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. Nikola Tesla

    in 1937

    1 moment here

    Serbian-American engineer and inventor best known for foundational work on alternating-current power systems, the induction motor, high-frequency…

  2. Octavio Paz

    in 1937

    4 moments here

    Mexican poet, essayist, editor, and diplomat whose international postings and teaching appointments connected Mexico City, the United States, Europe,…

  3. Olivia de Havilland

    in 1937

    1 moment here

    Olivia de Havilland was a British-American-French actress whose career ranged from California community theatre and Warner Bros.…

  4. Pablo Neruda

    in 1937

    1 moment here

    Chilean poet, diplomat, senator, Communist political figure, and 1971 Nobel laureate. Born Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto, he lived and…

  5. Pablo Picasso

    in 1937

    2 moments here

    Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and co-founder of Cubism. Born in Málaga, Picasso trained in A Coruña, Barcelona, and Madrid…

  6. Park Chung Hee

    in 1937

    1 moment here

    Park Chung-hee was a South Korean army officer and politician who led the May 16 coup in 1961 and served as president from 1963 until his…

  7. Richard Nixon

    in 1937

    2 moments here

    Richard Milhous Nixon was an American lawyer, naval officer, congressman, senator, vice president, and the 37th president of the United States.…

  8. Robin Warren

    in 1937

    1 moment here

    Australian pathologist whose observations of curved bacteria in gastric biopsies and subsequent collaboration with Barry Marshall transformed…

  9. Ronald Reagan

    in 1937

    3 moments here

    American broadcaster, actor, labor leader, governor of California, and 40th president of the United States.…

  10. Saddam Hussein

    in 1937

    1 moment here

    Iraqi Ba'athist politician who served as Iraq's president from 1979 until his overthrow in 2003.…

  11. Soong Ching-ling

    in 1937

    1 moment here

    Chinese politician and activist, wife of Sun Yat-sen, leading figure of the Kuomintang’s left wing, and later a senior officeholder of the People’s…

  12. Thomas Mann

    in 1937

    1 moment here

    German novelist, essayist, public intellectual, and 1929 Nobel laureate. Born in Lübeck, he lived principally in Munich before exile from Nazi…

  13. Vivien Leigh

    in 1937

    1 moment here

    British actress Vivien Leigh (born Vivian Mary Hartley) was acclaimed for stage work and for Academy Award-winning performances as Scarlett O'Hara in…

  14. Walt Disney

    in 1937

    1 moment here

    Walter Elias Disney was an American animator, film producer, voice actor, and entrepreneur. His documented movements include childhood residences in…

  15. Yang Chen-Ning

    in 1937

    1 moment here

    Chinese-American theoretical physicist whose work in statistical mechanics, particle physics, gauge theory, and condensed-matter physics included the…

  16. Yasser Arafat

    in 1937

    1 moment here

    Palestinian political leader, founding member of Fatah, chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization from 1969 to 2004, and president of the…

  17. Yasunari Kawabata

    in 1937

    1 moment here

    Japanese novelist and short-story writer, Nobel laureate in Literature in 1968. His documented movements include an Osaka and Ibaraki childhood,…

  18. Yitzhak Rabin

    in 1937

    1 moment here

    Israeli military officer, statesman, prime minister, ambassador, and 1994 Nobel Peace Prize laureate.…

  19. Yun Ch'iho

    in 1937

    1 moment here

    Korean politician, reformer, educator, Christian leader, diarist, and later Japanese colonial collaborator.…

  20. Zhou Enlai

    in 1937

    1 moment here

    Chinese revolutionary, statesman, and diplomat who served as the first premier of the People’s Republic of China from 1949 until his death.…

Moments

  1. 1937 Returns to Trabzon by steamer Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
  2. 1937 Duke University School of Law Richard Nixon
  3. 1937 Birth in North Adelaide Robin Warren
  4. 1937 Lives in Hollywood Ronald Reagan
  5. 1937 Reports to Warner Bros. Ronald Reagan
  6. 1937 Opens House of German Art exhibition Adolf Hitler
  7. 1937 Final departure from Lae Amelia Earhart
  8. 1937 Last documented flight position near Howland Amelia Earhart
  9. 1937 Commanded the 507th Tank Regiment Charles de Gaulle
  10. 1937 Colloquium of Arts and Letters Gabriela Mistral
  11. 1937 Departure from Shanghai for Yan'an Jiang Qing
  12. 1937 Arrival in Paris for the writers' congress journey Octavio Paz
  13. 1937 Second International Writers' Congress in Barcelona Octavio Paz
  14. 1937 Second International Writers' Congress in Madrid Octavio Paz
  15. 1937 Second International Writers' Congress in Valencia Octavio Paz
  16. 1937 Attends the Spanish Pavilion opening Pablo Picasso
  17. 1937 World Brain speech at documentation congress H. G. Wells
  18. 1937 Arrival as Kanematsu Institute director John Eccles
  19. 1937 Observes Thrace maneuvers near Çerkezköy Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
  20. 1937 Observes maneuvers near Neustrelitz Adolf Hitler
  21. 1937 Receives Mussolini in Munich Adolf Hitler
  22. 1937 Tours Essen with Mussolini Adolf Hitler
  23. 1937 Chacabuco Regiment posting Augusto Pinochet
  24. 1937 Official visit to Berlin Benito Mussolini
  25. 1937 Official visit to Munich Benito Mussolini
  26. 1937 Residence in the Wutai Mountains Deng Xiaoping
  27. 1937 Spanish Civil War front at Belchite Ernest Hemingway
  28. 1937 Spanish Civil War front at Teruel Ernest Hemingway
  29. 1937 Meets British Columbia lieutenant governor Franklin Delano Roosevelt
  30. 1937 Karuizawa summer residence Yasunari Kawabata
  31. 1937 Wartime lecture tour in South Pyongan Yun Ch'iho
  32. 1937 Receives Duke and Duchess of Windsor Adolf Hitler
  33. 1937 Death in Cambridge Ernest Rutherford
  34. 1937 Emergency operation in London Ernest Rutherford
  35. 1937 Delivers Quarantine Speech Franklin Delano Roosevelt
  36. 1937 Procession at Peshawar Jawaharlal Nehru
  37. 1937 Arrives in Nazilli on the Aegean maneuver tour Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
  38. 1937 Meets Lord Halifax at Berghof Adolf Hitler
  39. 1937 Visits Messerschmitt factory Adolf Hitler
  40. 1937 Enrollment in Yan'an Jiang Qing
  41. 1937 Inspects Ergani Copper Mine Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
  42. 1937 Reaches Diyarbakır on the eastern railway tour Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
  43. 1937 Visits Pertek Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
  44. 1937 Taliesin West site selection Frank Lloyd Wright
  45. 1937 Move to Hong Kong Soong Ching-ling
  46. 1937 Snow White world premiere Walt Disney
  47. 1937 Wartime liaison work in Wuhan Zhou Enlai

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