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
Macfarlane Burnet
in 1941
1 moment here
Australian virologist and immunologist Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet, known as Macfarlane Burnet, shared the 1960 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine…
Marlon Brando
in 1941
1 moment here
American actor and activist whose stage and screen career ranged from Broadway in the 1940s to major films through the early 2000s.…
Martin Luther King Jr.
in 1941
1 moment here
American Baptist minister and civil-rights leader who advanced racial equality through nonviolent protest.…
Mikhail Kalashnikov
in 1941
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Soviet and Russian small-arms designer, military engineer, and lieutenant general, best known for the AK-47 and later Kalashnikov weapon systems.…
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
in 1941
1 moment here
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919–1980) was the last shah of Iran, reigning from 1941 until the Iranian Revolution of 1979.…
Nelson Mandela
in 1941
2 moments here
South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, lawyer and statesman. Mandela helped lead the African National Congress, co-founded its armed wing,…
Niels Bohr
in 1941
1 moment here
Danish theoretical physicist whose work on atomic structure and quantum theory earned the 1922 Nobel Prize in Physics.…
Pablo Neruda
in 1941
1 moment here
Chilean poet, diplomat, senator, Communist political figure, and 1971 Nobel laureate. Born Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto, he lived and…
Prajadhipok
in 1941
1 moment here
Prajadhipok (Rama VII) was King of Siam from 1925 until his abdication in 1935. Educated in England and trained in the military, he travelled…
Rabindranath Tagore
in 1941
1 moment here
Bengali poet, novelist, dramatist, composer, painter, philosopher, social reformer, and educationist.…
Richard Feynman
in 1941
1 moment here
American theoretical physicist known for foundational work in quantum electrodynamics, the path-integral formulation of quantum mechanics, and…
Robert Mugabe
in 1941
1 moment here
Zimbabwean nationalist leader, Prime Minister of Zimbabwe from 1980 to 1987 and President from 1987 to 2017.…
Ronald Reagan
in 1941
1 moment here
American broadcaster, actor, labor leader, governor of California, and 40th president of the United States.…
Rosa Parks
in 1941
1 moment here
American civil-rights activist whose lifelong work against racial segregation included local NAACP organizing in Montgomery, the 1955 bus protest and…
Saint-John Perse
in 1941
2 moments here
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,…
Sergei Rachmaninoff
in 1941
1 moment here
Russian composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor. Born in the Novgorod Governorate of the Russian Empire, he studied and worked chiefly in Saint…
Stanley Kubrick
in 1941
1 moment here
American filmmaker and photographer whose career began in New York photojournalism, expanded through Hollywood productions and European location…
Thomas Mann
in 1941
1 moment here
German novelist, essayist, public intellectual, and 1929 Nobel laureate. Born in Lübeck, he lived principally in Munich before exile from Nazi…
Toshiro Mifune
in 1941
1 moment here
Japanese actor, producer, and director whose career spanned 1947–1995. Born in Qingdao, he grew up in Dalian, served in the Imperial Japanese Army…
Tunku Abdul Rahman
in 1941
1 moment here
Malaysian statesman, UMNO leader, chief minister of the Federation of Malaya, and first prime minister of Malaya and Malaysia.…
Virginia Woolf
in 1941
1 moment here
English novelist, essayist, critic and publisher; a central figure in modernist literature and the Bloomsbury Group.…
Vivien Leigh
in 1941
2 moments here
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 1941
4 moments here
Walter Elias Disney was an American animator, film producer, voice actor, and entrepreneur. His documented movements include childhood residences in…
Winston Churchill
in 1941
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
- 1941 Speaks in Munich Löwenbräukeller Adolf Hitler
- 1941 Return via Dalian Yasunari Kawabata
- 1941 Addresses Reichstag after declaring war on US Adolf Hitler
- 1941 Burma Independence Army inauguration Aung San
- 1941 War Plans Division service Dwight D. Eisenhower
- 1941 Japanese invasion alert at Kulim Tunku Abdul Rahman
- 1941 Lecture at Gyeongseong Bumingwan Yun Ch'iho