics, particle physics, gauge theory, and condensed-matter physics included the…

  4. Yasunari Kawabata

    from 1918 to 1937

    13 moments here

    Japanese novelist and short-story writer, Nobel laureate in Literature in 1968. His documented movements include an Osaka and Ibaraki childhood,…

  5. Yitzhak Rabin

    from 1922 to 1939

    5 moments here

    Israeli military officer, statesman, prime minister, ambassador, and 1994 Nobel Peace Prize laureate.…

  6. Yosano Akiko

    from 1921 to 1933

    8 moments here

    Japanese poet, author, educator, feminist, and social reformer. Born Hō Shō in Sakai, she became known as Yosano Akiko after her marriage to poet…

  7. Yun Ch'iho

    from 1922 to 1938

    4 moments here

    Korean politician, reformer, educator, Christian leader, diarist, and later Japanese colonial collaborator.…

  8. Zhou Enlai

    from 1919 to 1939

    21 moments here

    Chinese revolutionary, statesman, and diplomat who served as the first premier of the People’s Republic of China from 1949 until his death.…

Moments

  1. 1921 Gives first American lecture at Columbia Albert Einstein
  2. 1921 Marriage in Calais Charles de Gaulle
  3. 1921 Study and factory work in La Garenne-Colombes Deng Xiaoping
  4. 1921 Writes from Matliary Franz Kafka
  5. 1921 Opens Maltese Parliament Hirohito
  6. 1921 Bolívar statue dedication Warren G. Harding
  7. 1921 Lectures at Princeton Albert Einstein
  8. 1921 First director of Liceo de Niñas Nº 6 Gabriela Mistral
  9. 1921 Arrival at Portsmouth Hirohito
  10. 1921 Arrival in London Hirohito
  11. 1921 Banquet at Buckingham Palace Hirohito
  12. 1921 Meeting at Windsor Castle Hirohito
  13. 1921 Visit to Edinburgh Hirohito
  14. 1921 Move to Biarritz Igor Stravinsky
  15. 1921 Swiss tuberculosis-treatment journey Katherine Mansfield
  16. 1921 Arrives in New York Harbor Marie Curie
  17. 1921 Boards Olympic at Cherbourg Marie Curie
  18. 1921 Honored at the American Museum of Natural History Marie Curie
  19. 1921 Inspects the Canonsburg radium plant Marie Curie
  20. 1921 Lectures at Vassar College Marie Curie
  21. 1921 Receives radium at the White House Marie Curie
  22. 1921 Visits Pittsburgh Marie Curie
  23. 1921 Visits the College of Physicians of Philadelphia Marie Curie
  24. 1921 Welcomed at Carnegie Hall Marie Curie
  25. 1921 Addresses the Swedish Academy Rabindranath Tagore
  26. 1921 Visited Hangzhou Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
  27. 1921 Visited Nanjing Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
  28. 1921 Visited Suzhou Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
  29. 1921 Birth in Calcutta Satyajit Ray
  30. 1921 Laugh-O-Gram Studio work Walt Disney
  31. 1921 Speech at Pohick Church Warren G. Harding
  32. 1921 Lectures in Manchester Albert Einstein
  33. 1921 Chalet des Sapins, Montana Katherine Mansfield
  34. 1921 Receives Columbia honorary doctorate Marie Curie
  35. 1921 Receives University of Chicago honorary degree Marie Curie
  36. 1921 Sees Niagara Falls Marie Curie
  37. 1921 Visits the Grand Canyon Marie Curie
  38. 1921 Visits Yale University Marie Curie
  39. 1921 Birth at Kemusuk Suharto
  40. 1921 Lincoln University address Warren G. Harding
  41. 1921 Returns to Mexico City Diego Rivera
  42. 1921 First CCP Congress Mao Zedong
  43. 1921 First CCP Congress relocation Mao Zedong
  44. 1921 Visits Western Front headquarters at Karacahisar Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
  45. 1921 Family summer at Fontainebleau Pablo Picasso
  46. 1921 Took leave at Gorki Vladimir Lenin
  47. 1921 Sworn in as chief justice William Howard Taft
  48. 1921 Campobello family vacation Eleanor Roosevelt
  49. 1921 Arrives at Campobello before illness Franklin Delano Roosevelt
  50. 1921 CCP secretary in Changsha Mao Zedong

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