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
Lars Onsager
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Norwegian-American physical chemist and theoretical physicist whose career took him from Norway and Switzerland to major American universities.…
Lê Đức Thọ
in 1948
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Vietnamese revolutionary, Communist Party leader, and diplomat. Born Phan Đình Khải, he was imprisoned by French colonial authorities, worked in…
Ludwig Wittgenstein
in 1948
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Austro-British philosopher whose work in logic, language, mathematics, and mind shaped twentieth-century analytic philosophy.…
Mahatma Gandhi
in 1948
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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 1948
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Indian economist, academic, civil servant, finance minister and prime minister of India from 2004 to 2014.…
Margaret Thatcher
in 1948
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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…
Martin Luther King Jr.
in 1948
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American Baptist minister and civil-rights leader who advanced racial equality through nonviolent protest.…
Miguel Ángel Asturias
in 1948
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Guatemalan poet-diplomat, novelist, playwright, journalist, and 1967 Nobel laureate. Asturias’s documented life moved between Guatemala, Europe,…
Mother Teresa
in 1948
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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 1948
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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 1948
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South African novelist, short-story writer, and anti-apartheid activist whose work examined apartheid, race, power, and moral responsibility.…
Norodom Sihanouk
in 1948
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Cambodian monarch, politician, and cultural figure who was king (1941–1955; 1993–2004), prime minister, chief of state, and leader in exile.…
Pablo Picasso
in 1948
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Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and co-founder of Cubism. Born in Málaga, Picasso trained in A Coruña, Barcelona, and Madrid…
Paramahansa Yogananda
in 1948
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Indian and American Hindu monk, yogi, teacher, and founder of Self-Realization Fellowship and Yogoda Satsanga Society of India.…
Pol Pot
in 1948
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Cambodian communist revolutionary and dictator, born Saloth Sâr. As leader of the Communist Party of Kampuchea and Democratic Kampuchea, he oversaw a…
Pope John Paul II
in 1948
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Karol Józef Wojtyła (1920–2005), Pope John Paul II from 1978, was a Polish Catholic priest, bishop, cardinal, and pope.…
P. Ramlee
in 1948
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Teuku Zakaria bin Teuku Nyak Puteh, known as P. Ramlee, was a Malaysian actor, singer, composer, and filmmaker.…
Pran
in 1948
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Pran Krishan Sikand, known mononymously as Pran, was an Indian actor whose screen career extended from pre-Partition Lahore to Hindi cinema in…
Richard Feynman
in 1948
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American theoretical physicist known for foundational work in quantum electrodynamics, the path-integral formulation of quantum mechanics, and…
Salvador Dalí
in 1948
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Spanish painter, sculptor, writer, designer, filmmaker, and leading exponent of Surrealism. Born in Figueres, Dalí trained in Madrid, joined the…
Sirikit
in 1948
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Sirikit Kitiyakara was Queen of Thailand from 1950 to 2016 as consort of King Bhumibol Adulyadej and later Queen Mother.…
Stanley Kubrick
in 1948
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American filmmaker and photographer whose career began in New York photojournalism, expanded through Hollywood productions and European location…
Suharto
in 1948
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Indonesian army officer and politician who served as acting president from 1967 and president of Indonesia from 1968 until his resignation in 1998.…
Sukarno
in 1948
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Sukarno (1901–1970) was an Indonesian nationalist, revolutionary, engineer, and the first president of Indonesia.…
Moments
- 1948 Second Versailles Club run Édith Piaf
- 1948 Human-rights address at the Sorbonne Eleanor Roosevelt
- 1948 Israeli mission in Moscow Golda Meir
- 1948 1948 campaign speech in Oklahoma City Harry S. Truman
- 1948 Institute for Advanced Study membership Hideki Yukawa
- 1948 Visit to Berkeley Hideki Yukawa
- 1948 Begins Crozer Seminary studies Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1948 Death at Government House Muhammad Ali Jinnah
- 1948 Mission to communist-held Madiun Suharto
- 1948 Arrival at Whenuapai from Sydney Vivien Leigh
- 1948 Survival of the Hommelvik air crash Bertrand Russell
- 1948 Road accident near Lausanne Bhumibol Adulyadej
- 1948 Rosh Hashanah at Moscow Choral Synagogue Golda Meir
- 1948 Chicago Stadium campaign address Harry S. Truman
- 1948 Lincoln Tomb wreath during campaign Harry S. Truman
- 1948 Pittsburgh torchlight parade and address Harry S. Truman
- 1948 St. Paul campaign address Harry S. Truman
- 1948 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference Jawaharlal Nehru
- 1948 Birth in Mopti Amadou Toumani Touré
- 1948 Westminster School nuclear speech Bertrand Russell
- 1948 Family relocation to Memphis Elvis Presley
- 1948 United Nations General Assembly special session Jawaharlal Nehru
- 1948 UDHR debate at Palais de Chaillot Eleanor Roosevelt
- 1948 Return from Moscow to campaign Golda Meir
- 1948 Execution at Sugamo Prison Hideki Tojo
- 1948 Departure for Europe Juan Manuel Fangio
- 1948 Guerrilla headquarters in the Menoreh hills Suharto
- 1948 Captured at Yogyakarta in Operation Kraai Sukarno
- 1948 Nobel Prize ceremony T. S. Eliot