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
Hastings Banda
in 1941
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Hastings Kamuzu Banda was a Malawian physician and politician who led Nyasaland to independence and served as Malawi's prime minister and first…
Hideki Tojo
in 1941
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Japanese Imperial Army officer and politician who served as Japan's prime minister from 1941 to 1944.…
Ho Chi Minh
in 1941
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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…
Howard Florey
in 1941
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Australian pharmacologist and pathologist who led the Oxford team that developed penicillin into a practical therapeutic drug.…
Igor Stravinsky
in 1941
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Russian-born composer, conductor, and pianist who became a French citizen in 1934 and an American citizen in 1945.…
Indira Gandhi
in 1941
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Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi was an Indian stateswoman who served as prime minister from 1966 to 1977 and from 1980 until her assassination in 1984.…
Isaac Asimov
in 1941
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American writer and biochemist best known for science fiction, popular-science writing, and the Foundation and Robot series.…
Italo Calvino
in 1941
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Italian novelist, short-story writer, editor, journalist, and member of Oulipo. Born in Cuba, raised chiefly in Sanremo, and active across Italy,…
James Joyce
in 1941
1 moment here
Irish novelist, poet, and critic whose life moved between Dublin, continental Europe, and Switzerland.…
Jean-Paul Sartre
in 1941
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French philosopher, writer, and political activist associated with existentialism. His documented movements include education and teaching across…
Jiddu Krishnamurti
in 1941
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Indian philosopher, speaker, and writer. Raised within the Theosophical Society, he became head of the Order of the Star in the East, dissolved it at…
Jimmy Carter
in 1941
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James Earl Carter Jr. was an American naval officer, Georgia state senator and governor, the 39th president of the United States, and a…
John F. Kennedy
in 1941
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy was an American naval officer, journalist, congressman, senator, and the 35th president of the United States.…
John Maynard Keynes
in 1941
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English economist, civil servant, Cambridge fellow, and British international negotiator whose work shaped modern macroeconomics.…
Jorge Amado
in 1941
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Brazilian modernist writer, journalist, and Communist politician whose life moved between Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, South America, Europe,…
Juan Manuel Fangio
in 1941
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Argentine racing driver Juan Manuel Fangio was a five-time Formula One World Drivers’ Champion.…
Juan Perón
in 1941
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Juan Domingo Perón was an Argentine army officer and politician who served as president of Argentina from 1946 to 1955 and again from 1973 until his…
Judy Garland
in 1941
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American actress, singer, and vaudevillian, born Frances Ethel Gumm. Garland rose from childhood vaudeville and MGM musical films to become a major…
Katharine Hepburn
in 1941
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American stage, film, and television actress whose career ran from 1928 to 1995. Hepburn was born in Hartford, Connecticut, educated at Bryn Mawr…
Kenneth Kaunda
in 1941
1 moment here
Zambian teacher, nationalist leader, and first president of independent Zambia, serving from 1964 to 1991.…
Le Corbusier
in 1941
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Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, known as Le Corbusier, was a Swiss-born French architect, designer, painter, writer, and urban planner.…
Lê Đức Thọ
in 1941
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Vietnamese revolutionary, Communist Party leader, and diplomat. Born Phan Đình Khải, he was imprisoned by French colonial authorities, worked in…
Léopold Sédar Senghor
in 1941
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Senegalese poet, theorist of Négritude, and statesman who became Senegal’s first president in 1960.…
Ludwig Wittgenstein
in 1941
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Austro-British philosopher whose work in logic, language, mathematics, and mind shaped twentieth-century analytic philosophy.…
Moments
- 1941 Return to London during wartime Vivien Leigh
- 1941 The Doctor's Dilemma at the Haymarket Vivien Leigh
- 1941 Visit to Buenos Aires Walt Disney
- 1941 Palmach recruitment at Ramat Yohanan Yitzhak Rabin
- 1941 Palmach sabotage mission in Lebanon Yitzhak Rabin
- 1941 German occupation of family home Yuri Gagarin
- 1941 Covert landing at Bassein Aung San
- 1941 Return through Bangkok Aung San
- 1941 Director's office at Merrion Square Erwin Schrödinger
- 1941 Flight with C. Alfred Anderson Eleanor Roosevelt
- 1941 Flat at Langford Court George Orwell
- 1941 Death in the River Ouse Virginia Woolf
- 1941 Visits Maribor Adolf Hitler
- 1941 Thirty Comrades training on Hainan Aung San
- 1941 Return to Hong Kong in infancy Bruce Lee
- 1941 Arrives in Johannesburg Nelson Mandela
- 1941 Move to Pacific Palisades Thomas Mann
- 1941 First Manchurian journey Yasunari Kawabata
- 1941 Inspects Bismarck at Gdańsk Adolf Hitler
- 1941 Grand Rapids law practice Gerald Ford
- 1941 Restoration in Addis Ababa Haile Selassie
- 1941 Lend-Lease visit to America John Maynard Keynes
- 1941 Moves to Boulevard home Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1941 Death at Compton House Prajadhipok
- 1941 Third Army chief of staff Dwight D. Eisenhower
- 1941 Departure from Lisbon for penicillin mission Howard Florey
- 1941 Tank-regiment posting at Stryi Mikhail Kalashnikov
- 1941 Travel to Guatemala Pablo Neruda
- 1941 Visits Malnava command post Adolf Hitler
- 1941 Quiet Weekend at Wyndham's Theatre Glynis Johns
- 1941 Inspects troops near Uman Adolf Hitler
- 1941 Visits Barysaw airfield Adolf Hitler
- 1941 Birth in Mindelo Cesária Évora
- 1941 Return to Finca Vigía from China trip Ernest Hemingway
- 1941 Meets Churchill at Argentia Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- 1941 Resistance-support journey to the French Riviera Jean-Paul Sartre
- 1941 Dies at Jorasanko mansion Rabindranath Tagore
- 1941 Arrival for South American goodwill tour Walt Disney
- 1941 Goodwill-tour stop in Belem Walt Disney
- 1941 Stay at Copacabana Palace Walt Disney
- 1941 Meets Roosevelt at Placentia Bay Winston Churchill
- 1941 Dispensary work at Guy's Hospital Ludwig Wittgenstein
- 1941 Accession oath as Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
- 1941 Heisenberg meeting during occupation Niels Bohr
- 1941 Bond selling in Jongno Yun Ch'iho
- 1941 Student at the Jewish Lyceum Anne Frank
- 1941 Imperial Palace summons Hideki Tojo
- 1941 Teaching at Lycée Condorcet Jean-Paul Sartre
- 1941 Joined Naval Intelligence in Washington John F. Kennedy
- 1941 Journey to Beijing from Manchuria Yasunari Kawabata