Historical figures in 1952
The atlas holds 80 people and 119 moments here, in 1952. The most recorded lives are Yukio Mishima, Eva Perón and Eleanor Roosevelt. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Musicians and Composers.
Notable people
Tenzing Norgay
in 1952
2 moments here
Nepalese-Indian Sherpa mountaineer, born Namgyal Wangdi, who with Edmund Hillary made the first confirmed ascent of Mount Everest on 29 May 1953.…
Thomas Mann
in 1952
1 moment here
German novelist, essayist, public intellectual, and 1929 Nobel laureate. Born in Lübeck, he lived principally in Munich before exile from Nazi…
Tunku Abdul Rahman
in 1952
1 moment here
Malaysian statesman, UMNO leader, chief minister of the Federation of Malaya, and first prime minister of Malaya and Malaysia.…
Vasily Shukshin
in 1952
1 moment here
Soviet Russian writer, actor, screenwriter, and film director associated with Village Prose.…
V. S. Naipaul
in 1952
1 moment here
Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul was a Trinidad-born British novelist, essayist, and travel writer.…
Walter Brattain
in 1952
1 moment here
American experimental physicist and co-inventor of the point-contact transistor. Brattain’s documented life moved from his birth in Amoy, China,…
Yukio Mishima
in 1952
5 moments here
Yukio Mishima, born Kimitake Hiraoka, was a Japanese novelist, playwright, actor, and political activist.…
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
in 1952
1 moment here
Pakistani barrister and statesman who served as Pakistan’s fourth president (1971–1973) and ninth prime minister (1973–1977).…