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
Hirohito
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Hirohito (posthumously Emperor Shōwa) was Emperor of Japan from 25 December 1926 until his death in 1989.…
Ho Chi Minh
in 1946
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Vietnamese revolutionary and statesman, born Nguyễn Sinh Cung, who led the Việt Minh, proclaimed the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945, and…
Ingmar Bergman
in 1946
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Swedish filmmaker, screenwriter, theatre director, theatre manager and author. Bergman’s career moved between Stockholm’s student and professional…
Isaac Asimov
in 1946
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American writer and biochemist best known for science fiction, popular-science writing, and the Foundation and Robot series.…
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
in 1946
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Peruvian diplomat and politician who became the fifth Secretary-General of the United Nations (1982–1991).…
Jawaharlal Nehru
in 1946
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Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and statesman who became independent India’s first prime minister, serving from 15 August 1947 until his…
Jimmy Carter
in 1946
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James Earl Carter Jr. was an American naval officer, Georgia state senator and governor, the 39th president of the United States, and a…
Joan Fontaine
in 1946
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British-American actress Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland, professionally Joan Fontaine, was an Academy Award-winning performer known especially for…
John Cornforth
in 1946
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Australian-British organic chemist and 1975 Nobel Prize laureate, noted for elucidating the stereochemistry of enzyme-catalysed reactions.…
John Eccles
in 1946
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Australian neurophysiologist and philosopher John Carew Eccles (1903–1997) was a Nobel laureate noted for research on synaptic transmission.…
John F. Kennedy
in 1946
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy was an American naval officer, journalist, congressman, senator, and the 35th president of the United States.…
John Lennon
in 1946
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English musician, songwriter, artist and peace activist; co-founder of the Beatles. This chronology records documented physical presence at…
John Maynard Keynes
in 1946
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English economist, civil servant, Cambridge fellow, and British international negotiator whose work shaped modern macroeconomics.…
John McCain
in 1946
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John Sidney McCain III was an American naval aviator, Vietnam War prisoner of war, U.S. representative, U.S.…
Jomo Kenyatta
in 1946
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Jomo Kenyatta (c. 1897–1978) was a Kenyan anti-colonial activist and politician who became Kenya’s first prime minister in 1963 and first president…
Jorge Luis Borges
in 1946
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Argentine writer, poet, essayist, translator, lecturer, librarian, and critic. Borges was born in Buenos Aires, lived in Switzerland and Spain during…
Juan Manuel Fangio
in 1946
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Argentine racing driver Juan Manuel Fangio was a five-time Formula One World Drivers’ Champion.…
Julius Nyerere
in 1946
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Tanzanian anti-colonial leader, political theorist, and founding president of Tanzania. Nyerere led the Tanganyika African National Union (TANU),…
Khaleda Zia
in 1946
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Bangladeshi politician who was prime minister of Bangladesh in 1991–1996 and 2001–2006, chaired the Bangladesh Nationalist Party from 1984 until her…
Lars Onsager
in 1946
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Norwegian-American physical chemist and theoretical physicist whose career took him from Norway and Switzerland to major American universities.…
Le Corbusier
in 1946
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Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, known as Le Corbusier, was a Swiss-born French architect, designer, painter, writer, and urban planner.…
Lee Kuan Yew
in 1946
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Singaporean barrister and statesman who co-founded the People’s Action Party and served as Singapore’s first prime minister from 1959 to 1990.…
Léopold Sédar Senghor
in 1946
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Senegalese poet, theorist of Négritude, and statesman who became Senegal’s first president in 1960.…
Ludwig Wittgenstein
in 1946
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Austro-British philosopher whose work in logic, language, mathematics, and mind shaped twentieth-century analytic philosophy.…
Moments
- 1946 Move to Tintagel Sirimavo Bandaranaike
- 1946 Chelsea flat with John Hayward T. S. Eliot
- 1946 Graduate study at the University of Chicago Tsung-Dao Lee
- 1946 Return visit to Baghdad Umm Kulthum
- 1946 Government residence on Aurangzeb Road Vallabhbhai Patel
- 1946 The Skin of Our Teeth in London Vivien Leigh
- 1946 Return to Hanoi after Đà Lạt Võ Nguyên Giáp
- 1946 Visit to Nha Trang front Võ Nguyên Giáp
- 1946 Return to Berlin Willy Brandt
- 1946 Visit to Yasunari Kawabata Yukio Mishima
- 1946 Family relocation to Gzhatsk Yuri Gagarin
- 1946 National Physical Laboratory ACE work Alan Turing
- 1946 Postwar reconstruction tour in Kanagawa Hirohito
- 1946 First visit to the United States John Eccles
- 1946 Heart attack at Covent Garden John Maynard Keynes
- 1946 Return to Cambridge John Maynard Keynes
- 1946 The Crisis of Man at Columbia Albert Camus
- 1946 Delegation visit to Chongqing Bảo Đại
- 1946 Food Mission stop in Paris Herbert Hoover
- 1946 Departure from Helsingborg Ingmar Bergman
- 1946 Inaugural IMF and World Bank meeting John Maynard Keynes
- 1946 Constituent Assembly speech Léopold Sédar Senghor
- 1946 Delivers Iron Curtain speech in Fulton Winston Churchill
- 1946 Reburial of Marcelle and Louis Gassion Édith Piaf
- 1946 Dedication of the FDR Presidential Library Eleanor Roosevelt
- 1946 Death at Tilton House John Maynard Keynes
- 1946 Lunch at the Bank of England John Maynard Keynes
- 1946 Tanganyika African Association conference Julius Nyerere
- 1946 Birth in Alma-Ata Vladimir Zhirinovsky
- 1946 Đà Lạt Conference delegation Võ Nguyên Giáp
- 1946 Théâtre de Chaillot appearance Édith Piaf
- 1946 Move to Barnhill farmhouse George Orwell
- 1946 Marriage to William Dozier Joan Fontaine
- 1946 Battle at Kendal Suharto
- 1946 Kashmir journey Jawaharlal Nehru
- 1946 Naval Academy graduation Jimmy Carter
- 1946 Toho audition in Tokyo Toshiro Mifune
- 1946 Entry to West Point Fidel V. Ramos
- 1946 Residence in Brooklyn after Army service Isaac Asimov
- 1946 Bermuda inspection visit Harry S. Truman
- 1946 Death at Hanover Terrace H. G. Wells
- 1946 Birth in Jalpaiguri Khaleda Zia
- 1946 Defection to Saigon Nguyễn Văn Thiệu
- 1946 What Every Woman Knows in Westport Olivia de Havilland
- 1946 Visits the Madoura pottery Pablo Picasso
- 1946 Accompanied King Rama IX to Switzerland Pridi Banomyong
- 1946 22nd Regiment headquarters Suharto
- 1946 Birth in Stone Town Freddie Mercury
- 1946 Return to Kenya at Mombasa Jomo Kenyatta
- 1946 Train journey for annual retreat Mother Teresa