Historical figures in 1954
The atlas holds 78 people and 122 moments here, in 1954. The most recorded lives are Syngman Rhee, Marilyn Monroe and Miguel Ángel Asturias. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Military Leaders.
Notable people
Gabriel García Márquez
in 1954
1 moment here
Colombian novelist, journalist, screenwriter, and Nobel laureate whose life moved between Colombia, Europe, Cuba, the United States, Mexico, and…
Gamal Abdel Nasser
in 1954
1 moment here
Egyptian army officer, leader of the 1952 Egyptian Revolution, and president of Egypt from 1954 until his death.…
Getúlio Vargas
in 1954
1 moment here
Brazilian lawyer, military officer, and politician who led Brazil from 1930 to 1945 and again from 1951 until his death in 1954.…
Glynis Johns
in 1954
1 moment here
British actress, dancer and singer whose stage and screen career ran from childhood performances in Britain to Broadway and later American work.…
Grace Kelly
in 1954
2 moments here
American actress Grace Patricia Kelly became an internationally prominent film star in the early 1950s, then Princess of Monaco after her 1956…
Haile Selassie
in 1954
1 moment here
Haile Selassie I (born Tafari Makonnen) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 until his deposition in 1974.…
Henri Matisse
in 1954
1 moment here
French painter, sculptor, draughtsman, printmaker, and major figure of modern art. Born in Le Cateau-Cambresis, Matisse trained and worked…
Hideki Yukawa
in 1954
1 moment here
Japanese theoretical physicist and the first Japanese Nobel laureate, awarded the 1949 Nobel Prize in Physics for predicting mesons.…
Hugo Chávez
in 1954
1 moment here
Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías was a Venezuelan army officer and politician who led the failed February 1992 coup attempt, became president of Venezuela in…
Igor Tamm
in 1954
1 moment here
Soviet theoretical physicist and 1958 Nobel laureate in Physics, noted for work on Cherenkov radiation, nuclear physics, and controlled thermonuclear…
Jawaharlal Nehru
in 1954
2 moments here
Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and statesman who became independent India’s first prime minister, serving from 15 August 1947 until his…
Jean-Paul Sartre
in 1954
1 moment here
French philosopher, writer, and political activist associated with existentialism. His documented movements include education and teaching across…
Jiang Zemin
in 1954
1 moment here
Jiang Zemin was a Chinese electrical engineer and politician who served as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 1989 to 2002,…
Joan Fontaine
in 1954
1 moment here
British-American actress Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland, professionally Joan Fontaine, was an Academy Award-winning performer known especially for…
John F. Kennedy
in 1954
1 moment here
John Fitzgerald Kennedy was an American naval officer, journalist, congressman, senator, and the 35th president of the United States.…
John McCain
in 1954
1 moment here
John Sidney McCain III was an American naval aviator, Vietnam War prisoner of war, U.S. representative, U.S.…
Juan Manuel Fangio
in 1954
4 moments here
Argentine racing driver Juan Manuel Fangio was a five-time Formula One World Drivers’ Champion.…
Julius Nyerere
in 1954
1 moment here
Tanzanian anti-colonial leader, political theorist, and founding president of Tanzania. Nyerere led the Tanganyika African National Union (TANU),…
Kenzaburō Ōe
in 1954
1 moment here
Japanese novelist, short-story writer, essayist, Nobel laureate, and prominent pacifist and anti-nuclear campaigner.…
Kim Dae-jung
in 1954
1 moment here
South Korean politician, democracy activist, and eighth president of South Korea (1998–2003).…
Kim Il Sung
in 1954
1 moment 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…
Kofi Annan
in 1954
1 moment here
Ghanaian diplomat and statesman who served as Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006.…
Lee Kuan Yew
in 1954
2 moments here
Singaporean barrister and statesman who co-founded the People’s Action Party and served as Singapore’s first prime minister from 1959 to 1990.…
Macfarlane Burnet
in 1954
2 moments here
Australian virologist and immunologist Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet, known as Macfarlane Burnet, shared the 1960 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine…
Moments
- 1954 Trek through Prey Veng Pol Pot
- 1954 Enters The Doon School Rajiv Gandhi
- 1954 First solo festival concert Ram Narayan
- 1954 Performance visit to China Ram Narayan
- 1954 Teaching in Gwelo Robert Mugabe
- 1954 Nursing studies in Lourenço Marques Samora Machel
- 1954 Crystallographic Conference in Paris Satyendra Nath Bose
- 1954 Physiology lecturer at Witwatersrand Sydney Brenner
- 1954 Postdoctoral work in Berkeley Sydney Brenner
- 1954 Post-state-visit stop in Chicago Syngman Rhee
- 1954 Post-state-visit stop in Kansas City Syngman Rhee
- 1954 Post-state-visit stop in Los Angeles Syngman Rhee
- 1954 Post-state-visit stop in New York Syngman Rhee
- 1954 Post-state-visit stop in Philadelphia Syngman Rhee
- 1954 Post-state-visit stop in San Francisco Syngman Rhee
- 1954 Director of Field Training at HMI Tenzing Norgay
- 1954 Điện Biên Phủ campaign headquarters Võ Nguyên Giáp
- 1954 Return to Hanoi after the Geneva Accords Võ Nguyên Giáp
- 1954 Move to London V. S. Naipaul
- 1954 Broadway run of Ondine Audrey Hepburn
- 1954 First reigning monarch ashore in Australia Elizabeth II
- 1954 Return to Bogotá for El Espectador Gabriel García Márquez
- 1954 Arrived in South Korea for a military tour Marilyn Monroe
- 1954 Dined during a Fukuoka honeymoon stay Marilyn Monroe
- 1954 Performed for troops in Inje County Marilyn Monroe
- 1954 Stayed at Tokyo's Imperial Hotel Marilyn Monroe
- 1954 March at Shaheed Minar Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
- 1954 Visit to Kochi for statue unveiling Hideki Yukawa
- 1954 Birth in Becerril Rafael Orozco Maestre
- 1954 Departure from Saigon for France Bảo Đại
- 1954 Oppenheimer hearing testimony Enrico Fermi
- 1954 Green Fire location shoot Grace Kelly
- 1954 Colombo Powers' Conference Jawaharlal Nehru
- 1954 Move to final house in Kilchberg Thomas Mann
- 1954 Geneva Conference Zhou Enlai
- 1954 Blackpool Pleasure Beach visit Alan Turing
- 1954 Visited Tobruk Elizabeth II
- 1954 State visit to Washington Haile Selassie
- 1954 Addressed Chicago executives John F. Kennedy
- 1954 Death at Copper Folly Alan Turing
- 1954 Churchill conference in Washington Dwight D. Eisenhower
- 1954 United States Naval Academy entry John McCain
- 1954 Meeting with Bảo Đại in France Ngô Đình Diệm
- 1954 Return from exile at Tân Sơn Nhứt Ngô Đình Diệm
- 1954 Marriage during Cambridge doctoral study Alan MacDiarmid
- 1954 Death in Mexico City Frida Kahlo
- 1954 Birth in Sabaneta Hugo Chávez
- 1954 Formation of TANU Julius Nyerere
- 1954 State visit talks in Washington Syngman Rhee
- 1954 Death at Catete Palace Getúlio Vargas