Historical figures in 1921
The atlas holds 72 people and 156 moments here, in 1921. The most recorded lives are Warren G. Harding, Marie Curie and Hirohito. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Educators.
Notable people
Albert Einstein
in 1921
6 moments here
German-born theoretical physicist who transformed modern physics through special and general relativity, foundational work on quantum theory, and…
Amelia Earhart
in 1921
1 moment here
American aviator and author. Earhart was born in Atchison, Kansas, became a leading aviation pioneer, crossed the Atlantic as a passenger in 1928,…
Anatole France
in 1921
1 moment here
French poet, journalist, novelist, public intellectual, Académie française member, and 1921 Nobel laureate in Literature.…
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
in 1921
1 moment here
French writer and aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900–1944) pioneered airmail flying in Europe, Africa, and South America, wrote works including…
Bertrand Russell
in 1921
2 moments here
Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, was an English philosopher, mathematician, logician, writer, and public campaigner.…
Calvin Coolidge
in 1921
1 moment here
John Calvin Coolidge Jr. (1872–1933) was an American lawyer and Republican politician who served as governor of Massachusetts, vice president of the…
Charles de Gaulle
in 1921
1 moment here
French army officer, leader of Free France during the Second World War, head of France's Provisional Government, and president of the French Fifth…
Charlie Chaplin
in 1921
8 moments here
English actor, comedian, director, writer, producer and composer whose screen persona, the Tramp, became an international icon.…
C. V. Raman
in 1921
5 moments here
Indian physicist Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman (1888–1970), known for research on light scattering and for the Raman effect.…
David Hilbert
in 1921
1 moment here
German mathematician and philosopher of mathematics whose career began in Königsberg and was centered at the University of Göttingen from 1895 until…
Deng Xiaoping
in 1921
1 moment here
Chinese revolutionary, statesman, and paramount leader of the People’s Republic of China from 1978 to 1989.…
Diego Rivera
in 1921
1 moment here
Mexican painter and muralist Diego Rivera was a central figure in Mexican muralism. His documented movements include study in Mexico and Europe, work…
Dorothy Hodgkin
in 1921
1 moment here
English chemist and X-ray crystallographer Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin determined major biomolecular structures including penicillin, vitamin B12,…
Eleanor Roosevelt
in 1921
1 moment here
American political figure, diplomat, activist, and First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945.…
Ernest Hemingway
in 1921
2 moments here
American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. Hemingway’s documented movements ranged from Illinois and Michigan to Italy in World War I,…
Erwin Schrödinger
in 1921
2 moments here
Austrian-Irish theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate whose work on wave mechanics and the Schrödinger equation became foundational to quantum…
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
in 1921
3 moments here
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as New York state senator, assistant secretary of the Navy,…
Franz Kafka
in 1921
1 moment here
German-language Jewish Czech writer whose fiction transformed modern literature. Born and educated in Prague, Kafka trained as a lawyer and worked…
Fulgencio Batista
in 1921
1 moment here
Cuban army officer and politician who became a central power in Cuba after the 1933 Sergeants’ Revolt, served as president from 1940 to 1944,…
Gabriela Mistral
in 1921
1 moment here
Chilean poet, educator, journalist, and diplomat born Lucila Godoy Alcayaga. Mistral taught across Chile, worked on Mexican educational reform,…
Gamal Abdel Nasser
in 1921
1 moment here
Egyptian army officer, leader of the 1952 Egyptian Revolution, and president of Egypt from 1954 until his death.…
George Orwell
in 1921
1 moment here
George Orwell was the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair, an English novelist, essayist, journalist, critic, and democratic socialist.…
Golda Meir
in 1921
3 moments here
Golda Meir was an Israeli political leader who served as Israel’s prime minister from 1969 to 1974.…
Henry Ford
in 1921
1 moment here
American industrialist and founder of Ford Motor Company. Ford grew up in rural Michigan, worked in Detroit engineering and machine shops, developed…
Moments
- 1921 Lectures at King's College London Albert Einstein
- 1921 Visits the White House Albert Einstein
- 1921 First flying lesson Amelia Earhart
- 1921 Military service at Neuhof Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- 1921 Lecturing visit to Peking Bertrand Russell
- 1921 Return journey through Japan Bertrand Russell
- 1921 Appears amid a London crowd Charlie Chaplin
- 1921 Attends Garrick Club dinner Charlie Chaplin
- 1921 Visits Berlin on European tour Charlie Chaplin
- 1921 Visits Paris during European homecoming Charlie Chaplin
- 1921 Visits Sing Sing Prison Charlie Chaplin
- 1921 Acoustics study at St Paul's Cathedral C. V. Raman
- 1921 Lecture visit to Oxford C. V. Raman
- 1921 Return to Calcutta after Europe C. V. Raman
- 1921 Foundational talks in Hamburg David Hilbert
- 1921 Begins school at Sir John Leman Grammar School Dorothy Hodgkin
- 1921 Move to Paris Ernest Hemingway
- 1921 Residence on rue du Cardinal Lemoine Ernest Hemingway
- 1921 Full professorship at Breslau Erwin Schrödinger
- 1921 Move to the University of Zurich Erwin Schrödinger
- 1921 Travel to Havana and army enlistment Fulgencio Batista
- 1921 Family move to Asyut Gamal Abdel Nasser
- 1921 Arrival in Tel Aviv Golda Meir
- 1921 Departure for Palestine Golda Meir
- 1921 Transit through Naples Golda Meir
- 1921 Vagabonds camping trip at Hagerstown Henry Ford
- 1921 Lecture at the University of Cambridge Hirohito
- 1921 Official visit to Italy Hirohito
- 1921 Tour of Oxford University Hirohito
- 1921 Residence on Compoint Lane Ho Chi Minh
- 1921 Clinical assistant at Broken Hill Hospital Howard Florey
- 1921 Pleyel studio on Rue Rochechouart Igor Stravinsky
- 1921 First visit to Castle Eerde Jiddu Krishnamurti
- 1921 Algerian holiday John Maynard Keynes
- 1921 Tunisian holiday John Maynard Keynes
- 1921 Return to Buenos Aires Jorge Luis Borges
- 1921 Interrogatory meeting at St. Mark's Church Kahlil Gibran
- 1921 Holds first Odisha meeting at Kathajodi Mahatma Gandhi
- 1921 Attends Paris Opera benefit Marie Curie
- 1921 Residence in Kharkiv Mikhail Frunze
- 1921 Civil-service posting in Thừa Thiên Ngô Đình Diệm
- 1921 Labor-brigade commissar in the Donbas Nikita Khrushchev
- 1921 Maud repaired at Seattle Roald Amundsen
- 1921 Residence at Dar al-Shafa school Ruhollah Khomeini
- 1921 Washington arms-control conference Saint-John Perse
- 1921 King George V Chair at Calcutta Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
- 1921 Joined Dhaka University Satyendra Nath Bose
- 1921 Year-round residence at Mårbacka Selma Lagerlöf
- 1921 Residence at 33 Riverside Drive Sergei Rachmaninoff
- 1921 Engineering studies in Bandung Sukarno