Paris in the Interwar Period
The atlas holds 55 people and 100 moments here, from 1918 to 1939. The most recorded lives are Édith Piaf, Simone de Beauvoir and Woodrow Wilson.
Notable people
Albert Einstein
in 1922
1 moment here
German-born theoretical physicist who transformed modern physics through special and general relativity, foundational work on quantum theory, and…
Alfred Hitchcock
in 1926
1 moment here
English filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock (1899–1980), known as the “Master of Suspense,” worked in British cinema before relocating to Hollywood in 1939.…
Anatole France
in 1924
1 moment here
French poet, journalist, novelist, public intellectual, Académie française member, and 1921 Nobel laureate in Literature.…
Bảo Đại
from 1922 to 1930
2 moments here
Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thụy, known as Bảo Đại, was the final emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty and later chief of state of the State of Vietnam.…
Brigitte Bardot
in 1934
1 moment here
French actress, singer, model, and animal-rights activist. Born and raised in Paris, Bardot became an international film star in the 1950s and 1960s…
Charles de Gaulle
in 1922
1 moment here
French army officer, leader of Free France during the Second World War, head of France's Provisional Government, and president of the French Fifth…
Charlie Chaplin
from 1921 to 1931
2 moments here
English actor, comedian, director, writer, producer and composer whose screen persona, the Tramp, became an international icon.…
Claude Simon
from 1925 to 1933
2 moments here
French novelist, painter, photographer, viticulturist, Resistance participant, and 1985 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate.…
Deng Xiaoping
in 1921
1 moment here
Chinese revolutionary, statesman, and paramount leader of the People’s Republic of China from 1978 to 1989.…
Dwight D. Eisenhower
in 1928
1 moment here
Dwight D. Eisenhower was a United States Army officer, Supreme Allied Commander in Europe during World War II, and the 34th president of the United…
Édith Piaf
from 1930 to 1938
7 moments here
French singer and lyricist Édith Giovanna Gassion, known as Édith Piaf, rose from street performance in Paris to international prominence in chanson…
Ernest Hemingway
from 1918 to 1924
4 moments here
American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. Hemingway’s documented movements ranged from Illinois and Michigan to Italy in World War I,…
Frida Kahlo
in 1939
1 moment here
Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón) was born in Coyoacán and spent much of her life in Mexico City.…
Gabriela Mistral
from 1928 to 1937
3 moments here
Chilean poet, educator, journalist, and diplomat born Lucila Godoy Alcayaga. Mistral taught across Chile, worked on Mexican educational reform,…
George Orwell
from 1928 to 1936
3 moments here
George Orwell was the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair, an English novelist, essayist, journalist, critic, and democratic socialist.…
Haile Selassie
in 1924
1 moment here
Haile Selassie I (born Tafari Makonnen) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 until his deposition in 1974.…
Helen Keller
in 1931
1 moment here
Helen Adams Keller was an American deafblind author, lecturer, disability-rights advocate, and political activist.…
Herbert Hoover
in 1919
1 moment here
Herbert Clark Hoover was an American mining engineer, international relief administrator, U.S.…
H. G. Wells
in 1937
1 moment here
Herbert George Wells was an English novelist, journalist, historian, teacher, and social critic.…
Ho Chi Minh
from 1919 to 1921
2 moments here
Vietnamese revolutionary and statesman, born Nguyễn Sinh Cung, who led the Việt Minh, proclaimed the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945, and…
Igor Stravinsky
from 1921 to 1934
2 moments here
Russian-born composer, conductor, and pianist who became a French citizen in 1934 and an American citizen in 1945.…
Jacques Chirac
in 1932
1 moment here
French statesman who served as prime minister (1974–1976; 1986–1988), mayor of Paris (1977–1995), and president of France (1995–2007).…
James Joyce
from 1920 to 1931
2 moments here
Irish novelist, poet, and critic whose life moved between Dublin, continental Europe, and Switzerland.…
Jean-Paul Sartre
from 1924 to 1937
2 moments here
French philosopher, writer, and political activist associated with existentialism. His documented movements include education and teaching across…
Moments
- 1918 Paris during German bombardment Katherine Mansfield
- 1918 Arrival in Paris during World War I Ernest Hemingway
- 1918 Marries Olga in Paris Pablo Picasso
- 1918 Paris stopover Woodrow Wilson
- 1918 Preliminary peace-conference travel Woodrow Wilson
- 1919 Adviser at the Paris Peace Conference Herbert Hoover
- 1919 Paris Peace Conference John Maynard Keynes
- 1919 Returns to her completed Radium Institute laboratory Marie Curie
- 1919 Paris Peace Conference, first session Woodrow Wilson
- 1919 Paris Peace Conference, second session Woodrow Wilson
- 1919 Arrival in Paris Ho Chi Minh
- 1919 Paris Peace Conference, final session Woodrow Wilson
- 1920 Study visit to Paris Jiddu Krishnamurti
- 1920 Arrival and residence in Paris James Joyce
- 1920 Guest of Albert Kahn near Paris Rabindranath Tagore
- 1920 Meeting James Joyce T. S. Eliot
- 1921 Visits Paris during European homecoming Charlie Chaplin
- 1921 Move to Paris Ernest Hemingway
- 1921 Residence on rue du Cardinal Lemoine Ernest Hemingway
- 1921 Residence on Compoint Lane Ho Chi Minh
- 1921 Pleyel studio on Rue Rochechouart Igor Stravinsky
- 1921 Attends Paris Opera benefit Marie Curie
- 1921 Study and factory work in La Garenne-Colombes Deng Xiaoping
- 1922 Return to Paris with Pound T. S. Eliot
- 1922 Paris X-ray treatment Katherine Mansfield
- 1922 Debates Bergson in Paris Albert Einstein
- 1922 Studies at Lycée Condorcet Bảo Đại
- 1922 Return to Paris Zhou Enlai
- 1922 Studied at the École de Guerre Charles de Gaulle
- 1922 Death in Paris's 16th arrondissement Marcel Proust
- 1923 Death in Paris Sarah Bernhardt
- 1923 Arrival in Paris Miguel Ángel Asturias
- 1924 Return to Paris Ernest Hemingway
- 1924 Foreign tour: Paris Haile Selassie
- 1924 Entered the École normale supérieure Jean-Paul Sartre
- 1924 Air journey to Paris Jiddu Krishnamurti
- 1924 Eightieth-birthday tribute at the Trocadéro Anatole France
- 1924 35 rue de Sèvres studio Le Corbusier
- 1924 Lodging in Paris Satyendra Nath Bose
- 1925 Mayan studies in Paris Miguel Ángel Asturias
- 1925 Studies at Institut Catholique de Paris Simone de Beauvoir
- 1925 Schooling at Collège Stanislas Claude Simon
- 1926 Honeymoon in Paris Alfred Hitchcock
- 1926 Makes first Paris journey Salvador Dalí
- 1926 Philosophy studies at the Sorbonne Simone de Beauvoir
- 1927 Founded the People's Party in Paris Pridi Banomyong
- 1927 Book purchase in Paris Macfarlane Burnet
- 1928 American Battle Monuments Commission office Dwight D. Eisenhower
- 1928 Work trip to Paris from Provence Gabriela Mistral
- 1928 Residence on Rue du Pot-de-Fer George Orwell