Historical figures in 1918

The atlas holds 69 people and 118 moments here, in 1918. The most recorded lives are Vladimir Lenin, Katherine Mansfield and Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Performers.

Notable people

  1. Hideki Tojo

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    Japanese Imperial Army officer and politician who served as Japan's prime minister from 1941 to 1944.…

  2. I. M. Pei

    in 1918

    1 moment here

    Ieoh Ming Pei was a Chinese-American architect whose work ranged from U.S. civic and cultural buildings to major projects in China, France, and the…

  3. Ingmar Bergman

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    Swedish filmmaker, screenwriter, theatre director, theatre manager and author. Bergman’s career moved between Stockholm’s student and professional…

  4. Joseph Stalin

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    Soviet revolutionary and political leader, born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili in Gori, Georgia.…

  5. José Raúl Capablanca

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    Cuban chess player and diplomat, world chess champion from 1921 to 1927. This chronology records documented physical presence at places of birth,…

  6. J. R. R. Tolkien

    in 1918

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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.…

  7. Juan Perón

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    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…

  8. Katherine Mansfield

    in 1918

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

  9. Lavr Kornilov

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    Lavr Georgiyevich Kornilov was an Imperial Russian Army officer, military intelligence officer, explorer, and general.…

  10. Leon Trotsky

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    Leon Trotsky (Lev Davidovich Bronstein) was a Russian revolutionary, Soviet political leader, Marxist theorist, and organizer of the Red Army.…

  11. Ludwig Wittgenstein

    in 1918

    2 moments here

    Austro-British philosopher whose work in logic, language, mathematics, and mind shaped twentieth-century analytic philosophy.…

  12. Macfarlane Burnet

    in 1918

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    Australian virologist and immunologist Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet, known as Macfarlane Burnet, shared the 1960 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine…

  13. Mahatma Gandhi

    in 1918

    4 moments here

    Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, political ethicist, and leader of mass nonviolent resistance.…

  14. Marlene Dietrich

    in 1918

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    German-American actress and singer Marlene Dietrich (Marie Magdalene Dietrich) was born in Berlin and achieved international fame through stage,…

  15. Max Weber

    in 1918

    2 moments here

    German sociologist, historian, jurist, and political economist whose work on rationalisation, bureaucracy, religion, capitalism, and social action…

  16. Mikhail Frunze

    in 1918

    1 moment here

    Mikhail Vasilyevich Frunze was a Bolshevik revolutionary, Red Army commander, Soviet military theorist, and senior state official.…

  17. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

    in 1918

    5 moments here

    Ottoman officer, Turkish field marshal, revolutionary statesman, founder of the Republic of Turkey, and its first president.…

  18. Nelson Mandela

    in 1918

    1 moment here

    South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, lawyer and statesman. Mandela helped lead the African National Congress, co-founded its armed wing,…

  19. Ngô Đình Diệm

    in 1918

    1 moment here

    Ngô Đình Diệm was a Vietnamese civil servant, nationalist politician, prime minister of the State of Vietnam, and first president of the Republic of…

  20. Nikita Khrushchev

    in 1918

    1 moment here

    Soviet Communist Party leader and chairman of the Council of Ministers. Khrushchev rose from industrial work in the Donbas through party posts in…

  21. Olav V

    in 1918

    1 moment here

    Olav V of Norway (born Prince Alexander of Denmark) was King of Norway from 1957 until his death in 1991.…

  22. Pablo Picasso

    in 1918

    2 moments here

    Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and co-founder of Cubism. Born in Málaga, Picasso trained in A Coruña, Barcelona, and Madrid…

  23. Paramahansa Yogananda

    in 1918

    1 moment here

    Indian and American Hindu monk, yogi, teacher, and founder of Self-Realization Fellowship and Yogoda Satsanga Society of India.…

  24. P. L. Travers

    in 1918

    1 moment here

    Pamela Lyndon Travers, born Helen Lyndon Goff, was an Australian-British writer, actress, journalist, and creator of the Mary Poppins books.…

Moments

  1. 1918 Departure on the Ice March Lavr Kornilov
  2. 1918 Ice March at Rostov Lavr Kornilov
  3. 1918 Withdrawal from Brest-Litovsk talks Leon Trotsky
  4. 1918 Addresses Ahmedabad mill workers Mahatma Gandhi
  5. 1918 Investigates Kheda conditions at Kathlal Mahatma Gandhi
  6. 1918 Reconciles with Roosevelt at Palmer House William Howard Taft
  7. 1918 Paris during German bombardment Katherine Mansfield
  8. 1918 Meets Kheda collector at Nadiad Mahatma Gandhi
  9. 1918 Flight to Kalinovka Nikita Khrushchev
  10. 1918 Lodged at Hotel National Vladimir Lenin
  11. 1918 Travelled to Moscow by night train Vladimir Lenin
  12. 1918 Return to London with Ida Baker Katherine Mansfield
  13. 1918 Attack on Yekaterinodar Lavr Kornilov
  14. 1918 Burial at Gnadau Lavr Kornilov
  15. 1918 Death at farmhouse headquarters near Yekaterinodar Lavr Kornilov
  16. 1918 Attends Delhi War Conference Mahatma Gandhi
  17. 1918 Arrival in Paris during World War I Ernest Hemingway
  18. 1918 Takes command assignment at Tsaritsyn Joseph Stalin
  19. 1918 Marriage to John Middleton Murry Katherine Mansfield
  20. 1918 Receives treatment in Karlsbad Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
  21. 1918 Birth in Queens Richard Feynman
  22. 1918 Departure for Shanghai Sun Yat-sen
  23. 1918 Attended the Khodynka Field parade Vladimir Lenin
  24. 1918 Meets Maud at Tromsø Roald Amundsen
  25. 1918 Wounded at the Italian front Ernest Hemingway
  26. 1918 Tours European naval bases Franklin Delano Roosevelt
  27. 1918 Birth in Uppsala Ingmar Bergman
  28. 1918 Born at Mvezo Nelson Mandela
  29. 1918 Marries Olga in Paris Pablo Picasso
  30. 1918 Royal Air Force enlistment William Faulkner
  31. 1918 Vagabonds camping trip at Narrows Henry Ford
  32. 1918 Move to Hampstead Katherine Mansfield
  33. 1918 Completion of the Tractatus Ludwig Wittgenstein
  34. 1918 Military commissar during the Yaroslavl uprising Mikhail Frunze
  35. 1918 Arrives in Aleppo for the Palestine command Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
  36. 1918 Establishes headquarters at Nablus Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
  37. 1918 Honeymoon and working summer in Biarritz Pablo Picasso
  38. 1918 Marriage at Sukhothai Palace Prajadhipok
  39. 1918 Adds Olonkin to Maud expedition Roald Amundsen
  40. 1918 Camps near Bolar Springs Thomas Edison
  41. 1918 Shot outside the Michelson Plant Vladimir Lenin
  42. 1918 Moved to St John's Wood Agatha Christie
  43. 1918 Meuse–Argonne observation post Harry S. Truman
  44. 1918 Return to Moscow from eastern front Leon Trotsky
  45. 1918 Participates in the Budapest congress Sigmund Freud
  46. 1918 Convalesced at Gorki Vladimir Lenin
  47. 1918 Sent to Pasewalk military hospital Adolf Hitler
  48. 1918 Returned to Moscow after recovery Vladimir Lenin
  49. 1918 First journey to Izu Yasunari Kawabata
  50. 1918 Returns to Munich after hospitalization Adolf Hitler

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