Historical figures of the Interwar Period
The atlas holds 73 people and 864 moments here, from 1918 to 1939. The most recorded lives are Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Albert Einstein and Adolf Hitler. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Performers.
Notable people
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
from 1918 to 1938
75 moments here
Ottoman officer, Turkish field marshal, revolutionary statesman, founder of the Republic of Turkey, and its first president.…
Albert Einstein
from 1921 to 1939
65 moments here
German-born theoretical physicist who transformed modern physics through special and general relativity, foundational work on quantum theory, and…
Adolf Hitler
from 1918 to 1939
50 moments here
Adolf Hitler (1889–1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who led the National Socialist German Workers’ Party (NSDAP), became German…
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
from 1918 to 1939
50 moments here
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as New York state senator, assistant secretary of the Navy,…
Charlie Chaplin
from 1918 to 1936
38 moments here
English actor, comedian, director, writer, producer and composer whose screen persona, the Tramp, became an international icon.…
George Orwell
from 1921 to 1938
34 moments here
George Orwell was the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair, an English novelist, essayist, journalist, critic, and democratic socialist.…
Gabriela Mistral
from 1918 to 1939
33 moments here
Chilean poet, educator, journalist, and diplomat born Lucila Godoy Alcayaga. Mistral taught across Chile, worked on Mexican educational reform,…
Rabindranath Tagore
from 1920 to 1939
31 moments here
Bengali poet, novelist, dramatist, composer, painter, philosopher, social reformer, and educationist.…
Ernest Hemingway
from 1918 to 1939
30 moments here
American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. Hemingway’s documented movements ranged from Illinois and Michigan to Italy in World War I,…
Mao Zedong
from 1919 to 1937
23 moments here
Chinese communist revolutionary and political leader who led the Chinese Communist Party and founded the People’s Republic of China.…
Mahatma Gandhi
from 1918 to 1932
22 moments here
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, political ethicist, and leader of mass nonviolent resistance.…
Franz Kafka
from 1918 to 1924
20 moments here
German-language Jewish Czech writer whose fiction transformed modern literature. Born and educated in Prague, Kafka trained as a lawyer and worked…
Ho Chi Minh
from 1919 to 1938
20 moments here
Vietnamese revolutionary and statesman, born Nguyễn Sinh Cung, who led the Việt Minh, proclaimed the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945, and…
Marie Curie
from 1919 to 1934
19 moments here
Polish-born, naturalized-French physicist and chemist who pioneered research on radioactivity. With Pierre Curie she discovered polonium and radium.…
Agatha Christie
from 1918 to 1938
19 moments here
English novelist, playwright, and memoirist, internationally known for detective fiction featuring Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple.…
Vladimir Lenin
from 1918 to 1924
18 moments here
Russian Marxist revolutionary, Bolshevik leader, political theorist, and founding head of government of Soviet Russia and the Soviet Union.…
Jawaharlal Nehru
from 1923 to 1939
18 moments here
Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and statesman who became independent India’s first prime minister, serving from 15 August 1947 until his…
Helen Keller
from 1925 to 1939
18 moments here
Helen Adams Keller was an American deafblind author, lecturer, disability-rights advocate, and political activist.…
Pablo Picasso
from 1918 to 1939
15 moments here
Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and co-founder of Cubism. Born in Málaga, Picasso trained in A Coruña, Barcelona, and Madrid…
Frida Kahlo
from 1922 to 1939
15 moments here
Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón) was born in Coyoacán and spent much of her life in Mexico City.…
Benito Mussolini
from 1919 to 1938
12 moments here
Italian journalist, Fascist leader, and dictator of Italy from 1922 until his removal in 1943.…
John F. Kennedy
from 1920 to 1939
11 moments here
John Fitzgerald Kennedy was an American naval officer, journalist, congressman, senator, and the 35th president of the United States.…
Walt Disney
from 1918 to 1939
11 moments here
Walter Elias Disney was an American animator, film producer, voice actor, and entrepreneur. His documented movements include childhood residences in…
Ronald Reagan
from 1919 to 1937
10 moments here
American broadcaster, actor, labor leader, governor of California, and 40th president of the United States.…
Moments
- 1918 Campaigns for Liberty Bonds in New York Charlie Chaplin
- 1918 Occupies the completed Chaplin Studios Charlie Chaplin
- 1918 Assignment at Fort Leavenworth Dwight D. Eisenhower
- 1918 Milan munitions-factory rescue scene Ernest Hemingway
- 1918 Recuperation in Milan Ernest Hemingway
- 1918 Stationed at Fossalta di Piave Ernest Hemingway
- 1918 Director of the Punta Arenas girls’ lycée Gabriela Mistral
- 1918 American Jewish Congress convention Golda Meir
- 1918 Returns to Oxford for dictionary work J. R. R. Tolkien
- 1918 Class photograph at Viktoria-Luisen-Schule Marlene Dietrich
- 1918 Continues medical treatment in Vienna Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
- 1918 Researches at Key West Naval Station Thomas Edison
- 1918 Moved into the Moscow Kremlin Vladimir Lenin
- 1918 Survived Petrograd shooting Vladimir Lenin
- 1918 Addresses Ahmedabad mill workers Mahatma Gandhi
- 1918 Investigates Kheda conditions at Kathlal Mahatma Gandhi
- 1918 Meets Kheda collector at Nadiad Mahatma Gandhi
- 1918 Lodged at Hotel National Vladimir Lenin
- 1918 Travelled to Moscow by night train Vladimir Lenin
- 1918 Attends Delhi War Conference Mahatma Gandhi
- 1918 Arrival in Paris during World War I Ernest Hemingway
- 1918 Takes command assignment at Tsaritsyn Joseph Stalin
- 1918 Receives treatment in Karlsbad Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
- 1918 Attended the Khodynka Field parade Vladimir Lenin
- 1918 Wounded at the Italian front Ernest Hemingway
- 1918 Tours European naval bases Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- 1918 Born at Mvezo Nelson Mandela
- 1918 Marries Olga in Paris Pablo Picasso
- 1918 Vagabonds camping trip at Narrows Henry Ford
- 1918 Arrives in Aleppo for the Palestine command Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
- 1918 Establishes headquarters at Nablus Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
- 1918 Honeymoon and working summer in Biarritz Pablo Picasso
- 1918 Camps near Bolar Springs Thomas Edison
- 1918 Shot outside the Michelson Plant Vladimir Lenin
- 1918 Moved to St John's Wood Agatha Christie
- 1918 Meuse–Argonne observation post Harry S. Truman
- 1918 Participates in the Budapest congress Sigmund Freud
- 1918 Convalesced at Gorki Vladimir Lenin
- 1918 Sent to Pasewalk military hospital Adolf Hitler
- 1918 Returned to Moscow after recovery Vladimir Lenin
- 1918 Returns to Munich after hospitalization Adolf Hitler
- 1918 Recuperates in Schelesen Franz Kafka
- 1918 Returns to occupied Constantinople Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
- 1918 Armistice-day landing at Bordeaux Sarah Bernhardt
- 1918 Red Cross service in France Walt Disney
- 1918 Returned to his father's home after captivity Charles de Gaulle
- 1919 Meeting with Gabriele D'Annunzio Benito Mussolini
- 1919 Tank battalion command at Camp Meade Dwight D. Eisenhower
- 1919 Toronto Star work Ernest Hemingway
- 1919 Return to the Cavendish Laboratory Ernest Rutherford