Historical figures of the Interwar Period

The atlas holds 73 people and 864 moments here, from 1918 to 1939. The most recorded lives are Sigmund Freud, Dwight D. Eisenhower and Salvador Dalí. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Performers.

Notable people

1. Sigmund Freud

   from 1918 to 1939

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   Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis. This chronology traces documented locations from his Moravian birthplace and Viennese education…

2. Dwight D. Eisenhower

   from 1918 to 1935

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   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…

3. Salvador Dalí

   from 1922 to 1938

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   Spanish painter, sculptor, writer, designer, filmmaker, and leading exponent of Surrealism. Born in Figueres, Dalí trained in Madrid, joined the…

4. Charles de Gaulle

   from 1918 to 1939

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   French army officer, leader of Free France during the Second World War, head of France's Provisional Government, and president of the French Fifth…

5. Ernest Rutherford

   from 1919 to 1937

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   New Zealand-born physicist and chemist whose research on radioactivity, the atomic nucleus, and nuclear transmutation helped establish nuclear…

6. Golda Meir

   from 1918 to 1938

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   Golda Meir was an Israeli political leader who served as Israel’s prime minister from 1969 to 1974.…

7. J. R. R. Tolkien

   from 1918 to 1939

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

8. Jorge Luis Borges

   from 1919 to 1937

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   Argentine writer, poet, essayist, translator, lecturer, librarian, and critic. Borges was born in Buenos Aires, lived in Switzerland and Spain during…

9. Umm Kulthum

   from 1923 to 1932

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   Egyptian singer and actress, born Fatima Ibrahim es-Sayyid el-Beltagi. Raised in rural Dakahlia, she moved permanently to Cairo in 1923 and became…

10. Nelson Mandela

    from 1918 to 1939

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    South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, lawyer and statesman. Mandela helped lead the African National Congress, co-founded its armed wing,…

11. Thomas Edison

    from 1918 to 1931

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    American inventor and industrialist whose laboratories developed and commercialized technologies in telegraphy, recorded sound, electric lighting and…

12. James Joyce

    from 1919 to 1931

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    Irish novelist, poet, and critic whose life moved between Dublin, continental Europe, and Switzerland.…

13. Marlene Dietrich

    from 1918 to 1934

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    German-American actress and singer Marlene Dietrich (Marie Magdalene Dietrich) was born in Berlin and achieved international fame through stage,…

14. Le Corbusier

    from 1922 to 1936

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

15. Winston Churchill

    from 1921 to 1939

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    Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874–1965) was a British soldier, journalist, author and statesman whose career ranged from imperial campaigns in…

16. Jean-Paul Sartre

    from 1924 to 1937

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    French philosopher, writer, and political activist associated with existentialism. His documented movements include education and teaching across…

17. Harry S. Truman

    from 1918 to 1935

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

18. Judy Garland

    from 1922 to 1939

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    American actress, singer, and vaudevillian, born Frances Ethel Gumm. Garland rose from childhood vaudeville and MGM musical films to become a major…

19. Joseph Stalin

    from 1918 to 1934

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

20. Elizabeth II

    from 1926 to 1939

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

21. Gabriel García Márquez

    from 1927 to 1937

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    Colombian novelist, journalist, screenwriter, and Nobel laureate whose life moved between Colombia, Europe, Cuba, the United States, Mexico, and…

22. Henry Ford

    from 1918 to 1936

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    American industrialist and founder of Ford Motor Company. Ford grew up in rural Michigan, worked in Detroit engineering and machine shops, developed…

23. Mother Teresa

    from 1928 to 1937

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    Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, known as Mother Teresa or Saint Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian-Indian Catholic nun.…

24. Nikola Tesla

    from 1919 to 1937

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    Serbian-American engineer and inventor best known for foundational work on alternating-current power systems, the induction motor, high-frequency…

Moments

1. 1919 Returns to Europe for naval demobilization Franklin Delano Roosevelt
2. 1919 Lugano residence after Geneva Jorge Luis Borges
3. 1919 Residence in Mallorca Jorge Luis Borges
4. 1919 Ultraist circle in Seville Jorge Luis Borges
5. 1919 Teaching and organizing in Changsha Mao Zedong
6. 1919 Returns to her completed Radium Institute laboratory Marie Curie
7. 1919 Allis-Chalmers work Nikola Tesla
8. 1919 Death at Sagamore Hill Theodore Roosevelt
9. 1919 Robbed en route to Sokolniki Vladimir Lenin
10. 1919 Founding the Fasci Italiani di Combattimento Benito Mussolini
11. 1919 Addressed the First Comintern Congress Vladimir Lenin
12. 1919 Recorded speeches at Tsentropechat Vladimir Lenin
13. 1919 Departs Istanbul aboard Bandırma Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
14. 1919 Lands at Samsun Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
15. 1919 Moves from Samsun to Havza Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
16. 1919 Lives at the Savoy while designing Le Tricorne Pablo Picasso
17. 1919 Marriage to Bess Wallace Harry S. Truman
18. 1919 Arrival in Paris Ho Chi Minh
19. 1919 Arrives in Amasya Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
20. 1919 Taken off active service at Fovant J. R. R. Tolkien
21. 1919 Chairs the Erzurum Congress Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
22. 1919 Resigns from the Ottoman Army in Erzurum Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
23. 1919 Birth of daughter Rosalind Agatha Christie
24. 1919 Returns to Tampico Ronald Reagan
25. 1919 Departs Green Island on Vagabonds trip Thomas Edison
26. 1919 Upper Peninsula fishing and camping trip Ernest Hemingway
27. 1919 Arrives in Sivas Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
28. 1919 Gives first DAP public speech Adolf Hitler
29. 1919 Birth in Kermanshah Doris Lessing
30. 1919 Return to Trieste after the war James Joyce
31. 1919 Returns to Amasya for negotiations Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
32. 1919 Return to Kansas City Walt Disney
33. 1919 Returns to Želízy and writes Letter to His Father Franz Kafka
34. 1919 Truman and Jacobson Haberdashery Harry S. Truman
35. 1919 Return to Beijing Mao Zedong
36. 1919 Establishes the nationalist center in Ankara Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
37. 1920 French Military Mission to Poland Charles de Gaulle
38. 1920 Service in the Panama Canal Zone Dwight D. Eisenhower
39. 1920 Spanish teacher at Temuco Gabriela Mistral
40. 1920 Meeting Ezra Pound at Sirmione James Joyce
41. 1920 Moved to Naples Road John F. Kennedy
42. 1920 Arrival in Madrid Jorge Luis Borges
43. 1920 Reader at the University of Leeds J. R. R. Tolkien
44. 1920 Travel through Tianjin, Jinan, and Qufu Mao Zedong
45. 1920 Work and political contacts in Shanghai Mao Zedong
46. 1920 Boarding school and violin study Marlene Dietrich
47. 1920 First stay at Juan-les-Pins Pablo Picasso
48. 1920 Presents the NSDAP 25-point program Adolf Hitler
49. 1920 Takes a cure in Merano Franz Kafka
50. 1920 Opens the Grand National Assembly Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

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