Historical figures in 1923

The atlas holds 55 people and 120 moments here, in 1923. The most recorded lives are Warren G. Harding, Albert Einstein and Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. Among them Writers, Performers and Political Leaders.

Notable people

  1. Katherine Mansfield

    in 1923

    1 moment here

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

  2. Lee Kuan Yew

    in 1923

    1 moment here

    Singaporean barrister and statesman who co-founded the People’s Action Party and served as Singapore’s first prime minister from 1959 to 1990.…

  3. Ludwig Wittgenstein

    in 1923

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

  4. Mao Zedong

    in 1923

    1 moment here

    Chinese communist revolutionary and political leader who led the Chinese Communist Party and founded the People’s Republic of China.…

  5. Marlene Dietrich

    in 1923

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

  6. Maurice Wilkins

    in 1923

    1 moment here

    New Zealand-born British physicist and biophysicist whose career ran from solid-state physics and wartime atomic research to X-ray diffraction…

  7. Maxim Gorky

    in 1923

    1 moment here

    Aleksey Maksimovich Peshkov, known as Maxim Gorky, was a Russian and Soviet writer, journalist, publisher, and political activist.…

  8. Miguel Ángel Asturias

    in 1923

    2 moments here

    Guatemalan poet-diplomat, novelist, playwright, journalist, and 1967 Nobel laureate. Asturias’s documented life moved between Guatemala, Europe,…

  9. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

    in 1923

    8 moments here

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

  10. Nadine Gordimer

    in 1923

    1 moment here

    South African novelist, short-story writer, and anti-apartheid activist whose work examined apartheid, race, power, and moral responsibility.…

  11. Nguyễn Văn Thiệu

    in 1923

    1 moment here

    South Vietnamese army officer and politician who led South Vietnam as chairman of the National Leadership Committee from 1965 and as president from…

  12. Pablo Picasso

    in 1923

    1 moment here

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

  13. Pancho Villa

    in 1923

    2 moments here

    Francisco “Pancho” Villa (José Doroteo Arango Arámbula) was a Mexican revolutionary, guerrilla leader, military commander, and provisional governor…

  14. Premchand

    in 1923

    1 moment here

    Dhanpat Rai Srivastava (1880–1936), known by the pen name Premchand, was an Indian Hindi and Urdu writer.…

  15. Rabindranath Tagore

    in 1923

    1 moment here

    Bengali poet, novelist, dramatist, composer, painter, philosopher, social reformer, and educationist.…

  16. Roald Amundsen

    in 1923

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    Norwegian polar explorer Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (1872–1928) led the first successful transit of the Northwest Passage, reached the South…

  17. Rudyard Kipling

    in 1923

    1 moment here

    English journalist, novelist, poet, and short-story writer. Born in Bombay, Kipling spent his childhood in India and England, worked as a journalist…

  18. Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

    in 1923

    2 moments here

    Japanese short-story writer of the Taishō period, born Ryūnosuke Niihara in Tokyo and adopted into the Akutagawa family.…

  19. Sarah Bernhardt

    in 1923

    1 moment here

    French stage and early film actress, born Henriette-Rosine Bernard in Paris. Bernhardt became an international theatrical star through performances…

  20. Sigmund Freud

    in 1923

    1 moment here

    Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis. This chronology traces documented locations from his Moravian birthplace and Viennese education…

  21. Sirimavo Bandaranaike

    in 1923

    1 moment here

    Sri Lankan stateswoman and three-time prime minister of Ceylon/Sri Lanka. Born Sirima Ratwatte in Ratnapura, she became the world’s first woman…

  22. Soong Ching-ling

    in 1923

    1 moment here

    Chinese politician and activist, wife of Sun Yat-sen, leading figure of the Kuomintang’s left wing, and later a senior officeholder of the People’s…

  23. Sun Yat-sen

    in 1923

    2 moments here

    Chinese physician, revolutionary, and political thinker who founded the Republic of China and the Kuomintang.…

  24. Thomas Edison

    in 1923

    1 moment here

    American inventor and industrialist whose laboratories developed and commercialized technologies in telegraphy, recorded sound, electric lighting and…

Moments

  1. 1923 Houseboat trip to Palm Beach Warren G. Harding
  2. 1923 Houseboat trip to St. Augustine Warren G. Harding
  3. 1923 Beitou hot-spring visit Hirohito
  4. 1923 Colonial Taiwan tour Hirohito
  5. 1923 Departure from Keelung Hirohito
  6. 1923 Return to Taipei Hirohito
  7. 1923 Birth in Phan Rang Nguyễn Văn Thiệu
  8. 1923 Arrival in Augusta Warren G. Harding
  9. 1923 World Court address to Associated Press Warren G. Harding
  10. 1923 Begins teaching at Second Moscow State University Igor Tamm
  11. 1923 Marriage to Rudolf Sieber Marlene Dietrich
  12. 1923 Meeting with Adolfo de la Huerta Pancho Villa
  13. 1923 Memorial Day at Arlington Warren G. Harding
  14. 1923 Residence after the Third CCP Congress Mao Zedong
  15. 1923 Residence in Günterstal Maxim Gorky
  16. 1923 Speech in Wilmington Warren G. Harding
  17. 1923 Visit to Yellowstone National Park Warren G. Harding
  18. 1923 Visit to Zion National Park Warren G. Harding
  19. 1923 Voyage of Understanding speech in Butte Warren G. Harding
  20. 1923 Voyage of Understanding speech in Cheyenne Warren G. Harding
  21. 1923 Voyage of Understanding speech in Denver Warren G. Harding
  22. 1923 Voyage of Understanding speech in Hutchinson Warren G. Harding
  23. 1923 Voyage of Understanding speech in Kansas City Warren G. Harding
  24. 1923 Voyage of Understanding speech in Pocatello Warren G. Harding
  25. 1923 Voyage of Understanding speech in Salt Lake City Warren G. Harding
  26. 1923 Voyage of Understanding speech in St. Louis Warren G. Harding
  27. 1923 Lectures on modern physics David Hilbert
  28. 1923 Meets Dora Diamant at Müritz Franz Kafka
  29. 1923 Assassination in Parral Pancho Villa
  30. 1923 Move to Hollywood Walt Disney
  31. 1923 Alaska Railroad final spike Warren G. Harding
  32. 1923 Arrival at Seward Warren G. Harding
  33. 1923 Embarkation for Alaska Warren G. Harding
  34. 1923 Final public speech in Seattle Warren G. Harding
  35. 1923 Fishing at Campbell River Warren G. Harding
  36. 1923 Independence Day speech in Portland Warren G. Harding
  37. 1923 Landing at Metlakatla Warren G. Harding
  38. 1923 Return to Seward for fishing Warren G. Harding
  39. 1923 State visit to Vancouver Warren G. Harding
  40. 1923 Visit to Anchorage Warren G. Harding
  41. 1923 Visit to Cordova Warren G. Harding
  42. 1923 Visit to Fairbanks Warren G. Harding
  43. 1923 Visit to Juneau Warren G. Harding
  44. 1923 Visit to Sitka Warren G. Harding
  45. 1923 Visit to Skagway Warren G. Harding
  46. 1923 Visit to Valdez Warren G. Harding
  47. 1923 Voyage of Understanding speech in Meacham Warren G. Harding
  48. 1923 Voyage of Understanding speech in Spokane Warren G. Harding
  49. 1923 Presidential oath at the Coolidge Homestead Calvin Coolidge
  50. 1923 Makes a final stay in Želízy Franz Kafka

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