Historical figures in 1948

The atlas holds 80 people and 129 moments here, in 1948. The most recorded lives are Golda Meir, Harry S. Truman and Muhammad Ali Jinnah. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Jurists.

Notable people

1. Alan Turing

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

2. Albert Luthuli

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   Albert John Luthuli was a South African teacher, traditional leader, anti-apartheid activist, and President-General of the African National Congress.…

3. Alexei Leonov

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   Soviet and Russian cosmonaut, aviator, artist, and writer. Leonov became the first person to conduct a spacewalk on 18 March 1965 and commanded Soyuz…

4. Alfredo Di Stéfano

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   Argentine-born footballer and manager who became a Spanish citizen and was the central player in Real Madrid's five consecutive European Cup…

5. Amadou Toumani Touré

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   Malian army officer and politician known as ATT. He led Mali’s 1991–1992 democratic transition, served as elected president from 2002 until his 2012…

6. Anthony Quinn

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   Mexican-American actor, painter, sculptor, writer, and civil-rights supporter Anthony Quinn (Manuel Antonio Rodolfo Quinn Oaxaca) worked in film,…

7. Ariel Sharon

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   Israeli military officer and politician. Sharon was born in Kfar Malal in Mandatory Palestine, served in major Israeli military campaigns from 1948…

8. Audrey Hepburn

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   British actress and humanitarian Audrey Hepburn (Audrey Kathleen Ruston) was born in Brussels, raised across Belgium, England and the Netherlands,…

9. Augusto Pinochet

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   Augusto Pinochet Ugarte was a Chilean army officer who led the 11 September 1973 coup and ruled Chile as head of the military junta and then…

10. Bertrand Russell

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    Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, was an English philosopher, mathematician, logician, writer, and public campaigner.…

11. Bhumibol Adulyadej

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

12. B. R. Ambedkar

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    Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar was an Indian jurist, economist, social reformer, politician, principal architect of India’s Constitution, and a leading…

13. Carl Sagan

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    American astronomer, planetary scientist, educator, author, and science communicator. Sagan studied at the University of Chicago, held appointments…

14. Che Guevara

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    Ernesto "Che" Guevara (1928–1967) was an Argentine physician, Marxist revolutionary, Cuban government official, diplomat, and guerrilla commander.…

15. Chinua Achebe

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    Nigerian novelist, poet, critic, editor, educator, and Biafran representative whose life moved between southeastern Nigeria, Lagos, East Africa,…

16. Christiaan Barnard

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    South African cardiac surgeon who led the team that performed the first successful human-to-human heart transplant at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape…

17. Dwight D. Eisenhower

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    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…

18. Édith Piaf

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    French singer and lyricist Édith Giovanna Gassion, known as Édith Piaf, rose from street performance in Paris to international prominence in chanson…

19. Edmund Hillary

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    New Zealand mountaineer, explorer, diplomat, and philanthropist. Hillary became internationally known after reaching Mount Everest’s summit with…

20. Eleanor Roosevelt

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

21. Elvis Presley

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    American singer and actor Elvis Aaron Presley, widely known as the “King of Rock and Roll.” Born in Tupelo, Mississippi, he grew up in Memphis,…

22. Ernest Hemingway

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    American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. Hemingway’s documented movements ranged from Illinois and Michigan to Italy in World War I,…

23. Eva Perón

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    María Eva Duarte de Perón, known as Eva or Evita Perón, was an Argentine actress, political leader, social-welfare organizer, and First Lady of…

24. Fidel Castro

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    Cuban revolutionary and political leader who led the 26th of July Movement against Fulgencio Batista, became Cuba's prime minister in 1959, and later…

Moments

1. 1948 Copper Folly residence Alan Turing
2. 1948 University of Manchester appointment Alan Turing
3. 1948 Church-sponsored tour of the United States Albert Luthuli
4. 1948 Family relocation to Kaliningrad Alexei Leonov
5. 1948 Move to London for Ballet Rambert Audrey Hepburn
6. 1948 West End debut at the London Hippodrome Audrey Hepburn
7. 1948 Service mission in the coal zone Augusto Pinochet
8. 1948 Move to Rahway and high-school attendance Carl Sagan
9. 1948 Medical studies at the University of Buenos Aires Che Guevara
10. 1948 University College student Chinua Achebe
11. 1948 Medical practice in Ceres Christiaan Barnard
12. 1948 Versailles Club engagement Édith Piaf
13. 1948 First ascent of Aoraki / Mount Cook Edmund Hillary
14. 1948 Months in Venice Ernest Hemingway
15. 1948 Weekend at San Vicente residence Eva Perón
16. 1948 Residence as consul in Veracruz Gabriela Mistral
17. 1948 Transfer to Cartagena Gabriel García Márquez
18. 1948 Move to West Texas George H. W. Bush
19. 1948 Yale graduation George H. W. Bush
20. 1948 Fundraising speech in Chicago Golda Meir
21. 1948 New York fundraising accident Golda Meir
22. 1948 Visit to Hiroshima Helen Keller
23. 1948 Visit to Kobe Helen Keller
24. 1948 Visit to Nagasaki Helen Keller
25. 1948 Tokyo Trial testimony Hideki Tojo
26. 1948 Birth in Setagaya Ichirou Mizuki
27. 1948 Meeting Robert Craft in New York Igor Stravinsky
28. 1948 Return with Craft to Los Angeles Igor Stravinsky
29. 1948 Webb and Knapp career begins I. M. Pei
30. 1948 Visit to Ernest Hemingway at Stresa Italo Calvino
31. 1948 Sydney speedcar racing Jack Brabham
32. 1948 Talks in Ootacamund Jiddu Krishnamurti
33. 1948 Yoga study in Poona Jiddu Krishnamurti
34. 1948 Paris exile Jorge Amado
35. 1948 South American Grand Prix crash Juan Manuel Fangio
36. 1948 Taken to hospital after crash Juan Manuel Fangio
37. 1948 Teaching post in Mufulira Kenneth Kaunda
38. 1948 Moldavian Communist Party propaganda department Konstantin Chernenko
39. 1948 Imprisonment in Kumasi Kwame Nkrumah
40. 1948 Transfer to Lawra detention Kwame Nkrumah
41. 1948 IUPAP meeting intervention in Florence Lars Onsager
42. 1948 Cochinchina Party work Lê Đức Thọ
43. 1948 Solitude at Rosroe Ludwig Wittgenstein
44. 1948 Assassinated at Birla House Mahatma Gandhi
45. 1948 Begins final Delhi fast Mahatma Gandhi
46. 1948 Relocation and study in Amritsar Manmohan Singh
47. 1948 Conservative Party conference delegate Margaret Thatcher
48. 1948 Visit to Pablo Neruda Miguel Ángel Asturias
49. 1948 Medical training in Patna Mother Teresa
50. 1948 Move to Johannesburg Nadine Gordimer

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