Historical figures in 1924

The atlas holds 72 people and 121 moments here, in 1924. The most recorded lives are Haile Selassie, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and Franz Kafka. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Military Leaders.

Notable people

1. Abdullah of Saudi Arabia

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   Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was King and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia from 2005 until his death in 2015.…

2. 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…

3. Albert Camus

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   French writer, philosopher, journalist, and political activist, born in French Algeria. Camus studied and worked in Algiers, moved between Algeria…

4. Allan MacLeod Cormack

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   South African-born American physicist and academic whose mathematical work helped establish computed tomography.…

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. Anatole France

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   French poet, journalist, novelist, public intellectual, Académie française member, and 1921 Nobel laureate in Literature.…

7. Atal Bihari Vajpayee

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   Indian statesman, poet, journalist and Bharatiya Janata Party leader who served as India’s prime minister in 1996 and from 1998 to 2004.…

8. B. R. Ambedkar

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   Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar was an Indian jurist, economist, social reformer, politician, principal architect of India’s Constitution, and a leading…

9. 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…

10. Charles de Gaulle

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    French army officer, leader of Free France during the Second World War, head of France's Provisional Government, and president of the French Fifth…

11. Charlie Chaplin

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    2 moments here

    English actor, comedian, director, writer, producer and composer whose screen persona, the Tramp, became an international icon.…

12. Chiang Kai-shek

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    Chinese military commander, revolutionary, and statesman. Chiang Kai-shek led the Nationalist government of China through the Northern Expedition,…

13. C. V. Raman

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    Indian physicist Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman (1888–1970), known for research on light scattering and for the Raman effect.…

14. Daniel arap Moi

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    Kenyan teacher and politician who served as Kenya’s vice president from 1967 to 1978 and its second president from 1978 to 2002.…

15. Diego Rivera

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    Mexican painter and muralist Diego Rivera was a central figure in Mexican muralism. His documented movements include study in Mexico and Europe, work…

16. Dolores del Río

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    Mexican actress Dolores del Río (María de los Dolores Asúnsolo y López Negrete) was a major star of silent-era Hollywood and the Golden Age of…

17. Eisaku Satō

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    Japanese politician and prime minister of Japan from 1964 to 1972. A former railway bureaucrat, Satō led Japan during rapid economic growth, pursued…

18. Enrico Fermi

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    Italian and naturalized-American physicist whose documented movements trace a path from Rome and Pisa through European study in Göttingen and Leiden,…

19. 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,…

20. Federico Fellini

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    Italian film director and screenwriter whose career developed from caricature and comic writing in Rimini and Rome into internationally influential…

21. 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,…

22. 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…

23. Gabriela Mistral

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    4 moments here

    Chilean poet, educator, journalist, and diplomat born Lucila Godoy Alcayaga. Mistral taught across Chile, worked on Mexican educational reform,…

24. Gamal Abdel Nasser

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    Egyptian army officer, leader of the 1952 Egyptian Revolution, and president of Egypt from 1954 until his death.…

Moments

1. 1924 Scholarship school near Algiers Albert Camus
2. 1924 Boston arrival after western road trip Amelia Earhart
3. 1924 Return to Bombay as barrister B. R. Ambedkar
4. 1924 Occupation-army posting in Mainz Charles de Gaulle
5. 1924 Films The Gold Rush in the Truckee mountains Charlie Chaplin
6. 1924 Whampoa commandant Chiang Kai-shek
7. 1924 Works at the National School of Agriculture Diego Rivera
8. 1924 Settlement in Mexico City Dolores del Río
9. 1924 Tokyo Imperial University graduation Eisaku Satō
10. 1924 Return to Paris Ernest Hemingway
11. 1924 Primary school in Rimini Federico Fellini
12. 1924 Educational-reform lecture at Columbia Gabriela Mistral
13. 1924 First European journey: France Gabriela Mistral
14. 1924 First European journey: Italy Gabriela Mistral
15. 1924 First European journey: Madrid Gabriela Mistral
16. 1924 Schooling with uncle in Cairo Gamal Abdel Nasser
17. 1924 Frontier outpost at Myaungmya George Orwell
18. 1924 Police posting at Syriam George Orwell
19. 1924 Sub-divisional police officer at Twante George Orwell
20. 1924 Brief residence in Tel Aviv Golda Meir
21. 1924 Family residence in Jerusalem Golda Meir
22. 1924 Foreign tour: Alexandria Haile Selassie
23. 1924 Foreign tour: Amsterdam Haile Selassie
24. 1924 Foreign tour: Athens Haile Selassie
25. 1924 Foreign tour: Brussels Haile Selassie
26. 1924 Foreign tour: Geneva Haile Selassie
27. 1924 Foreign tour: Gibraltar Haile Selassie
28. 1924 Foreign tour: Jerusalem Haile Selassie
29. 1924 Foreign tour: London Haile Selassie
30. 1924 Foreign tour: Luxembourg Haile Selassie
31. 1924 Foreign tour: Paris Haile Selassie
32. 1924 Foreign tour: Stockholm Haile Selassie
33. 1924 Residence at Lou Pidou H. G. Wells
34. 1924 Comintern assignment in Canton Ho Chi Minh
35. 1924 Lenin's funeral Ho Chi Minh
36. 1924 Entered the École normale supérieure Jean-Paul Sartre
37. 1924 Air journey to Paris Jiddu Krishnamurti
38. 1924 First Star Camp at Ommen Jiddu Krishnamurti
39. 1924 Visit to Bombay Jiddu Krishnamurti
40. 1924 Childhood in Archery Jimmy Carter
41. 1924 First Bursar of King's College John Maynard Keynes
42. 1924 Return from second European trip Jorge Luis Borges
43. 1924 New York international tournament José Raúl Capablanca
44. 1924 Admission to Bryn Mawr College Katharine Hepburn
45. 1924 Birth on Hauido Kim Dae-jung
46. 1924 Move to Leningrad State University Lev Landau
47. 1924 Sub-college enrollment Lyndon B. Johnson
48. 1924 First KMT Congress Mao Zedong
49. 1924 Return to Shaoshan Mao Zedong
50. 1924 Settlement in Sorrento Maxim Gorky

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