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
José Mujica
from 1969 to 2025
49 moments here
Uruguayan guerrilla fighter, farmer and politician who was president of Uruguay from 2010 to 2015.…
Juan Manuel Fangio
from 1957 to 1995
20 moments here
Argentine racing driver Juan Manuel Fangio was a five-time Formula One World Drivers’ Champion.…
Judy Garland
from 1959 to 1969
17 moments here
American actress, singer, and vaudevillian, born Frances Ethel Gumm. Garland rose from childhood vaudeville and MGM musical films to become a major…
Kalpana Chawla
from 1962 to 2003
17 moments here
Indian-born American aerospace engineer, pilot, and NASA astronaut. Chawla studied in Karnal, Chandigarh, Arlington, and Boulder; worked at NASA Ames…
Kenneth Kaunda
from 1957 to 2021
20 moments here
Zambian teacher, nationalist leader, and first president of independent Zambia, serving from 1964 to 1991.…
Khaleda Zia
from 1965 to 2025
39 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 1961 to 2009
24 moments here
South Korean politician, democracy activist, and eighth president of South Korea (1998–2003).…
Kim Il Sung
from 1957 to 1994
36 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…
Kobe Bryant
from 1978 to 2020
18 moments here
Kobe Bean Bryant was an American professional basketball player who spent his entire 20-year NBA career with the Los Angeles Lakers.…
Kofi Annan
from 1958 to 2018
37 moments here
Ghanaian diplomat and statesman who served as Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006.…
Kurt Cobain
from 1967 to 1994
29 moments here
American singer, guitarist, songwriter, and founding member of Nirvana. This chronology maps documented residences, recording sessions, performances,…
Lê Đức Thọ
from 1968 to 1990
18 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 1957 to 2015
25 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 1958 to 2001
18 moments here
Senegalese poet, theorist of Négritude, and statesman who became Senegal’s first president in 1960.…
Li Keqiang
from 1974 to 2023
40 moments here
Chinese politician and economist who rose from rural labour in Anhui through the Communist Youth League, led Henan and Liaoning, served as vice…
Liu Xiaobo
from 1969 to 2017
24 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 1958 to 1985
17 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 1957 to 2024
46 moments here
Indian economist, academic, civil servant, finance minister and prime minister of India from 2004 to 2014.…
Margaret Thatcher
from 1959 to 2013
31 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…
Mario Vargas Llosa
from 1958 to 2025
18 moments here
Peruvian novelist, journalist, essayist, and political figure. Vargas Llosa lived and worked across Peru, Bolivia, Spain, France, the United Kingdom,…
Martin Luther King Jr.
from 1957 to 1968
51 moments here
American Baptist minister and civil-rights leader who advanced racial equality through nonviolent protest.…
Mathieu Kérékou
from 1969 to 2015
22 moments here
Beninese military officer and politician who led Dahomey/Benin from 1972 to 1991 and again from 1996 to 2006.…
Maya Angelou
from 1959 to 2014
20 moments here
American memoirist, poet, performer, educator, and civil-rights activist. Her documented life moved from Missouri and Arkansas to California and New…
Moments
- 1958 Breakfast at the Presidential Palace Fulgencio Batista
- 1958 State visit to Moscow Gamal Abdel Nasser
- 1958 Birth in Magoé District Luísa Diogo
- 1958 Goodwill tour stop in Montevideo Richard Nixon
- 1958 Third European Cup final Alfredo Di Stéfano
- 1958 Stage illness in Stockholm Édith Piaf
- 1958 Brazil World Cup preparation match Garrincha
- 1958 Fiorentina friendly Garrincha
- 1958 Indianapolis 500 practice Juan Manuel Fangio
- 1958 Caracas motorcade attack Richard Nixon
- 1958 National University of San Marcos visit Richard Nixon
- 1958 Return to Algeria as prime minister Charles de Gaulle
- 1958 1958 World Cup final Garrincha
- 1958 World Cup debut Garrincha
- 1958 Naval Academy graduation John McCain
- 1958 Naval aviator training at Pensacola John McCain
- 1958 Meets President Eisenhower Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1958 Marries Winnie in Bizana Nelson Mandela
- 1958 Benediction in Nidaros Cathedral Olav V
- 1958 World Cup final Pelé
- 1958 World Cup quarter-final goal Pelé
- 1958 World Cup semi-final hat-trick Pelé
- 1958 Birth at Mount Sinai Hospital Prince
- 1958 Marriage in the Transkei Winnie Mandela
- 1958 Settling at the Mandela home Winnie Mandela
- 1958 Arrival in New York Yayoi Kusama
- 1958 Battle of Las Mercedes Che Guevara
- 1958 Consultations with Tito Gamal Abdel Nasser
- 1958 Return to Nyasaland Hastings Banda
- 1958 United States Day address at Brussels World's Fair Herbert Hoover
- 1958 Independence speech before de Gaulle Ahmed Sékou Touré
- 1958 Radio address in Dakar Ahmed Sékou Touré
- 1958 Emergency leave to Memphis Elvis Presley
- 1958 Congress leadership acclamation Hastings Banda
- 1958 Born in Gary Michael Jackson
- 1958 Faces formal Treason Trial Nelson Mandela
- 1958 Second Geneva Atoms for Peace conference Hideki Yukawa
- 1958 Third Pugwash Conference at Kitzbühel Hideki Yukawa
- 1958 Third Pugwash Conference in Vienna Hideki Yukawa
- 1958 Visit to Gangtok Jawaharlal Nehru
- 1958 Stabbed at Harlem book signing Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1958 State visit to Denmark Olav V
- 1958 Consecration as auxiliary bishop Pope John Paul II
- 1958 State visit to Japan Rajendra Prasad
- 1958 Atoms for Peace Conference Richard Feynman
- 1958 Meeting Gweneth Howarth at Lake Geneva Richard Feynman
- 1958 Medical graduation in Lisbon Agostinho Neto
- 1958 Headline engagement at Bobino Dalida
- 1958 Stationed at Ray Barracks Elvis Presley
- 1958 Diplomatic visit to Beijing Kim Il Sung