Historical figures in 1931
The atlas holds 74 people and 124 moments here, in 1931. The most recorded lives are Prajadhipok, Mahatma Gandhi and Charlie Chaplin. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Military Leaders.
Notable people
Howard Florey
in 1931
1 moment here
Australian pharmacologist and pathologist who led the Oxford team that developed penicillin into a practical therapeutic drug.…
James Joyce
in 1931
2 moments here
Irish novelist, poet, and critic whose life moved between Dublin, continental Europe, and Switzerland.…
Jean-Paul Sartre
in 1931
1 moment here
French philosopher, writer, and political activist associated with existentialism. His documented movements include education and teaching across…
Jiang Qing
in 1931
1 moment here
Jiang Qing (1914–1991), also known as Madame Mao, was a Chinese actress, revolutionary, and political figure.…
John F. Kennedy
in 1931
1 moment here
John Fitzgerald Kennedy was an American naval officer, journalist, congressman, senator, and the 35th president of the United States.…
John Maynard Keynes
in 1931
1 moment here
English economist, civil servant, Cambridge fellow, and British international negotiator whose work shaped modern macroeconomics.…
Jomo Kenyatta
in 1931
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Jomo Kenyatta (c. 1897–1978) was a Kenyan anti-colonial activist and politician who became Kenya’s first prime minister in 1963 and first president…
José Raúl Capablanca
in 1931
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,…
Kahlil Gibran
in 1931
1 moment here
Lebanese-American writer, poet, and visual artist, best known for The Prophet. Born in Bsharri, he emigrated to Boston as a child, studied in Beirut…
Katharine Hepburn
in 1931
1 moment here
American stage, film, and television actress whose career ran from 1928 to 1995. Hepburn was born in Hartford, Connecticut, educated at Bryn Mawr…
Kim Il Sung
in 1931
1 moment here
Kim Il Sung (born Kim Song Ju) was a Korean communist guerrilla leader, North Korean political leader, and founder of the Democratic People’s…
Konstantin Chernenko
in 1931
1 moment here
Soviet Communist Party official and General Secretary of the CPSU from 13 February 1984 until his death.…
Kwame Nkrumah
in 1931
1 moment here
Ghanaian nationalist leader, Pan-Africanist, and political theorist who led the Gold Coast to independence as Ghana in 1957.…
Lawrence Bragg
in 1931
1 moment here
Australian-born British physicist and X-ray crystallographer. Bragg shared the 1915 Nobel Prize in Physics with his father, William Henry Bragg, for…
Léopold Sédar Senghor
in 1931
1 moment here
Senegalese poet, theorist of Négritude, and statesman who became Senegal’s first president in 1960.…
Lev Landau
in 1931
2 moments here
Soviet theoretical physicist Lev Davidovich Landau was born in Baku, educated in Baku and Leningrad, and undertook formative research travel in…
Louis Armstrong
in 1931
1 moment here
American jazz trumpeter, vocalist, bandleader, and entertainer whose career transformed jazz solo performance and made him an international cultural…
Mahatma Gandhi
in 1931
12 moments here
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, political ethicist, and leader of mass nonviolent resistance.…
Marguerite Duras
in 1931
1 moment here
French novelist, playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and experimental filmmaker, born Marguerite Germaine Marie Donnadieu.…
Marlene Dietrich
in 1931
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German-American actress and singer Marlene Dietrich (Marie Magdalene Dietrich) was born in Berlin and achieved international fame through stage,…
Maxim Gorky
in 1931
1 moment here
Aleksey Maksimovich Peshkov, known as Maxim Gorky, was a Russian and Soviet writer, journalist, publisher, and political activist.…
Max Planck
in 1931
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,…
Maya Angelou
in 1931
1 moment here
American memoirist, poet, performer, educator, and civil-rights activist. Her documented life moved from Missouri and Arkansas to California and New…
Mikhail Gorbachev
in 1931
1 moment here
Soviet and Russian politician who led the Soviet Union from 1985 until its dissolution in 1991.…
Moments
- 1931 Enrollment at Gakushūin Yukio Mishima
- 1931 Relocation to the Jiangxi Communist base Zhou Enlai
- 1931 King's College undergraduate studies Alan Turing
- 1931 Attends New York City Lights premiere Charlie Chaplin
- 1931 Departs New York on longest journey Charlie Chaplin
- 1931 Presents City Lights at the Dominion Charlie Chaplin
- 1931 Visits Chartwell Charlie Chaplin
- 1931 Honorary degree at Temple University Helen Keller
- 1931 Third Copenhagen stay Lev Landau
- 1931 Visits Denizli Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
- 1931 Visits Malatya Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
- 1931 Birth in Lorain Toni Morrison
- 1931 Frank family home at Ganghoferstraße 24 Anne Frank
- 1931 Receives the Legion of Honour in Paris Charlie Chaplin
- 1931 Takes tea at Alexanderplatz police headquarters Charlie Chaplin
- 1931 Birth in Privolnoye Mikhail Gorbachev
- 1931 Arrival in Hong Kong Prajadhipok
- 1931 Departure for Pacific journey Prajadhipok
- 1931 Congress presidency at Karachi Vallabhbhai Patel
- 1931 National leadership conference Chiang Kai-shek
- 1931 Paints at the California School of Fine Arts Diego Rivera
- 1931 World Conference on Work for the Blind Helen Keller
- 1931 Death at St. Vincent's Hospital Kahlil Gibran
- 1931 Canadian Pacific train at Vancouver Prajadhipok
- 1931 Honorary degree at Pan American Union Building Prajadhipok
- 1931 Meeting President Hoover in Washington Prajadhipok
- 1931 Press interviews at Ophir Hall Prajadhipok
- 1931 Shanghai waterfront visit Prajadhipok
- 1931 Visit to Kōtoku-in Prajadhipok
- 1931 Harris Foundation lectures John Maynard Keynes
- 1931 Young Communist League speech Kim Il Sung
- 1931 First religious vows Mother Teresa
- 1931 Public audience at New York City Hall Prajadhipok
- 1931 Royal visit to White Plains Prajadhipok
- 1931 Returns to Mexico City from California Diego Rivera
- 1931 Arrest by Royal Hong Kong Police Ho Chi Minh
- 1931 Save the Children conference Jomo Kenyatta
- 1931 Visit to former teacher at Municipal Boys' Home Louis Armstrong
- 1931 Birth in Wingham Alice Munro
- 1931 Marriage to Nora Barnacle James Joyce
- 1931 Arrival at the Jiangxi Soviet capital Deng Xiaoping
- 1931 Hop-field research in Kent George Orwell
- 1931 Tour of France Helen Keller
- 1931 Tour of Yugoslavia Helen Keller
- 1931 Sails from Bombay for Round Table Conference Mahatma Gandhi
- 1931 Sportintern anniversary at Red Square Maxim Gorky
- 1931 Entered Choate John F. Kennedy
- 1931 Lives at Kingsley Hall Mahatma Gandhi
- 1931 Received at Aden Mahatma Gandhi
- 1931 Stops at Port Said Mahatma Gandhi