Historical figures in 1947
The atlas holds 71 people and 127 moments here, in 1947. The most recorded lives are Eva Perón, Mahatma Gandhi and John Steinbeck. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Jurists.
Notable people
Hirohito
in 1947
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Hirohito (posthumously Emperor Shōwa) was Emperor of Japan from 25 December 1926 until his death in 1989.…
Idi Amin
in 1947
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Ugandan army officer and dictator who was president of Uganda from 1971 to 1979. This chronology records documented physical presences from his birth…
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
in 1947
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Peruvian diplomat and politician who became the fifth Secretary-General of the United Nations (1982–1991).…
Jawaharlal Nehru
in 1947
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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…
Jerry Rawlings
in 1947
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Jerry John Rawlings was a Ghanaian Air Force officer and politician who led Ghana in 1979 and from 1981 to 2001, first as military ruler and later as…
Jiang Zemin
in 1947
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Jiang Zemin was a Chinese electrical engineer and politician who served as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 1989 to 2002,…
Jiddu Krishnamurti
in 1947
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Indian philosopher, speaker, and writer. Raised within the Theosophical Society, he became head of the Order of the Star in the East, dissolved it at…
John F. Kennedy
in 1947
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy was an American naval officer, journalist, congressman, senator, and the 35th president of the United States.…
John Steinbeck
in 1947
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American novelist, journalist, and war correspondent whose life and work ranged from California’s Salinas Valley and Monterey Peninsula to wartime…
Jomo Kenyatta
in 1947
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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…
J. R. R. Tolkien
in 1947
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John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was an English philologist, university professor, and author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.…
Juan Manuel Fangio
in 1947
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Argentine racing driver Juan Manuel Fangio was a five-time Formula One World Drivers’ Champion.…
Judy Garland
in 1947
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American actress, singer, and vaudevillian, born Frances Ethel Gumm. Garland rose from childhood vaudeville and MGM musical films to become a major…
Julius Nyerere
in 1947
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Tanzanian anti-colonial leader, political theorist, and founding president of Tanzania. Nyerere led the Tanganyika African National Union (TANU),…
Kwame Nkrumah
in 1947
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Ghanaian nationalist leader, Pan-Africanist, and political theorist who led the Gold Coast to independence as Ghana in 1957.…
Le Corbusier
in 1947
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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 1947
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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 1947
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Senegalese poet, theorist of Négritude, and statesman who became Senegal’s first president in 1960.…
Ludwig Wittgenstein
in 1947
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Austro-British philosopher whose work in logic, language, mathematics, and mind shaped twentieth-century analytic philosophy.…
Mahatma Gandhi
in 1947
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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, political ethicist, and leader of mass nonviolent resistance.…
Manmohan Singh
in 1947
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Indian economist, academic, civil servant, finance minister and prime minister of India from 2004 to 2014.…
Margaret Thatcher
in 1947
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British stateswoman Margaret Hilda Thatcher (née Roberts) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990, the first woman to hold the…
Max Planck
in 1947
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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 1947
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Guatemalan poet-diplomat, novelist, playwright, journalist, and 1967 Nobel laureate. Asturias’s documented life moved between Guatemala, Europe,…
Moments
- 1947 Summit of Kedarnath Tenzing Norgay
- 1947 Speech at Bahauddin College Vallabhbhai Patel
- 1947 Tractor-plant fitter Vasily Shukshin
- 1947 Turbine-plant construction work Vasily Shukshin
- 1947 Olivier's investiture at Buckingham Palace Vivien Leigh
- 1947 Return to childhood home Wangarĩ Maathai
- 1947 University of Tokyo graduation Yukio Mishima
- 1947 University of Southern California admission Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
- 1947 Panglong Agreement signing Aung San
- 1947 National Mechanics race Juan Manuel Fangio
- 1947 Meeting Nelson Algren Simone de Beauvoir
- 1947 State visit to Mexico Harry S. Truman
- 1947 Asian Relations Conference inauguration Jawaharlal Nehru
- 1947 Move to Manor Road J. R. R. Tolkien
- 1947 Rosario City Award Juan Manuel Fangio
- 1947 Arrives in Patna for Bihar peace mission Mahatma Gandhi
- 1947 Inspects ruined sites near Masaurhi Mahatma Gandhi
- 1947 Visits Kako relief camp Mahatma Gandhi
- 1947 Addressing the KNIP in Malang Sukarno
- 1947 Marked her twenty-first birthday in Cape Town Elizabeth II
- 1947 Recorded her dedication at Victoria Falls Elizabeth II
- 1947 Reviewed troops at Youngsfield Elizabeth II
- 1947 Return to Jura for Nineteen Eighty-Four George Orwell
- 1947 Death at Fair Lane Henry Ford
- 1947 Denman Everest ascent attempt Tenzing Norgay
- 1947 Graduation from Stevens School Grace Kelly
- 1947 Leadership of Githunguri teachers' college Jomo Kenyatta
- 1947 Jowett Society address Ludwig Wittgenstein
- 1947 Morris Gray Poetry Reading T. S. Eliot
- 1947 Audience with Pope Pius XII Eva Perón
- 1947 Rainbow Tour stop at El Escorial Eva Perón
- 1947 Rainbow Tour stop in Ávila Eva Perón
- 1947 Rainbow Tour stop in Barcelona Eva Perón
- 1947 Rainbow Tour stop in Las Palmas Eva Perón
- 1947 Rainbow Tour stop in Madrid Eva Perón
- 1947 Rainbow Tour stop in Santiago de Compostela Eva Perón
- 1947 Rainbow Tour stop in Seville Eva Perón
- 1947 Rainbow Tour stop in Vigo Eva Perón
- 1947 Rainbow Tour stop in Villa Cisneros Eva Perón
- 1947 Rainbow Tour stop in Zaragoza Eva Perón
- 1947 Visit to the Royal Chapel of Granada Eva Perón
- 1947 Official visit to Canada Harry S. Truman
- 1947 Lions Club address during world tour Helen Keller
- 1947 Birth in Accra Jerry Rawlings
- 1947 Assassination at the Secretariat Building Aung San
- 1947 Rehabilitation conferences at Sorrenta Villa Aung San
- 1947 Conference appearance in Petrópolis Eva Perón
- 1947 Visit to Uruguay Eva Perón
- 1947 Corryvreckan boating expedition George Orwell
- 1947 Independence Day at the Red Fort Jawaharlal Nehru