Historical figures in 1936

The atlas holds 75 people and 137 moments here, in 1936. The most recorded lives are Charlie Chaplin, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Haile Selassie. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Performers.

Notable people

1. Glynis Johns

   in 1936

   1 moment here

   British actress, dancer and singer whose stage and screen career ran from childhood performances in Britain to Broadway and later American work.…

2. Haile Selassie

   in 1936

   8 moments here

   Haile Selassie I (born Tafari Makonnen) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 until his deposition in 1974.…

3. Helen Keller

   in 1936

   1 moment here

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

4. Henry Ford

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   1 moment here

   American industrialist and founder of Ford Motor Company. Ford grew up in rural Michigan, worked in Detroit engineering and machine shops, developed…

5. H. G. Wells

   in 1936

   1 moment here

   Herbert George Wells was an English novelist, journalist, historian, teacher, and social critic.…

6. Jawaharlal Nehru

   in 1936

   3 moments here

   Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and statesman who became independent India’s first prime minister, serving from 15 August 1947 until his…

7. Jean-Paul Sartre

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   1 moment here

   French philosopher, writer, and political activist associated with existentialism. His documented movements include education and teaching across…

8. Jiang Qing

   in 1936

   1 moment here

   Jiang Qing (1914–1991), also known as Madame Mao, was a Chinese actress, revolutionary, and political figure.…

9. Jiddu Krishnamurti

   in 1936

   1 moment here

   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…

10. John F. Kennedy

    in 1936

    1 moment here

    John Fitzgerald Kennedy was an American naval officer, journalist, congressman, senator, and the 35th president of the United States.…

11. John Maynard Keynes

    in 1936

    1 moment here

    English economist, civil servant, Cambridge fellow, and British international negotiator whose work shaped modern macroeconomics.…

12. John McCain

    in 1936

    3 moments here

    John Sidney McCain III was an American naval aviator, Vietnam War prisoner of war, U.S. representative, U.S.…

13. John Steinbeck

    in 1936

    1 moment here

    American novelist, journalist, and war correspondent whose life and work ranged from California’s Salinas Valley and Monterey Peninsula to wartime…

14. Jomo Kenyatta

    in 1936

    1 moment here

    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…

15. José Raúl Capablanca

    in 1936

    2 moments here

    Cuban chess player and diplomat, world chess champion from 1921 to 1927. This chronology records documented physical presence at places of birth,…

16. J. R. R. Tolkien

    in 1936

    1 moment here

    John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was an English philologist, university professor, and author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.…

17. Juan Perón

    in 1936

    1 moment here

    Juan Domingo Perón was an Argentine army officer and politician who served as president of Argentina from 1946 to 1955 and again from 1973 until his…

18. Julius Nyerere

    in 1936

    1 moment here

    Tanzanian anti-colonial leader, political theorist, and founding president of Tanzania. Nyerere led the Tanganyika African National Union (TANU),…

19. Le Corbusier

    in 1936

    2 moments here

    Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, known as Le Corbusier, was a Swiss-born French architect, designer, painter, writer, and urban planner.…

20. Leon Trotsky

    in 1936

    1 moment here

    Leon Trotsky (Lev Davidovich Bronstein) was a Russian revolutionary, Soviet political leader, Marxist theorist, and organizer of the Red Army.…

21. Ludwig Wittgenstein

    in 1936

    1 moment here

    Austro-British philosopher whose work in logic, language, mathematics, and mind shaped twentieth-century analytic philosophy.…

22. Lu Xun

    in 1936

    3 moments here

    Lu Xun (Zhou Shuren; 1881–1936) was a Chinese writer, critic, translator, lecturer, and civil servant whose work was central to modern Chinese…

23. Mario Vargas Llosa

    in 1936

    1 moment here

    Peruvian novelist, journalist, essayist, and political figure. Vargas Llosa lived and worked across Peru, Bolivia, Spain, France, the United Kingdom,…

24. Marlon Brando

    in 1936

    1 moment here

    American actor and activist whose stage and screen career ranged from Broadway in the 1940s to major films through the early 2000s.…

Moments

1. 1936 Teaching at Lycée Molière Simone de Beauvoir
2. 1936 Stop in Cambridge with Lalitha Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
3. 1936 Carrying loads to the North Col Tenzing Norgay
4. 1936 Research stay in Wigan George Orwell
5. 1936 At Kamala Nehru's Lausanne sanatorium Jawaharlal Nehru
6. 1936 Meeting with Yamamoto Sanhiko Lu Xun
7. 1936 Arrives in Singapore with Paulette Goddard Charlie Chaplin
8. 1936 Flies from Seletar to Batavia Charlie Chaplin
9. 1936 Tours Singapore by rickshaw Charlie Chaplin
10. 1936 Visits Singapore Reformatory Charlie Chaplin
11. 1936 Third presidential Bahamas fishing trip Franklin Delano Roosevelt
12. 1936 Birth in Mayfair F. W. de Klerk
13. 1936 South Yorkshire investigation George Orwell
14. 1936 Battle of Maychew counterattack Haile Selassie
15. 1936 Birth in Arequipa Mario Vargas Llosa
16. 1936 Resides at Juan-les-Pins with Marie-Thérèse and Maya Pablo Picasso
17. 1936 Funeral rites for Sri Yukteswar Paramahansa Yogananda
18. 1936 Sikh Mission Conference address B. R. Ambedkar
19. 1936 Arrives in Saigon Charlie Chaplin
20. 1936 Returns to Singapore from Bali Charlie Chaplin
21. 1936 Stays in Hanoi Charlie Chaplin
22. 1936 Visits Angkor Charlie Chaplin
23. 1936 Visits Da Nang museums and mountains Charlie Chaplin
24. 1936 Residence at The Stores, Wallington George Orwell
25. 1936 Congress session at Lucknow Jawaharlal Nehru
26. 1936 Collective wedding at Liuhe Pagoda Jiang Qing
27. 1936 Presidential address at Progressive Writers' Conference Premchand
28. 1936 Proclamation of the Italian Empire Benito Mussolini
29. 1936 Mumbai Elaka Mahar Parishad speech B. R. Ambedkar
30. 1936 Embarks at Hải Phòng for Hong Kong Charlie Chaplin
31. 1936 Visits Hạ Long Bay Charlie Chaplin
32. 1936 Departure into exile Haile Selassie
33. 1936 Disembarkation at Haifa Haile Selassie
34. 1936 Exile transit in Jerusalem Haile Selassie
35. 1936 League of Nations address Haile Selassie
36. 1936 Visit to Little Gidding church T. S. Eliot
37. 1936 Birth in Parepare B. J. Habibie
38. 1936 Transfer to Toumodi Félix Houphouët-Boigny
39. 1936 Renominated in Philadelphia Franklin Delano Roosevelt
40. 1936 Death at Gorki-10 Maxim Gorky
41. 1936 Visits Çorlu and Muratlı Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
42. 1936 At Bombay hotel before departure Paramahansa Yogananda
43. 1936 Inspection visit to Trang Pridi Banomyong
44. 1936 Official visit to Quebec City Franklin Delano Roosevelt
45. 1936 Vacations at Campobello Franklin Delano Roosevelt
46. 1936 Opens Berlin Olympic Games Adolf Hitler
47. 1936 Departure for the United States Chien-Shiung Wu
48. 1936 Adelphi Summer School talk George Orwell
49. 1936 Birth at Coco Solo Naval Air Station John McCain
50. 1936 Investigation of San Joaquin Valley Hoovervilles John Steinbeck

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