Historical figures of the Cold War
The atlas holds 395 people and 5,747 moments here, from 1947 to 1991. The most recorded lives are Ronald Reagan, Martin Luther King Jr. and Mikhail Gorbachev. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Performers.
Notable people
Bob Marley
from 1962 to 1981
27 moments here
Jamaican singer, songwriter and guitarist whose work with the Wailers made reggae an international musical force.…
Brigitte Bardot
from 1949 to 1983
12 moments here
French actress, singer, model, and animal-rights activist. Born and raised in Paris, Bardot became an international film star in the 1950s and 1960s…
Bruce Lee
from 1956 to 1973
28 moments here
Bruce Lee (Lee Jun-fan) was a Hong Kong and American martial artist, actor, filmmaker, and founder of Jeet Kune Do.…
Carl Sagan
from 1948 to 1988
12 moments here
American astronomer, planetary scientist, educator, author, and science communicator. Sagan studied at the University of Chicago, held appointments…
Celia Cruz
from 1947 to 1990
14 moments here
Celia Cruz was a Cuban-American singer celebrated internationally as the “Queen of Salsa.” Born in Havana, she rose to fame with Sonora Matancera,…
Charles de Gaulle
from 1958 to 1970
12 moments 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…
Charlie Chaplin
from 1952 to 1977
12 moments here
English actor, comedian, director, writer, producer and composer whose screen persona, the Tramp, became an international icon.…
Che Guevara
from 1948 to 1967
43 moments here
Ernesto "Che" Guevara (1928–1967) was an Argentine physician, Marxist revolutionary, Cuban government official, diplomat, and guerrilla commander.…
Chinua Achebe
from 1948 to 1991
24 moments here
Nigerian novelist, poet, critic, editor, educator, and Biafran representative whose life moved between southeastern Nigeria, Lagos, East Africa,…
Claude Simon
from 1956 to 1989
24 moments here
French novelist, painter, photographer, viticulturist, Resistance participant, and 1985 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate.…
Corazon Aquino
from 1949 to 1989
21 moments here
María Corazón Sumulong Cojuangco-Aquino was a Filipino political leader and president of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992.…
Dalida
from 1954 to 1987
24 moments here
Dalida, born Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti, was an Egyptian-born Italian-French singer, actress and model.…
Daniel arap Moi
from 1950 to 1988
16 moments here
Kenyan teacher and politician who served as Kenya’s vice president from 1967 to 1978 and its second president from 1978 to 2002.…
Deng Xiaoping
from 1949 to 1979
14 moments here
Chinese revolutionary, statesman, and paramount leader of the People’s Republic of China from 1978 to 1989.…
Desmond Tutu
from 1951 to 1991
33 moments here
South African Anglican bishop, theologian, anti-apartheid activist, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Archbishop of Cape Town, and chair of South Africa’s…
Diana, Princess of Wales
from 1961 to 1991
34 moments here
Diana Frances Spencer (1961–1997) was Princess of Wales from 1981 until her divorce in 1996.…
Diego Maradona
from 1960 to 1990
14 moments here
Argentine football player and manager Diego Armando Maradona (1960–2020) was a central figure in world football.…
Dorothy Hodgkin
from 1953 to 1988
45 moments here
English chemist and X-ray crystallographer Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin determined major biomolecular structures including penicillin, vitamin B12,…
Douglas Adams
from 1952 to 1991
17 moments here
English author, screenwriter and humourist best known for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.…
Dwight D. Eisenhower
from 1948 to 1969
18 moments 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…
Édith Piaf
from 1947 to 1963
33 moments here
French singer and lyricist Édith Giovanna Gassion, known as Édith Piaf, rose from street performance in Paris to international prominence in chanson…
Edmund Hillary
from 1948 to 1989
17 moments here
New Zealand mountaineer, explorer, diplomat, and philanthropist. Hillary became internationally known after reaching Mount Everest’s summit with…
Eisaku Satō
from 1965 to 1975
20 moments here
Japanese politician and prime minister of Japan from 1964 to 1972. A former railway bureaucrat, Satō led Japan during rapid economic growth, pursued…
Eleanor Roosevelt
from 1947 to 1962
14 moments here
American political figure, diplomat, activist, and First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945.…
Moments
- 1947 Summit of Kedarnath Tenzing Norgay
- 1947 Speech at Bahauddin College Vallabhbhai Patel
- 1947 Tractor-plant fitter Vasily Shukshin
- 1947 Turbine-plant construction work Vasily Shukshin
- 1947 Olivier's investiture at Buckingham Palace Vivien Leigh
- 1947 Return to childhood home Wangarĩ Maathai
- 1947 University of Tokyo graduation Yukio Mishima
- 1947 University of Southern California admission Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
- 1947 Panglong Agreement signing Aung San
- 1947 National Mechanics race Juan Manuel Fangio
- 1947 Meeting Nelson Algren Simone de Beauvoir
- 1947 State visit to Mexico Harry S. Truman
- 1947 Asian Relations Conference inauguration Jawaharlal Nehru
- 1947 Move to Manor Road J. R. R. Tolkien
- 1947 Rosario City Award Juan Manuel Fangio
- 1947 Arrives in Patna for Bihar peace mission Mahatma Gandhi
- 1947 Inspects ruined sites near Masaurhi Mahatma Gandhi
- 1947 Visits Kako relief camp Mahatma Gandhi
- 1947 Addressing the KNIP in Malang Sukarno
- 1947 Marked her twenty-first birthday in Cape Town Elizabeth II
- 1947 Recorded her dedication at Victoria Falls Elizabeth II
- 1947 Reviewed troops at Youngsfield Elizabeth II
- 1947 Return to Jura for Nineteen Eighty-Four George Orwell
- 1947 Death at Fair Lane Henry Ford
- 1947 Denman Everest ascent attempt Tenzing Norgay
- 1947 Graduation from Stevens School Grace Kelly
- 1947 Leadership of Githunguri teachers' college Jomo Kenyatta
- 1947 Jowett Society address Ludwig Wittgenstein
- 1947 Morris Gray Poetry Reading T. S. Eliot
- 1947 Audience with Pope Pius XII Eva Perón
- 1947 Rainbow Tour stop at El Escorial Eva Perón
- 1947 Rainbow Tour stop in Ávila Eva Perón
- 1947 Rainbow Tour stop in Barcelona Eva Perón
- 1947 Rainbow Tour stop in Las Palmas Eva Perón
- 1947 Rainbow Tour stop in Madrid Eva Perón
- 1947 Rainbow Tour stop in Santiago de Compostela Eva Perón
- 1947 Rainbow Tour stop in Seville Eva Perón
- 1947 Rainbow Tour stop in Vigo Eva Perón
- 1947 Rainbow Tour stop in Villa Cisneros Eva Perón
- 1947 Rainbow Tour stop in Zaragoza Eva Perón
- 1947 Visit to the Royal Chapel of Granada Eva Perón
- 1947 Official visit to Canada Harry S. Truman
- 1947 Lions Club address during world tour Helen Keller
- 1947 Birth in Accra Jerry Rawlings
- 1947 Assassination at the Secretariat Building Aung San
- 1947 Rehabilitation conferences at Sorrenta Villa Aung San
- 1947 Conference appearance in Petrópolis Eva Perón
- 1947 Visit to Uruguay Eva Perón
- 1947 Corryvreckan boating expedition George Orwell
- 1947 Independence Day at the Red Fort Jawaharlal Nehru