Historical figures in 1939

The atlas holds 74 people and 121 moments here, in 1939. The most recorded lives are Adolf Hitler, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Hideki Yukawa. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Artists.

Notable people

  1. Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

    in 1939

    1 moment here

    Malaysian civil servant and politician who served as Malaysia’s fifth prime minister from 2003 to 2009.…

  2. Ada Yonath

    in 1939

    1 moment here

    Israeli crystallographer whose work on ribosome structure and function earned her a share of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.…

  3. Adolf Hitler

    in 1939

    10 moments here

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

  4. Alan Turing

    in 1939

    3 moments here

    English mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst, and computing pioneer. Turing studied at Cambridge and Princeton, worked at Bletchley Park during the…

  5. Albert Einstein

    in 1939

    1 moment here

    German-born theoretical physicist who transformed modern physics through special and general relativity, foundational work on quantum theory, and…

  6. Alexander Prokhorov

    in 1939

    1 moment here

    Alexander Mikhailovich Prokhorov was an Australian-born Soviet and Russian physicist whose work in quantum electronics helped lead to the maser and…

  7. Alfred Hitchcock

    in 1939

    1 moment here

    English filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock (1899–1980), known as the “Master of Suspense,” worked in British cinema before relocating to Hollywood in 1939.…

  8. Ali Khamenei

    in 1939

    1 moment here

    Iranian Shia cleric and politician who was president of Iran from 1981 to 1989 and supreme leader from 1989 until his death in 2026.…

  9. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

    in 1939

    1 moment here

    French writer and aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900–1944) pioneered airmail flying in Europe, Africa, and South America, wrote works including…

  10. Atal Bihari Vajpayee

    in 1939

    1 moment here

    Indian statesman, poet, journalist and Bharatiya Janata Party leader who served as India’s prime minister in 1996 and from 1998 to 2004.…

  11. Audrey Hepburn

    in 1939

    1 moment here

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

  12. Augusto Pinochet

    in 1939

    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…

  13. Aung San

    in 1939

    1 moment here

    Burmese independence leader, political organizer, and military commander. Aung San helped found the Burma Independence Army, led the anti-Japanese…

  14. Bertrand Russell

    in 1939

    1 moment here

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

  15. Bob Hawke

    in 1939

    1 moment here

    Australian trade-union leader and Labor politician who served as Australia’s 23rd prime minister from 1983 to 1991.…

  16. B. R. Ambedkar

    in 1939

    2 moments here

    Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar was an Indian jurist, economist, social reformer, politician, principal architect of India’s Constitution, and a leading…

  17. Carl Sagan

    in 1939

    1 moment here

    American astronomer, planetary scientist, educator, author, and science communicator. Sagan studied at the University of Chicago, held appointments…

  18. Charles de Gaulle

    in 1939

    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…

  19. Claude Simon

    in 1939

    1 moment here

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

  20. Edmund Hillary

    in 1939

    1 moment here

    New Zealand mountaineer, explorer, diplomat, and philanthropist. Hillary became internationally known after reaching Mount Everest’s summit with…

  21. Eisaku Satō

    in 1939

    1 moment here

    Japanese politician and prime minister of Japan from 1964 to 1972. A former railway bureaucrat, Satō led Japan during rapid economic growth, pursued…

  22. Elizabeth II

    in 1939

    3 moments here

    Elizabeth II was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death.…

  23. Elizabeth Taylor

    in 1939

    1 moment here

    British-American actress and HIV/AIDS activist. Born in London, Taylor moved to Southern California in 1939, became a major Hollywood star, worked…

  24. Enrico Fermi

    in 1939

    2 moments here

    Italian and naturalized-American physicist whose documented movements trace a path from Rome and Pisa through European study in Göttingen and Leiden,…

Moments

  1. 1939 Return to Cambridge Alan Turing
  2. 1939 Move to the Lebedev Physical Institute Alexander Prokhorov
  3. 1939 Reconnaissance posting at Orconte Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
  4. 1939 RSS volunteer in Gwalior Atal Bihari Vajpayee
  5. 1939 Return to Arnhem during wartime Audrey Hepburn
  6. 1939 Maipo Regiment posting Augusto Pinochet
  7. 1939 Arrest at Shwedagon Pagoda headquarters Aung San
  8. 1939 Professor at UCLA Bertrand Russell
  9. 1939 Family relocation to Perth Bob Hawke
  10. 1939 Gokhale Institute lecture B. R. Ambedkar
  11. 1939 1939 New York World's Fair visit Carl Sagan
  12. 1939 First major climb: Mount Ollivier Edmund Hillary
  13. 1939 Railroad-construction assignment in China Eisaku Satō
  14. 1939 Wartime stay at Balmoral Elizabeth II
  15. 1939 Emigration arrival in New York Enrico Fermi
  16. 1939 First U.S. fission experiment Enrico Fermi
  17. 1939 Finca Vigía tenancy Ernest Hemingway
  18. 1939 Hotel Ambos Mundos residence Ernest Hemingway
  19. 1939 Arrival and residence in Dublin Erwin Schrödinger
  20. 1939 Paris exhibition trip Frida Kahlo
  21. 1939 Return to La Casa Azul Frida Kahlo
  22. 1939 Return voyage to New York Frida Kahlo
  23. 1939 Chilean consul in Nice Gabriela Mistral
  24. 1939 Departure from San Francisco Hideki Yukawa
  25. 1939 Disembarkation in New York Hideki Yukawa
  26. 1939 Visit to Princeton University Hideki Yukawa
  27. 1939 Bachelor's degree at Columbia Isaac Asimov
  28. 1939 Visit to China before World War II Jawaharlal Nehru
  29. 1939 Marriage to Brian Aherne Joan Fontaine
  30. 1939 Doctoral research with Robert Robinson John Cornforth
  31. 1939 Observed prewar Berlin John F. Kennedy
  32. 1939 Chess Olympiad José Raúl Capablanca
  33. 1939 Mountain-warfare study Juan Perón
  34. 1939 Semester at the University of Turin Juan Perón
  35. 1939 Krasnoyarsk territorial committee appointment Konstantin Chernenko
  36. 1939 Bachelor's degree at Lincoln Kwame Nkrumah
  37. 1939 Studies at the University of Pennsylvania Kwame Nkrumah
  38. 1939 Gatuyaini village school Mwai Kibaki
  39. 1939 Studies at Fort Hare Nelson Mandela
  40. 1939 Washington Conference on Theoretical Physics Niels Bohr
  41. 1939 Work at Encinitas Hermitage Paramahansa Yogananda
  42. 1939 Adoption journey in Ireland P. L. Travers
  43. 1939 Minor-seminary enrollment Pope Benedict XVI
  44. 1939 Lays foundation of Mahajati Sadan Rabindranath Tagore
  45. 1939 Family move to Unley Robin Warren
  46. 1939 Meeting with Ambassador Bullitt during the Danzig crisis Saint-John Perse
  47. 1939 Vice-chancellor at Banaras Hindu University Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
  48. 1939 Teaching at Lycée Camille-Sée Simone de Beauvoir
  49. 1939 Teaching at Lycée Henri-IV Simone de Beauvoir
  50. 1939 Bar examination in London Tunku Abdul Rahman

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