Historical figures in 1914
The atlas holds 64 people and 103 moments here, in 1914. The most recorded lives are Pancho Villa, Srinivasa Ramanujan and José Raúl Capablanca. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Scientists.
Notable people
Agatha Christie
in 1914
2 moments here
English novelist, playwright, and memoirist, internationally known for detective fiction featuring Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple.…
Albert Einstein
in 1914
1 moment here
German-born theoretical physicist who transformed modern physics through special and general relativity, foundational work on quantum theory, and…
Albert Luthuli
in 1914
1 moment here
Albert John Luthuli was a South African teacher, traditional leader, anti-apartheid activist, and President-General of the African National Congress.…
Alfred Hitchcock
in 1914
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 1914
1 moment here
French poet, journalist, novelist, public intellectual, Académie française member, and 1921 Nobel laureate in Literature.…
Arthur Conan Doyle
in 1914
1 moment here
Scottish-born British physician and writer best known as the creator of Sherlock Holmes. Doyle studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh,…
Charles de Gaulle
in 1914
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…
Dorothy Hodgkin
in 1914
1 moment here
English chemist and X-ray crystallographer Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin determined major biomolecular structures including penicillin, vitamin B12,…
Emiliano Zapata
in 1914
3 moments here
Mexican revolutionary and agrarian leader of the Liberation Army of the South during the Mexican Revolution.…
Ernest Rutherford
in 1914
1 moment here
New Zealand-born physicist and chemist whose research on radioactivity, the atomic nucleus, and nuclear transmutation helped establish nuclear…
Frank Lloyd Wright
in 1914
1 moment here
American architect, designer, writer, and educator whose career spanned more than seven decades.…
Franz Kafka
in 1914
3 moments here
German-language Jewish Czech writer whose fiction transformed modern literature. Born and educated in Prague, Kafka trained as a lawyer and worked…
Golda Meir
in 1914
2 moments here
Golda Meir was an Israeli political leader who served as Israel’s prime minister from 1969 to 1974.…
Grigori Rasputin
in 1914
2 moments here
Russian mystic and faith healer whose rise from a Siberian peasant village to influence at the court of Nicholas II made him one of the most…
Henry Ford
in 1914
2 moments here
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 1914
1 moment here
Herbert Clark Hoover was an American mining engineer, international relief administrator, U.S.…
H. G. Wells
in 1914
2 moments here
Herbert George Wells was an English novelist, journalist, historian, teacher, and social critic.…
Igor Stravinsky
in 1914
3 moments here
Russian-born composer, conductor, and pianist who became a French citizen in 1934 and an American citizen in 1945.…
Igor Tamm
in 1914
1 moment here
Soviet theoretical physicist and 1958 Nobel laureate in Physics, noted for work on Cherenkov radiation, nuclear physics, and controlled thermonuclear…
Jack London
in 1914
2 moments here
American novelist, journalist, sailor, war correspondent, and socialist activist. Born John Griffith Chaney in San Francisco, he grew up around the…
Jiang Qing
in 1914
1 moment here
Jiang Qing (1914–1991), also known as Madame Mao, was a Chinese actress, revolutionary, and political figure.…
John Maynard Keynes
in 1914
1 moment here
English economist, civil servant, Cambridge fellow, and British international negotiator whose work shaped modern macroeconomics.…
Jomo Kenyatta
in 1914
2 moments here
Jomo Kenyatta (c. 1897–1978) was a Kenyan anti-colonial activist and politician who became Kenya’s first prime minister in 1963 and first president…
Jorge Amado
in 1914
1 moment here
Brazilian modernist writer, journalist, and Communist politician whose life moved between Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, South America, Europe,…
Moments
- 1914 Study at Ohlange Institute Albert Luthuli
- 1914 Technical clerk at Henley Telegraph and Cable Alfred Hitchcock
- 1914 Settlement at Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire Anatole France
- 1914 Family trip to Jasper National Park Arthur Conan Doyle
- 1914 Childhood placement near Worthing Dorothy Hodgkin
- 1914 Return to Milwaukee and Zionist activity Golda Meir
- 1914 Hospital recovery after the attack Grigori Rasputin
- 1914 Everglades tour with John Burroughs Henry Ford
- 1914 Visit to Edison in Florida Henry Ford
- 1914 London at outbreak of World War I Herbert Hoover
- 1914 Visit to Moscow H. G. Wells
- 1914 Visit to Petrograd H. G. Wells
- 1914 Stay at Leysin sanatorium Igor Stravinsky
- 1914 Swiss wartime residence at Clarens Igor Stravinsky
- 1914 Wartime residence at Morges Igor Stravinsky
- 1914 Transfer to Moscow University Igor Tamm
- 1914 Engineering work at Thika Jomo Kenyatta
- 1914 Childhood move to Ilhéus Jorge Amado
- 1914 European arrival and stay in Paris Jorge Luis Borges
- 1914 Geneva residence and education Jorge Luis Borges
- 1914 Studies begin at the Collège de Genève Jorge Luis Borges
- 1914 Serves final exile at Kureika Joseph Stalin
- 1914 Moscow match with Bernstein José Raúl Capablanca
- 1914 Paris match with Aurbach José Raúl Capablanca
- 1914 Saint Petersburg tournament José Raúl Capablanca
- 1914 Vienna match with Tartakower José Raúl Capablanca
- 1914 Move to Paris with Murry Katherine Mansfield
- 1914 48th Infantry Division in Galicia Lavr Kornilov
- 1914 Fellow and lecturer at Trinity Lawrence Bragg
- 1914 Anti-war work in Switzerland Leon Trotsky
- 1914 Schooling at Ngasobil mission Léopold Sédar Senghor
- 1914 Carries France's radium to Bordeaux Marie Curie
- 1914 Makes first wartime journey to the front Marie Curie
- 1914 Organizing Heidelberg army hospitals Max Weber
- 1914 Second holiday in Ascona Max Weber
- 1914 Congress delegation in London Muhammad Ali Jinnah
- 1914 Tyrol holiday and university visits Niels Bohr
- 1914 Childhood at his grandfather's house Octavio Paz
- 1914 Lives in Avignon at war's outbreak Pablo Picasso
- 1914 Battle of Ojinaga Pancho Villa
- 1914 Legal dispute in Paris Rubén Darío
- 1914 Holiday at Belle-Île at outbreak of war Sarah Bernhardt
- 1914 Villa on the Bay of Arcachon Sarah Bernhardt
- 1914 Concert tour of England Sergei Rachmaninoff
- 1914 Transfer to Wellesley College Soong Mei-ling
- 1914 Pondicherry residence and Arya publication Sri Aurobindo
- 1914 Camps in the Everglades Thomas Edison
- 1914 Hosts Ford and Burroughs at Fort Myers Thomas Edison
- 1914 Move into Poschingerstraße house Thomas Mann
- 1914 Merton College residence T. S. Eliot