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. George Orwell

    in 1937

    4 moments here

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

  2. Gerald Ford

    in 1937

    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…

  3. Glynis Johns

    in 1937

    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.…

  4. Hastings Banda

    in 1937

    1 moment here

    Hastings Kamuzu Banda was a Malawian physician and politician who led Nyasaland to independence and served as Malawi's prime minister and first…

  5. Helen Keller

    in 1937

    4 moments here

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

  6. H. G. Wells

    in 1937

    1 moment here

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

  7. Indira Gandhi

    in 1937

    1 moment here

    Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi was an Indian stateswoman who served as prime minister from 1966 to 1977 and from 1980 until her assassination in 1984.…

  8. Ingmar Bergman

    in 1937

    1 moment here

    Swedish filmmaker, screenwriter, theatre director, theatre manager and author. Bergman’s career moved between Stockholm’s student and professional…

  9. Jawaharlal Nehru

    in 1937

    1 moment here

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

  10. Jean-Paul Sartre

    in 1937

    1 moment here

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

  11. Jiang Qing

    in 1937

    3 moments here

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

  12. John Eccles

    in 1937

    1 moment here

    Australian neurophysiologist and philosopher John Carew Eccles (1903–1997) was a Nobel laureate noted for research on synaptic transmission.…

  13. John Maynard Keynes

    in 1937

    1 moment here

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

  14. Jorge Luis Borges

    in 1937

    1 moment here

    Argentine writer, poet, essayist, translator, lecturer, librarian, and critic. Borges was born in Buenos Aires, lived in Switzerland and Spain during…

  15. José Raúl Capablanca

    in 1937

    1 moment here

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

  16. Kim Il Sung

    in 1937

    1 moment here

    Kim Il Sung (born Kim Song Ju) was a Korean communist guerrilla leader, North Korean political leader, and founder of the Democratic People’s…

  17. Lawrence Bragg

    in 1937

    1 moment here

    Australian-born British physicist and X-ray crystallographer. Bragg shared the 1915 Nobel Prize in Physics with his father, William Henry Bragg, for…

  18. Leon Trotsky

    in 1937

    2 moments here

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

  19. Lev Landau

    in 1937

    1 moment here

    Soviet theoretical physicist Lev Davidovich Landau was born in Baku, educated in Baku and Leningrad, and undertook formative research travel in…

  20. Manmohan Singh

    in 1937

    1 moment here

    Indian economist, academic, civil servant, finance minister and prime minister of India from 2004 to 2014.…

  21. Mao Zedong

    in 1937

    1 moment here

    Chinese communist revolutionary and political leader who led the Chinese Communist Party and founded the People’s Republic of China.…

  22. Mother Teresa

    in 1937

    1 moment here

    Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, known as Mother Teresa or Saint Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian-Indian Catholic nun.…

  23. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

    in 1937

    6 moments here

    Ottoman officer, Turkish field marshal, revolutionary statesman, founder of the Republic of Turkey, and its first president.…

  24. Nelson Mandela

    in 1937

    1 moment here

    South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, lawyer and statesman. Mandela helped lead the African National Congress, co-founded its armed wing,…

Moments

  1. 1937 Arrival in Spain as war correspondent Ernest Hemingway
  2. 1937 Coronation ball with Errol Flynn Olivia de Havilland
  3. 1937 Attends Cubs training on Catalina Ronald Reagan
  4. 1937 Visits Ordensburg Vogelsang Adolf Hitler
  5. 1937 Return to Barcelona during May Days George Orwell
  6. 1937 First visit to Japan Helen Keller
  7. 1937 Journey through Korea Helen Keller
  8. 1937 Journey through Manchuria Helen Keller
  9. 1937 Primary schooling in Gah Manmohan Singh
  10. 1937 Birth in Al-Awja Saddam Hussein
  11. 1937 Third United States journey Thomas Mann
  12. 1937 Second world-flight attempt: Burbank Amelia Earhart
  13. 1937 Second world-flight attempt: Miami arrival Amelia Earhart
  14. 1937 Second world-flight attempt: New Orleans Amelia Earhart
  15. 1937 Second world-flight attempt: Tucson Amelia Earhart
  16. 1937 Westmoreland Homesteads visit Eleanor Roosevelt
  17. 1937 Solemn vows at Loreto school Mother Teresa
  18. 1937 Paints Guernica at Grands-Augustins Pablo Picasso
  19. 1937 Visits Regensburg Adolf Hitler
  20. 1937 Arrival at Lae Amelia Earhart
  21. 1937 Departure from Miami Amelia Earhart
  22. 1937 Return to Bandung for repairs Amelia Earhart
  23. 1937 Second departure for Surabaya Amelia Earhart
  24. 1937 Second world-flight attempt: Akyab Amelia Earhart
  25. 1937 Second world-flight attempt: Assab Amelia Earhart
  26. 1937 Second world-flight attempt: Bandung Amelia Earhart
  27. 1937 Second world-flight attempt: Bangkok Amelia Earhart
  28. 1937 Second world-flight attempt: Calcutta Amelia Earhart
  29. 1937 Second world-flight attempt: Caripito Amelia Earhart
  30. 1937 Second world-flight attempt: Dakar Amelia Earhart
  31. 1937 Second world-flight attempt: Darwin Amelia Earhart
  32. 1937 Second world-flight attempt: El Fasher Amelia Earhart
  33. 1937 Second world-flight attempt: Fortaleza Amelia Earhart
  34. 1937 Second world-flight attempt: Fort-Lamy Amelia Earhart
  35. 1937 Second world-flight attempt: Gao Amelia Earhart
  36. 1937 Second world-flight attempt: Karachi Amelia Earhart
  37. 1937 Second world-flight attempt: Khartoum Amelia Earhart
  38. 1937 Second world-flight attempt: Koepang Amelia Earhart
  39. 1937 Second world-flight attempt: Massawa Amelia Earhart
  40. 1937 Second world-flight attempt: Natal Amelia Earhart
  41. 1937 Second world-flight attempt: Paramaribo Amelia Earhart
  42. 1937 Second world-flight attempt: Rangoon Amelia Earhart
  43. 1937 Second world-flight attempt: Saint-Louis Amelia Earhart
  44. 1937 Second world-flight attempt: San Juan Amelia Earhart
  45. 1937 Second world-flight attempt: Singapore Amelia Earhart
  46. 1937 Second world-flight attempt: Surabaya Amelia Earhart
  47. 1937 Birth in Wellington Colleen McCullough
  48. 1937 Convalescence at Greenwich George Orwell
  49. 1937 Visit to Akita Prefecture Helen Keller
  50. 1937 Raid on Pochonbo Kim Il Sung

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