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
Hirohito
from 1947 to 1989
12 moments here
Hirohito (posthumously Emperor Shōwa) was Emperor of Japan from 25 December 1926 until his death in 1989.…
Idi Amin
from 1947 to 1989
19 moments here
Ugandan army officer and dictator who was president of Uganda from 1971 to 1979. This chronology records documented physical presences from his birth…
Igor Stravinsky
from 1948 to 1971
12 moments here
Russian-born composer, conductor, and pianist who became a French citizen in 1934 and an American citizen in 1945.…
Indira Gandhi
from 1956 to 1984
34 moments 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.…
Isaac Asimov
from 1948 to 1983
12 moments here
American writer and biochemist best known for science fiction, popular-science writing, and the Foundation and Robot series.…
Italo Calvino
from 1948 to 1985
16 moments here
Italian novelist, short-story writer, editor, journalist, and member of Oulipo. Born in Cuba, raised chiefly in Sanremo, and active across Italy,…
Jack Brabham
from 1948 to 1984
19 moments here
Australian racing driver, engineer, team owner and three-time Formula One World Champion. Brabham began in Australian speedcar racing, worked as a…
Jacques Derrida
from 1949 to 1988
12 moments here
French philosopher, born Jackie Élie Derrida, associated with deconstruction. His career moved from Algeria and Paris to recurrent teaching and…
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
from 1947 to 1991
27 moments here
Peruvian diplomat and politician who became the fifth Secretary-General of the United Nations (1982–1991).…
Jawaharlal Nehru
from 1947 to 1964
23 moments here
Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and statesman who became independent India’s first prime minister, serving from 15 August 1947 until his…
Jean-Bédel Bokassa
from 1950 to 1986
21 moments here
Central African military officer and politician who seized power in the Central African Republic in 1966, served as president, and proclaimed himself…
Jean-Paul Sartre
from 1951 to 1980
16 moments here
French philosopher, writer, and political activist associated with existentialism. His documented movements include education and teaching across…
Jiang Zemin
from 1947 to 1991
12 moments here
Jiang Zemin was a Chinese electrical engineer and politician who served as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 1989 to 2002,…
Jiddu Krishnamurti
from 1947 to 1986
23 moments here
Indian philosopher, speaker, and writer. Raised within the Theosophical Society, he became head of the Order of the Star in the East, dissolved it at…
Jim Morrison
from 1952 to 1971
26 moments here
James Douglas “Jim” Morrison was an American singer, songwriter, poet, and lead vocalist of the Doors.…
Jimmy Carter
from 1949 to 1982
36 moments here
James Earl Carter Jr. was an American naval officer, Georgia state senator and governor, the 39th president of the United States, and a…
John F. Kennedy
from 1947 to 1963
52 moments here
John Fitzgerald Kennedy was an American naval officer, journalist, congressman, senator, and the 35th president of the United States.…
John Lennon
from 1957 to 1980
34 moments here
English musician, songwriter, artist and peace activist; co-founder of the Beatles. This chronology records documented physical presence at…
John McCain
from 1951 to 1985
24 moments here
John Sidney McCain III was an American naval aviator, Vietnam War prisoner of war, U.S. representative, U.S.…
John Steinbeck
from 1947 to 1968
15 moments here
American novelist, journalist, and war correspondent whose life and work ranged from California’s Salinas Valley and Monterey Peninsula to wartime…
Jomo Kenyatta
from 1947 to 1978
18 moments here
Jomo Kenyatta (c. 1897–1978) was a Kenyan anti-colonial activist and politician who became Kenya’s first prime minister in 1963 and first president…
Jorge Luis Borges
from 1949 to 1986
43 moments here
Argentine writer, poet, essayist, translator, lecturer, librarian, and critic. Borges was born in Buenos Aires, lived in Switzerland and Spain during…
Jorge Rafael Videla
from 1952 to 1985
13 moments here
Argentine Army officer and de facto president of Argentina from 1976 to 1981. His dictatorship, the National Reorganization Process, conducted…
Juan Manuel Fangio
from 1947 to 1986
46 moments here
Argentine racing driver Juan Manuel Fangio was a five-time Formula One World Drivers’ Champion.…
Moments
- 1948 Visit to Nagasaki Helen Keller
- 1948 Tokyo Trial testimony Hideki Tojo
- 1948 Birth in Setagaya Ichirou Mizuki
- 1948 Meeting Robert Craft in New York Igor Stravinsky
- 1948 Return with Craft to Los Angeles Igor Stravinsky
- 1948 Webb and Knapp career begins I. M. Pei
- 1948 Visit to Ernest Hemingway at Stresa Italo Calvino
- 1948 Sydney speedcar racing Jack Brabham
- 1948 Talks in Ootacamund Jiddu Krishnamurti
- 1948 Yoga study in Poona Jiddu Krishnamurti
- 1948 Paris exile Jorge Amado
- 1948 South American Grand Prix crash Juan Manuel Fangio
- 1948 Taken to hospital after crash Juan Manuel Fangio
- 1948 Teaching post in Mufulira Kenneth Kaunda
- 1948 Moldavian Communist Party propaganda department Konstantin Chernenko
- 1948 Imprisonment in Kumasi Kwame Nkrumah
- 1948 Transfer to Lawra detention Kwame Nkrumah
- 1948 IUPAP meeting intervention in Florence Lars Onsager
- 1948 Cochinchina Party work Lê Đức Thọ
- 1948 Solitude at Rosroe Ludwig Wittgenstein
- 1948 Assassinated at Birla House Mahatma Gandhi
- 1948 Begins final Delhi fast Mahatma Gandhi
- 1948 Relocation and study in Amritsar Manmohan Singh
- 1948 Conservative Party conference delegate Margaret Thatcher
- 1948 Visit to Pablo Neruda Miguel Ángel Asturias
- 1948 Medical training in Patna Mother Teresa
- 1948 Move to Johannesburg Nadine Gordimer
- 1948 Second military-training trip to Saumur Norodom Sihanouk
- 1948 Establishes Villa La Galloise Pablo Picasso
- 1948 Seclusion at desert retreat begins Paramahansa Yogananda
- 1948 Technical school at Russey Keo Pol Pot
- 1948 First pastoral assignment Pope John Paul II
- 1948 Work at Delmar Hotel on Marine Drive Pran
- 1948 Pocono Conference presentation Richard Feynman
- 1948 Performs in the Bomarzo gardens Salvador Dalí
- 1948 Travels to Rome Salvador Dalí
- 1948 Visits during hospitalization in Lausanne Sirikit
- 1948 Look assignment in Portugal Stanley Kubrick
- 1948 Ringling circus assignment Stanley Kubrick
- 1948 Arrival in Hollywood Tony Curtis
- 1948 Old Vic performance in Christchurch Vivien Leigh
- 1948 Combat in the Gaza area Yasser Arafat
- 1948 Nihonga study in Kyoto Yayoi Kusama
- 1948 Altalena Affair on Tel Aviv beach Yitzhak Rabin
- 1948 Harel Brigade operations in Jerusalem Yitzhak Rabin
- 1948 South American Championship of Champions Alfredo Di Stéfano
- 1948 Ordained at Ebenezer Baptist Church Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1948 Public meeting at Dacca Race Course Muhammad Ali Jinnah
- 1948 Marriage to Savita Ambedkar B. R. Ambedkar
- 1948 Bogotá and the Bogotazo Fidel Castro