Historical figures in 1940

The atlas holds 82 people and 139 moments here, in 1940. The most recorded lives are Charles de Gaulle, Adolf Hitler and Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Performers.

Notable people

  1. Federico Fellini

    in 1940

    1 moment here

    Italian film director and screenwriter whose career developed from caricature and comic writing in Rimini and Rome into internationally influential…

  2. Franklin Delano Roosevelt

    in 1940

    6 moments here

    Franklin Delano Roosevelt was an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as New York state senator, assistant secretary of the Navy,…

  3. Frank Lloyd Wright

    in 1940

    1 moment here

    American architect, designer, writer, and educator whose career spanned more than seven decades.…

  4. Frida Kahlo

    in 1940

    1 moment here

    Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón) was born in Coyoacán and spent much of her life in Mexico City.…

  5. Gabriela Mistral

    in 1940

    1 moment here

    Chilean poet, educator, journalist, and diplomat born Lucila Godoy Alcayaga. Mistral taught across Chile, worked on Mexican educational reform,…

  6. Gabriel García Márquez

    in 1940

    1 moment here

    Colombian novelist, journalist, screenwriter, and Nobel laureate whose life moved between Colombia, Europe, Cuba, the United States, Mexico, and…

  7. George Orwell

    in 1940

    2 moments here

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

  8. Henri Matisse

    in 1940

    2 moments here

    French painter, sculptor, draughtsman, printmaker, and major figure of modern art. Born in Le Cateau-Cambresis, Matisse trained and worked…

  9. Herbert Hoover

    in 1940

    1 moment here

    Herbert Clark Hoover was an American mining engineer, international relief administrator, U.S.…

  10. Ho Chi Minh

    in 1940

    1 moment here

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

  11. Idi Amin

    in 1940

    2 moments here

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

  12. Igor Stravinsky

    in 1940

    2 moments here

    Russian-born composer, conductor, and pianist who became a French citizen in 1934 and an American citizen in 1945.…

  13. Indira Gandhi

    in 1940

    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.…

  14. Ingmar Bergman

    in 1940

    1 moment here

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

  15. Italo Calvino

    in 1940

    1 moment here

    Italian novelist, short-story writer, editor, journalist, and member of Oulipo. Born in Cuba, raised chiefly in Sanremo, and active across Italy,…

  16. James Joyce

    in 1940

    1 moment here

    Irish novelist, poet, and critic whose life moved between Dublin, continental Europe, and Switzerland.…

  17. Jawaharlal Nehru

    in 1940

    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…

  18. Jean-Paul Sartre

    in 1940

    3 moments here

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

  19. John Eccles

    in 1940

    1 moment here

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

  20. John F. Kennedy

    in 1940

    1 moment here

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

  21. John Lennon

    in 1940

    1 moment here

    English musician, songwriter, artist and peace activist; co-founder of the Beatles. This chronology records documented physical presence at…

  22. John Maynard Keynes

    in 1940

    1 moment here

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

  23. John Steinbeck

    in 1940

    1 moment here

    American novelist, journalist, and war correspondent whose life and work ranged from California’s Salinas Valley and Monterey Peninsula to wartime…

  24. Jomo Kenyatta

    in 1940

    1 moment here

    Jomo Kenyatta (c. 1897–1978) was a Kenyan anti-colonial activist and politician who became Kenya’s first prime minister in 1963 and first president…

Moments

  1. 1940 Talk to Rodmell Women's Institute Virginia Woolf
  2. 1940 Lived at Royal Lodge Elizabeth II
  3. 1940 Meets Panama's president during vacation Franklin Delano Roosevelt
  4. 1940 Writing Trotsky's Testament Leon Trotsky
  5. 1940 Birth in Salvador Astrud Gilberto
  6. 1940 Indian National Congress assembly Aung San
  7. 1940 Marriage to Vera in Bedford Igor Stravinsky
  8. 1940 Lahore Resolution session Muhammad Ali Jinnah
  9. 1940 Death at Mårbacka Selma Lagerlöf
  10. 1940 Birth in Ihithe Wangarĩ Maathai
  11. 1940 Memorial service at Mount Kurama Yosano Akiko
  12. 1940 Attack at Abbeville Charles de Gaulle
  13. 1940 Counterattack at Montcornet Charles de Gaulle
  14. 1940 Advance into Belgium Claude Simon
  15. 1940 Capture and imprisonment at Stalag IV-B Claude Simon
  16. 1940 Crossing of the Meuse Claude Simon
  17. 1940 Relocated to Windsor Castle Elizabeth II
  18. 1940 Flat at Dorset Chambers George Orwell
  19. 1940 Burning Foreign Office records Saint-John Perse
  20. 1940 Departure from Hanoi for China Võ Nguyên Giáp
  21. 1940 Exile in China Võ Nguyên Giáp
  22. 1940 Return to Chongqing Zhou Enlai
  23. 1940 At Compiègne armistice ceremony Adolf Hitler
  24. 1940 Tours Paris Adolf Hitler
  25. 1940 Visits old regiment area near Fromelles Adolf Hitler
  26. 1940 Visits Strasbourg Cathedral Adolf Hitler
  27. 1940 Reconnaissance mission over Arras Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
  28. 1940 War declaration against Britain and France Benito Mussolini
  29. 1940 Anglo-French conference at Tours Charles de Gaulle
  30. 1940 Anglo-French Supreme War Council at Briare Charles de Gaulle
  31. 1940 First meeting with Churchill Charles de Gaulle
  32. 1940 In Paris as brigadier-general Charles de Gaulle
  33. 1940 Landed at Heston before the Appeal Charles de Gaulle
  34. 1940 Meeting on the Breton redoubt Charles de Gaulle
  35. 1940 Mission from Bordeaux Charles de Gaulle
  36. 1940 Reached Plymouth from Brittany Charles de Gaulle
  37. 1940 Paints Pan American Unity on Treasure Island Diego Rivera
  38. 1940 In Paris during the German invasion Henri Matisse
  39. 1940 Return to Nice under Vichy France Henri Matisse
  40. 1940 Foreign-policy address in Philadelphia Herbert Hoover
  41. 1940 Italian invasion of the French Riviera Italo Calvino
  42. 1940 Capture at La Charité-sur-Loire Léopold Sédar Senghor
  43. 1940 KNIL basic training Suharto
  44. 1940 Free French headquarters at Carlton Gardens Charles de Gaulle
  45. 1940 Treasury wartime adviser John Maynard Keynes
  46. 1940 Beginning of Washington exile Saint-John Perse
  47. 1940 Voyage to Xiamen Aung San
  48. 1940 Tomato-greenhouse work at Lindfield Jomo Kenyatta
  49. 1940 Death in Mexico City Leon Trotsky
  50. 1940 Fatal attack at his Mexico City residence Leon Trotsky

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