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
Prajadhipok
in 1918
1 moment here
Prajadhipok (Rama VII) was King of Siam from 1925 until his abdication in 1935. Educated in England and trained in the military, he travelled…
Richard Feynman
in 1918
1 moment here
American theoretical physicist known for foundational work in quantum electrodynamics, the path-integral formulation of quantum mechanics, and…
Roald Amundsen
in 1918
2 moments here
Norwegian polar explorer Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (1872–1928) led the first successful transit of the Northwest Passage, reached the South…
Rosa Luxemburg
in 1918
2 moments here
Polish-born, naturalised-German Marxist theorist, socialist organiser, anti-war activist, and revolutionary.…
Salvador Allende
in 1918
1 moment here
Chilean physician and socialist politician who served as president of Chile from 3 November 1970 until his death during the 11 September 1973 coup.…
Sarah Bernhardt
in 1918
1 moment here
French stage and early film actress, born Henriette-Rosine Bernard in Paris. Bernhardt became an international theatrical star through performances…
Sarojini Naidu
in 1918
1 moment here
Indian poet, nationalist, women’s-rights advocate, president of the Indian National Congress, and first governor of the United Provinces.…
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
in 1918
1 moment here
Indian philosopher, academic, diplomat, and statesman. Radhakrishnan taught at leading Indian and British universities, served as vice-chancellor of…
Sergei Rachmaninoff
in 1918
4 moments here
Russian composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor. Born in the Novgorod Governorate of the Russian Empire, he studied and worked chiefly in Saint…
Sigmund Freud
in 1918
1 moment here
Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis. This chronology traces documented locations from his Moravian birthplace and Viennese education…
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
in 1918
1 moment here
Indian-American astrophysicist whose work established the Chandrasekhar limit and ranged across stellar structure, stellar dynamics, radiative…
Sun Yat-sen
in 1918
1 moment here
Chinese physician, revolutionary, and political thinker who founded the Republic of China and the Kuomintang.…
Syngman Rhee
in 1918
1 moment here
Syngman Rhee was a Korean independence activist and the first president of the Republic of Korea, serving from 1948 until his resignation in 1960.…
Thomas Edison
in 1918
2 moments here
American inventor and industrialist whose laboratories developed and commercialized technologies in telegraphy, recorded sound, electric lighting and…
Vallabhbhai Patel
in 1918
1 moment here
Indian lawyer, Indian National Congress leader, independence activist, and statesman. Known as Sardar Patel, he organized major civil-disobedience…
Vladimir Lenin
in 1918
8 moments here
Russian Marxist revolutionary, Bolshevik leader, political theorist, and founding head of government of Soviet Russia and the Soviet Union.…
Walt Disney
in 1918
1 moment here
Walter Elias Disney was an American animator, film producer, voice actor, and entrepreneur. His documented movements include childhood residences in…
William Faulkner
in 1918
4 moments here
American novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter, and Nobel laureate whose work was closely associated with Oxford and north Mississippi.…
William Howard Taft
in 1918
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 1918
4 moments here
Thomas Woodrow Wilson was an American academic, governor of New Jersey, and the 28th president of the United States.…
Yasunari Kawabata
in 1918
1 moment here
Japanese novelist and short-story writer, Nobel laureate in Literature in 1968. His documented movements include an Osaka and Ibaraki childhood,…
Moments
- 1918 Recuperates in Schelesen Franz Kafka
- 1918 Capture in Trentino Ludwig Wittgenstein
- 1918 Returns to occupied Constantinople Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
- 1918 Release and return to Berlin Rosa Luxemburg
- 1918 Armistice-day landing at Bordeaux Sarah Bernhardt
- 1918 Arrival in New York Sergei Rachmaninoff
- 1918 Embarked from Oslo for America Sergei Rachmaninoff
- 1918 Red Cross service in France Walt Disney
- 1918 Birth in Kislovodsk Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
- 1918 Birth in Mit Abu El Kom Anwar Sadat
- 1918 Returned to his father's home after captivity Charles de Gaulle
- 1918 Confirmation at the Palace Chapel Olav V
- 1918 First American recital after emigration Sergei Rachmaninoff
- 1918 First Korean Congress Syngman Rhee
- 1918 Return to Oxford after discharge William Faulkner
- 1918 Meetings in Britain Woodrow Wilson
- 1918 Paris stopover Woodrow Wilson
- 1918 Preliminary peace-conference travel Woodrow Wilson