Historical figures of World War II
The atlas holds 269 people and 950 moments here, from 1939 to 1945. The most recorded lives are Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Adolf Hitler and John F. Kennedy. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Performers.
Notable people
Eva Perón
from 1942 to 1945
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María Eva Duarte de Perón, known as Eva or Evita Perón, was an Argentine actress, political leader, social-welfare organizer, and First Lady of…
Federico Fellini
from 1939 to 1944
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Italian film director and screenwriter whose career developed from caricature and comic writing in Rimini and Rome into internationally influential…
Ferdinand Marcos
from 1942 to 1944
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Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos Sr. was a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as president of the Philippines from 1965 until his overthrow…
Fidel Castro
from 1942 to 1945
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Cuban revolutionary and political leader who led the 26th of July Movement against Fulgencio Batista, became Cuba's prime minister in 1959, and later…
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
from 1939 to 1945
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt was an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as New York state senator, assistant secretary of the Navy,…
Frank Lloyd Wright
in 1940
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American architect, designer, writer, and educator whose career spanned more than seven decades.…
Frida Kahlo
from 1939 to 1945
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Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón) was born in Coyoacán and spent much of her life in Mexico City.…
Fulgencio Batista
from 1942 to 1944
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Cuban army officer and politician who became a central power in Cuba after the 1933 Sergeants’ Revolt, served as president from 1940 to 1944,…
Gabriela Mistral
from 1939 to 1945
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Chilean poet, educator, journalist, and diplomat born Lucila Godoy Alcayaga. Mistral taught across Chile, worked on Mexican educational reform,…
Gabriel García Márquez
from 1940 to 1943
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Colombian novelist, journalist, screenwriter, and Nobel laureate whose life moved between Colombia, Europe, Cuba, the United States, Mexico, and…
Gamal Abdel Nasser
from 1941 to 1943
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Egyptian army officer, leader of the 1952 Egyptian Revolution, and president of Egypt from 1954 until his death.…
George H. W. Bush
from 1943 to 1945
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George Herbert Walker Bush was an American naval aviator, oil executive, congressman, diplomat, director of central intelligence, vice president, and…
George Orwell
from 1940 to 1945
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George Orwell was the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair, an English novelist, essayist, journalist, critic, and democratic socialist.…
Gerald Ford
from 1941 to 1945
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Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King Jr.) was the 38th president of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977 after having served as…
Getúlio Vargas
from 1943 to 1945
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Brazilian lawyer, military officer, and politician who led Brazil from 1930 to 1945 and again from 1951 until his death in 1954.…
Glynis Johns
from 1941 to 1942
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British actress, dancer and singer whose stage and screen career ran from childhood performances in Britain to Broadway and later American work.…
Gough Whitlam
from 1942 to 1945
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Edward Gough Whitlam was an Australian lawyer, Royal Australian Air Force navigator, Labor politician and the 21st prime minister of Australia.…
Haile Selassie
in 1941
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Haile Selassie I (born Tafari Makonnen) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 until his deposition in 1974.…
Harry S. Truman
from 1944 to 1945
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Harry S. Truman (1884–1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953.…
Hastings Banda
from 1941 to 1945
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Hastings Kamuzu Banda was a Malawian physician and politician who led Nyasaland to independence and served as Malawi's prime minister and first…
Helen Keller
in 1939
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Helen Adams Keller was an American deafblind author, lecturer, disability-rights advocate, and political activist.…
Henri Matisse
from 1940 to 1943
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French painter, sculptor, draughtsman, printmaker, and major figure of modern art. Born in Le Cateau-Cambresis, Matisse trained and worked…
Henry Ford
in 1944
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American industrialist and founder of Ford Motor Company. Ford grew up in rural Michigan, worked in Detroit engineering and machine shops, developed…
Herbert Hoover
in 1940
1 moment here
Herbert Clark Hoover was an American mining engineer, international relief administrator, U.S.…
Moments
- 1939 Returned to wartime London John F. Kennedy
- 1939 Wartime residence at Storrington Jomo Kenyatta
- 1939 Birth in Miharu Junko Tabei
- 1939 Soviet invasion of eastern Poland Nikita Khrushchev
- 1939 Takes refuge in Royan Pablo Picasso
- 1939 Dies at Maresfield Gardens Sigmund Freud
- 1939 Attends victory parade in Warsaw Adolf Hitler
- 1939 Return to Yokohama Hideki Yukawa
- 1939 Harvard Norton Lectures Igor Stravinsky
- 1939 Birth at Kampung Perlis Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
- 1939 Leaves Bürgerbräukeller before Elser bomb Adolf Hitler
- 1939 Day of Deliverance address B. R. Ambedkar
- 1939 Speaks at presidential-library cornerstone Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- 1939 Philadelphia Orchestra concerts in New York Sergei Rachmaninoff
- 1939 Move to Washington Syngman Rhee
- 1939 Birth in Brownsville Tina Turner
- 1939 Visits BEF headquarters in France Winston Churchill
- 1939 Hut 8 naval Enigma work Alan Turing
- 1939 Moved to Sandringham Elizabeth II
- 1939 New York premiere of Gone with the Wind Olivia de Havilland
- 1939 Move to the Burbank studio Walt Disney
- 1940 Intermediate studies in Jhang Abdus Salam
- 1940 Move to Paris for Paris-Soir Albert Camus
- 1940 Wartime stay in Lyon Albert Camus
- 1940 Postgraduate study at DAV College Atal Bihari Vajpayee
- 1940 Political study in Tokyo Aung San
- 1940 Family transfer to Santiago Carlos Fuentes
- 1940 Doctorate at UC Berkeley Chien-Shiung Wu
- 1940 Medical studies begin Christiaan Barnard
- 1940 Fort Ord assignment Dwight D. Eisenhower
- 1940 Regimental and corps staff work at Fort Lewis Dwight D. Eisenhower
- 1940 Return visit to Arthurdale Eleanor Roosevelt
- 1940 Family settlement in Beverly Hills Elizabeth Taylor
- 1940 Sun Valley writing base Ernest Hemingway
- 1940 Virginia City location shooting Errol Flynn
- 1940 Rome apartment with family Federico Fellini
- 1940 Consular transfer to Niterói Gabriela Mistral
- 1940 Secondary school in Barranquilla Gabriel García Márquez
- 1940 Wartime base at Lansdowne Terrace George Orwell
- 1940 Lived and studied in Bombo Idi Amin
- 1940 Nubian-riots injury at Wandegeya Idi Amin
- 1940 Move to Los Angeles Igor Stravinsky
- 1940 In Switzerland during German advance Indira Gandhi
- 1940 Student-theatre directing debut Ingmar Bergman
- 1940 Final flight to Zurich James Joyce
- 1940 Captured at Padoux Jean-Paul Sartre
- 1940 Prisoner at Stalag XII-D Jean-Paul Sartre
- 1940 Prisoner of war in Nancy Jean-Paul Sartre
- 1940 University of Sydney medical lectures John Eccles
- 1940 Studied at Stanford John F. Kennedy