Historical figures in California
The atlas holds 7 people and 7 moments here, from 1915 to 1995. The most recorded lives are Henry Ford, Richard Nixon and John Steinbeck. Among them Business Leaders, Engineers and Inventors and Writers, across the Interwar Period and the Space Age.
Notable people
Asha Bhosle
in 1995
1 moment here
Indian playback singer and actress whose career in Indian film and popular music spanned more than eight decades.…
Errol Flynn
in 1934
1 moment here
Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn was an Australian-born actor who became a major Hollywood star in swashbuckling and adventure films.…
Henry Ford
in 1915
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…
John Steinbeck
in 1936
1 moment here
American novelist, journalist, and war correspondent whose life and work ranged from California’s Salinas Valley and Monterey Peninsula to wartime…
Katharine Hepburn
in 1932
1 moment here
American stage, film, and television actress whose career ran from 1928 to 1995. Hepburn was born in Hartford, Connecticut, educated at Bryn Mawr…
Macfarlane Burnet
in 1975
1 moment here
Australian virologist and immunologist Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet, known as Macfarlane Burnet, shared the 1960 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine…
Richard Nixon
in 1961
1 moment here
Richard Milhous Nixon was an American lawyer, naval officer, congressman, senator, vice president, and the 37th president of the United States.…
Moments
- 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition trip Henry Ford
- 1932 Arrival in California for film career Katharine Hepburn
- 1934 Move to California Errol Flynn
- 1936 Investigation of San Joaquin Valley Hoovervilles John Steinbeck
- 1961 Return to California after vice presidency Richard Nixon
- 1975 Lecture tour of California Macfarlane Burnet
- 1995 Legacy recording sessions Asha Bhosle