Historical figures in 1953

The atlas holds 86 people and 136 moments here, in 1953. The most recorded lives are Elizabeth II, Huang Xianfan and Satyendra Nath Bose. Among them Political Leaders, Writers and Musicians and Composers.

Notable people

  1. Abdus Salam

    in 1953

    1 moment here

    Pakistani theoretical physicist and 1979 Nobel Prize laureate whose career connected education in Punjab and Cambridge with professorships in Lahore…

  2. Akira Kurosawa

    in 1953

    2 moments here

    Japanese filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, editor, and painter. Kurosawa directed 30 feature films between 1943 and 1993, including Rashomon, Seven…

  3. Alan MacDiarmid

    in 1953

    1 moment here

    New Zealand-American chemist and 2000 Nobel laureate in Chemistry, known for co-developing conductive polymers.…

  4. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

    in 1953

    1 moment here

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

  5. Alfredo Di Stéfano

    in 1953

    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…

  6. Ariel Sharon

    in 1953

    1 moment here

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

  7. Augusto Pinochet

    in 1953

    1 moment here

    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…

  8. Benazir Bhutto

    in 1953

    1 moment here

    Pakistani political leader who served twice as prime minister, from 1988 to 1990 and from 1993 to 1996.…

  9. Bob Hawke

    in 1953

    1 moment here

    Australian trade-union leader and Labor politician who served as Australia’s 23rd prime minister from 1983 to 1991.…

  10. Brigitte Bardot

    in 1953

    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…

  11. Charlie Chaplin

    in 1953

    1 moment here

    English actor, comedian, director, writer, producer and composer whose screen persona, the Tramp, became an international icon.…

  12. Che Guevara

    in 1953

    3 moments here

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

  13. Chinua Achebe

    in 1953

    1 moment here

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

  14. Corazon Aquino

    in 1953

    2 moments here

    María Corazón Sumulong Cojuangco-Aquino was a Filipino political leader and president of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992.…

  15. Derek Walcott

    in 1953

    1 moment here

    Saint Lucian poet, playwright, painter, and teacher who won the 1992 Nobel Prize in Literature.…

  16. Dorothy Hodgkin

    in 1953

    1 moment here

    English chemist and X-ray crystallographer Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin determined major biomolecular structures including penicillin, vitamin B12,…

  17. Dwight D. Eisenhower

    in 1953

    3 moments here

    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

    in 1953

    2 moments here

    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

    in 1953

    2 moments here

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

  20. Eleanor Roosevelt

    in 1953

    3 moments here

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

  21. Elizabeth II

    in 1953

    6 moments here

    Elizabeth II was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death.…

  22. Elvis Presley

    in 1953

    1 moment here

    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,…

  23. Fidel Castro

    in 1953

    3 moments 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…

  24. F. W. de Klerk

    in 1953

    1 moment here

    South African lawyer and National Party politician who served as State President of South Africa from 1989 to 1994 and as deputy president from 1994…

Moments

  1. 1953 Return to St John's College Abdus Salam
  2. 1953 Seven Samurai location production Akira Kurosawa
  3. 1953 Seven Samurai production at Toho Studios Akira Kurosawa
  4. 1953 Doctoral work at the University of Wisconsin Alan MacDiarmid
  5. 1953 Rancagua Regiment assignment Augusto Pinochet
  6. 1953 Rhodes Scholar at Oxford Bob Hawke
  7. 1953 Moves into Manoir de Ban Charlie Chaplin
  8. 1953 Teaching at Merchants of Light School Chinua Achebe
  9. 1953 College graduation in the Bronx Corazon Aquino
  10. 1953 Law studies at Far Eastern University Corazon Aquino
  11. 1953 Move to Trinidad after graduation Derek Walcott
  12. 1953 First presidential inauguration Dwight D. Eisenhower
  13. 1953 Five-week Japan visit Eleanor Roosevelt
  14. 1953 Hiroshima visit Eleanor Roosevelt
  15. 1953 First acetates at Memphis Recording Service Elvis Presley
  16. 1953 Monument High School graduation F. W. de Klerk
  17. 1953 Return home after presidency Harry S. Truman
  18. 1953 Director of Kyoto research institute Hideki Yukawa
  19. 1953 Work at Anheuser-Busch Jacques Chirac
  20. 1953 Research at the Husserl Archive Jacques Derrida
  21. 1953 Return to Plains farming Jimmy Carter
  22. 1953 Move to Sandfield Road J. R. R. Tolkien
  23. 1953 Carrera Panamericana finish Juan Manuel Fangio
  24. 1953 Mille Miglia through Rome Juan Manuel Fangio
  25. 1953 Monza Grand Prix win Juan Manuel Fangio
  26. 1953 Marriage at Musoma mission Julius Nyerere
  27. 1953 Teaching at St Francis' College Julius Nyerere
  28. 1953 First move to Tokyo Kenzaburō Ōe
  29. 1953 Graduation from Kishinev Pedagogical Institute Konstantin Chernenko
  30. 1953 Liquid-helium conference in Japan Lars Onsager
  31. 1953 Moved to the Royal Institution Lawrence Bragg
  32. 1953 Enamel production at Luynes Le Corbusier
  33. 1953 Arrival for Japan tour Louis Armstrong
  34. 1953 Enrollment at San Marcos Mario Vargas Llosa
  35. 1953 First solo Las Vegas engagement Marlene Dietrich
  36. 1953 Photo 51 shown to Watson Maurice Wilkins
  37. 1953 Visit to Guatemala Miguel Ángel Asturias
  38. 1953 Return to Iran after the coup Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
  39. 1953 Independence advocacy in Canada Norodom Sihanouk
  40. 1953 Independence advocacy in the United States Norodom Sihanouk
  41. 1953 Independence campaign in France Norodom Sihanouk
  42. 1953 Return to Mexico City from Japan Octavio Paz
  43. 1953 Training at Fort Sill Park Chung Hee
  44. 1953 Arrival in Saigon Pol Pot
  45. 1953 Khmer Việt Minh headquarters at Trapeng Kroloeung Pol Pot
  46. 1953 Meeting in Phnom Penh after return Pol Pot
  47. 1953 Doctorate at Ludwig Maximilian University Pope Benedict XVI
  48. 1953 Far East goodwill tour Richard Nixon
  49. 1953 Visit to Hanoi Richard Nixon
  50. 1953 Visit to Saigon Richard Nixon

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