Historical figures in 1941

The atlas holds 76 people and 107 moments here, in 1941. The most recorded lives are Adolf Hitler, Walt Disney and Aung San. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Military Leaders.

Notable people

  1. Adolf Hitler

    in 1941

    7 moments here

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

  2. Agatha Christie

    in 1941

    2 moments here

    English novelist, playwright, and memoirist, internationally known for detective fiction featuring Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple.…

  3. Ahmed Sékou Touré

    in 1941

    1 moment here

    Guinean nationalist, trade-union leader, and Guinea’s first president, serving from independence in 1958 until his death in 1984.…

  4. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

    in 1941

    1 moment here

    Soviet and Russian novelist, essayist, historian, dissident, and Nobel laureate whose writings on Soviet political repression and the Gulag made him…

  5. Allan MacLeod Cormack

    in 1941

    1 moment here

    South African-born American physicist and academic whose mathematical work helped establish computed tomography.…

  6. Anne Frank

    in 1941

    1 moment here

    Anne Frank was a German-born Jewish diarist whose writing from hiding in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam became The Diary of a Young Girl.…

  7. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

    in 1941

    2 moments here

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

  8. Aung San

    in 1941

    4 moments here

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

  9. Bertrand Russell

    in 1941

    1 moment here

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

  10. Bruce Lee

    in 1941

    1 moment here

    Bruce Lee (Lee Jun-fan) was a Hong Kong and American martial artist, actor, filmmaker, and founder of Jeet Kune Do.…

  11. Cesária Évora

    in 1941

    1 moment here

    Cape Verdean singer celebrated internationally for morna and coladeira, known as the “Barefoot Diva.” Born and long associated with Mindelo on São…

  12. Chiang Kai-shek

    in 1941

    1 moment here

    Chinese military commander, revolutionary, and statesman. Chiang Kai-shek led the Nationalist government of China through the Northern Expedition,…

  13. Desmond Tutu

    in 1941

    1 moment here

    South African Anglican bishop, theologian, anti-apartheid activist, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Archbishop of Cape Town, and chair of South Africa’s…

  14. Dwight D. Eisenhower

    in 1941

    2 moments here

    Dwight D. Eisenhower was a United States Army officer, Supreme Allied Commander in Europe during World War II, and the 34th president of the United…

  15. Eleanor Roosevelt

    in 1941

    1 moment here

    American political figure, diplomat, activist, and First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945.…

  16. Ernest Hemingway

    in 1941

    2 moments here

    American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. Hemingway’s documented movements ranged from Illinois and Michigan to Italy in World War I,…

  17. Erwin Schrödinger

    in 1941

    1 moment here

    Austrian-Irish theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate whose work on wave mechanics and the Schrödinger equation became foundational to quantum…

  18. Franklin Delano Roosevelt

    in 1941

    1 moment here

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

  19. Gabriela Mistral

    in 1941

    1 moment here

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

  20. Gamal Abdel Nasser

    in 1941

    1 moment here

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

  21. George Orwell

    in 1941

    1 moment here

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

  22. Gerald Ford

    in 1941

    1 moment here

    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…

  23. Glynis Johns

    in 1941

    1 moment here

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

  24. Haile Selassie

    in 1941

    2 moments here

    Haile Selassie I (born Tafari Makonnen) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 until his deposition in 1974.…

Moments

  1. 1941 Moved into Isokon Flats Agatha Christie
  2. 1941 Worked in University College Hospital pharmacy Agatha Christie
  3. 1941 Postal-clerk work Ahmed Sékou Touré
  4. 1941 Final examinations interrupted by war Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
  5. 1941 Matriculation from Rondebosch Boys' High School Allan MacLeod Cormack
  6. 1941 Central Park South residence Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
  7. 1941 National Book Award luncheon Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
  8. 1941 Lecturing at the Barnes Foundation Bertrand Russell
  9. 1941 Meeting with Ma Mingren Chiang Kai-shek
  10. 1941 Schooling in Johannesburg Desmond Tutu
  11. 1941 U-boat patrols from Cuba Ernest Hemingway
  12. 1941 Transfer to Petrópolis as consul Gabriela Mistral
  13. 1941 Army posting in Khartoum Gamal Abdel Nasser
  14. 1941 Return across the Sudan-Ethiopia border Haile Selassie
  15. 1941 Medical practice in North Shields Hastings Banda
  16. 1941 Scottish medical qualification Hastings Banda
  17. 1941 Return to Vietnam to lead the Việt Minh Ho Chi Minh
  18. 1941 Meeting at New Haven Howard Florey
  19. 1941 Residence in West Hollywood Igor Stravinsky
  20. 1941 Return to England Indira Gandhi
  21. 1941 Return to India from Britain Indira Gandhi
  22. 1941 Master's degree at Columbia Isaac Asimov
  23. 1941 Agriculture student at the University of Turin Italo Calvino
  24. 1941 Death after ulcer surgery James Joyce
  25. 1941 Returned to teaching and settled at Hotel Mistral Jean-Paul Sartre
  26. 1941 Wartime residence in Ojai Jiddu Krishnamurti
  27. 1941 Georgia Southwestern engineering coursework Jimmy Carter
  28. 1941 Police surveillance in Salvador Jorge Amado
  29. 1941 Research journey in Argentina Jorge Amado
  30. 1941 Research journey in Uruguay Jorge Amado
  31. 1941 Getúlio Vargas Grand Prix Juan Manuel Fangio
  32. 1941 Army skiing instructor Juan Perón
  33. 1941 Residence in Bel Air Judy Garland
  34. 1941 First meeting with Spencer Tracy at MGM Katharine Hepburn
  35. 1941 Training at Munali Kenneth Kaunda
  36. 1941 Move to Vichy Le Corbusier
  37. 1941 Reprisal commando in the Landes Léopold Sédar Senghor
  38. 1941 Imprisonment in Son La Lê Đức Thọ
  39. 1941 Charles Mackay Lecture Macfarlane Burnet
  40. 1941 Sent to Shattuck Military Academy Marlon Brando
  41. 1941 Lives in Alexandra Nelson Mandela
  42. 1941 Ballistics work at Frankford Arsenal Richard Feynman
  43. 1941 Teacher training at Kutama College Robert Mugabe
  44. 1941 Lives on Cordell Drive Ronald Reagan
  45. 1941 Work at Maxwell Air Force Base Rosa Parks
  46. 1941 Residence in Georgetown Saint-John Perse
  47. 1941 Writing Exile on Long Beach Island Saint-John Perse
  48. 1941 Recording at the Philadelphia Academy of Music Sergei Rachmaninoff
  49. 1941 William Howard Taft High School student Stanley Kubrick
  50. 1941 Stationing at Yokaichi Toshiro Mifune

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