Historical figures in 1943
The atlas holds 82 people and 146 moments here, in 1943. The most recorded lives are Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Benito Mussolini and John F. Kennedy. Among them Political Leaders, Writers and Performers.
Notable people
Adolf Hitler
in 1943
1 moment here
Adolf Hitler (1889–1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who led the National Socialist German Workers’ Party (NSDAP), became German…
Alan MacDiarmid
in 1943
1 moment here
New Zealand-American chemist and 2000 Nobel laureate in Chemistry, known for co-developing conductive polymers.…
Alan Turing
in 1943
1 moment here
English mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst, and computing pioneer. Turing studied at Cambridge and Princeton, worked at Bletchley Park during the…
Albert Camus
in 1943
1 moment here
French writer, philosopher, journalist, and political activist, born in French Algeria. Camus studied and worked in Algiers, moved between Algeria…
Alfred Hitchcock
in 1943
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.…
Alfredo Di Stéfano
in 1943
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Argentine-born footballer and manager who became a Spanish citizen and was the central player in Real Madrid's five consecutive European Cup…
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
in 1943
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French writer and aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900–1944) pioneered airmail flying in Europe, Africa, and South America, wrote works including…
Asha Bhosle
in 1943
1 moment here
Indian playback singer and actress whose career in Indian film and popular music spanned more than eight decades.…
Benito Mussolini
in 1943
10 moments here
Italian journalist, Fascist leader, and dictator of Italy from 1922 until his removal in 1943.…
Charles de Gaulle
in 1943
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…
Charlie Chaplin
in 1943
1 moment here
English actor, comedian, director, writer, producer and composer whose screen persona, the Tramp, became an international icon.…
Chiang Kai-shek
in 1943
1 moment here
Chinese military commander, revolutionary, and statesman. Chiang Kai-shek led the Nationalist government of China through the Northern Expedition,…
Chien-Shiung Wu
in 1943
1 moment here
Chinese-American experimental physicist whose career moved from Jiangsu and eastern China to California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York,…
Chinghiz Aitmatov
in 1943
1 moment here
Kyrgyz author, public intellectual, and diplomat who wrote in Kyrgyz and Russian. His documented life connects his native Sheker and Soviet-era…
David Hilbert
in 1943
1 moment here
German mathematician and philosopher of mathematics whose career began in Königsberg and was centered at the University of Göttingen from 1895 until…
Edgar de Wahl
in 1943
1 moment here
Baltic German mathematician, physics teacher, naval officer, and creator of Occidental, later renamed Interlingue.…
Édith Piaf
in 1943
2 moments here
French singer and lyricist Édith Giovanna Gassion, known as Édith Piaf, rose from street performance in Paris to international prominence in chanson…
Eleanor Roosevelt
in 1943
2 moments here
American political figure, diplomat, activist, and First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945.…
Emilio Aguinaldo
in 1943
1 moment here
Filipino revolutionary, military leader, and political figure who led forces in the Philippine Revolution, headed the First Philippine Republic,…
Enrico Fermi
in 1943
2 moments here
Italian and naturalized-American physicist whose documented movements trace a path from Rome and Pisa through European study in Göttingen and Leiden,…
Errol Flynn
in 1943
1 moment here
Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn was an Australian-born actor who became a major Hollywood star in swashbuckling and adventure films.…
Erwin Schrödinger
in 1943
1 moment here
Austrian-Irish theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate whose work on wave mechanics and the Schrödinger equation became foundational to quantum…
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
in 1943
15 moments here
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as New York state senator, assistant secretary of the Navy,…
Gabriel García Márquez
in 1943
1 moment here
Colombian novelist, journalist, screenwriter, and Nobel laureate whose life moved between Colombia, Europe, Cuba, the United States, Mexico, and…
Moments
- 1943 Studies and laboratory work at Victoria University Alan MacDiarmid
- 1943 Return to Paris and Resistance work Albert Camus
- 1943 Extended wartime visit to the United Kingdom Alfred Hitchcock
- 1943 Family returns to Buenos Aires Alfredo Di Stéfano
- 1943 First film-song recording at Mohan Studio Asha Bhosle
- 1943 Faculty appointment at Princeton Chien-Shiung Wu
- 1943 Village Soviet work Chinghiz Aitmatov
- 1943 Confinement at Seewald mental hospital Edgar de Wahl
- 1943 Wartime address in Canberra Eleanor Roosevelt
- 1943 Argonne Woods reactor work Enrico Fermi
- 1943 Marriage to Nora Eddington Errol Flynn
- 1943 What Is Life? lectures at Trinity College Dublin Erwin Schrödinger
- 1943 Attends Casablanca Conference Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- 1943 Meets President Barclay in Monrovia Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- 1943 Meets Vargas at Natal Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- 1943 Visits Bathurst before Casablanca Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- 1943 Arrival for school in Bogotá Gabriel García Márquez
- 1943 USS Monterey combat deployment near Makin Gerald Ford
- 1943 Roosevelt-Vargas conference at Natal Getúlio Vargas
- 1943 Move to São Paulo and radio appearances Hebe Camargo
- 1943 Move to Vence Henri Matisse
- 1943 Arrival on Java Hideki Tojo
- 1943 Transfer to the University of Florence Italo Calvino
- 1943 Law degree at Pontifical Catholic University Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
- 1943 Commanded PT-101 in Panama John F. Kennedy
- 1943 War correspondent in the Mediterranean John Steinbeck
- 1943 Makerere College studies Julius Nyerere
- 1943 Teacher at Lubwa Kenneth Kaunda
- 1943 Schooling in Mokpo Kim Dae-jung
- 1943 Party-organizer study Konstantin Chernenko
- 1943 Graduate degrees at Penn Kwame Nkrumah
- 1943 Japanese occupation work at Cathay Building Lee Kuan Yew
- 1943 Permanent settlement in Corona Louis Armstrong
- 1943 Acting study in New York Marlon Brando
- 1943 Relocation to Rogätz on the Elbe Max Planck
- 1943 Tehran Conference meeting Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
- 1943 Speech in New Delhi Muhammad Ali Jinnah
- 1943 Studies law at Wits Nelson Mandela
- 1943 Institute for Advanced Study visit Niels Bohr
- 1943 Los Alamos visits Niels Bohr
- 1943 Return to Ukraine Nikita Khrushchev
- 1943 Death at Hotel New Yorker Nikola Tesla
- 1943 Study at the University of California Octavio Paz
- 1943 Wartime appearance in Scotland Olav V
- 1943 Stay in New Mexico P. L. Travers
- 1943 Anti-aircraft posting at Ludwigsfeld Pope Benedict XVI
- 1943 Anti-aircraft posting at Unterföhring Pope Benedict XVI
- 1943 Brief posting at Innsbruck Pope Benedict XVI
- 1943 Telephone post at Gilching air base Pope Benedict XVI
- 1943 Audition at All India Radio Lahore Ram Narayan