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
Thomas Mann
in 1954
1 moment here
German novelist, essayist, public intellectual, and 1929 Nobel laureate. Born in Lübeck, he lived principally in Munich before exile from Nazi…
Vasily Shukshin
in 1954
1 moment here
Soviet Russian writer, actor, screenwriter, and film director associated with Village Prose.…
Võ Nguyên Giáp
in 1954
2 moments here
Vietnamese general, communist revolutionary, and politician. Giáp was a leading commander of the Việt Minh and the People’s Army of Vietnam, served…
V. S. Naipaul
in 1954
2 moments here
Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul was a Trinidad-born British novelist, essayist, and travel writer.…
William Faulkner
in 1954
1 moment here
American novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter, and Nobel laureate whose work was closely associated with Oxford and north Mississippi.…
Zhou Enlai
in 1954
1 moment here
Chinese revolutionary, statesman, and diplomat who served as the first premier of the People’s Republic of China from 1949 until his death.…