Historical figures in 1937
The atlas holds 24 people and 55 moments here, in 1937. The most recorded lives are Adolf Hitler, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and George Orwell. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Performers.
Notable people
Adolf Hitler
in 1937
9 moments here
Adolf Hitler (1889–1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who led the National Socialist German Workers’ Party (NSDAP), became German…
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
in 1937
6 moments here
Ottoman officer, Turkish field marshal, revolutionary statesman, founder of the Republic of Turkey, and its first president.…
George Orwell
in 1937
4 moments here
George Orwell was the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair, an English novelist, essayist, journalist, critic, and democratic socialist.…
Ernest Hemingway
in 1937
4 moments here
American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. Hemingway’s documented movements ranged from Illinois and Michigan to Italy in World War I,…
Helen Keller
in 1937
4 moments here
Helen Adams Keller was an American deafblind author, lecturer, disability-rights advocate, and political activist.…
Ronald Reagan
in 1937
3 moments here
American broadcaster, actor, labor leader, governor of California, and 40th president of the United States.…
Gabriela Mistral
in 1937
3 moments here
Chilean poet, educator, journalist, and diplomat born Lucila Godoy Alcayaga. Mistral taught across Chile, worked on Mexican educational reform,…
Pablo Picasso
in 1937
2 moments here
Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and co-founder of Cubism. Born in Málaga, Picasso trained in A Coruña, Barcelona, and Madrid…
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
in 1937
2 moments here
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as New York state senator, assistant secretary of the Navy,…
Gabriel García Márquez
in 1937
2 moments here
Colombian novelist, journalist, screenwriter, and Nobel laureate whose life moved between Colombia, Europe, Cuba, the United States, Mexico, and…
Benito Mussolini
in 1937
2 moments here
Italian journalist, Fascist leader, and dictator of Italy from 1922 until his removal in 1943.…
Ernest Rutherford
in 1937
2 moments here
New Zealand-born physicist and chemist whose research on radioactivity, the atomic nucleus, and nuclear transmutation helped establish nuclear…
Nelson Mandela
in 1937
1 moment here
South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, lawyer and statesman. Mandela helped lead the African National Congress, co-founded its armed wing,…
Mao Zedong
in 1937
1 moment here
Chinese communist revolutionary and political leader who led the Chinese Communist Party and founded the People’s Republic of China.…
Charles de Gaulle
in 1937
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…
Nikola Tesla
in 1937
1 moment here
Serbian-American engineer and inventor best known for foundational work on alternating-current power systems, the induction motor, high-frequency…
Walt Disney
in 1937
1 moment here
Walter Elias Disney was an American animator, film producer, voice actor, and entrepreneur. His documented movements include childhood residences in…
Jean-Paul Sartre
in 1937
1 moment here
French philosopher, writer, and political activist associated with existentialism. His documented movements include education and teaching across…
Mother Teresa
in 1937
1 moment here
Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, known as Mother Teresa or Saint Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian-Indian Catholic nun.…
George H. W. Bush
in 1937
1 moment here
George Herbert Walker Bush was an American naval aviator, oil executive, congressman, diplomat, director of central intelligence, vice president, and…
Jorge Luis Borges
in 1937
1 moment here
Argentine writer, poet, essayist, translator, lecturer, librarian, and critic. Borges was born in Buenos Aires, lived in Switzerland and Spain during…
Jawaharlal Nehru
in 1937
1 moment here
Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and statesman who became independent India’s first prime minister, serving from 15 August 1947 until his…
Indira Gandhi
in 1937
1 moment here
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi was an Indian stateswoman who served as prime minister from 1966 to 1977 and from 1980 until her assassination in 1984.…
Doris Lessing
in 1937
1 moment here
British novelist Doris May Lessing was born in Kermanshah, Iran, grew up in Southern Rhodesia, and moved to London in 1949.…
Moments
- 1937 Telephone operator in Salisbury Doris Lessing
- 1937 Writing in bombarded Madrid Ernest Hemingway
- 1937 Honorary membership in São Paulo Gabriela Mistral
- 1937 Temporary residence in Buenos Aires Gabriela Mistral
- 1937 Family move through Barranquilla Gabriel García Márquez
- 1937 Family residence in Sucre Gabriel García Márquez
- 1937 Phillips Academy student George H. W. Bush
- 1937 Evacuation through Sietamo and treatment at Lleida George Orwell
- 1937 Militia position at Alcubierre George Orwell
- 1937 Somerville College studies Indira Gandhi
- 1937 Teaching in Paris before the war Jean-Paul Sartre
- 1937 Work at Miguel Cané Municipal Library Jorge Luis Borges
- 1937 Mao in Yan'an Mao Zedong
- 1937 Enrolls at Healdtown Nelson Mandela
- 1937 Order of the White Lion ceremony Nikola Tesla
- 1937 Arrival in Spain as war correspondent Ernest Hemingway
- 1937 Attends Cubs training on Catalina Ronald Reagan
- 1937 Visits Ordensburg Vogelsang Adolf Hitler
- 1937 Return to Barcelona during May Days George Orwell
- 1937 First visit to Japan Helen Keller
- 1937 Journey through Korea Helen Keller
- 1937 Journey through Manchuria Helen Keller
- 1937 Solemn vows at Loreto school Mother Teresa
- 1937 Paints Guernica at Grands-Augustins Pablo Picasso
- 1937 Visits Regensburg Adolf Hitler
- 1937 Convalescence at Greenwich George Orwell
- 1937 Visit to Akita Prefecture Helen Keller
- 1937 Returns to Trabzon by steamer Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
- 1937 Lives in Hollywood Ronald Reagan
- 1937 Reports to Warner Bros. Ronald Reagan
- 1937 Opens House of German Art exhibition Adolf Hitler
- 1937 Commanded the 507th Tank Regiment Charles de Gaulle
- 1937 Colloquium of Arts and Letters Gabriela Mistral
- 1937 Attends the Spanish Pavilion opening Pablo Picasso
- 1937 Observes Thrace maneuvers near Çerkezköy Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
- 1937 Observes maneuvers near Neustrelitz Adolf Hitler
- 1937 Receives Mussolini in Munich Adolf Hitler
- 1937 Tours Essen with Mussolini Adolf Hitler
- 1937 Official visit to Berlin Benito Mussolini
- 1937 Official visit to Munich Benito Mussolini
- 1937 Spanish Civil War front at Belchite Ernest Hemingway
- 1937 Spanish Civil War front at Teruel Ernest Hemingway
- 1937 Meets British Columbia lieutenant governor Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- 1937 Receives Duke and Duchess of Windsor Adolf Hitler
- 1937 Death in Cambridge Ernest Rutherford
- 1937 Emergency operation in London Ernest Rutherford
- 1937 Delivers Quarantine Speech Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- 1937 Procession at Peshawar Jawaharlal Nehru
- 1937 Arrives in Nazilli on the Aegean maneuver tour Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
- 1937 Meets Lord Halifax at Berghof Adolf Hitler