Historical figures in 1945
The atlas holds 116 people and 201 moments here, in 1945. The most recorded lives are Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Benito Mussolini and George Orwell. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Educators.
Notable people
Maurice Wilkins
in 1945
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New Zealand-born British physicist and biophysicist whose career ran from solid-state physics and wartime atomic research to X-ray diffraction…
Max Planck
in 1945
1 moment here
German theoretical physicist and originator of quantum theory. Planck’s documented life moved from Kiel to Munich, Berlin, Kiel again, and Berlin,…
Max Theiler
in 1945
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South African-American virologist and physician whose work at Harvard, the Rockefeller Foundation, and Yale contributed to the development of the 17D…
Miguel Ángel Asturias
in 1945
1 moment here
Guatemalan poet-diplomat, novelist, playwright, journalist, and 1967 Nobel laureate. Asturias’s documented life moved between Guatemala, Europe,…
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
in 1945
1 moment here
Muhammad Ali Jinnah was a barrister and political leader who led the All-India Muslim League and became Pakistan’s first governor-general after…
Naguib Mahfouz
in 1945
1 moment here
Egyptian novelist, screenwriter, and playwright whose fiction made Cairo a central setting of modern Arabic literature.…
Niels Bohr
in 1945
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Danish theoretical physicist whose work on atomic structure and quantum theory earned the 1922 Nobel Prize in Physics.…
Octavio Paz
in 1945
2 moments here
Mexican poet, essayist, editor, and diplomat whose international postings and teaching appointments connected Mexico City, the United States, Europe,…
Olav V
in 1945
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Olav V of Norway (born Prince Alexander of Denmark) was King of Norway from 1957 until his death in 1991.…
Pablo Picasso
in 1945
1 moment here
Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and co-founder of Cubism. Born in Málaga, Picasso trained in A Coruña, Barcelona, and Madrid…
Park Chung Hee
in 1945
1 moment here
Park Chung-hee was a South Korean army officer and politician who led the May 16 coup in 1961 and served as president from 1963 until his…
Patrice Lumumba
in 1945
1 moment here
Congolese independence leader and first prime minister of the Republic of the Congo. Lumumba worked in Stanleyville, led the Mouvement National…
P. L. Travers
in 1945
1 moment here
Pamela Lyndon Travers, born Helen Lyndon Goff, was an Australian-British writer, actress, journalist, and creator of the Mary Poppins books.…
Pope Benedict XVI
in 1945
3 moments here
Joseph Alois Ratzinger (1927–2022), Pope Benedict XVI, was a German Catholic theologian, archbishop, cardinal, prefect of the Congregation for the…
Pope John Paul II
in 1945
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Karol Józef Wojtyła (1920–2005), Pope John Paul II from 1978, was a Polish Catholic priest, bishop, cardinal, and pope.…
Pran
in 1945
1 moment here
Pran Krishan Sikand, known mononymously as Pran, was an Indian actor whose screen career extended from pre-Partition Lahore to Hindi cinema in…
Puyi
in 1945
5 moments here
Puyi (1906–1967), the Xuantong Emperor, was the last emperor of Qing China and later the Kangde Emperor of Japanese-controlled Manchukuo.…
Richard Feynman
in 1945
4 moments here
American theoretical physicist known for foundational work in quantum electrodynamics, the path-integral formulation of quantum mechanics, and…
Richard Nixon
in 1945
2 moments here
Richard Milhous Nixon was an American lawyer, naval officer, congressman, senator, vice president, and the 37th president of the United States.…
Robert Mugabe
in 1945
1 moment here
Zimbabwean nationalist leader, Prime Minister of Zimbabwe from 1980 to 1987 and President from 1987 to 2017.…
Ronald Reagan
in 1945
1 moment here
American broadcaster, actor, labor leader, governor of California, and 40th president of the United States.…
Sadako Sasaki
in 1945
1 moment here
Japanese schoolgirl and Hiroshima atomic-bomb survivor. Aged two when the bomb detonated over Hiroshima, she later developed leukemia, was…
Saint-John Perse
in 1945
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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,…
Satyendra Nath Bose
in 1945
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Indian theoretical physicist and mathematician whose 1924 work founded Bose-Einstein statistics.…
Moments
- 1945 Communist Party meeting at 48 Hàng Ngang Ho Chi Minh
- 1945 Chongqing negotiations Mao Zedong
- 1945 Return to Copenhagen after the war Niels Bohr
- 1945 Capture at Mukden Puyi
- 1945 Departure from Changchun by train Puyi
- 1945 Soviet bombing raid Puyi
- 1945 At home during the Hiroshima bombing Sadako Sasaki
- 1945 NCO training at Brebeg Suharto
- 1945 Return to Yogyakarta after Japanese surrender Suharto
- 1945 Drafting the proclamation in Menteng Sukarno
- 1945 Kidnapped to Rengasdengklok Sukarno
- 1945 PPKI mission to Da Lat Sukarno
- 1945 Proclamation of Indonesian independence Sukarno
- 1945 Entry into Hanoi Võ Nguyên Giáp
- 1945 Kandy conference Aung San
- 1945 Arrival in Hanoi as supreme adviser Bảo Đại
- 1945 Departure for Hanoi as supreme adviser Bảo Đại
- 1945 Return to Théâtre de l'Étoile Édith Piaf
- 1945 First visit to Jura George Orwell
- 1945 Suicide attempt during arrest Hideki Tojo
- 1945 Meeting with General MacArthur Hirohito
- 1945 Declaration of independence at Ba Đình Square Ho Chi Minh
- 1945 Anglo-American loan mission John Maynard Keynes
- 1945 Arrival at Wonsan Kim Il Sung
- 1945 Visit to her mother Marlene Dietrich
- 1945 Travel to Beijing after Japan's surrender Park Chung Hee
- 1945 Meeting with Mao Zedong Soong Ching-ling
- 1945 Independence rally at Ikada Field Sukarno
- 1945 Arrival in Tokyo after Japan's surrender Syngman Rhee
- 1945 Witnessed Japan's surrender from USS Proteus Tony Curtis
- 1945 First public performance Elvis Presley
- 1945 Civil marriage to Juan Perón Eva Perón
- 1945 Fifth Pan-African Congress Jomo Kenyatta
- 1945 Detention on Martín García Island Juan Perón
- 1945 Loyalty Day balcony speech Juan Perón
- 1945 Transfer to military hospital Juan Perón
- 1945 Mass event in Pyongyang Kim Il Sung
- 1945 Fifth Pan-African Congress Kwame Nkrumah
- 1945 Move to Cornell University Richard Feynman
- 1945 Return to Seoul Syngman Rhee
- 1945 Return to Washington as Army Chief of Staff Dwight D. Eisenhower
- 1945 Nobel Prize notification in Petrópolis Gabriela Mistral
- 1945 INA trial defence appearance Jawaharlal Nehru
- 1945 Return to Saint Michael Seminary Pope Benedict XVI
- 1945 Departure from Los Alamos Enrico Fermi
- 1945 Church wedding Eva Perón
- 1945 Nobel Prize award ceremony Gabriela Mistral
- 1945 Loan speech in the House of Lords John Maynard Keynes
- 1945 Return to Shanghai and China Welfare Institute work Soong Ching-ling
- 1945 Death at his Kaesong home Yun Ch'iho