Historical figures of World War II
The atlas holds 54 people and 330 moments here, from 1939 to 1945. The most recorded lives are Henry Ford, Stephen Hawking and Jorge Luis Borges. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Performers.
Notable people
Henry Ford
in 1944
1 moment here
American industrialist and founder of Ford Motor Company. Ford grew up in rural Michigan, worked in Detroit engineering and machine shops, developed…
Stephen Hawking
in 1942
1 moment here
English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author whose work on singularities, black-hole thermodynamics, and Hawking radiation reshaped modern…
Jorge Luis Borges
in 1945
1 moment here
Argentine writer, poet, essayist, translator, lecturer, librarian, and critic. Borges was born in Buenos Aires, lived in Switzerland and Spain during…
Helen Keller
in 1939
1 moment here
Helen Adams Keller was an American deafblind author, lecturer, disability-rights advocate, and political activist.…
Hebe Camargo
in 1943
1 moment here
Brazilian television host, singer, actress, and radio performer widely known as the “Queen of Brazilian Television.” Born in Taubaté, she moved to…
Wangarĩ Maathai
in 1940
1 moment here
Kenyan environmentalist, democracy activist, academic, founder of the Green Belt Movement, parliamentarian, and the first African woman awarded the…
Moments
- 1940 Inspects Antigua base sites Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- 1940 Inspects Jamaican base sites Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- 1940 Inspects St. Lucia base sites Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- 1940 Meets Duke of Windsor on Eleuthera Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- 1941 Moved into Isokon Flats Agatha Christie
- 1941 Worked in University College Hospital pharmacy Agatha Christie
- 1941 U-boat patrols from Cuba Ernest Hemingway
- 1941 Transfer to Petrópolis as consul Gabriela Mistral
- 1941 Return to Vietnam to lead the Việt Minh Ho Chi Minh
- 1941 Return to England Indira Gandhi
- 1941 Return to India from Britain Indira Gandhi
- 1941 Death after ulcer surgery James Joyce
- 1941 Returned to teaching and settled at Hotel Mistral Jean-Paul Sartre
- 1941 Georgia Southwestern engineering coursework Jimmy Carter
- 1941 Residence in Bel Air Judy Garland
- 1941 Move to Vichy Le Corbusier
- 1941 Lives in Alexandra Nelson Mandela
- 1941 Lives on Cordell Drive Ronald Reagan
- 1941 Visit to Buenos Aires Walt Disney
- 1941 German occupation of family home Yuri Gagarin
- 1941 Flat at Langford Court George Orwell
- 1941 Visits Maribor Adolf Hitler
- 1941 Arrives in Johannesburg Nelson Mandela
- 1941 Inspects Bismarck at Gdańsk Adolf Hitler
- 1941 Moves to Boulevard home Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1941 Third Army chief of staff Dwight D. Eisenhower
- 1941 Visits Malnava command post Adolf Hitler
- 1941 Inspects troops near Uman Adolf Hitler
- 1941 Visits Barysaw airfield Adolf Hitler
- 1941 Return to Finca Vigía from China trip Ernest Hemingway
- 1941 Meets Churchill at Argentia Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- 1941 Resistance-support journey to the French Riviera Jean-Paul Sartre
- 1941 Dies at Jorasanko mansion Rabindranath Tagore
- 1941 Arrival for South American goodwill tour Walt Disney
- 1941 Goodwill-tour stop in Belem Walt Disney
- 1941 Stay at Copacabana Palace Walt Disney
- 1941 Meets Roosevelt at Placentia Bay Winston Churchill
- 1941 Teaching at Lycée Condorcet Jean-Paul Sartre
- 1941 Joined Naval Intelligence in Washington John F. Kennedy
- 1941 Speaks in Munich Löwenbräukeller Adolf Hitler
- 1941 Addresses Reichstag after declaring war on US Adolf Hitler
- 1941 War Plans Division service Dwight D. Eisenhower
- 1942 Residence in Hampstead Charles de Gaulle
- 1942 Belén school transfer Fidel Castro
- 1942 Flat at Mortimer Crescent George Orwell
- 1942 Transfer to Georgia Tech Jimmy Carter
- 1942 Assigned to Charleston John F. Kennedy
- 1942 Confined at Aga Khan Palace Mahatma Gandhi
- 1942 Assigned to Culver City film unit Ronald Reagan
- 1942 Birth in Oxford Stephen Hawking