Historical figures in 1942

The atlas holds 86 people and 116 moments here, in 1942. The most recorded lives are Chiang Kai-shek, John F. Kennedy and Dwight D. Eisenhower. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Jurists.

Notable people

  1. Abdus Salam

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    1 moment here

    Pakistani theoretical physicist and 1979 Nobel Prize laureate whose career connected education in Punjab and Cambridge with professorships in Lahore…

  2. Adolf Hitler

    in 1942

    1 moment here

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

  3. Akira Kurosawa

    in 1942

    1 moment here

    Japanese filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, editor, and painter. Kurosawa directed 30 feature films between 1943 and 1993, including Rashomon, Seven…

  4. Alan Turing

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    2 moments here

    English mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst, and computing pioneer. Turing studied at Cambridge and Princeton, worked at Bletchley Park during the…

  5. Albert Camus

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    1 moment here

    French writer, philosopher, journalist, and political activist, born in French Algeria. Camus studied and worked in Algiers, moved between Algeria…

  6. Alfred Hitchcock

    in 1942

    1 moment here

    English filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock (1899–1980), known as the “Master of Suspense,” worked in British cinema before relocating to Hollywood in 1939.…

  7. Anne Frank

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    2 moments here

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

  8. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

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    3 moments here

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

  9. Aretha Franklin

    in 1942

    1 moment here

    American singer, pianist, songwriter, and civil-rights activist known as the “Queen of Soul.” Her documented movements span childhood relocations…

  10. Audrey Hepburn

    in 1942

    1 moment here

    British actress and humanitarian Audrey Hepburn (Audrey Kathleen Ruston) was born in Brussels, raised across Belgium, England and the Netherlands,…

  11. Charles de Gaulle

    in 1942

    1 moment here

    French army officer, leader of Free France during the Second World War, head of France's Provisional Government, and president of the French Fifth…

  12. Chiang Kai-shek

    in 1942

    6 moments here

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

  13. Chien-Shiung Wu

    in 1942

    1 moment here

    Chinese-American experimental physicist whose career moved from Jiangsu and eastern China to California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York,…

  14. Chinua Achebe

    in 1942

    1 moment here

    Nigerian novelist, poet, critic, editor, educator, and Biafran representative whose life moved between southeastern Nigeria, Lagos, East Africa,…

  15. Dolores del Río

    in 1942

    1 moment here

    Mexican actress Dolores del Río (María de los Dolores Asúnsolo y López Negrete) was a major star of silent-era Hollywood and the Golden Age of…

  16. Dwight D. Eisenhower

    in 1942

    3 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…

  17. Édith Piaf

    in 1942

    3 moments here

    French singer and lyricist Édith Giovanna Gassion, known as Édith Piaf, rose from street performance in Paris to international prominence in chanson…

  18. Eleanor Roosevelt

    in 1942

    2 moments here

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

  19. Emilio Aguinaldo

    in 1942

    1 moment here

    Filipino revolutionary, military leader, and political figure who led forces in the Philippine Revolution, headed the First Philippine Republic,…

  20. Enrico Fermi

    in 1942

    1 moment here

    Italian and naturalized-American physicist whose documented movements trace a path from Rome and Pisa through European study in Göttingen and Leiden,…

  21. Eusébio

    in 1942

    1 moment here

    Eusébio da Silva Ferreira (1942–2014) was a Portuguese footballer, born in Lourenço Marques (now Maputo), who became Benfica's record goalscorer and…

  22. Eva Perón

    in 1942

    1 moment here

    María Eva Duarte de Perón, known as Eva or Evita Perón, was an Argentine actress, political leader, social-welfare organizer, and First Lady of…

  23. Federico Fellini

    in 1942

    2 moments here

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

  24. Ferdinand Marcos

    in 1942

    1 moment here

    Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos Sr. was a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as president of the Philippines from 1965 until his overthrow…

Moments

  1. 1942 Student at Government College Abdus Salam
  2. 1942 Saboteur location-scouting tour Alfred Hitchcock
  3. 1942 Stay in Quebec City Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
  4. 1942 Writing The Little Prince at Asharoken Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
  5. 1942 Wartime residence in Velp Audrey Hepburn
  6. 1942 Residence in Hampstead Charles de Gaulle
  7. 1942 Northwestern China tour: Gansu Chiang Kai-shek
  8. 1942 Northwestern China tour: Ningxia Chiang Kai-shek
  9. 1942 Northwestern China tour: Qinghai Chiang Kai-shek
  10. 1942 Northwestern China tour: Shaanxi Chiang Kai-shek
  11. 1942 Northwestern China tour: Xinjiang Chiang Kai-shek
  12. 1942 Teaching at Smith College Chien-Shiung Wu
  13. 1942 Schooling at Nekede Chinua Achebe
  14. 1942 Return to Mexico Dolores del Río
  15. 1942 Meeting Marcel Blistène in Marseille Édith Piaf
  16. 1942 Meeting General Masami Maeda Emilio Aguinaldo
  17. 1942 Birth in Mafalala Eusébio
  18. 1942 Recoleta apartment Eva Perón
  19. 1942 Escape flight to Sicily Federico Fellini
  20. 1942 Belén school transfer Fidel Castro
  21. 1942 Flat at Mortimer Crescent George Orwell
  22. 1942 Navy Preflight School instructor Gerald Ford
  23. 1942 East Falls childhood performance Grace Kelly
  24. 1942 Civilian chemist at the Philadelphia Navy Yard Isaac Asimov
  25. 1942 Transfer to Georgia Tech Jimmy Carter
  26. 1942 Assigned to Charleston John F. Kennedy
  27. 1942 Theology degree at Lincoln Kwame Nkrumah
  28. 1942 Return to teaching in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés Léopold Sédar Senghor
  29. 1942 Confined at Aga Khan Palace Mahatma Gandhi
  30. 1942 Schooling in Peshawar Manmohan Singh
  31. 1942 Move to Oakland Maya Angelou
  32. 1942 Birth near Sirte Muammar Gaddafi
  33. 1942 Birth in Louisville Muhammad Ali
  34. 1942 Boarding school in Kampong Cham Pol Pot
  35. 1942 Built the Free Thai network Pridi Banomyong
  36. 1942 Arrest at Sadaqat Ashram Rajendra Prasad
  37. 1942 Imprisonment at Bankipur Central Jail Rajendra Prasad
  38. 1942 Move to Northern Virginia Richard Nixon
  39. 1942 Assigned to Culver City film unit Ronald Reagan
  40. 1942 Schooling at Zonguene Samora Machel
  41. 1942 Visit after Angoda hospital bombing Sirimavo Bandaranaike
  42. 1942 Birth in Oxford Stephen Hawking
  43. 1942 Forced transfer to Padang Sukarno
  44. 1942 Enrolment at the University of the Witwatersrand Sydney Brenner
  45. 1942 Novice monk at Từ Hiếu Thích Nhất Hạnh
  46. 1942 Viet Minh base near Vũ Nhai Võ Nguyên Giáp
  47. 1942 Queen's Royal College schooling V. S. Naipaul
  48. 1942 Wartime submarine-detection research Walter Brattain
  49. 1942 Recuperates at Pompano Beach Winston Churchill
  50. 1942 Visit to Takatsuki over adoption Yasunari Kawabata

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