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
Park Chung Hee
in 1917
1 moment here
Park Chung-hee was a South Korean army officer and politician who led the May 16 coup in 1961 and served as president from 1963 until his…
Pearl S. Buck
in 1917
1 moment here
American writer, humanitarian, and activist whose life was divided between the United States and China before she became an internationally prominent…
Puyi
in 1917
1 moment here
Puyi (1906–1967), the Xuantong Emperor, was the last emperor of Qing China and later the Kangde Emperor of Japanese-controlled Manchukuo.…
Rajendra Prasad
in 1917
1 moment here
Indian lawyer, independence leader, journalist and statesman who became the first President of India, serving from 1950 to 1962.…
Ronald Reagan
in 1917
1 moment here
American broadcaster, actor, labor leader, governor of California, and 40th president of the United States.…
Salvador Dalí
in 1917
1 moment here
Spanish painter, sculptor, writer, designer, filmmaker, and leading exponent of Surrealism. Born in Figueres, Dalí trained in Madrid, joined the…
Sarah Bernhardt
in 1917
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French stage and early film actress, born Henriette-Rosine Bernard in Paris. Bernhardt became an international theatrical star through performances…
Sarojini Naidu
in 1917
1 moment here
Indian poet, nationalist, women’s-rights advocate, president of the Indian National Congress, and first governor of the United Provinces.…
Selma Lagerlöf
in 1917
1 moment here
Swedish writer, teacher, Nobel laureate, and women’s-suffrage speaker. Lagerlöf was born at Mårbacka in Värmland, trained in Stockholm, taught in…
Sergei Rachmaninoff
in 1917
6 moments here
Russian composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor. Born in the Novgorod Governorate of the Russian Empire, he studied and worked chiefly in Saint…
Soong Mei-ling
in 1917
1 moment here
Soong Mei-ling, also known as Madame Chiang Kai-shek, was a Chinese political figure and wife of Chiang Kai-shek.…
Srinivasa Ramanujan
in 1917
4 moments here
Indian mathematician whose documented life moved between Tamil Nadu, southern India, England, and back to India.…
Sun Yat-sen
in 1917
1 moment here
Chinese physician, revolutionary, and political thinker who founded the Republic of China and the Kuomintang.…
Thomas Edison
in 1917
1 moment here
American inventor and industrialist whose laboratories developed and commercialized technologies in telegraphy, recorded sound, electric lighting and…
T. S. Eliot
in 1917
1 moment here
Thomas Stearns Eliot was a St. Louis-born poet, critic, editor, and playwright who studied in Massachusetts, Paris, Germany, and Oxford before making…
Vallabhbhai Patel
in 1917
2 moments here
Indian lawyer, Indian National Congress leader, independence activist, and statesman. Known as Sardar Patel, he organized major civil-disobedience…
Vivien Leigh
in 1917
1 moment here
British actress Vivien Leigh (born Vivian Mary Hartley) was acclaimed for stage work and for Academy Award-winning performances as Scarlett O'Hara in…
Vladimir Lenin
in 1917
19 moments here
Russian Marxist revolutionary, Bolshevik leader, political theorist, and founding head of government of Soviet Russia and the Soviet Union.…
Walt Disney
in 1917
1 moment here
Walter Elias Disney was an American animator, film producer, voice actor, and entrepreneur. His documented movements include childhood residences in…
William Howard Taft
in 1917
1 moment here
William Howard Taft was an American lawyer, judge, colonial administrator, secretary of war, 27th president of the United States, and 10th chief…
Woodrow Wilson
in 1917
1 moment here
Thomas Woodrow Wilson was an American academic, governor of New Jersey, and the 28th president of the United States.…
Yasunari Kawabata
in 1917
1 moment here
Japanese novelist and short-story writer, Nobel laureate in Literature in 1968. His documented movements include an Osaka and Ibaraki childhood,…
Zhou Enlai
in 1917
1 moment here
Chinese revolutionary, statesman, and diplomat who served as the first premier of the People’s Republic of China from 1949 until his death.…
Moments
- 1917 Studies in Japan Zhou Enlai
- 1917 Meeting with Boris Savinkov Lavr Kornilov
- 1917 All-Russian Democratic Conference Mikhail Frunze
- 1917 Entered hiding in Helsinki Vladimir Lenin
- 1917 Birth in Sarrat Ferdinand Marcos
- 1917 Withdraws to Zürau Franz Kafka
- 1917 Birth in Sydney John Cornforth
- 1917 Imprisonment at Bykhov Lavr Kornilov
- 1917 Participates in Champaran Committee at Ranchi Mahatma Gandhi
- 1917 Transfer from Minsk to Shuya Mikhail Frunze
- 1917 Last Russian concert at Yalta Sergei Rachmaninoff
- 1917 Swaraj speech at Borsad Vallabhbhai Patel
- 1917 Moved to Tokyo for First Higher School Yasunari Kawabata
- 1917 Birth in Tokyo Joan Fontaine
- 1917 Chairman of the Petrograd Soviet Leon Trotsky
- 1917 October uprising near the Metropol Mikhail Frunze
- 1917 First meeting with Gandhi Vallabhbhai Patel
- 1917 Pressed for insurrection in Petrograd Vladimir Lenin
- 1917 Returned through Vyborg Vladimir Lenin
- 1917 Birth at Anand Bhavan Indira Gandhi
- 1917 Escape from Bykhov Lavr Kornilov
- 1917 Volunteer Army headquarters Lavr Kornilov
- 1917 Death at Washington Place Liliʻuokalani
- 1917 Birth in Sangmo-dong Park Chung Hee
- 1917 Moved into Smolny Institute Vladimir Lenin
- 1917 Marriage in Milwaukee Golda Meir
- 1917 Brest-Litovsk peace negotiations Leon Trotsky
- 1917 Arrival in Stockholm Sergei Rachmaninoff
- 1917 Departure from Saint Petersburg Sergei Rachmaninoff
- 1917 Transit through Helsinki Sergei Rachmaninoff