Historical figures in 1949
The atlas holds 81 people and 105 moments here, in 1949. The most recorded lives are Albert Camus, Sukarno and Mao Zedong. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Performers.
Notable people
Abdurrahman Wahid
in 1949
1 moment here
Indonesian Islamic scholar, Nahdlatul Ulama leader, reform advocate, and fourth president of Indonesia (1999–2001), widely known as Gus Dur.…
Alan García
in 1949
1 moment here
Alan García Pérez was a Peruvian politician and leader of the Peruvian Aprista Party who served two nonconsecutive terms as president of Peru, from…
Albert Camus
in 1949
9 moments here
French writer, philosopher, journalist, and political activist, born in French Algeria. Camus studied and worked in Algiers, moved between Algeria…
Alfredo Di Stéfano
in 1949
1 moment here
Argentine-born footballer and manager who became a Spanish citizen and was the central player in Real Madrid's five consecutive European Cup…
Andy Warhol
in 1949
1 moment here
American artist and filmmaker whose work helped define Pop art. Born in Pittsburgh, Warhol studied there before moving to New York in 1949.…
Bảo Đại
in 1949
1 moment here
Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thụy, known as Bảo Đại, was the final emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty and later chief of state of the State of Vietnam.…
Bhumibol Adulyadej
in 1949
1 moment here
Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) was King of Thailand from 1946 to 2016. Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, he grew up partly in Thailand and Switzerland,…
Brigitte Bardot
in 1949
1 moment here
French actress, singer, model, and animal-rights activist. Born and raised in Paris, Bardot became an international film star in the 1950s and 1960s…
Corazon Aquino
in 1949
1 moment here
María Corazón Sumulong Cojuangco-Aquino was a Filipino political leader and president of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992.…
C. V. Raman
in 1949
1 moment here
Indian physicist Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman (1888–1970), known for research on light scattering and for the Raman effect.…
Deng Xiaoping
in 1949
2 moments here
Chinese revolutionary, statesman, and paramount leader of the People’s Republic of China from 1978 to 1989.…
Dolores del Río
in 1949
1 moment here
Mexican actress Dolores del Río (María de los Dolores Asúnsolo y López Negrete) was a major star of silent-era Hollywood and the Golden Age of…
Doris Lessing
in 1949
1 moment here
British novelist Doris May Lessing was born in Kermanshah, Iran, grew up in Southern Rhodesia, and moved to London in 1949.…
Édith Piaf
in 1949
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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…
Edmund Hillary
in 1949
1 moment here
New Zealand mountaineer, explorer, diplomat, and philanthropist. Hillary became internationally known after reaching Mount Everest’s summit with…
Elizabeth II
in 1949
1 moment here
Elizabeth II was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death.…
Errol Flynn
in 1949
1 moment here
Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn was an Australian-born actor who became a major Hollywood star in swashbuckling and adventure films.…
Eva Perón
in 1949
1 moment here
María Eva Duarte de Perón, known as Eva or Evita Perón, was an Argentine actress, political leader, social-welfare organizer, and First Lady of…
Fidel Castro
in 1949
1 moment here
Cuban revolutionary and political leader who led the 26th of July Movement against Fulgencio Batista, became Cuba's prime minister in 1959, and later…
Gamal Abdel Nasser
in 1949
1 moment here
Egyptian army officer, leader of the 1952 Egyptian Revolution, and president of Egypt from 1954 until his death.…
George Orwell
in 1949
2 moments here
George Orwell was the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair, an English novelist, essayist, journalist, critic, and democratic socialist.…
Grace Kelly
in 1949
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American actress Grace Patricia Kelly became an internationally prominent film star in the early 1950s, then Princess of Monaco after her 1956…
Hideki Yukawa
in 1949
2 moments here
Japanese theoretical physicist and the first Japanese Nobel laureate, awarded the 1949 Nobel Prize in Physics for predicting mesons.…
Idi Amin
in 1949
1 moment here
Ugandan army officer and dictator who was president of Uganda from 1971 to 1979. This chronology records documented physical presences from his birth…
Moments
- 1949 Move to Jakarta Abdurrahman Wahid
- 1949 Move to Millonarios Alfredo Di Stéfano
- 1949 Admission to the Conservatoire de Paris Brigitte Bardot
- 1949 Graduation from Notre Dame Convent School Corazon Aquino
- 1949 Raman Research Institute directorship C. V. Raman
- 1949 Southwest leadership in Chongqing Deng Xiaoping
- 1949 Meeting Lewis A. Riley in Acapulco Dolores del Río
- 1949 Move to London with Peter Lessing Doris Lessing
- 1949 Sell-out Salle Pleyel shows Édith Piaf
- 1949 Climb of the Jungfrau Edmund Hillary
- 1949 Lived at Villa Guardamangia Elizabeth II
- 1949 Final hospitalization at University College Hospital George Orwell
- 1949 Sanatorium at Cranham George Orwell
- 1949 American Academy of Dramatic Arts graduation Grace Kelly
- 1949 Visiting Albert Einstein in Princeton Hideki Yukawa
- 1949 Visiting professorship at Columbia University Hideki Yukawa
- 1949 Deployment to northern Kenya Idi Amin
- 1949 Move to Paris Jacques Derrida
- 1949 Western Pacific submarine patrol Jimmy Carter
- 1949 Public-speaking career expands Jorge Luis Borges
- 1949 Sanremo victory Juan Manuel Fangio
- 1949 Stay at Unité d'Habitation construction site Le Corbusier
- 1949 Move to Izhevsk for weapons work Mikhail Kalashnikov
- 1949 Entered medical school Nawal El Saadawi
- 1949 National Military Academy graduation Nguyễn Văn Thiệu
- 1949 Autonomy negotiations in Paris Norodom Sihanouk
- 1949 Escape route through Hueinahue Pablo Neruda
- 1949 Green Hills Farm residence during humanitarian work Pearl S. Buck
- 1949 Family residence in Ankara Pervez Musharraf
- 1949 Works at Jalan Ampas with L. Krishnan P. Ramlee
- 1949 Exile in China Pridi Banomyong
- 1949 Begins university study Raisa Gorbacheva
- 1949 First anniversary of independent Burma Rajendra Prasad
- 1949 Move into Mumbai film music Ram Narayan
- 1949 University of Fort Hare studies Robert Mugabe
- 1949 Move to Taiwan Soong Mei-ling
- 1949 Look photographer at Sadler's Wells Stanley Kubrick
- 1949 Captivity on Bangka Sukarno
- 1949 Dutch captivity in Parapat Sukarno
- 1949 Stay at Yatung en route to Lhasa Tenzing Norgay
- 1949 Goethe bicentenary celebrations in Frankfurt Thomas Mann
- 1949 Goethe bicentenary celebrations in Weimar Thomas Mann
- 1949 Howard University student Toni Morrison
- 1949 Return to Penang after law studies Tunku Abdul Rahman
- 1949 Return to Delhi after emergency landing Vallabhbhai Patel
- 1949 Baltic Fleet radio training Vasily Shukshin
- 1949 Drafted from Butovo Vasily Shukshin
- 1949 Move to Holmby Hills Walt Disney
- 1949 Institute for Advanced Study appointment Yang Chen-Ning
- 1949 Return to Cairo after the war Yasser Arafat