Historical figures in 1932

The atlas holds 69 people and 110 moments here, in 1932. The most recorded lives are Charlie Chaplin, Umm Kulthum and Bảo Đại. Among them Political Leaders, Writers and Performers.

Notable people

1. Abebe Bikila

   in 1932

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   Ethiopian marathon runner and Imperial Guard officer who won Olympic marathon gold in Rome in 1960 and Tokyo in 1964, both in world-record time.…

2. Adolf Hitler

   in 1932

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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 Einstein

   in 1932

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   German-born theoretical physicist who transformed modern physics through special and general relativity, foundational work on quantum theory, and…

4. Amelia Earhart

   in 1932

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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,…

5. Audrey Hepburn

   in 1932

   1 moment here

   British actress and humanitarian Audrey Hepburn (Audrey Kathleen Ruston) was born in Brussels, raised across Belgium, England and the Netherlands,…

6. Bảo Đại

   in 1932

   6 moments here

   Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thụy, known as Bảo Đại, was the final emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty and later chief of state of the State of Vietnam.…

7. 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…

8. Charlie Chaplin

   in 1932

   8 moments here

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

9. Deng Xiaoping

   in 1932

   1 moment here

   Chinese revolutionary, statesman, and paramount leader of the People’s Republic of China from 1978 to 1989.…

10. Diego Rivera

    in 1932

    3 moments here

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

11. Dorothy Hodgkin

    in 1932

    1 moment here

    English chemist and X-ray crystallographer Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin determined major biomolecular structures including penicillin, vitamin B12,…

12. Elizabeth Taylor

    in 1932

    1 moment here

    British-American actress and HIV/AIDS activist. Born in London, Taylor moved to Southern California in 1939, became a major Hollywood star, worked…

13. Ernest Rutherford

    in 1932

    1 moment here

    New Zealand-born physicist and chemist whose research on radioactivity, the atomic nucleus, and nuclear transmutation helped establish nuclear…

14. Errol Flynn

    in 1932

    1 moment here

    Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn was an Australian-born actor who became a major Hollywood star in swashbuckling and adventure films.…

15. Fidel Castro

    in 1932

    1 moment here

    Cuban revolutionary and political leader who led the 26th of July Movement against Fulgencio Batista, became Cuba's prime minister in 1959, and later…

16. Franklin Delano Roosevelt

    in 1932

    5 moments here

    Franklin Delano Roosevelt was an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as New York state senator, assistant secretary of the Navy,…

17. Frank Lloyd Wright

    in 1932

    1 moment here

    American architect, designer, writer, and educator whose career spanned more than seven decades.…

18. Frida Kahlo

    in 1932

    1 moment here

    Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón) was born in Coyoacán and spent much of her life in Mexico City.…

19. George Orwell

    in 1932

    1 moment here

    George Orwell was the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair, an English novelist, essayist, journalist, critic, and democratic socialist.…

20. Gerald Ford

    in 1932

    1 moment here

    Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King Jr.) was the 38th president of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977 after having served as…

21. Gough Whitlam

    in 1932

    1 moment here

    Edward Gough Whitlam was an Australian lawyer, Royal Australian Air Force navigator, Labor politician and the 21st prime minister of Australia.…

22. Helen Keller

    in 1932

    2 moments here

    Helen Adams Keller was an American deafblind author, lecturer, disability-rights advocate, and political activist.…

23. Herbert Hoover

    in 1932

    1 moment here

    Herbert Clark Hoover was an American mining engineer, international relief administrator, U.S.…

24. Hideki Yukawa

    in 1932

    1 moment here

    Japanese theoretical physicist and the first Japanese Nobel laureate, awarded the 1949 Nobel Prize in Physics for predicting mesons.…

Moments

1. 1932 Speaks to students in Berlin Adolf Hitler
2. 1932 Second Caltech winter Albert Einstein
3. 1932 Family settlement in Linkebeek Audrey Hepburn
4. 1932 Morocco journey meeting Bảo Đại
5. 1932 Residence at Kiến Trung Palace Bảo Đại
6. 1932 Party work in Huichang Deng Xiaoping
7. 1932 Visits Ford's River Rouge plant Diego Rivera
8. 1932 Begins doctoral study at Newnham College Dorothy Hodgkin
9. 1932 Scientific gathering in Münster Ernest Rutherford
10. 1932 Fletcher Christian role in Sydney Errol Flynn
11. 1932 Childhood residence with teacher Fidel Castro
12. 1932 Taliesin Fellowship established Frank Lloyd Wright
13. 1932 University of Michigan student-athlete Gerald Ford
14. 1932 Canberra Grammar School Gough Whitlam
15. 1932 Lecturer at Kyoto Imperial University Hideki Yukawa
16. 1932 Sakuradamon Incident Hirohito
17. 1932 Release and escort to Shantou Ho Chi Minh
18. 1932 Study and teaching at the Lenin Institute Ho Chi Minh
19. 1932 Sunday talks in Ojai Jiddu Krishnamurti
20. 1932 Political work in Germany Jomo Kenyatta
21. 1932 Study at Communist University Jomo Kenyatta
22. 1932 Compulsory military service Juan Manuel Fangio
23. 1932 Theoretical-physics leadership in Kharkiv Lev Landau
24. 1932 Meeting at Uchiyama Bookstore Lu Xun
25. 1932 National Institute for Medical Research fellowship Macfarlane Burnet
26. 1932 Imprisoned at Yerawada Central Jail Mahatma Gandhi
27. 1932 Holiday in Trouville-sur-Mer Marguerite Duras
28. 1932 Return to Saigon Marguerite Duras
29. 1932 Residence at Ryabushinsky Mansion Maxim Gorky
30. 1932 Journey through Egypt Miguel Ángel Asturias
31. 1932 Journey through Palestine Miguel Ángel Asturias
32. 1932 Childhood move to Nelspruit Miriam Makeba
33. 1932 Italian leg of European journey Muhammad Iqbal
34. 1932 Meetings with Bergson and Massignon Muhammad Iqbal
35. 1932 Third Round Table Conference Muhammad Iqbal
36. 1932 Visit to the Mosque of Córdoba Muhammad Iqbal
37. 1932 Carlsberg Honorary Residence Niels Bohr
38. 1932 Law and literature studies at UNAM Octavio Paz
39. 1932 Meeting Rajarsi Janakananda Paramahansa Yogananda
40. 1932 Family stay in Ithaca Pearl S. Buck
41. 1932 Foreign-missions address at the Hotel Astor Pearl S. Buck
42. 1932 Organised Soviet Union tour P. L. Travers
43. 1932 Birth in Rubtsovsk Raisa Gorbacheva
44. 1932 Secretary-General at the Quai d'Orsay Saint-John Perse
45. 1932 Medical practice at Van Buren Hospital Salvador Allende
46. 1932 Address at Johannesburg City Hall Sarojini Naidu
47. 1932 Cape Town reception speech Sarojini Naidu
48. 1932 Teaching at Lycée Jeanne-d'Arc Simone de Beauvoir
49. 1932 Charles Eliot Norton professorship T. S. Eliot
50. 1932 District Officer at Padang Terap Tunku Abdul Rahman

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