Historical figures in 1950

The atlas holds 90 people and 119 moments here, in 1950. The most recorded lives are Ngô Đình Diệm, Sirikit and Harry S. Truman. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Jurists.

Notable people

  1. Abebe Bikila

    in 1950

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    Ethiopian marathon runner and Imperial Guard officer who won Olympic marathon gold in Rome in 1960 and Tokyo in 1964, both in world-record time.…

  2. Alan Turing

    in 1950

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

  3. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

    in 1950

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    Soviet and Russian novelist, essayist, historian, dissident, and Nobel laureate whose writings on Soviet political repression and the Gulag made him…

  4. Alfred Hitchcock

    in 1950

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    English filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock (1899–1980), known as the “Master of Suspense,” worked in British cinema before relocating to Hollywood in 1939.…

  5. Alice Munro

    in 1950

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    Canadian short-story writer and 2013 Nobel laureate. Born in Wingham, Ontario, Munro studied in London, Ontario; lived in British Columbia during her…

  6. Allan MacLeod Cormack

    in 1950

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    South African-born American physicist and academic whose mathematical work helped establish computed tomography.…

  7. Anthony Quinn

    in 1950

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

  8. Ariel Sharon

    in 1950

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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…

  9. Audrey Hepburn

    in 1950

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

  10. Bảo Đại

    in 1950

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    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.…

  11. Bertrand Russell

    in 1950

    1 moment here

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

  12. Bhumibol Adulyadej

    in 1950

    2 moments 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,…

  13. B. R. Ambedkar

    in 1950

    1 moment here

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

  14. Che Guevara

    in 1950

    1 moment here

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

  15. Chiang Kai-shek

    in 1950

    1 moment here

    Chinese military commander, revolutionary, and statesman. Chiang Kai-shek led the Nationalist government of China through the Northern Expedition,…

  16. Daniel arap Moi

    in 1950

    1 moment here

    Kenyan teacher and politician who served as Kenya’s vice president from 1967 to 1978 and its second president from 1978 to 2002.…

  17. Deng Xiaoping

    in 1950

    1 moment here

    Chinese revolutionary, statesman, and paramount leader of the People’s Republic of China from 1978 to 1989.…

  18. Dwight D. Eisenhower

    in 1950

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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…

  19. Édith Piaf

    in 1950

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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…

  20. Elizabeth Taylor

    in 1950

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    British-American actress and HIV/AIDS activist. Born in London, Taylor moved to Southern California in 1939, became a major Hollywood star, worked…

  21. Errol Flynn

    in 1950

    2 moments here

    Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn was an Australian-born actor who became a major Hollywood star in swashbuckling and adventure films.…

  22. Erwin Schrödinger

    in 1950

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    Austrian-Irish theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate whose work on wave mechanics and the Schrödinger equation became foundational to quantum…

  23. Fidel Castro

    in 1950

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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…

  24. Fidel V. Ramos

    in 1950

    1 moment here

    Filipino military officer and politician who served as president of the Philippines from 1992 to 1998.…

Moments

  1. 1950 Daily hill training from Sululta Abebe Bikila
  2. 1950 Special Camp imprisonment at Ekibastuz Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
  3. 1950 Stage Fright filming in London Alfred Hitchcock
  4. 1950 Studies at the University of Western Ontario Alice Munro
  5. 1950 Lectureship at the University of Cape Town Allan MacLeod Cormack
  6. 1950 Studies at Hebrew University Ariel Sharon
  7. 1950 Dancer at Ciro's London Audrey Hepburn
  8. 1950 Conferences seeking further independence Bảo Đại
  9. 1950 Royal honeymoon at Hua Hin Bhumibol Adulyadej
  10. 1950 Solo northern Argentina expedition Che Guevara
  11. 1950 Marriage at Eldama Ravine mission Daniel arap Moi
  12. 1950 Three-year residence in Chongqing Deng Xiaoping
  13. 1950 NATO command residence Dwight D. Eisenhower
  14. 1950 Residence in Port Antonio Errol Flynn
  15. 1950 Guest professorship at the University of Innsbruck Erwin Schrödinger
  16. 1950 West Point graduation Fidel V. Ramos
  17. 1950 Hospital ABC treatment Frida Kahlo
  18. 1950 Journalism in Barranquilla Gabriel García Márquez
  19. 1950 Death at University College Hospital George Orwell
  20. 1950 At Kyoto University Hideki Yukawa
  21. 1950 Visit to the University of Osaka Hideki Yukawa
  22. 1950 Arrival at Arzamas-16 Igor Tamm
  23. 1950 Return to Stockholm's Intima Theatre Ingmar Bergman
  24. 1950 Residence in Czechoslovakia Jorge Amado
  25. 1950 Teaching at Argentine cultural institutions Jorge Luis Borges
  26. 1950 Move to Holywell Street J. R. R. Tolkien
  27. 1950 Belgian Grand Prix victory Juan Manuel Fangio
  28. 1950 French Grand Prix victory Juan Manuel Fangio
  29. 1950 Monaco Grand Prix victory Juan Manuel Fangio
  30. 1950 As You Like It at the Cort Theatre Katharine Hepburn
  31. 1950 Family relocation to Dinajpur Khaleda Zia
  32. 1950 Return and arrest in occupied Mokpo Kim Dae-jung
  33. 1950 Imprisonment at Fort James Kwame Nkrumah
  34. 1950 First Ronchamp visit Le Corbusier
  35. 1950 Long Island murals and sandcasts Le Corbusier
  36. 1950 Election campaigning in Totnes Lee Kuan Yew
  37. 1950 Final Vienna visit Ludwig Wittgenstein
  38. 1950 Herter Lectures at Johns Hopkins Macfarlane Burnet
  39. 1950 Cadet at Leoncio Prado Mario Vargas Llosa
  40. 1950 Preparation for The Men Marlon Brando
  41. 1950 Early DNA diffraction photographs Maurice Wilkins
  42. 1950 Marriage in Montevideo Miguel Ángel Asturias
  43. 1950 Arrival for Moscow State University Mikhail Gorbachev
  44. 1950 Moscow State University residence Mikhail Gorbachev
  45. 1950 Establishes Missionaries of Charity Mother Teresa
  46. 1950 Audience with Pope Pius XII Ngô Đình Diệm
  47. 1950 Lobbying meetings in Paris Ngô Đình Diệm
  48. 1950 Visit to Japan during exile Ngô Đình Diệm
  49. 1950 First SRF World Convocation Paramahansa Yogananda
  50. 1950 Labour battalion near Zagreb Pol Pot

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