Historical figures in 1946

The atlas holds 95 people and 122 moments here, in 1946. The most recorded lives are John Maynard Keynes, Lee Kuan Yew and Helen Keller. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Jurists.

Notable people

  1. Abdus Salam

    in 1946

    1 moment here

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

  2. Alan Turing

    in 1946

    1 moment here

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

  3. Albert Camus

    in 1946

    2 moments here

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

  4. Anwar Sadat

    in 1946

    1 moment here

    Muhammad Anwar el-Sadat was an Egyptian army officer, Free Officer, politician, and president of Egypt from 1970 until his assassination in 1981.…

  5. Bảo Đại

    in 1946

    3 moments here

    Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thụy, known as Bảo Đại, was the final emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty and later chief of state of the State of Vietnam.…

  6. Bhumibol Adulyadej

    in 1946

    2 moments here

    Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) was King of Thailand from 1946 to 2016. Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, he grew up partly in Thailand and Switzerland,…

  7. Charles de Gaulle

    in 1946

    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…

  8. Chinghiz Aitmatov

    in 1946

    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…

  9. Claude Simon

    in 1946

    1 moment here

    French novelist, painter, photographer, viticulturist, Resistance participant, and 1985 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate.…

  10. Dolly Parton

    in 1946

    1 moment here

    American singer-songwriter, actor, philanthropist, and businesswoman. Born in Pittman Center, Tennessee, Parton built a country-music career centered…

  11. Dwight D. Eisenhower

    in 1946

    1 moment 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…

  12. Édith Piaf

    in 1946

    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…

  13. Eleanor Roosevelt

    in 1946

    1 moment here

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

  14. Enrico Fermi

    in 1946

    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,…

  15. Federico Fellini

    in 1946

    1 moment here

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

  16. Fidel V. Ramos

    in 1946

    1 moment here

    Filipino military officer and politician who served as president of the Philippines from 1992 to 1998.…

  17. Freddie Mercury

    in 1946

    1 moment here

    Freddie Mercury (Farrokh Bulsara) was a British singer, songwriter, pianist, and lead vocalist of Queen.…

  18. Gabriela Mistral

    in 1946

    2 moments here

    Chilean poet, educator, journalist, and diplomat born Lucila Godoy Alcayaga. Mistral taught across Chile, worked on Mexican educational reform,…

  19. George Orwell

    in 1946

    1 moment here

    George Orwell was the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair, an English novelist, essayist, journalist, critic, and democratic socialist.…

  20. Gerald Ford

    in 1946

    1 moment here

    Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King Jr.) was the 38th president of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977 after having served as…

  21. Harry S. Truman

    in 1946

    1 moment here

    Harry S. Truman (1884–1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953.…

  22. Helen Keller

    in 1946

    3 moments here

    Helen Adams Keller was an American deafblind author, lecturer, disability-rights advocate, and political activist.…

  23. Herbert Hoover

    in 1946

    1 moment here

    Herbert Clark Hoover was an American mining engineer, international relief administrator, U.S.…

  24. H. G. Wells

    in 1946

    1 moment here

    Herbert George Wells was an English novelist, journalist, historian, teacher, and social critic.…

Moments

  1. 1946 Cambridge undergraduate studies Abdus Salam
  2. 1946 Summer residence near Lourmarin Albert Camus
  3. 1946 Imprisonment after Amin Osman assassination Anwar Sadat
  4. 1946 Exile in British Hong Kong Bảo Đại
  5. 1946 Transit through Kunming Bảo Đại
  6. 1946 Return to Bangkok before accession Bhumibol Adulyadej
  7. 1946 Return to Switzerland after accession Bhumibol Adulyadej
  8. 1946 Retired to Colombey Charles de Gaulle
  9. 1946 Agricultural studies Chinghiz Aitmatov
  10. 1946 Visit to Arbois Claude Simon
  11. 1946 Birth in Pittman Center Dolly Parton
  12. 1946 Residence at Fort Myer Dwight D. Eisenhower
  13. 1946 Postwar Argonne research Enrico Fermi
  14. 1946 Paisà filming assignment Federico Fellini
  15. 1946 Chilean consul in Los Angeles Gabriela Mistral
  16. 1946 Consular residence in Santa Barbara Gabriela Mistral
  17. 1946 Return to Grand Rapids after naval service Gerald Ford
  18. 1946 Postwar visit to Rome Helen Keller
  19. 1946 Paris hotel stay Ho Chi Minh
  20. 1946 Return journey from Oʻahu Isaac Asimov
  21. 1946 First UN General Assembly session Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
  22. 1946 Medical Research Council work at Hampstead John Cornforth
  23. 1946 Established a Boston political residence John F. Kennedy
  24. 1946 Childhood residence at Mendips John Lennon
  25. 1946 St. Stephen's School attendance John McCain
  26. 1946 Farming residence at Gatundu Jomo Kenyatta
  27. 1946 Lecturing career begins in Buenos Aires Jorge Luis Borges
  28. 1946 Return to racing at Morón Juan Manuel Fangio
  29. 1946 Return to racing at Tandil Juan Manuel Fangio
  30. 1946 Ising-model conference report Lars Onsager
  31. 1946 Meeting Albert Einstein Le Corbusier
  32. 1946 Departure for Britain aboard MV Britannic Lee Kuan Yew
  33. 1946 Studies at the London School of Economics Lee Kuan Yew
  34. 1946 Move to Lima Mario Vargas Llosa
  35. 1946 A Flag Is Born on Broadway Marlon Brando
  36. 1946 Move to King's College London Maurice Wilkins
  37. 1946 Newton celebration at the Royal Society Max Planck
  38. 1946 Cultural attaché in Mexico Miguel Ángel Asturias
  39. 1946 Schooling in Molotovskoye Mikhail Gorbachev
  40. 1946 Sent to the Kirkizh plant in Kovrov Mikhail Kalashnikov
  41. 1946 University of the Witwatersrand student Nadine Gordimer
  42. 1946 Moves to Orlando Nelson Mandela
  43. 1946 Military training at Saumur Norodom Sihanouk
  44. 1946 Works at Château Grimaldi Pablo Picasso
  45. 1946 Philosophy and theology studies Pope Benedict XVI
  46. 1946 Tokyo war-crimes testimony Puyi
  47. 1946 Los Alamos colloquium Richard Feynman
  48. 1946 Works at Disney Studios Salvador Dalí
  49. 1946 Noakhali visit with Gandhi and Suhrawardy Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
  50. 1946 Move to the United Kingdom Sirikit

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