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. Gabriela Mistral

    in 1953

    1 moment here

    Chilean poet, educator, journalist, and diplomat born Lucila Godoy Alcayaga. Mistral taught across Chile, worked on Mexican educational reform,…

  2. Harry S. Truman

    in 1953

    1 moment here

    Harry S. Truman (1884–1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953.…

  3. Helen Keller

    in 1953

    1 moment here

    Helen Adams Keller was an American deafblind author, lecturer, disability-rights advocate, and political activist.…

  4. Hideki Yukawa

    in 1953

    2 moments here

    Japanese theoretical physicist and the first Japanese Nobel laureate, awarded the 1949 Nobel Prize in Physics for predicting mesons.…

  5. Howard Florey

    in 1953

    1 moment here

    Australian pharmacologist and pathologist who led the Oxford team that developed penicillin into a practical therapeutic drug.…

  6. Huang Xianfan

    in 1953

    6 moments here

    Huang Xianfan was a Zhuang Chinese historian, ethnologist, educator, and pioneer of field research on minority peoples in Guangxi and neighboring…

  7. Igor Tamm

    in 1953

    1 moment here

    Soviet theoretical physicist and 1958 Nobel laureate in Physics, noted for work on Cherenkov radiation, nuclear physics, and controlled thermonuclear…

  8. Jacques Chirac

    in 1953

    1 moment here

    French statesman who served as prime minister (1974–1976; 1986–1988), mayor of Paris (1977–1995), and president of France (1995–2007).…

  9. Jacques Derrida

    in 1953

    1 moment here

    French philosopher, born Jackie Élie Derrida, associated with deconstruction. His career moved from Algeria and Paris to recurrent teaching and…

  10. Jawaharlal Nehru

    in 1953

    1 moment here

    Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and statesman who became independent India’s first prime minister, serving from 15 August 1947 until his…

  11. Jimmy Carter

    in 1953

    2 moments here

    James Earl Carter Jr. was an American naval officer, Georgia state senator and governor, the 39th president of the United States, and a…

  12. John F. Kennedy

    in 1953

    1 moment here

    John Fitzgerald Kennedy was an American naval officer, journalist, congressman, senator, and the 35th president of the United States.…

  13. Joseph Stalin

    in 1953

    1 moment here

    Soviet revolutionary and political leader, born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili in Gori, Georgia.…

  14. J. R. R. Tolkien

    in 1953

    2 moments here

    John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was an English philologist, university professor, and author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.…

  15. Juan Manuel Fangio

    in 1953

    3 moments here

    Argentine racing driver Juan Manuel Fangio was a five-time Formula One World Drivers’ Champion.…

  16. Julius Nyerere

    in 1953

    2 moments here

    Tanzanian anti-colonial leader, political theorist, and founding president of Tanzania. Nyerere led the Tanganyika African National Union (TANU),…

  17. Kenneth Kaunda

    in 1953

    1 moment here

    Zambian teacher, nationalist leader, and first president of independent Zambia, serving from 1964 to 1991.…

  18. Kenzaburō Ōe

    in 1953

    1 moment here

    Japanese novelist, short-story writer, essayist, Nobel laureate, and prominent pacifist and anti-nuclear campaigner.…

  19. Kim Il Sung

    in 1953

    2 moments here

    Kim Il Sung (born Kim Song Ju) was a Korean communist guerrilla leader, North Korean political leader, and founder of the Democratic People’s…

  20. Konstantin Chernenko

    in 1953

    1 moment here

    Soviet Communist Party official and General Secretary of the CPSU from 13 February 1984 until his death.…

  21. Lars Onsager

    in 1953

    1 moment here

    Norwegian-American physical chemist and theoretical physicist whose career took him from Norway and Switzerland to major American universities.…

  22. Lawrence Bragg

    in 1953

    3 moments here

    Australian-born British physicist and X-ray crystallographer. Bragg shared the 1915 Nobel Prize in Physics with his father, William Henry Bragg, for…

  23. Le Corbusier

    in 1953

    1 moment here

    Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, known as Le Corbusier, was a Swiss-born French architect, designer, painter, writer, and urban planner.…

  24. Louis Armstrong

    in 1953

    1 moment here

    American jazz trumpeter, vocalist, bandleader, and entertainer whose career transformed jazz solo performance and made him an international cultural…

Moments

  1. 1953 Highfield Government School relocation Robert Mugabe
  2. 1953 Entered Dae Chang Elementary School Roh Moo-hyun
  3. 1953 Met Niels Bohr in Copenhagen Satyendra Nath Bose
  4. 1953 Met Wolfgang Pauli in Zürich Satyendra Nath Bose
  5. 1953 Return visit to Paris Satyendra Nath Bose
  6. 1953 Visit to Geneva Satyendra Nath Bose
  7. 1953 Visit to Prague Satyendra Nath Bose
  8. 1953 World Congress for Peace in Budapest Satyendra Nath Bose
  9. 1953 Visit to the Soviet Union Soong Ching-ling
  10. 1953 Birth in Baozhong Teresa Teng
  11. 1953 Joined Columbia University Tsung-Dao Lee
  12. 1953 Medical treatment at Bethesda Umm Kulthum
  13. 1953 Teacher and school principal Vasily Shukshin
  14. 1953 Elephant Walk filming trip to Ceylon Vivien Leigh
  15. 1953 Jan Hofmeyr School admission Winnie Mandela
  16. 1953 Visits Eisenhower and Truman in the United States Winston Churchill
  17. 1953 Visiting Brookhaven National Laboratory Yang Chen-Ning
  18. 1953 Called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
  19. 1953 Alliance Round Table Conference Tunku Abdul Rahman
  20. 1953 Internal exile at Birlik Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
  21. 1953 Residence on Boulevard Lannes Édith Piaf
  22. 1953 Chile delegate at the UN Commission on the Status of Women Gabriela Mistral
  23. 1953 Visit to Canberra for ANU planning Howard Florey
  24. 1953 Nuclear-power course at Union College Jimmy Carter
  25. 1953 Dies at Kuntsevo Dacha Joseph Stalin
  26. 1953 Reported spiritual awakening Osho
  27. 1953 Return visit to Wellesley Soong Mei-ling
  28. 1953 Infantry Regiment III command Suharto
  29. 1953 Meeting Edmund Hillary Tenzing Norgay
  30. 1953 Stalin funeral in Moscow Zhou Enlai
  31. 1953 Cannes Film Festival appearance Brigitte Bardot
  32. 1953 Visits DNA model in Cambridge Dorothy Hodgkin
  33. 1953 Théâtre Marigny performances with Jacques Pills Édith Piaf
  34. 1953 Ker Memorial Lecture in Glasgow J. R. R. Tolkien
  35. 1953 Announced DNA structure at Solvay conference Lawrence Bragg
  36. 1953 Cannes Film Festival visit Olivia de Havilland
  37. 1953 Visit to the DNA model Sydney Brenner
  38. 1953 Summit of Mount Everest Edmund Hillary
  39. 1953 DNA talk at Guy's Hospital Medical School Lawrence Bragg
  40. 1953 First confirmed ascent of Mount Everest Tenzing Norgay
  41. 1953 High camp below Everest summit Tenzing Norgay
  42. 1953 Birth at Pinto's Nursing Home Benazir Bhutto
  43. 1953 Medical degree in Buenos Aires Che Guevara
  44. 1953 Everest-expedition reception in Kathmandu Edmund Hillary
  45. 1953 Crowned at Westminster Abbey Elizabeth II
  46. 1953 National University of Mexico address Helen Keller
  47. 1953 Historical-relics investigation in Hechi Huang Xianfan
  48. 1953 Historical-relics investigation in Luocheng Huang Xianfan
  49. 1953 Historical-relics investigation in Nandan Huang Xianfan
  50. 1953 Historical-relics investigation in Tian'e Huang Xianfan

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