Historical figures in 1937

The atlas holds 68 people and 147 moments here, in 1937. The most recorded lives are Amelia Earhart, Adolf Hitler and Claude Simon. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Performers.

Notable people

  1. Abdelaziz Bouteflika

    in 1937

    1 moment here

    Algerian politician, diplomat, and president. Born in Oujda, he joined the National Liberation Army during the Algerian War, served as Algeria's…

  2. Adolf Hitler

    in 1937

    9 moments here

    Adolf Hitler (1889–1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who led the National Socialist German Workers’ Party (NSDAP), became German…

  3. Amelia Earhart

    in 1937

    35 moments here

    American aviator and author. Earhart was born in Atchison, Kansas, became a leading aviation pioneer, crossed the Atlantic as a passenger in 1928,…

  4. Andy Warhol

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    1 moment here

    American artist and filmmaker whose work helped define Pop art. Born in Pittsburgh, Warhol studied there before moving to New York in 1949.…

  5. Audrey Hepburn

    in 1937

    1 moment here

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

  6. Augusto Pinochet

    in 1937

    1 moment here

    Augusto Pinochet Ugarte was a Chilean army officer who led the 11 September 1973 coup and ruled Chile as head of the military junta and then…

  7. Benito Mussolini

    in 1937

    2 moments here

    Italian journalist, Fascist leader, and dictator of Italy from 1922 until his removal in 1943.…

  8. Bertrand Russell

    in 1937

    1 moment here

    Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, was an English philosopher, mathematician, logician, writer, and public campaigner.…

  9. Charles de Gaulle

    in 1937

    1 moment here

    French army officer, leader of Free France during the Second World War, head of France's Provisional Government, and president of the French Fifth…

  10. Claude Simon

    in 1937

    7 moments here

    French novelist, painter, photographer, viticulturist, Resistance participant, and 1985 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate.…

  11. Colleen McCullough

    in 1937

    1 moment here

    Australian novelist and neurophysiologist best known for The Thorn Birds. Born in Wellington, New South Wales, she worked in Sydney, London, and New…

  12. Deng Xiaoping

    in 1937

    1 moment here

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

  13. Doris Lessing

    in 1937

    1 moment here

    British novelist Doris May Lessing was born in Kermanshah, Iran, grew up in Southern Rhodesia, and moved to London in 1949.…

  14. Édith Piaf

    in 1937

    2 moments here

    French singer and lyricist Édith Giovanna Gassion, known as Édith Piaf, rose from street performance in Paris to international prominence in chanson…

  15. Eleanor Roosevelt

    in 1937

    1 moment here

    American political figure, diplomat, activist, and First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945.…

  16. Ernest Hemingway

    in 1937

    4 moments here

    American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. Hemingway’s documented movements ranged from Illinois and Michigan to Italy in World War I,…

  17. Ernest Rutherford

    in 1937

    2 moments here

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

  18. Errol Flynn

    in 1937

    1 moment here

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

  19. Federico Fellini

    in 1937

    1 moment here

    Italian film director and screenwriter whose career developed from caricature and comic writing in Rimini and Rome into internationally influential…

  20. Franklin Delano Roosevelt

    in 1937

    2 moments here

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

  21. Frank Lloyd Wright

    in 1937

    1 moment here

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

  22. Gabriela Mistral

    in 1937

    3 moments here

    Chilean poet, educator, journalist, and diplomat born Lucila Godoy Alcayaga. Mistral taught across Chile, worked on Mexican educational reform,…

  23. Gabriel García Márquez

    in 1937

    2 moments here

    Colombian novelist, journalist, screenwriter, and Nobel laureate whose life moved between Colombia, Europe, Cuba, the United States, Mexico, and…

  24. George H. W. Bush

    in 1937

    1 moment here

    George Herbert Walker Bush was an American naval aviator, oil executive, congressman, diplomat, director of central intelligence, vice president, and…

Moments

  1. 1937 Begins art classes at Holmes School Andy Warhol
  2. 1937 Schooling in Elham Audrey Hepburn
  3. 1937 Return to LSE lecturing Bertrand Russell
  4. 1937 European journey: Berlin Claude Simon
  5. 1937 European journey: Moscow Claude Simon
  6. 1937 European journey: Odessa Claude Simon
  7. 1937 European journey: Warsaw Claude Simon
  8. 1937 Return journey through Arezzo Claude Simon
  9. 1937 Return journey through Greece Claude Simon
  10. 1937 Return journey through Istanbul Claude Simon
  11. 1937 Telephone operator in Salisbury Doris Lessing
  12. 1937 Writing in bombarded Madrid Ernest Hemingway
  13. 1937 Spanish Civil War correspondence Errol Flynn
  14. 1937 Febo portrait shop Federico Fellini
  15. 1937 Honorary membership in São Paulo Gabriela Mistral
  16. 1937 Temporary residence in Buenos Aires Gabriela Mistral
  17. 1937 Family move through Barranquilla Gabriel García Márquez
  18. 1937 Family residence in Sucre Gabriel García Márquez
  19. 1937 Phillips Academy student George H. W. Bush
  20. 1937 Evacuation through Sietamo and treatment at Lleida George Orwell
  21. 1937 Militia position at Alcubierre George Orwell
  22. 1937 Michigan Law summer study Gerald Ford
  23. 1937 Judgement Day at the Strand Theatre Glynis Johns
  24. 1937 Medical degree at Meharry Hastings Banda
  25. 1937 Somerville College studies Indira Gandhi
  26. 1937 University studies and student theatre Ingmar Bergman
  27. 1937 Teaching in Paris before the war Jean-Paul Sartre
  28. 1937 Transit through Xi'an Jiang Qing
  29. 1937 Convalescence at Ruthin Castle John Maynard Keynes
  30. 1937 Work at Miguel Cané Municipal Library Jorge Luis Borges
  31. 1937 Semmering tournament José Raúl Capablanca
  32. 1937 Director of the National Physical Laboratory Lawrence Bragg
  33. 1937 Arrival at Tampico Leon Trotsky
  34. 1937 Residence at La Casa Azul Leon Trotsky
  35. 1937 Head of theoretical division in Moscow Lev Landau
  36. 1937 Mao in Yan'an Mao Zedong
  37. 1937 Enrolls at Healdtown Nelson Mandela
  38. 1937 Order of the White Lion ceremony Nikola Tesla
  39. 1937 Return to Paris Pablo Neruda
  40. 1937 Teacher assignment in Mungyeong Park Chung Hee
  41. 1937 Law practice in Whittier Richard Nixon
  42. 1937 Ophelia at Elsinore Vivien Leigh
  43. 1937 Return to Hefei during war Yang Chen-Ning
  44. 1937 Childhood residence in the Mughrabi Quarter Yasser Arafat
  45. 1937 Kadoorie Agricultural High School Yitzhak Rabin
  46. 1937 Bobino engagement Édith Piaf
  47. 1937 Birth in Oujda Abdelaziz Bouteflika
  48. 1937 First world-flight attempt departure Amelia Earhart
  49. 1937 Luke Field crash Amelia Earhart
  50. 1937 First ABC music-hall appearance Édith Piaf

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