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
Mahatma Gandhi
in 1946
1 moment here
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, political ethicist, and leader of mass nonviolent resistance.…
Mario Vargas Llosa
in 1946
1 moment here
Peruvian novelist, journalist, essayist, and political figure. Vargas Llosa lived and worked across Peru, Bolivia, Spain, France, the United Kingdom,…
Marlon Brando
in 1946
1 moment here
American actor and activist whose stage and screen career ranged from Broadway in the 1940s to major films through the early 2000s.…
Maurice Wilkins
in 1946
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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 1946
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German theoretical physicist and originator of quantum theory. Planck’s documented life moved from Kiel to Munich, Berlin, Kiel again, and Berlin,…
Miguel Ángel Asturias
in 1946
1 moment here
Guatemalan poet-diplomat, novelist, playwright, journalist, and 1967 Nobel laureate. Asturias’s documented life moved between Guatemala, Europe,…
Mikhail Gorbachev
in 1946
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Soviet and Russian politician who led the Soviet Union from 1985 until its dissolution in 1991.…
Mikhail Kalashnikov
in 1946
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Soviet and Russian small-arms designer, military engineer, and lieutenant general, best known for the AK-47 and later Kalashnikov weapon systems.…
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
in 1946
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Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919–1980) was the last shah of Iran, reigning from 1941 until the Iranian Revolution of 1979.…
Mother Teresa
in 1946
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Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, known as Mother Teresa or Saint Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian-Indian Catholic nun.…
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
in 1946
2 moments 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…
Nadine Gordimer
in 1946
1 moment here
South African novelist, short-story writer, and anti-apartheid activist whose work examined apartheid, race, power, and moral responsibility.…
Nelson Mandela
in 1946
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South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, lawyer and statesman. Mandela helped lead the African National Congress, co-founded its armed wing,…
Nguyễn Văn Thiệu
in 1946
1 moment here
South Vietnamese army officer and politician who led South Vietnam as chairman of the National Leadership Committee from 1965 and as president from…
Norodom Sihanouk
in 1946
1 moment here
Cambodian monarch, politician, and cultural figure who was king (1941–1955; 1993–2004), prime minister, chief of state, and leader in exile.…
Olivia de Havilland
in 1946
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Olivia de Havilland was a British-American-French actress whose career ranged from California community theatre and Warner Bros.…
Pablo Picasso
in 1946
2 moments here
Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and co-founder of Cubism. Born in Málaga, Picasso trained in A Coruña, Barcelona, and Madrid…
Pope Benedict XVI
in 1946
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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 1946
2 moments here
Karol Józef Wojtyła (1920–2005), Pope John Paul II from 1978, was a Polish Catholic priest, bishop, cardinal, and pope.…
Pridi Banomyong
in 1946
1 moment here
Thai lawyer, political leader, regent, prime minister, and founder of Thammasat University. A civilian leader of the 1932 Siamese Revolution, he…
Puyi
in 1946
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Puyi (1906–1967), the Xuantong Emperor, was the last emperor of Qing China and later the Kangde Emperor of Japanese-controlled Manchukuo.…
Rajendra Prasad
in 1946
1 moment here
Indian lawyer, independence leader, journalist and statesman who became the first President of India, serving from 1950 to 1962.…
Richard Feynman
in 1946
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American theoretical physicist known for foundational work in quantum electrodynamics, the path-integral formulation of quantum mechanics, and…
Roh Moo-hyun
in 1946
1 moment here
South Korean attorney, human-rights advocate, politician, and president of the Republic of Korea from 2003 to 2008.…
Moments
- 1946 Birth in Pongha Roh Moo-hyun
- 1946 Calls for European unity in Zurich Winston Churchill
- 1946 First overseas-blind world tour: London Helen Keller
- 1946 Arrival in the United Kingdom Lee Kuan Yew
- 1946 Moral Sciences Club poker meeting Ludwig Wittgenstein
- 1946 Final Kamakura residence in Hase Yasunari Kawabata
- 1946 Caligula premiere at Gothenburg City Theatre Ingmar Bergman
- 1946 Moved to Washington as congressman-elect John F. Kennedy
- 1946 Visit to Cambridge Lee Kuan Yew
- 1946 Sets out from Sodepur for Noakhali Mahatma Gandhi
- 1946 Priestly ordination Pope John Paul II
- 1946 Studies at the Angelicum Pope John Paul II
- 1946 Linggadjati Agreement appearance Sukarno
- 1946 Departure from Nanjing Zhou Enlai
- 1946 Goodbye Salute in London Helen Keller
- 1946 Iranian Azerbaijan campaign Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
- 1946 Luncheon meeting in London Muhammad Ali Jinnah
- 1946 Pan-Islamic meetings in Cairo Muhammad Ali Jinnah
- 1946 Elected permanent Chairman of the Constituent Assembly Rajendra Prasad
- 1946 Constituent Assembly speech Sarojini Naidu
- 1946 Birth at his grandmother's house Steve Biko
- 1946 Washington lobbying mission Syngman Rhee