Historical figures in 1917
The atlas holds 71 people and 130 moments here, in 1917. The most recorded lives are Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky and Sergei Rachmaninoff. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Artists.
Notable people
Indira Gandhi
in 1917
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Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi was an Indian stateswoman who served as prime minister from 1966 to 1977 and from 1980 until her assassination in 1984.…
James Joyce
in 1917
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Irish novelist, poet, and critic whose life moved between Dublin, continental Europe, and Switzerland.…
Joan Fontaine
in 1917
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British-American actress Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland, professionally Joan Fontaine, was an Academy Award-winning performer known especially for…
John Cornforth
in 1917
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Australian-British organic chemist and 1975 Nobel Prize laureate, noted for elucidating the stereochemistry of enzyme-catalysed reactions.…
John F. Kennedy
in 1917
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy was an American naval officer, journalist, congressman, senator, and the 35th president of the United States.…
Jomo Kenyatta
in 1917
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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…
Joseph Stalin
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Soviet revolutionary and political leader, born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili in Gori, Georgia.…
J. R. R. Tolkien
in 1917
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John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was an English philologist, university professor, and author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.…
Katherine Mansfield
in 1917
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Katherine Mansfield (Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp, later Murry) was a New Zealand modernist short-story writer, poet, critic and diarist.…
Lavr Kornilov
in 1917
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Lavr Georgiyevich Kornilov was an Imperial Russian Army officer, military intelligence officer, explorer, and general.…
Le Corbusier
in 1917
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Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, known as Le Corbusier, was a Swiss-born French architect, designer, painter, writer, and urban planner.…
Leon Trotsky
in 1917
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Leon Trotsky (Lev Davidovich Bronstein) was a Russian revolutionary, Soviet political leader, Marxist theorist, and organizer of the Red Army.…
Liliʻuokalani
in 1917
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Liliʻuokalani was the last sovereign monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom, reigning from January 29, 1891, until the overthrow of the monarchy on January…
Mahatma Gandhi
in 1917
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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, political ethicist, and leader of mass nonviolent resistance.…
Marcel Proust
in 1917
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French novelist, essayist, and critic, best known for À la recherche du temps perdu (In Search of Lost Time).…
Maxim Gorky
in 1917
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Aleksey Maksimovich Peshkov, known as Maxim Gorky, was a Russian and Soviet writer, journalist, publisher, and political activist.…
Max Weber
in 1917
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German sociologist, historian, jurist, and political economist whose work on rationalisation, bureaucracy, religion, capitalism, and social action…
Mikhail Frunze
in 1917
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Mikhail Vasilyevich Frunze was a Bolshevik revolutionary, Red Army commander, Soviet military theorist, and senior state official.…
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
in 1917
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Ottoman officer, Turkish field marshal, revolutionary statesman, founder of the Republic of Turkey, and its first president.…
Nikita Khrushchev
in 1917
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Soviet Communist Party leader and chairman of the Council of Ministers. Khrushchev rose from industrial work in the Donbas through party posts in…
Octave Mirbeau
in 1917
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French novelist, playwright, journalist, pamphleteer, and art critic. Mirbeau’s documented life moved between Normandy, Paris, Brittany, the French…
Pablo Picasso
in 1917
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Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and co-founder of Cubism. Born in Málaga, Picasso trained in A Coruña, Barcelona, and Madrid…
Pancho Villa
in 1917
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Francisco “Pancho” Villa (José Doroteo Arango Arámbula) was a Mexican revolutionary, guerrilla leader, military commander, and provisional governor…
Paramahansa Yogananda
in 1917
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Indian and American Hindu monk, yogi, teacher, and founder of Self-Realization Fellowship and Yogoda Satsanga Society of India.…
Moments
- 1917 Rents rooms in Schönborn Palace Franz Kafka
- 1917 University of Adelaide student Howard Florey
- 1917 Returns to revolutionary Petrograd Joseph Stalin
- 1917 House arrest of the imperial family Lavr Kornilov
- 1917 Departure from New York Leon Trotsky
- 1917 Chief of Minsk militia Mikhail Frunze
- 1917 Capture of Parral Pancho Villa
- 1917 Founding school at Dihika Paramahansa Yogananda
- 1917 Joins Connecticut State Guard William Howard Taft
- 1917 Meeting Picasso in Rome Igor Stravinsky
- 1917 Visit to Naples with Picasso Igor Stravinsky
- 1917 Birth in Guangzhou I. M. Pei
- 1917 Detention at Amherst Internment Camp Leon Trotsky
- 1917 Raises American flag at Washington Place Liliʻuokalani
- 1917 Appears in Motihari court Mahatma Gandhi
- 1917 Arrives for Champaran inquiry Mahatma Gandhi
- 1917 Defies expulsion order near Motihari Mahatma Gandhi
- 1917 Stays overnight at Laukaria Mahatma Gandhi
- 1917 Crossed Germany through Singen Vladimir Lenin
- 1917 Crossed to Tornio by sleigh Vladimir Lenin
- 1917 Departed Zurich for Russia Vladimir Lenin
- 1917 Landed at Trelleborg Vladimir Lenin
- 1917 Passed through Berlin Vladimir Lenin
- 1917 Passed through Helsinki Vladimir Lenin
- 1917 Presented the April Theses Vladimir Lenin
- 1917 Reached Haparanda Vladimir Lenin
- 1917 Reached Sassnitz Vladimir Lenin
- 1917 Returned at Finland Station Vladimir Lenin
- 1917 Stopped overnight in Frankfurt Vladimir Lenin
- 1917 Visited family graves at Volkovo Vladimir Lenin
- 1917 Welcomed in Malmö Vladimir Lenin
- 1917 War message to Congress Woodrow Wilson
- 1917 King's Scholar at Eton George Orwell
- 1917 Born at 83 Beals Street John F. Kennedy
- 1917 Return to Petrograd Leon Trotsky
- 1917 Attendance at the première of Parade Marcel Proust
- 1917 Workers' council chairman Nikita Khrushchev
- 1917 Rejoins the Ballets Russes in Madrid Pablo Picasso
- 1917 Marriage and mission residence in Suzhou Pearl S. Buck
- 1917 Suffrage lecture at Auditorium Selma Lagerlöf
- 1917 Leeds Convention appearance Bertrand Russell
- 1917 Baptized at St. Aidan's Church John F. Kennedy
- 1917 Extended Barcelona stay with Olga Pablo Picasso
- 1917 Graduation from Wellesley Soong Mei-ling
- 1917 Joined Rajabazar Science College C. V. Raman
- 1917 Accompanies Felice to Budapest Franz Kafka
- 1917 Manchu Restoration Puyi
- 1917 Arrival in Guangzhou for Constitutional Protection Sun Yat-sen
- 1917 Addressed supporters at Kseshinskaya Mansion Vladimir Lenin
- 1917 Hid at Razliv Vladimir Lenin