Historical figures in 1915

The atlas holds 51 people and 86 moments here, in 1915. The most recorded lives are Mahatma Gandhi, Henry Ford and Sarah Bernhardt. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Performers.

Notable people

  1. Alexander Graham Bell

    in 1915

    1 moment here

    Scottish-born Canadian-American inventor, scientist, teacher of the deaf, and engineer best known for patenting the first practical telephone.…

  2. Alfred Deakin

    in 1915

    1 moment here

    Australian barrister, journalist, federation advocate and Australia’s second prime minister.…

  3. Amelia Earhart

    in 1915

    2 moments here

    American aviator and author. Earhart was born in Atchison, Kansas, became a leading aviation pioneer, crossed the Atlantic as a passenger in 1928,…

  4. Anthony Quinn

    in 1915

    1 moment here

    Mexican-American actor, painter, sculptor, writer, and civil-rights supporter Anthony Quinn (Manuel Antonio Rodolfo Quinn Oaxaca) worked in film,…

  5. Augusto Pinochet

    in 1915

    1 moment here

    Augusto Pinochet Ugarte was a Chilean army officer who led the 11 September 1973 coup and ruled Chile as head of the military junta and then…

  6. Aung San

    in 1915

    1 moment here

    Burmese independence leader, political organizer, and military commander. Aung San helped found the Burma Independence Army, led the anti-Japanese…

  7. Benito Mussolini

    in 1915

    2 moments here

    Italian journalist, Fascist leader, and dictator of Italy from 1922 until his removal in 1943.…

  8. Charles de Gaulle

    in 1915

    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…

  9. Charlie Chaplin

    in 1915

    1 moment here

    English actor, comedian, director, writer, producer and composer whose screen persona, the Tramp, became an international icon.…

  10. David Hilbert

    in 1915

    1 moment here

    German mathematician and philosopher of mathematics whose career began in Königsberg and was centered at the University of Göttingen from 1895 until…

  11. Dwight D. Eisenhower

    in 1915

    2 moments 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…

  12. Édith Piaf

    in 1915

    1 moment here

    French singer and lyricist Édith Giovanna Gassion, known as Édith Piaf, rose from street performance in Paris to international prominence in chanson…

  13. Edmund Barton

    in 1915

    1 moment here

    Australian barrister, federation leader, first prime minister of Australia (1901–1903), and founding justice of the High Court of Australia.…

  14. Erwin Schrödinger

    in 1915

    2 moments here

    Austrian-Irish theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate whose work on wave mechanics and the Schrödinger equation became foundational to quantum…

  15. Félix Houphouët-Boigny

    in 1915

    1 moment here

    Ivorian physician and politician who became the first president of Côte d’Ivoire, serving from independence in 1960 until his death in 1993.…

  16. Franz Kafka

    in 1915

    1 moment here

    German-language Jewish Czech writer whose fiction transformed modern literature. Born and educated in Prague, Kafka trained as a lawyer and worked…

  17. Henry Ford

    in 1915

    8 moments here

    American industrialist and founder of Ford Motor Company. Ford grew up in rural Michigan, worked in Detroit engineering and machine shops, developed…

  18. Hermann Hesse

    in 1915

    1 moment here

    German-Swiss poet, novelist, essayist, and painter. Hesse’s documented life moved between Württemberg, Switzerland, Italy, and Southeast Asia:…

  19. Jack London

    in 1915

    2 moments here

    American novelist, journalist, sailor, war correspondent, and socialist activist. Born John Griffith Chaney in San Francisco, he grew up around the…

  20. James Joyce

    in 1915

    2 moments here

    Irish novelist, poet, and critic whose life moved between Dublin, continental Europe, and Switzerland.…

  21. John Maynard Keynes

    in 1915

    1 moment here

    English economist, civil servant, Cambridge fellow, and British international negotiator whose work shaped modern macroeconomics.…

  22. J. R. R. Tolkien

    in 1915

    2 moments here

    John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was an English philologist, university professor, and author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.…

  23. Juan Perón

    in 1915

    1 moment here

    Juan Domingo Perón was an Argentine army officer and politician who served as president of Argentina from 1946 to 1955 and again from 1973 until his…

  24. Katherine Mansfield

    in 1915

    3 moments here

    Katherine Mansfield (Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp, later Murry) was a New Zealand modernist short-story writer, poet, critic and diarist.…

Moments

  1. 1915 Ceremonial transcontinental telephone call Alexander Graham Bell
  2. 1915 Panama–Pacific International Exposition Alfred Deakin
  3. 1915 Schooling in Chicago Amelia Earhart
  4. 1915 School in St. Paul Amelia Earhart
  5. 1915 Göttingen residence and professorship David Hilbert
  6. 1915 First Army posting at Fort Sam Houston Dwight D. Eisenhower
  7. 1915 Graduation from West Point Dwight D. Eisenhower
  8. 1915 Observation post near Prosecco Erwin Schrödinger
  9. 1915 School transfer to Bingerville Félix Houphouët-Boigny
  10. 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition trip Henry Ford
  11. 1915 Peace-mission meeting at the White House Henry Ford
  12. 1915 Vagabonds arrive at San Diego Henry Ford
  13. 1915 Vagabonds drive from Riverside Henry Ford
  14. 1915 Prisoner-of-war welfare work in Bern Hermann Hesse
  15. 1915 Zurich residence during World War I James Joyce
  16. 1915 Treasury appointment John Maynard Keynes
  17. 1915 Training with the Lancashire Fusiliers J. R. R. Tolkien
  18. 1915 Sound-ranging service in France Lawrence Bragg
  19. 1915 Paris research stay Le Corbusier
  20. 1915 Childhood farmhouse photograph Lyndon B. Johnson
  21. 1915 Returns to India at Apollo Bunder Mahatma Gandhi
  22. 1915 Studies at Serampore College Paramahansa Yogananda
  23. 1915 Master's law examination Rajendra Prasad
  24. 1915 Performances for soldiers at Verdun Sarah Bernhardt
  25. 1915 Performances for soldiers in the Argonne Sarah Bernhardt
  26. 1915 MSc achievement at Calcutta University Satyendra Nath Bose
  27. 1915 Summer vacation in Finland Sergei Rachmaninoff
  28. 1915 Attends Panama-Pacific Exposition Thomas Edison
  29. 1915 Drives from Riverside to San Diego Thomas Edison
  30. 1915 Birkbeck teaching post T. S. Eliot
  31. 1915 Studies at Penang Free School Tunku Abdul Rahman
  32. 1915 Move to Washington as senator Warren G. Harding
  33. 1915 Birth in Natmauk Aung San
  34. 1915 Visit to Francis Carco Katherine Mansfield
  35. 1915 Arrives at Shantiniketan Mahatma Gandhi
  36. 1915 Received in Ahmedabad Mahatma Gandhi
  37. 1915 Barnimstrasse women's prison Rosa Luxemburg
  38. 1915 Leg amputation in Bordeaux Sarah Bernhardt
  39. 1915 Wounded in the First Battle of Champagne Charles de Gaulle
  40. 1915 Arrival in Honolulu Jack London
  41. 1915 Arrives in Rangoon Mahatma Gandhi
  42. 1915 Meets Tagore at Shantiniketan Mahatma Gandhi
  43. 1915 Move to Hogarth House Virginia Woolf
  44. 1915 Visit to Shingū and Kumano Yosano Akiko
  45. 1915 Birth in Chihuahua City Anthony Quinn
  46. 1915 Films the Tramp in Niles Canyon Charlie Chaplin
  47. 1915 Capture in the Carpathians Lavr Kornilov
  48. 1915 Addresses Madras law dinner Mahatma Gandhi
  49. 1915 Visits Rishikesh and Lakshman Jhula Mahatma Gandhi
  50. 1915 Volunteers at Haridwar Kumbh Mela Mahatma Gandhi

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