Historical figures in 1929
The atlas holds 79 people and 102 moments here, in 1929. The most recorded lives are Jomo Kenyatta, José Raúl Capablanca and Jawaharlal Nehru. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Performers.
Notable people
Violeta Chamorro
in 1929
1 moment here
Violeta Barrios Torres de Chamorro was a Nicaraguan newspaper publisher and politician. After succeeding her assassinated husband at La Prensa, she…
Walter Brattain
in 1929
1 moment here
American experimental physicist and co-inventor of the point-contact transistor. Brattain’s documented life moved from his birth in Amoy, China,…
William Faulkner
in 1929
1 moment here
American novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter, and Nobel laureate whose work was closely associated with Oxford and north Mississippi.…
Yang Chen-Ning
in 1929
1 moment here
Chinese-American theoretical physicist whose work in statistical mechanics, particle physics, gauge theory, and condensed-matter physics included the…
Yasser Arafat
in 1929
1 moment here
Palestinian political leader, founding member of Fatah, chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization from 1969 to 2004, and president of the…
Yasunari Kawabata
in 1929
1 moment here
Japanese novelist and short-story writer, Nobel laureate in Literature in 1968. His documented movements include an Osaka and Ibaraki childhood,…
Yayoi Kusama
in 1929
1 moment here
Japanese avant-garde artist, novelist, and performance artist known for polka dots, Infinity Net paintings, immersive mirror rooms, and public…