Historical figures in 1919

The atlas holds 66 people and 102 moments here, in 1919. The most recorded lives are Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Woodrow Wilson and Vladimir Lenin. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Scientists.

Notable people

1. Adolf Hitler

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   Adolf Hitler (1889–1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who led the National Socialist German Workers’ Party (NSDAP), became German…

2. Agatha Christie

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   English novelist, playwright, and memoirist, internationally known for detective fiction featuring Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple.…

3. Alfred Deakin

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

4. Alfred Hitchcock

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   English filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock (1899–1980), known as the “Master of Suspense,” worked in British cinema before relocating to Hollywood in 1939.…

5. Amelia Earhart

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

6. Arthur Conan Doyle

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   Scottish-born British physician and writer best known as the creator of Sherlock Holmes. Doyle studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh,…

7. Benito Mussolini

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

8. Calvin Coolidge

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   John Calvin Coolidge Jr. (1872–1933) was an American lawyer and Republican politician who served as governor of Massachusetts, vice president of the…

9. Deng Xiaoping

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   Chinese revolutionary, statesman, and paramount leader of the People’s Republic of China from 1978 to 1989.…

10. Doris Lessing

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    British novelist Doris May Lessing was born in Kermanshah, Iran, grew up in Southern Rhodesia, and moved to London in 1949.…

11. Dwight D. Eisenhower

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    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. Edmund Hillary

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    New Zealand mountaineer, explorer, diplomat, and philanthropist. Hillary became internationally known after reaching Mount Everest’s summit with…

13. Emiliano Zapata

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    Mexican revolutionary and agrarian leader of the Liberation Army of the South during the Mexican Revolution.…

14. Ernest Hemingway

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    American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. Hemingway’s documented movements ranged from Illinois and Michigan to Italy in World War I,…

15. Ernest Rutherford

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    New Zealand-born physicist and chemist whose research on radioactivity, the atomic nucleus, and nuclear transmutation helped establish nuclear…

16. Eva Perón

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    María Eva Duarte de Perón, known as Eva or Evita Perón, was an Argentine actress, political leader, social-welfare organizer, and First Lady of…

17. Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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    Franklin Delano Roosevelt was an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as New York state senator, assistant secretary of the Navy,…

18. Frank Lloyd Wright

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    American architect, designer, writer, and educator whose career spanned more than seven decades.…

19. Franz Kafka

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

20. Harry S. Truman

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    Harry S. Truman (1884–1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953.…

21. Herbert Hoover

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    Herbert Clark Hoover was an American mining engineer, international relief administrator, U.S.…

22. Hermann Hesse

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

23. Hideki Tojo

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

24. Ho Chi Minh

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    Vietnamese revolutionary and statesman, born Nguyễn Sinh Cung, who led the Việt Minh, proclaimed the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945, and…

Moments

1. 1919 Entry into film work at Islington Studios Alfred Hitchcock
2. 1919 Convalescence in Northampton Amelia Earhart
3. 1919 Séance at Selbit’s Bloomsbury flat Arthur Conan Doyle
4. 1919 Meeting with Gabriele D'Annunzio Benito Mussolini
5. 1919 Boston Police Strike inspection Calvin Coolidge
6. 1919 Graduation from Chongqing School Deng Xiaoping
7. 1919 Tank battalion command at Camp Meade Dwight D. Eisenhower
8. 1919 Toronto Star work Ernest Hemingway
9. 1919 Return to the Cavendish Laboratory Ernest Rutherford
10. 1919 Returns to Europe for naval demobilization Franklin Delano Roosevelt
11. 1919 Adviser at the Paris Peace Conference Herbert Hoover
12. 1919 Military attaché posting Hideki Tojo
13. 1919 Physics teaching in Simferopol Igor Tamm
14. 1919 Move to Saratoga Joan Fontaine
15. 1919 Paris Peace Conference John Maynard Keynes
16. 1919 Studies at Stanford University John Steinbeck
17. 1919 Residence in Dagoretti Jomo Kenyatta
18. 1919 Lugano residence after Geneva Jorge Luis Borges
19. 1919 Residence in Mallorca Jorge Luis Borges
20. 1919 Ultraist circle in Seville Jorge Luis Borges
21. 1919 Hastings Victory tournament José Raúl Capablanca
22. 1919 Kostić match José Raúl Capablanca
23. 1919 Langworthy Professor in Manchester Lawrence Bragg
24. 1919 Teaching and organizing in Changsha Mao Zedong
25. 1919 Returns to her completed Radium Institute laboratory Marie Curie
26. 1919 Politics as a Vocation lecture Max Weber
27. 1919 Allis-Chalmers work Nikola Tesla
28. 1919 Childhood settlement in Saratoga Olivia de Havilland
29. 1919 Young barrister in Bangkok Pridi Banomyong
30. 1919 Arrest in Wilmersdorf Rosa Luxemburg
31. 1919 Interrogation at the Eden Hotel Rosa Luxemburg
32. 1919 Murder and disposal in the Landwehr Canal Rosa Luxemburg
33. 1919 Schooling in Valdivia Salvador Allende
34. 1919 Women's franchise plea to Parliament Sarojini Naidu
35. 1919 Return to Kumbakonam Srinivasa Ramanujan
36. 1919 Death at Sagamore Hill Theodore Roosevelt
37. 1919 Visit and purchase decision at Monk's House Virginia Woolf
38. 1919 Robbed en route to Sokolniki Vladimir Lenin
39. 1919 University of Mississippi student William Faulkner
40. 1919 Audience with Pope Benedict XV Woodrow Wilson
41. 1919 Italian diplomatic visit Woodrow Wilson
42. 1919 Paris Peace Conference, first session Woodrow Wilson
43. 1919 Visit to Arashiyama Zhou Enlai
44. 1919 Family arrival in San Francisco Olivia de Havilland
45. 1919 Founding the Fasci Italiani di Combattimento Benito Mussolini
46. 1919 At the Tochimilco front Emiliano Zapata
47. 1919 VIIIth Party Congress Leon Trotsky
48. 1919 Addressed the First Comintern Congress Vladimir Lenin
49. 1919 Recorded speeches at Tsentropechat Vladimir Lenin
50. 1919 Paris Peace Conference, second session Woodrow Wilson

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