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
Dorothy Hodgkin
from 1957 to 1994
45 moments here
English chemist and X-ray crystallographer Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin determined major biomolecular structures including penicillin, vitamin B12,…
Douglas Adams
from 1957 to 2001
23 moments here
English author, screenwriter and humourist best known for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.…
Ebrahim Raisi
from 1960 to 2024
24 moments here
Iranian cleric, judicial official, and politician who served as president of Iran from 2021 until his death in a helicopter crash in 2024.…
Edgar Lungu
from 1981 to 2019
60 moments here
Edgar Chagwa Lungu was a Zambian lawyer and politician who served as Zambia's sixth president from 2015 to 2021.…
Édith Piaf
from 1957 to 1963
19 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 1957 to 2008
16 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…
Elizabeth II
from 1957 to 2022
50 moments here
Elizabeth II was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death.…
Elizabeth Taylor
from 1959 to 2011
26 moments here
British-American actress and HIV/AIDS activist. Born in London, Taylor moved to Southern California in 1939, became a major Hollywood star, worked…
Elvis Presley
from 1958 to 1977
21 moments here
American singer and actor Elvis Aaron Presley, widely known as the “King of Rock and Roll.” Born in Tupelo, Mississippi, he grew up in Memphis,…
Eusébio
from 1960 to 2014
26 moments here
Eusébio da Silva Ferreira (1942–2014) was a Portuguese footballer, born in Lourenço Marques (now Maputo), who became Benfica's record goalscorer and…
Federico Fellini
from 1959 to 1993
16 moments here
Italian film director and screenwriter whose career developed from caricature and comic writing in Rimini and Rome into internationally influential…
Ferdinand Marcos
from 1966 to 1989
17 moments here
Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos Sr. was a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as president of the Philippines from 1965 until his overthrow…
Fidel Castro
from 1957 to 2016
37 moments here
Cuban revolutionary and political leader who led the 26th of July Movement against Fulgencio Batista, became Cuba's prime minister in 1959, and later…
Freddie Mercury
from 1963 to 1991
42 moments here
Freddie Mercury (Farrokh Bulsara) was a British singer, songwriter, pianist, and lead vocalist of Queen.…
F. W. de Klerk
from 1962 to 2021
17 moments here
South African lawyer and National Party politician who served as State President of South Africa from 1989 to 1994 and as deputy president from 1994…
Gabriel García Márquez
from 1957 to 2014
25 moments here
Colombian novelist, journalist, screenwriter, and Nobel laureate whose life moved between Colombia, Europe, Cuba, the United States, Mexico, and…
Gamal Abdel Nasser
from 1958 to 1970
33 moments here
Egyptian army officer, leader of the 1952 Egyptian Revolution, and president of Egypt from 1954 until his death.…
Garrincha
from 1957 to 1983
29 moments here
Manuel Francisco dos Santos, known as Garrincha, was a Brazilian right winger. He spent most of his club career with Botafogo and won the FIFA World…
George H. W. Bush
from 1959 to 2018
32 moments here
George Herbert Walker Bush was an American naval aviator, oil executive, congressman, diplomat, director of central intelligence, vice president, and…
George Michael
from 1963 to 2016
31 moments here
English singer-songwriter and record producer, born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou in East Finchley, England.…
Gerald Ford
from 1973 to 2006
36 moments here
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King Jr.) was the 38th president of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977 after having served as…
Gough Whitlam
from 1963 to 2014
23 moments here
Edward Gough Whitlam was an Australian lawyer, Royal Australian Air Force navigator, Labor politician and the 21st prime minister of Australia.…
Haile Selassie
from 1959 to 1975
19 moments here
Haile Selassie I (born Tafari Makonnen) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 until his deposition in 1974.…
Moments
- 1957 Arrival for The Vikings filming Tony Curtis
- 1957 Grand marshal at Spring Green Centennial Frank Lloyd Wright
- 1957 Dedication of the Truman Library Harry S. Truman
- 1957 First Pugwash Conference Hideki Yukawa
- 1957 Arrival in Pyongyang Ho Chi Minh
- 1957 Stop in Beijing Ho Chi Minh
- 1957 Wuhan bridge-construction visit Ho Chi Minh
- 1957 National ethnic-work meeting Huang Xianfan
- 1957 Quarrymen performance and meeting Paul McCartney John Lennon
- 1957 Brazil debut at Maracanã Pelé
- 1957 Final Formula One victory Juan Manuel Fangio
- 1957 Official visit to Thailand Ngô Đình Diệm
- 1957 Paints Las Meninas series at Cannes Pablo Picasso
- 1957 Relocation to Detroit Rosa Parks
- 1957 Proclamation of Malayan independence Tunku Abdul Rahman
- 1957 Interview with Nikita Khrushchev Eleanor Roosevelt
- 1957 Soviet Union journey Eleanor Roosevelt
- 1957 Address to Australian Parliament Ngô Đình Diệm
- 1957 Arrival in Canberra Ngô Đình Diệm
- 1957 Melbourne visit Ngô Đình Diệm
- 1957 Sydney visit Ngô Đình Diệm
- 1957 Friendly visit to China Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
- 1957 Welcoming address at International PEN Congress Yasunari Kawabata
- 1957 Addressed the United Nations Elizabeth II
- 1957 Knesset bombing Golda Meir
- 1957 Visit to Tokyo Jawaharlal Nehru
- 1957 Hostess work in Hampton Rosa Parks
- 1957 UN Sixth Committee address Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
- 1957 Death at San Ángel studio Diego Rivera
- 1957 Lectures and laboratory visit in Copenhagen Dorothy Hodgkin
- 1957 October Revolution celebrations Kim Il Sung
- 1957 World Vegetarian Congress inauguration Rajendra Prasad
- 1957 Posting to Northern Fleet fighter regiment Yuri Gagarin
- 1957 Create Dangerously lecture Albert Camus
- 1957 Lucia ceremony in Stockholm Albert Camus
- 1957 Nobel banquet speech Albert Camus
- 1957 Move to Caracas Gabriel García Márquez
- 1957 Toho branch-opening visit Momoko Kōchi
- 1957 Return to Detroit Rosa Parks
- 1957 Nobel Prize ceremony Tsung-Dao Lee
- 1957 Nobel Banquet speech Yang Chen-Ning
- 1958 Scientific secretary at Geneva conference Abdus Salam
- 1958 House purchase in Lourmarin Albert Camus
- 1958 Speech interrupted by attack in Pretoria Albert Luthuli
- 1958 Settlement for seminary study in Qom Ali Khamenei
- 1958 La Madrague residence Brigitte Bardot
- 1958 Hong Kong schools boxing tournament Bruce Lee
- 1958 Eastern-region broadcasting work Chinua Achebe
- 1958 Experimental-surgery leadership Christiaan Barnard
- 1958 Neurophysiology work at Royal North Shore Hospital Colleen McCullough