Historical figures in 1934
The atlas holds 81 people and 104 moments here, in 1934. The most recorded lives are Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Adolf Hitler and Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Performers.
Notable people
George Bernard Shaw
in 1934
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Irish playwright, critic, polemicist, and political activist. Born in Dublin, Shaw moved to London in 1876, became a leading Fabian and dramatist,…
George Orwell
in 1934
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George Orwell was the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair, an English novelist, essayist, journalist, critic, and democratic socialist.…
Haile Selassie
in 1934
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Haile Selassie I (born Tafari Makonnen) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 until his deposition in 1974.…
Hastings Banda
in 1934
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Hastings Kamuzu Banda was a Malawian physician and politician who led Nyasaland to independence and served as Malawi's prime minister and first…
H. G. Wells
in 1934
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Herbert George Wells was an English novelist, journalist, historian, teacher, and social critic.…
Igor Stravinsky
in 1934
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Russian-born composer, conductor, and pianist who became a French citizen in 1934 and an American citizen in 1945.…
Igor Tamm
in 1934
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Soviet theoretical physicist and 1958 Nobel laureate in Physics, noted for work on Cherenkov radiation, nuclear physics, and controlled thermonuclear…
Ingmar Bergman
in 1934
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Swedish filmmaker, screenwriter, theatre director, theatre manager and author. Bergman’s career moved between Stockholm’s student and professional…
Isaac Asimov
in 1934
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American writer and biochemist best known for science fiction, popular-science writing, and the Foundation and Robot series.…
Jawaharlal Nehru
in 1934
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Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and statesman who became independent India’s first prime minister, serving from 15 August 1947 until his…
Jiang Qing
in 1934
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Jiang Qing (1914–1991), also known as Madame Mao, was a Chinese actress, revolutionary, and political figure.…
Jiddu Krishnamurti
in 1934
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Indian philosopher, speaker, and writer. Raised within the Theosophical Society, he became head of the Order of the Star in the East, dissolved it at…
John Cornforth
in 1934
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Australian-British organic chemist and 1975 Nobel Prize laureate, noted for elucidating the stereochemistry of enzyme-catalysed reactions.…
John F. Kennedy
in 1934
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy was an American naval officer, journalist, congressman, senator, and the 35th president of the United States.…
John Maynard Keynes
in 1934
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English economist, civil servant, Cambridge fellow, and British international negotiator whose work shaped modern macroeconomics.…
Jomo Kenyatta
in 1934
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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…
Jorge Luis Borges
in 1934
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Argentine writer, poet, essayist, translator, lecturer, librarian, and critic. Borges was born in Buenos Aires, lived in Switzerland and Spain during…
Joseph Stalin
in 1934
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Soviet revolutionary and political leader, born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili in Gori, Georgia.…
José Raúl Capablanca
in 1934
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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 1934
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American actress, singer, and vaudevillian, born Frances Ethel Gumm. Garland rose from childhood vaudeville and MGM musical films to become a major…
Julius Nyerere
in 1934
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Tanzanian anti-colonial leader, political theorist, and founding president of Tanzania. Nyerere led the Tanganyika African National Union (TANU),…
Lars Onsager
in 1934
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Norwegian-American physical chemist and theoretical physicist whose career took him from Norway and Switzerland to major American universities.…
Lawrence Bragg
in 1934
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Australian-born British physicist and X-ray crystallographer. Bragg shared the 1915 Nobel Prize in Physics with his father, William Henry Bragg, for…
Leon Trotsky
in 1934
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Leon Trotsky (Lev Davidovich Bronstein) was a Russian revolutionary, Soviet political leader, Marxist theorist, and organizer of the Red Army.…
Moments
- 1934 Congress organizer based in Bombay Vallabhbhai Patel
- 1934 West Street Bell Laboratories work Walter Brattain
- 1934 Emigration to Amsterdam Anne Frank
- 1934 Birth at Kamoto Bingu wa Mutharika
- 1934 At Rajgraha with family B. R. Ambedkar
- 1934 Transfer to Dimbokro Félix Houphouët-Boigny
- 1934 Arrest for Calcutta speeches Jawaharlal Nehru
- 1934 Native Administration School Julius Nyerere
- 1934 Reaches Niğde Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
- 1934 Tours Kırşehir Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
- 1934 Visits Yozgat Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
- 1934 Marriage to Nam Phương Bảo Đại
- 1934 Fishes in the Bahamas Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- 1934 Restaurant visit with Maria Marlene Dietrich
- 1934 Enthronement as Emperor of Manchukuo Puyi
- 1934 Birth in Klushino Yuri Gagarin
- 1934 Kindergarten at Preparatory School No. 51 Anne Frank
- 1934 Conference in Málaga Gabriela Mistral
- 1934 New Zealand radio address George Bernard Shaw
- 1934 Arrives in Çanakkale on inspection Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
- 1934 Inspects the northern Aegean at Bergama and Dikili Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
- 1934 Birth in Listvyanka Alexei Leonov
- 1934 Consular service in Barcelona Pablo Neruda
- 1934 Film-work residence in Dadar Premchand
- 1934 Arrives in Colombo on final foreign tour Rabindranath Tagore
- 1934 First United States lecture tour Thomas Mann
- 1934 Arrives at Bad Wiessee during Röhm purge Adolf Hitler
- 1934 First visit to Venice as chancellor Adolf Hitler
- 1934 Hospitalized at Mayo Clinic John F. Kennedy
- 1934 Second American visit and Roosevelt meeting John Maynard Keynes
- 1934 Arrival in Madrid Pablo Neruda
- 1934 Visit to Carlsberg Brewery Prajadhipok
- 1934 Attends Bayreuth Festival Adolf Hitler
- 1934 Vacation at Riccione Benito Mussolini
- 1934 Malvern Festival performances Errol Flynn
- 1934 Stops at Cap-Haïtien Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- 1934 Visits Cartagena Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- 1934 Visits Panama City Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- 1934 Interview with Joseph Stalin H. G. Wells
- 1934 Dies at Sancellemoz sanatorium Marie Curie
- 1934 Railway study tour in the United States Eisaku Satō
- 1934 Glasgow stage engagement Errol Flynn
- 1934 At Bückeberg harvest festival Adolf Hitler
- 1934 Birth in Paris Brigitte Bardot
- 1934 Political arrest in Shanghai Jiang Qing
- 1934 Final Spanish stay Pablo Picasso
- 1934 Long March departure at Xinfeng Mao Zedong
- 1934 Marriage to Franziska Donner Syngman Rhee
- 1934 Birth in Bensonhurst Carl Sagan
- 1934 Marriage to Lady Bird Taylor Lyndon B. Johnson