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
Judy Garland
from 1947 to 1969
24 moments here
American actress, singer, and vaudevillian, born Frances Ethel Gumm. Garland rose from childhood vaudeville and MGM musical films to become a major…
Julius Nyerere
from 1947 to 1987
23 moments here
Tanzanian anti-colonial leader, political theorist, and founding president of Tanzania. Nyerere led the Tanganyika African National Union (TANU),…
Katharine Hepburn
from 1950 to 1981
16 moments here
American stage, film, and television actress whose career ran from 1928 to 1995. Hepburn was born in Hartford, Connecticut, educated at Bryn Mawr…
Kenneth Kaunda
from 1948 to 1987
19 moments here
Zambian teacher, nationalist leader, and first president of independent Zambia, serving from 1964 to 1991.…
Khaleda Zia
from 1950 to 1987
14 moments here
Bangladeshi politician who was prime minister of Bangladesh in 1991–1996 and 2001–2006, chaired the Bangladesh Nationalist Party from 1984 until her…
Kim Dae-jung
from 1950 to 1985
17 moments here
South Korean politician, democracy activist, and eighth president of South Korea (1998–2003).…
Kim Il Sung
from 1949 to 1991
52 moments here
Kim Il Sung (born Kim Song Ju) was a Korean communist guerrilla leader, North Korean political leader, and founder of the Democratic People’s…
Konstantin Chernenko
from 1948 to 1985
13 moments here
Soviet Communist Party official and General Secretary of the CPSU from 13 February 1984 until his death.…
Kurt Cobain
from 1967 to 1991
16 moments here
American singer, guitarist, songwriter, and founding member of Nirvana. This chronology maps documented residences, recording sessions, performances,…
Kwame Nkrumah
from 1947 to 1972
16 moments here
Ghanaian nationalist leader, Pan-Africanist, and political theorist who led the Gold Coast to independence as Ghana in 1957.…
Lars Onsager
from 1948 to 1976
12 moments here
Norwegian-American physical chemist and theoretical physicist whose career took him from Norway and Switzerland to major American universities.…
Le Corbusier
from 1947 to 1965
13 moments here
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, known as Le Corbusier, was a Swiss-born French architect, designer, painter, writer, and urban planner.…
Lê Đức Thọ
from 1948 to 1990
20 moments here
Vietnamese revolutionary, Communist Party leader, and diplomat. Born Phan Đình Khải, he was imprisoned by French colonial authorities, worked in…
Lee Kuan Yew
from 1947 to 1988
27 moments here
Singaporean barrister and statesman who co-founded the People’s Action Party and served as Singapore’s first prime minister from 1959 to 1990.…
Léopold Sédar Senghor
from 1947 to 1990
19 moments here
Senegalese poet, theorist of Négritude, and statesman who became Senegal’s first president in 1960.…
Liu Xiaobo
from 1955 to 1989
12 moments here
Chinese literary critic, writer, professor, human-rights activist, and 2010 Nobel Peace Prize laureate.…
Lyndon B. Johnson
from 1963 to 1973
19 moments here
Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973) was a Texas-born teacher, congressman, senator, vice president, and the 36th president of the United States.…
Macfarlane Burnet
from 1950 to 1985
23 moments here
Australian virologist and immunologist Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet, known as Macfarlane Burnet, shared the 1960 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine…
Manmohan Singh
from 1947 to 1991
23 moments here
Indian economist, academic, civil servant, finance minister and prime minister of India from 2004 to 2014.…
Margaret Thatcher
from 1947 to 1991
25 moments here
British stateswoman Margaret Hilda Thatcher (née Roberts) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990, the first woman to hold the…
Marilyn Monroe
from 1952 to 1962
14 moments here
American actress and model born Norma Jeane Mortenson. This chronology maps verified places where Monroe lived, worked, traveled, performed, filmed,…
Marlene Dietrich
from 1953 to 1976
13 moments here
German-American actress and singer Marlene Dietrich (Marie Magdalene Dietrich) was born in Berlin and achieved international fame through stage,…
Martin Luther King Jr.
from 1948 to 1968
62 moments here
American Baptist minister and civil-rights leader who advanced racial equality through nonviolent protest.…
Maurice Wilkins
from 1950 to 1987
13 moments here
New Zealand-born British physicist and biophysicist whose career ran from solid-state physics and wartime atomic research to X-ray diffraction…
Moments
- 1948 Residence in Daytona Beach Fulgencio Batista
- 1948 AFOB tour of Australia Helen Keller
- 1948 AFOB tour of New Zealand Helen Keller
- 1948 Wounded in the battle for Latrun Ariel Sharon
- 1948 Declaration of Independence signing Golda Meir
- 1948 Secret meeting with Abdullah I Golda Meir
- 1948 Visit to Haifa Golda Meir
- 1948 Emergency return to Monterey John Steinbeck
- 1948 Home with Toba Metz Stanley Kubrick
- 1948 Addresses Congress of Europe at The Hague Winston Churchill
- 1948 Speaks in Oslo Winston Churchill
- 1948 A Streetcar Named Desire replacement Anthony Quinn
- 1948 Inauguration as Columbia president Dwight D. Eisenhower
- 1948 Visited Command and Staff College Muhammad Ali Jinnah
- 1948 Sings before B. S. Rajhans in Penang P. Ramlee
- 1948 Service in the Faluja pocket Gamal Abdel Nasser
- 1948 Idlewild Airport dedication Harry S. Truman
- 1948 Residence at Stuyvesant Town Isaac Asimov
- 1948 First Grand Prix at Reims Juan Manuel Fangio
- 1948 Final residence at Ziarat Residency Muhammad Ali Jinnah
- 1948 Opened the State Bank of Pakistan Muhammad Ali Jinnah
- 1948 Returns to Portlligat Salvador Dalí
- 1948 Old Vic visit to Sydney Vivien Leigh
- 1948 Moved from Ziarat to Quetta Muhammad Ali Jinnah
- 1948 Addresses the Wrocław peace congress Pablo Picasso
- 1948 Visits Auschwitz and Birkenau Pablo Picasso
- 1948 Inauguration of the Republic of Korea Syngman Rhee
- 1948 Second Versailles Club run Édith Piaf
- 1948 Human-rights address at the Sorbonne Eleanor Roosevelt
- 1948 Israeli mission in Moscow Golda Meir
- 1948 1948 campaign speech in Oklahoma City Harry S. Truman
- 1948 Institute for Advanced Study membership Hideki Yukawa
- 1948 Visit to Berkeley Hideki Yukawa
- 1948 Begins Crozer Seminary studies Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1948 Death at Government House Muhammad Ali Jinnah
- 1948 Mission to communist-held Madiun Suharto
- 1948 Arrival at Whenuapai from Sydney Vivien Leigh
- 1948 Survival of the Hommelvik air crash Bertrand Russell
- 1948 Road accident near Lausanne Bhumibol Adulyadej
- 1948 Rosh Hashanah at Moscow Choral Synagogue Golda Meir
- 1948 Chicago Stadium campaign address Harry S. Truman
- 1948 Lincoln Tomb wreath during campaign Harry S. Truman
- 1948 Pittsburgh torchlight parade and address Harry S. Truman
- 1948 St. Paul campaign address Harry S. Truman
- 1948 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference Jawaharlal Nehru
- 1948 Birth in Mopti Amadou Toumani Touré
- 1948 Westminster School nuclear speech Bertrand Russell
- 1948 Family relocation to Memphis Elvis Presley
- 1948 United Nations General Assembly special session Jawaharlal Nehru
- 1948 UDHR debate at Palais de Chaillot Eleanor Roosevelt