Historical figures in 1920
The atlas holds 23 people and 36 moments here, in 1920. The most recorded lives are Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Rabindranath Tagore and Franz Kafka. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Educators.
Notable people
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
in 1920
4 moments here
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as New York state senator, assistant secretary of the Navy,…
Rabindranath Tagore
in 1920
4 moments here
Bengali poet, novelist, dramatist, composer, painter, philosopher, social reformer, and educationist.…
Franz Kafka
in 1920
4 moments here
German-language Jewish Czech writer whose fiction transformed modern literature. Born and educated in Prague, Kafka trained as a lawyer and worked…
James Joyce
in 1920
3 moments here
Irish novelist, poet, and critic whose life moved between Dublin, continental Europe, and Switzerland.…
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
in 1920
2 moments here
Ottoman officer, Turkish field marshal, revolutionary statesman, founder of the Republic of Turkey, and its first president.…
Mao Zedong
in 1920
2 moments here
Chinese communist revolutionary and political leader who led the Chinese Communist Party and founded the People’s Republic of China.…
Adolf Hitler
in 1920
1 moment here
Adolf Hitler (1889–1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who led the National Socialist German Workers’ Party (NSDAP), became German…
Ronald Reagan
in 1920
1 moment here
American broadcaster, actor, labor leader, governor of California, and 40th president of the United States.…
Vladimir Lenin
in 1920
1 moment here
Russian Marxist revolutionary, Bolshevik leader, political theorist, and founding head of government of Soviet Russia and the Soviet Union.…
Pablo Picasso
in 1920
1 moment here
Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and co-founder of Cubism. Born in Málaga, Picasso trained in A Coruña, Barcelona, and Madrid…
Sigmund Freud
in 1920
1 moment here
Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis. This chronology traces documented locations from his Moravian birthplace and Viennese education…
John F. Kennedy
in 1920
1 moment here
John Fitzgerald Kennedy was an American naval officer, journalist, congressman, senator, and the 35th president of the United States.…
Charles de Gaulle
in 1920
1 moment here
French army officer, leader of Free France during the Second World War, head of France's Provisional Government, and president of the French Fifth…
Ernest Hemingway
in 1920
1 moment here
American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. Hemingway’s documented movements ranged from Illinois and Michigan to Italy in World War I,…
Pope John Paul II
in 1920
1 moment here
Karol Józef Wojtyła (1920–2005), Pope John Paul II from 1978, was a Polish Catholic priest, bishop, cardinal, and pope.…
J. R. R. Tolkien
in 1920
1 moment here
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was an English philologist, university professor, and author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.…
Benito Mussolini
in 1920
1 moment here
Italian journalist, Fascist leader, and dictator of Italy from 1922 until his removal in 1943.…
Marlene Dietrich
in 1920
1 moment here
German-American actress and singer Marlene Dietrich (Marie Magdalene Dietrich) was born in Berlin and achieved international fame through stage,…
Jorge Luis Borges
in 1920
1 moment here
Argentine writer, poet, essayist, translator, lecturer, librarian, and critic. Borges was born in Buenos Aires, lived in Switzerland and Spain during…
Dwight D. Eisenhower
in 1920
1 moment here
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…
Ernest Rutherford
in 1920
1 moment here
New Zealand-born physicist and chemist whose research on radioactivity, the atomic nucleus, and nuclear transmutation helped establish nuclear…
Ho Chi Minh
in 1920
1 moment here
Vietnamese revolutionary and statesman, born Nguyễn Sinh Cung, who led the Việt Minh, proclaimed the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945, and…
Gabriela Mistral
in 1920
1 moment here
Chilean poet, educator, journalist, and diplomat born Lucila Godoy Alcayaga. Mistral taught across Chile, worked on Mexican educational reform,…
Moments
- 1920 French Military Mission to Poland Charles de Gaulle
- 1920 Service in the Panama Canal Zone Dwight D. Eisenhower
- 1920 Spanish teacher at Temuco Gabriela Mistral
- 1920 Meeting Ezra Pound at Sirmione James Joyce
- 1920 Moved to Naples Road John F. Kennedy
- 1920 Arrival in Madrid Jorge Luis Borges
- 1920 Reader at the University of Leeds J. R. R. Tolkien
- 1920 Travel through Tianjin, Jinan, and Qufu Mao Zedong
- 1920 Work and political contacts in Shanghai Mao Zedong
- 1920 Boarding school and violin study Marlene Dietrich
- 1920 First stay at Juan-les-Pins Pablo Picasso
- 1920 Presents the NSDAP 25-point program Adolf Hitler
- 1920 Takes a cure in Merano Franz Kafka
- 1920 Opens the Grand National Assembly Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
- 1920 Night at Sabarmati Ashram Rabindranath Tagore
- 1920 Second Fascist congress Benito Mussolini
- 1920 Birth in Wadowice Pope John Paul II
- 1920 Lectures at Oxford University Rabindranath Tagore
- 1920 Spends several days with Milena in Vienna Franz Kafka
- 1920 Arrival and residence in Paris James Joyce
- 1920 Departure from Trieste for Paris James Joyce
- 1920 Visits Rammohun Roy's grave Rabindranath Tagore
- 1920 Spoke at the Second Comintern Congress Vladimir Lenin
- 1920 Meets Milena at Gmünd Franz Kafka
- 1920 Guest of Albert Kahn near Paris Rabindranath Tagore
- 1920 Chicago editorial work Ernest Hemingway
- 1920 Lectures at Copenhagen University Ernest Rutherford
- 1920 Campaigns in Boston Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- 1920 Campaigns in Clarksburg Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- 1920 Attends The Hague congress Sigmund Freud
- 1920 Campaigns in Cincinnati Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- 1920 Campaigns in Denver Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- 1920 Begins treatment in the High Tatras Franz Kafka
- 1920 Congress of Tours delegate Ho Chi Minh
- 1920 Meets the Istanbul delegation at Bilecik Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
- 1920 Settles in Dixon Ronald Reagan