Historical figures in 1938

The atlas holds 74 people and 109 moments here, in 1938. The most recorded lives are Gabriela Mistral, Adolf Hitler and Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Educators.

Notable people

  1. Gamal Abdel Nasser

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    1 moment here

    Egyptian army officer, leader of the 1952 Egyptian Revolution, and president of Egypt from 1954 until his death.…

  2. George Orwell

    in 1938

    2 moments here

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

  3. Gerald Ford

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    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…

  4. Getúlio Vargas

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    Brazilian lawyer, military officer, and politician who led Brazil from 1930 to 1945 and again from 1951 until his death in 1954.…

  5. Glynis Johns

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

  6. Golda Meir

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    Golda Meir was an Israeli political leader who served as Israel’s prime minister from 1969 to 1974.…

  7. Hideki Tojo

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    Japanese Imperial Army officer and politician who served as Japan's prime minister from 1941 to 1944.…

  8. Hideki Yukawa

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    Japanese theoretical physicist and the first Japanese Nobel laureate, awarded the 1949 Nobel Prize in Physics for predicting mesons.…

  9. Ho Chi Minh

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    Vietnamese revolutionary and statesman, born Nguyễn Sinh Cung, who led the Việt Minh, proclaimed the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945, and…

  10. Idi Amin

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    1 moment here

    Ugandan army officer and dictator who was president of Uganda from 1971 to 1979. This chronology records documented physical presences from his birth…

  11. I. M. Pei

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    1 moment here

    Ieoh Ming Pei was a Chinese-American architect whose work ranged from U.S. civic and cultural buildings to major projects in China, France, and the…

  12. Isaac Asimov

    in 1938

    1 moment here

    American writer and biochemist best known for science fiction, popular-science writing, and the Foundation and Robot series.…

  13. Islam Karimov

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    1 moment here

    Uzbek political leader who became first secretary of the Communist Party of Uzbekistan in 1989 and served as Uzbekistan’s first president from…

  14. Jawaharlal Nehru

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    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…

  15. Jiang Qing

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    1 moment here

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

  16. John F. Kennedy

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    1 moment here

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

  17. José Raúl Capablanca

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    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,…

  18. Kofi Annan

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    1 moment here

    Ghanaian diplomat and statesman who served as Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006.…

  19. Lawrence Bragg

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    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…

  20. Léopold Sédar Senghor

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    1 moment here

    Senegalese poet, theorist of Négritude, and statesman who became Senegal’s first president in 1960.…

  21. Lev Landau

    in 1938

    1 moment here

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

  22. Ludwig Wittgenstein

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    1 moment here

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

  23. Marlon Brando

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    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.…

  24. Maurice Wilkins

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    1 moment here

    New Zealand-born British physicist and biophysicist whose career ran from solid-state physics and wartime atomic research to X-ray diffraction…

Moments

  1. 1938 History teacher at Thăng Long School Võ Nguyên Giáp
  2. 1938 Arrival and university study in Kunming Yang Chen-Ning
  3. 1938 Flight through Guangzhou Yang Chen-Ning
  4. 1938 Flight through Hanoi Yang Chen-Ning
  5. 1938 Flight through Hong Kong Yang Chen-Ning
  6. 1938 Refuge near Changsha during the fire Zhou Enlai
  7. 1938 Meets Schuschnigg at Obersalzberg Adolf Hitler
  8. 1938 Crash at La Aurora Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
  9. 1938 Exile transferred to Bengkulu Sukarno
  10. 1938 Ceremony at Chōsen Shrine Yun Ch'iho
  11. 1938 Crosses into Austria at Braunau Adolf Hitler
  12. 1938 Speaks on Vienna Heldenplatz Adolf Hitler
  13. 1938 Treatment at Preston Hall Sanatorium George Orwell
  14. 1938 Birth in La Goulette Claudia Cardinale
  15. 1938 Third ABC engagement Édith Piaf
  16. 1938 Doctorate at Osaka Imperial University Hideki Yukawa
  17. 1938 Drama instructor at Lu Xun Academy Jiang Qing
  18. 1938 Birth in Kumasi Kofi Annan
  19. 1938 Imprisonment at Lubyanka Lev Landau
  20. 1938 Death in Lahore Muhammad Iqbal
  21. 1938 Arrives in Rome Adolf Hitler
  22. 1938 Integralista attack at Guanabara Palace Getúlio Vargas
  23. 1938 Recall from Manchuria Hideki Tojo
  24. 1938 First visit to Astounding's publisher Isaac Asimov
  25. 1938 Makes final visit to Adana Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
  26. 1938 Makes final visit to Mersin Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
  27. 1938 Princeton PhD Alan Turing
  28. 1938 First meeting with David O. Selznick Alfred Hitchcock
  29. 1938 First voyage to New York Alfred Hitchcock
  30. 1938 Stop at Alexandria Jawaharlal Nehru
  31. 1938 Visits Erdek aboard Savarona Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
  32. 1938 Arrives in Paris during exile journey Sigmund Freud
  33. 1938 Leaves Vienna under Nazi rule Sigmund Freud
  34. 1938 Reaches London and takes temporary refuge Sigmund Freud
  35. 1938 Honorary doctorate at Columbia University Thomas Mann
  36. 1938 Birth in Miraflores Alberto Fujimori
  37. 1938 Infantry posting at Mankabad Gamal Abdel Nasser
  38. 1938 Évian Conference observer Golda Meir
  39. 1938 Worked at the London embassy John F. Kennedy
  40. 1938 Meets Sigmund Freud Salvador Dalí
  41. 1938 Dedicates Thousand Islands Bridge Franklin Delano Roosevelt
  42. 1938 Meets Panama's president at Balboa Franklin Delano Roosevelt
  43. 1938 Attends Munich Conference Adolf Hitler
  44. 1938 Munich Conference Benito Mussolini
  45. 1938 Guest professorship at Ghent University Erwin Schrödinger
  46. 1938 Recovery residence at Marrakesh George Orwell
  47. 1938 Moves into Maresfield Gardens Sigmund Freud
  48. 1938 Undergoes his final operation in London Sigmund Freud
  49. 1938 Settlement and teaching at Princeton Thomas Mann
  50. 1938 First top billing at L'Européen Édith Piaf

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