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
Maxim Gorky
in 1936
1 moment here
Aleksey Maksimovich Peshkov, known as Maxim Gorky, was a Russian and Soviet writer, journalist, publisher, and political activist.…
Max Theiler
in 1936
1 moment here
South African-American virologist and physician whose work at Harvard, the Rockefeller Foundation, and Yale contributed to the development of the 17D…
Maya Angelou
in 1936
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 Kalashnikov
in 1936
2 moments here
Soviet and Russian small-arms designer, military engineer, and lieutenant general, best known for the AK-47 and later Kalashnikov weapon systems.…
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
in 1936
1 moment here
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919–1980) was the last shah of Iran, reigning from 1941 until the Iranian Revolution of 1979.…
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
in 1936
2 moments here
Ottoman officer, Turkish field marshal, revolutionary statesman, founder of the Republic of Turkey, and its first president.…
Norodom Sihanouk
in 1936
1 moment here
Cambodian monarch, politician, and cultural figure who was king (1941–1955; 1993–2004), prime minister, chief of state, and leader in exile.…
Octavio Paz
in 1936
1 moment here
Mexican poet, essayist, editor, and diplomat whose international postings and teaching appointments connected Mexico City, the United States, Europe,…
Pablo Neruda
in 1936
1 moment here
Chilean poet, diplomat, senator, Communist political figure, and 1971 Nobel laureate. Born Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto, he lived and…
Pablo Picasso
in 1936
1 moment here
Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and co-founder of Cubism. Born in Málaga, Picasso trained in A Coruña, Barcelona, and Madrid…
Paramahansa Yogananda
in 1936
8 moments here
Indian and American Hindu monk, yogi, teacher, and founder of Self-Realization Fellowship and Yogoda Satsanga Society of India.…
Pope Francis
in 1936
1 moment here
Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Pope Francis, was an Argentine Jesuit priest, archbishop of Buenos Aires, cardinal, and head of the Catholic Church and…
Premchand
in 1936
2 moments here
Dhanpat Rai Srivastava (1880–1936), known by the pen name Premchand, was an Indian Hindi and Urdu writer.…
Pridi Banomyong
in 1936
1 moment here
Thai lawyer, political leader, regent, prime minister, and founder of Thammasat University. A civilian leader of the 1932 Siamese Revolution, he…
Rudyard Kipling
in 1936
1 moment here
English journalist, novelist, poet, and short-story writer. Born in Bombay, Kipling spent his childhood in India and England, worked as a journalist…
Salvador Allende
in 1936
1 moment here
Chilean physician and socialist politician who served as president of Chile from 3 November 1970 until his death during the 11 September 1973 coup.…
Salvador Dalí
in 1936
1 moment here
Spanish painter, sculptor, writer, designer, filmmaker, and leading exponent of Surrealism. Born in Figueres, Dalí trained in Madrid, joined the…
Sergei Rachmaninoff
in 1936
1 moment here
Russian composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor. Born in the Novgorod Governorate of the Russian Empire, he studied and worked chiefly in Saint…
Silvio Berlusconi
in 1936
1 moment here
Italian media entrepreneur, owner of AC Milan, and politician who served three terms as prime minister of Italy (1994–1995, 2001–2006, and…
Simone de Beauvoir
in 1936
1 moment here
French existentialist philosopher, writer, social theorist, and feminist activist. Born and died in Paris, Beauvoir studied philosophy in Paris,…
Soong Mei-ling
in 1936
2 moments here
Soong Mei-ling, also known as Madame Chiang Kai-shek, was a Chinese political figure and wife of Chiang Kai-shek.…
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
in 1936
4 moments here
Indian-American astrophysicist whose work established the Chandrasekhar limit and ranged across stellar structure, stellar dynamics, radiative…
Tenzing Norgay
in 1936
1 moment here
Nepalese-Indian Sherpa mountaineer, born Namgyal Wangdi, who with Edmund Hillary made the first confirmed ascent of Mount Everest on 29 May 1953.…
T. S. Eliot
in 1936
1 moment here
Thomas Stearns Eliot was a St. Louis-born poet, critic, editor, and playwright who studied in Massachusetts, Paris, Germany, and Oxford before making…
Moments
- 1936 Return visit to Madras Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
- 1936 First stay in Karuizawa Yasunari Kawabata
- 1936 Princeton doctoral study Alan Turing
- 1936 Spanish Revolution observation Claude Simon
- 1936 Entered Harvard College John F. Kennedy
- 1936 House arrest at Hurum Leon Trotsky
- 1936 Stays at Büyükada Yacht Club Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
- 1936 Address at Whitefield's Congregational Church Paramahansa Yogananda
- 1936 Birth in Milan Silvio Berlusconi
- 1936 Marriage to Lalitha Doraiswamy Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
- 1936 Birth at Mbhongweni Winnie Mandela
- 1936 Arms shipment preparations Claude Simon
- 1936 Arms transshipment at Sète Claude Simon
- 1936 Death at Continental Terrace Lu Xun
- 1936 National woodcut exhibition appearance Lu Xun
- 1936 Arrival in New York Harbor Paramahansa Yogananda
- 1936 Death in Benares Premchand
- 1936 Travel through Shinshu Yasunari Kawabata
- 1936 Addresses Brazil's Congress Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- 1936 Attends Buenos Aires peace conference Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- 1936 Stops in Trinidad en route south Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- 1936 Committee meeting in Paris Gabriela Mistral
- 1936 European journey with Polly Thomson Helen Keller
- 1936 British Academy Beowulf lecture J. R. R. Tolkien
- 1936 Return from Xi'an Incident Chiang Kai-shek
- 1936 Xi'an Incident captivity Chiang Kai-shek
- 1936 Official visit to Montevideo Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- 1936 Stops again in Trinidad Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- 1936 Arrival in Barcelona George Orwell
- 1936 Journey through Paris en route to Spain George Orwell
- 1936 Congress session at Faizpur Jawaharlal Nehru
- 1936 Travel to Marseille Pablo Neruda
- 1936 Birth in Flores Pope Francis
- 1936 Negotiations during the Xi'an Incident Soong Mei-ling
- 1936 Return to Nanjing after Xi'an Incident Soong Mei-ling
- 1936 Arrival at Yerkes Observatory Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
- 1936 Arrival as Xi'an Incident negotiator Zhou Enlai