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
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
in 1939
1 moment here
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919–1980) was the last shah of Iran, reigning from 1941 until the Iranian Revolution of 1979.…
Mwai Kibaki
in 1939
1 moment here
Kenyan economist and politician who served as Kenya’s third president from 2002 to 2013. This chronology records documented physical presence from…
Nelson Mandela
in 1939
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South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, lawyer and statesman. Mandela helped lead the African National Congress, co-founded its armed wing,…
Niels Bohr
in 1939
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Danish theoretical physicist whose work on atomic structure and quantum theory earned the 1922 Nobel Prize in Physics.…
Nikita Khrushchev
in 1939
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Soviet Communist Party leader and chairman of the Council of Ministers. Khrushchev rose from industrial work in the Donbas through party posts in…
Olivia de Havilland
in 1939
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Olivia de Havilland was a British-American-French actress whose career ranged from California community theatre and Warner Bros.…
Pablo Picasso
in 1939
1 moment here
Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and co-founder of Cubism. Born in Málaga, Picasso trained in A Coruña, Barcelona, and Madrid…
Paramahansa Yogananda
in 1939
1 moment here
Indian and American Hindu monk, yogi, teacher, and founder of Self-Realization Fellowship and Yogoda Satsanga Society of India.…
Park Chung Hee
in 1939
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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…
P. L. Travers
in 1939
1 moment here
Pamela Lyndon Travers, born Helen Lyndon Goff, was an Australian-British writer, actress, journalist, and creator of the Mary Poppins books.…
Pope Benedict XVI
in 1939
1 moment here
Joseph Alois Ratzinger (1927–2022), Pope Benedict XVI, was a German Catholic theologian, archbishop, cardinal, prefect of the Congregation for the…
Rabindranath Tagore
in 1939
2 moments here
Bengali poet, novelist, dramatist, composer, painter, philosopher, social reformer, and educationist.…
Robin Warren
in 1939
1 moment here
Australian pathologist whose observations of curved bacteria in gastric biopsies and subsequent collaboration with Barry Marshall transformed…
Saint-John Perse
in 1939
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Saint-John Perse was the pen name of Alexis Léger, a French poet and diplomat. Born in Guadeloupe, he spent formative years in Pau and Bordeaux,…
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
in 1939
1 moment here
Indian philosopher, academic, diplomat, and statesman. Radhakrishnan taught at leading Indian and British universities, served as vice-chancellor of…
Sergei Rachmaninoff
in 1939
3 moments here
Russian composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor. Born in the Novgorod Governorate of the Russian Empire, he studied and worked chiefly in Saint…
Sigmund Freud
in 1939
1 moment here
Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis. This chronology traces documented locations from his Moravian birthplace and Viennese education…
Simone de Beauvoir
in 1939
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French existentialist philosopher, writer, social theorist, and feminist activist. Born and died in Paris, Beauvoir studied philosophy in Paris,…
Syngman Rhee
in 1939
1 moment here
Syngman Rhee was a Korean independence activist and the first president of the Republic of Korea, serving from 1948 until his resignation in 1960.…
Tina Turner
in 1939
1 moment here
Tina Turner (Anna Mae Bullock) was an American-born Swiss singer, songwriter, actress, and author.…
Tunku Abdul Rahman
in 1939
2 moments here
Malaysian statesman, UMNO leader, chief minister of the Federation of Malaya, and first prime minister of Malaya and Malaysia.…
Vivien Leigh
in 1939
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British actress Vivien Leigh (born Vivian Mary Hartley) was acclaimed for stage work and for Academy Award-winning performances as Scarlett O'Hara in…
Walt Disney
in 1939
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Walter Elias Disney was an American animator, film producer, voice actor, and entrepreneur. His documented movements include childhood residences in…
Winston Churchill
in 1939
1 moment here
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874–1965) was a British soldier, journalist, author and statesman whose career ranged from imperial campaigns in…
Moments
- 1939 Returned to wartime London John F. Kennedy
- 1939 Wartime residence at Storrington Jomo Kenyatta
- 1939 Birth in Miharu Junko Tabei
- 1939 Soviet invasion of eastern Poland Nikita Khrushchev
- 1939 Takes refuge in Royan Pablo Picasso
- 1939 Dies at Maresfield Gardens Sigmund Freud
- 1939 Attends victory parade in Warsaw Adolf Hitler
- 1939 Return to Yokohama Hideki Yukawa
- 1939 Harvard Norton Lectures Igor Stravinsky
- 1939 Birth at Kampung Perlis Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
- 1939 Leaves Bürgerbräukeller before Elser bomb Adolf Hitler
- 1939 Day of Deliverance address B. R. Ambedkar
- 1939 Speaks at presidential-library cornerstone Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- 1939 Philadelphia Orchestra concerts in New York Sergei Rachmaninoff
- 1939 Move to Washington Syngman Rhee
- 1939 Birth in Brownsville Tina Turner
- 1939 Visits BEF headquarters in France Winston Churchill
- 1939 Hut 8 naval Enigma work Alan Turing
- 1939 Moved to Sandringham Elizabeth II
- 1939 New York premiere of Gone with the Wind Olivia de Havilland
- 1939 Move to the Burbank studio Walt Disney