Space Age: Who Was There — Map & Timeline

Historical figures of the Space Age

The atlas holds 373 people and 7,289 moments here, from 1957 to 2026. The most recorded lives are Ronald Reagan, Nelson Mandela and Sebastián Piñera. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Performers.

Notable people

Abdelaziz Bouteflika
from 1963 to 2021
36 moments here
Algerian politician, diplomat, and president. Born in Oujda, he joined the National Liberation Army during the Algerian War, served as Algeria's…
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
from 1964 to 2025
26 moments here
Malaysian civil servant and politician who served as Malaysia’s fifth prime minister from 2003 to 2009.…
Abdurrahman Wahid
from 1957 to 2009
24 moments here
Indonesian Islamic scholar, Nahdlatul Ulama leader, reform advocate, and fourth president of Indonesia (1999–2001), widely known as Gus Dur.…
Abdus Salam
from 1957 to 1996
19 moments here
Pakistani theoretical physicist and 1979 Nobel Prize laureate whose career connected education in Punjab and Cambridge with professorships in Lahore…
Abebe Bikila
from 1960 to 1973
24 moments here
Ethiopian marathon runner and Imperial Guard officer who won Olympic marathon gold in Rome in 1960 and Tokyo in 1964, both in world-record time.…
Ada Yonath
from 1959 to 2026
19 moments here
Israeli crystallographer whose work on ribosome structure and function earned her a share of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.…
Agostinho Neto
from 1958 to 1979
27 moments here
António Agostinho Neto was an Angolan physician, poet, anti-colonial leader, president of the MPLA, and the first president of independent Angola.…
Ahmed Sékou Touré
from 1958 to 1984
31 moments here
Guinean nationalist, trade-union leader, and Guinea’s first president, serving from independence in 1958 until his death in 1984.…
Alan García
from 1967 to 2019
28 moments here
Alan García Pérez was a Peruvian politician and leader of the Peruvian Aprista Party who served two nonconsecutive terms as president of Peru, from…
Alberto Fujimori
from 1957 to 2024
23 moments here
Peruvian agricultural engineer, university rector, and president of Peru from 1990 to 2000. His presidency combined market reforms and…
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
from 1957 to 2008
25 moments here
Soviet and Russian novelist, essayist, historian, dissident, and Nobel laureate whose writings on Soviet political repression and the Gulag made him…
Alexei Leonov
from 1959 to 2019
23 moments here
Soviet and Russian cosmonaut, aviator, artist, and writer. Leonov became the first person to conduct a spacewalk on 18 March 1965 and commanded Soyuz…
Alexei Navalny
from 1976 to 2024
24 moments here
Russian opposition leader, anti-corruption activist, politician, and political prisoner. This chronology records supported locations of his birth,…
Alice Munro
from 1963 to 2024
17 moments here
Canadian short-story writer and 2013 Nobel laureate. Born in Wingham, Ontario, Munro studied in London, Ontario; lived in British Columbia during her…
Ali Khamenei
from 1957 to 2026
29 moments here
Iranian Shia cleric and politician who was president of Iran from 1981 to 1989 and supreme leader from 1989 until his death in 2026.…
Amy Winehouse
from 1983 to 2011
34 moments here
British singer and songwriter Amy Jade Winehouse was born in London and became internationally known for the albums Frank and Back to Black.…
Andy Warhol
from 1960 to 1987
23 moments here
American artist and filmmaker whose work helped define Pop art. Born in Pittsburgh, Warhol studied there before moving to New York in 1949.…
Anwar Sadat
from 1962 to 1981
34 moments here
Muhammad Anwar el-Sadat was an Egyptian army officer, Free Officer, politician, and president of Egypt from 1970 until his assassination in 1981.…
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
from 1960 to 2015
27 moments here
Indian aerospace engineer, science administrator, author, and the eleventh president of India.…
Aretha Franklin
from 1960 to 2018
25 moments here
American singer, pianist, songwriter, and civil-rights activist known as the “Queen of Soul.” Her documented movements span childhood relocations…
Ariel Sharon
from 1967 to 2014
16 moments here
Israeli military officer and politician. Sharon was born in Kfar Malal in Mandatory Palestine, served in major Israeli military campaigns from 1948…
Aslan Maskhadov
from 1957 to 2005
18 moments here
Aslan Maskhadov was a Soviet artillery officer, Chechen military commander, and president of the unrecognized Chechen Republic of Ichkeria.…
Astrud Gilberto
from 1960 to 2023
21 moments here
Brazilian-American singer and songwriter best known for her English-language vocals on “The Girl from Ipanema.” Born in Salvador, she grew up in Rio…
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
from 1966 to 2018
27 moments here
Indian statesman, poet, journalist and Bharatiya Janata Party leader who served as India’s prime minister in 1996 and from 1998 to 2004.…

Historical figures of the Space Age

Notable people

Abdelaziz Bouteflika

Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

Abdurrahman Wahid

Abdus Salam

Abebe Bikila

Ada Yonath

Agostinho Neto

Ahmed Sékou Touré

Alan García

Alberto Fujimori

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Alexei Leonov

Alexei Navalny

Alice Munro

Ali Khamenei

Amy Winehouse

Andy Warhol

Anwar Sadat

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Aretha Franklin

Ariel Sharon

Aslan Maskhadov

Astrud Gilberto

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Moments

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