Historical figures in Baltimore
The atlas holds 23 people and 29 moments here, from 1829 to 2015. The most recorded lives are Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Dickens and Tupac Shakur. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Musicians and Composers, across the Interwar Period and the Cold War.
Notable people
Abraham Lincoln
in 1861
1 moment here
American lawyer, Illinois legislator, congressman, and sixteenth president of the United States.…
Charles Dickens
from 1842 to 1868
2 moments here
English novelist, journalist, editor, social reformer, actor and celebrated public reader. This chronology traces documented residences, workplaces,…
Edgar Allan Poe
from 1829 to 1849
5 moments here
American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic whose work helped shape Gothic fiction, detective fiction, and early science fiction.…
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
in 1932
1 moment here
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as New York state senator, assistant secretary of the Navy,…
Helen Keller
in 1886
1 moment here
Helen Adams Keller was an American deafblind author, lecturer, disability-rights advocate, and political activist.…
Henri Matisse
in 1930
1 moment here
French painter, sculptor, draughtsman, printmaker, and major figure of modern art. Born in Le Cateau-Cambresis, Matisse trained and worked…
Jack London
in 1912
1 moment here
American novelist, journalist, sailor, war correspondent, and socialist activist. Born John Griffith Chaney in San Francisco, he grew up around the…
Jacques Derrida
in 1966
1 moment here
French philosopher, born Jackie Élie Derrida, associated with deconstruction. His career moved from Algeria and Paris to recurrent teaching and…
James K. Polk
in 1847
1 moment here
James Knox Polk was the eleventh president of the United States, serving from 1845 to 1849. Born in North Carolina and raised largely in Tennessee,…
John Eccles
in 1955
1 moment here
Australian neurophysiologist and philosopher John Carew Eccles (1903–1997) was a Nobel laureate noted for research on synaptic transmission.…
José Martí
in 1892
1 moment here
Cuban nationalist, writer, journalist, and organizer of the Cuban Revolutionary Party. Martí lived and worked across Cuba, Spain, Mexico, Guatemala,…
Katharine Hepburn
in 1928
1 moment here
American stage, film, and television actress whose career ran from 1928 to 1995. Hepburn was born in Hartford, Connecticut, educated at Bryn Mawr…
Lars Onsager
in 1928
1 moment here
Norwegian-American physical chemist and theoretical physicist whose career took him from Norway and Switzerland to major American universities.…
Macfarlane Burnet
in 1950
1 moment here
Australian virologist and immunologist Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet, known as Macfarlane Burnet, shared the 1960 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine…
Martin Van Buren
in 1844
1 moment here
Martin Van Buren was an American lawyer and politician who served as New York attorney general, U.S.…
Mathieu Kérékou
in 1999
1 moment here
Beninese military officer and politician who led Dahomey/Benin from 1972 to 1991 and again from 1996 to 2006.…
Prince
in 2015
1 moment here
Prince Rogers Nelson was an American singer, songwriter, musician, producer, actor, and filmmaker associated with the Minneapolis sound.…
Ralph Waldo Emerson
in 1843
1 moment here
American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, Unitarian minister, poet, abolitionist, and leading figure in Transcendentalism.…
Richard Nixon
in 1945
1 moment here
Richard Milhous Nixon was an American lawyer, naval officer, congressman, senator, vice president, and the 37th president of the United States.…
Tupac Shakur
in 1984
2 moments here
American rapper, actor, poet, and political activist, also known as 2Pac and Makaveli. His documented life included childhood in New York City and…
Walt Whitman
in 1875
1 moment here
American poet, essayist, journalist, and author of Leaves of Grass. Born on Long Island, he lived and worked chiefly in Brooklyn, Manhattan,…
Warren G. Harding
in 1921
1 moment here
Warren G. Harding was the 29th president of the United States, serving from 1921 until his death in 1923.…
Woodrow Wilson
in 1883
1 moment here
Thomas Woodrow Wilson was an American academic, governor of New Jersey, and the 28th president of the United States.…
Moments
- 1829 Residence with the Clemm family Edgar Allan Poe
- 1831 Return to Baltimore Edgar Allan Poe
- 1835 Marriage license in Baltimore Edgar Allan Poe
- 1842 Visits Baltimore's institutions Charles Dickens
- 1843 Begins New England lectures Ralph Waldo Emerson
- 1844 Democratic convention campaign Martin Van Buren
- 1847 Northern tour begins in Baltimore James K. Polk
- 1849 Death at Washington Medical College Edgar Allan Poe
- 1849 Found in distress in Baltimore Edgar Allan Poe
- 1861 Passed secretly through Baltimore Abraham Lincoln
- 1868 Reads in Baltimore Charles Dickens
- 1875 Poe memorial dedication Walt Whitman
- 1883 Doctoral study at Johns Hopkins Woodrow Wilson
- 1886 Consultation with Dr. Chisholm Helen Keller
- 1892 Organizing mission in Baltimore José Martí
- 1912 Departure from Baltimore aboard Dirigo Jack London
- 1921 Baltimore hospital visit Warren G. Harding
- 1928 Associate in chemistry at Johns Hopkins Lars Onsager
- 1928 First professional theatre work in Baltimore Katharine Hepburn
- 1930 Visit to Baltimore Henri Matisse
- 1932 Campaign address in Baltimore Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- 1945 Baltimore naval-contract office Richard Nixon
- 1950 Herter Lectures at Johns Hopkins Macfarlane Burnet
- 1955 Herter Lectures John Eccles
- 1966 Structuralism colloquium lecture Jacques Derrida
- 1984 Family relocation to Baltimore Tupac Shakur
- 1984 Residence on Greenmount Avenue Tupac Shakur
- 1999 Baltimore slavery-trade apology Mathieu Kérékou
- 2015 Rally 4 Peace concert Prince