Historical figures in Amman
The atlas holds 11 people and 14 moments here, from 1272 BC to 2015. The most recorded lives are Saddam Hussein, Akhmad Kadyrov and Pope Francis. Among them Educators, Political Leaders and Philosophers, across the Space Age and the Cold War.
Notable people
Akhmad Kadyrov
from 2001 to 2003
2 moments here
Chechen Islamic religious leader and politician. Born in Karaganda during his family’s deportation from Chechnya, he studied in Uzbekistan, returned…
Golda Meir
in 1948
1 moment here
Golda Meir was an Israeli political leader who served as Israel’s prime minister from 1969 to 1974.…
Haile Selassie
in 1966
1 moment here
Haile Selassie I (born Tafari Makonnen) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 until his deposition in 1974.…
Muammar Gaddafi
in 2001
1 moment here
Libyan military officer, revolutionary, politician, and political theorist who ruled Libya from the 1969 coup until his overthrow and killing during…
Pope Benedict XVI
in 2009
1 moment here
Joseph Alois Ratzinger (1927–2022), Pope Benedict XVI, was a German Catholic theologian, archbishop, cardinal, prefect of the Congregation for the…
Pope Francis
in 2014
1 moment here
Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Pope Francis, was an Argentine Jesuit priest, archbishop of Buenos Aires, cardinal, and head of the Catholic Church and…
Pranab Mukherjee
in 2015
1 moment here
Indian politician and statesman who served as the 13th President of India from 25 July 2012 to 25 July 2017.…
Ramesses II
in 1272 BC
1 moment here
Ramesses II, commonly called Ramesses the Great, was the third pharaoh of Egypt's Nineteenth Dynasty.…
Saddam Hussein
from 1980 to 1990
3 moments here
Iraqi Ba'athist politician who served as Iraq's president from 1979 until his overthrow in 2003.…
Sebastián Piñera
in 2011
1 moment here
Chilean economist, businessman and politician who served as president of Chile from 2010 to 2014 and from 2018 to 2022.…
Yasser Arafat
in 1970
1 moment here
Palestinian political leader, founding member of Fatah, chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization from 1969 to 2004, and president of the…
Moments
- 1272 BC Marches on Hesbon Ramesses II
- 1948 Secret meeting with Abdullah I Golda Meir
- 1966 Four-day state visit to Jordan Haile Selassie
- 1970 Press conference in Amman Yasser Arafat
- 1980 Arab League summit during Iran-Iraq War Saddam Hussein
- 1987 Sixteenth Arab League summit Saddam Hussein
- 1990 Talks with King Hussein Saddam Hussein
- 2001 Arab League summit in Amman Muammar Gaddafi
- 2001 Visit to Jordan Akhmad Kadyrov
- 2003 Jordanian diaspora visit Akhmad Kadyrov
- 2009 Middle East arrival Pope Benedict XVI
- 2011 Working stopover in Amman Sebastián Piñera
- 2014 Pilgrimage to the Holy Land Pope Francis
- 2015 State visit to Jordan Pranab Mukherjee