Historical figures in 1926
The atlas holds 50 people and 70 moments here, in 1926. The most recorded lives are Rabindranath Tagore, Agatha Christie and Roald Amundsen. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Performers.
Notable people
Jiang Qing
in 1926
1 moment here
Jiang Qing (1914–1991), also known as Madame Mao, was a Chinese actress, revolutionary, and political figure.…
Jiang Zemin
in 1926
1 moment here
Jiang Zemin was a Chinese electrical engineer and politician who served as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 1989 to 2002,…
José Raúl Capablanca
in 1926
1 moment here
Cuban chess player and diplomat, world chess champion from 1921 to 1927. This chronology records documented physical presence at places of birth,…
Judy Garland
in 1926
1 moment here
American actress, singer, and vaudevillian, born Frances Ethel Gumm. Garland rose from childhood vaudeville and MGM musical films to become a major…
Lars Onsager
in 1926
1 moment here
Norwegian-American physical chemist and theoretical physicist whose career took him from Norway and Switzerland to major American universities.…
Ludwig Wittgenstein
in 1926
2 moments here
Austro-British philosopher whose work in logic, language, mathematics, and mind shaped twentieth-century analytic philosophy.…
Lu Xun
in 1926
1 moment here
Lu Xun (Zhou Shuren; 1881–1936) was a Chinese writer, critic, translator, lecturer, and civil servant whose work was central to modern Chinese…
Mao Zedong
in 1926
1 moment here
Chinese communist revolutionary and political leader who led the Chinese Communist Party and founded the People’s Republic of China.…
Marilyn Monroe
in 1926
1 moment here
American actress and model born Norma Jeane Mortenson. This chronology maps verified places where Monroe lived, worked, traveled, performed, filmed,…
Max Planck
in 1926
1 moment here
German theoretical physicist and originator of quantum theory. Planck’s documented life moved from Kiel to Munich, Berlin, Kiel again, and Berlin,…
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
in 1926
1 moment here
Ottoman officer, Turkish field marshal, revolutionary statesman, founder of the Republic of Turkey, and its first president.…
Nikita Khrushchev
in 1926
1 moment here
Soviet Communist Party leader and chairman of the Council of Ministers. Khrushchev rose from industrial work in the Donbas through party posts in…
Pablo Neruda
in 1926
1 moment here
Chilean poet, diplomat, senator, Communist political figure, and 1971 Nobel laureate. Born Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto, he lived and…
Rabindranath Tagore
in 1926
5 moments here
Bengali poet, novelist, dramatist, composer, painter, philosopher, social reformer, and educationist.…
Roald Amundsen
in 1926
3 moments here
Norwegian polar explorer Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (1872–1928) led the first successful transit of the Northwest Passage, reached the South…
Ronald Reagan
in 1926
1 moment here
American broadcaster, actor, labor leader, governor of California, and 40th president of the United States.…
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
in 1926
2 moments here
Japanese short-story writer of the Taishō period, born Ryūnosuke Niihara in Tokyo and adopted into the Akutagawa family.…
Salvador Allende
in 1926
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.…
Salvador Dalí
in 1926
1 moment here
Spanish painter, sculptor, writer, designer, filmmaker, and leading exponent of Surrealism. Born in Figueres, Dalí trained in Madrid, joined the…
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
in 1926
1 moment here
Indian philosopher, academic, diplomat, and statesman. Radhakrishnan taught at leading Indian and British universities, served as vice-chancellor of…
Satyendra Nath Bose
in 1926
2 moments here
Indian theoretical physicist and mathematician whose 1924 work founded Bose-Einstein statistics.…
Simone de Beauvoir
in 1926
2 moments here
French existentialist philosopher, writer, social theorist, and feminist activist. Born and died in Paris, Beauvoir studied philosophy in Paris,…
Thích Nhất Hạnh
in 1926
1 moment here
Vietnamese Thiền Buddhist monk, teacher, author, and peace activist. Thích Nhất Hạnh helped develop engaged Buddhism, founded the Plum Village…
Tsung-Dao Lee
in 1926
1 moment here
Chinese-American theoretical physicist and 1957 Nobel laureate, known for work on parity violation, particle physics, statistical mechanics, and…
Moments
- 1926 Born at Los Angeles General Hospital Marilyn Monroe
- 1926 Visits Çeşme Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
- 1926 Birth in Barracas Alfredo Di Stéfano
- 1926 Lived in a rented Kugenuma villa Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
- 1926 Birth at the Castro farm Fidel Castro
- 1926 Birth in Yangzhou Jiang Zemin
- 1926 International Congress of Philosophy Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
- 1926 Mann Act arrest at Tonka Bay Frank Lloyd Wright
- 1926 Marriage and residence in Borodin's household Ho Chi Minh
- 1926 Marriage to Ethel Reed Howard Florey
- 1926 Birth in Huế Thích Nhất Hạnh
- 1926 Liberty Memorial dedication Calvin Coolidge
- 1926 Convalescence at Lake Balaton Rabindranath Tagore
- 1926 Honored in Athens Rabindranath Tagore
- 1926 Birth in Shanghai Tsung-Dao Lee
- 1926 Disappeared from Styles Agatha Christie
- 1926 Located at Swan Hydropathic Hotel Agatha Christie
- 1926 Secluded at Abney Hall Agatha Christie
- 1926 Visited Harrods during disappearance Agatha Christie
- 1926 Marriage to Alma Reville Alfred Hitchcock