Historical figures in Berlin
The atlas holds 83 people and 155 moments here, from 1698 to 2020. The most recorded lives are Rosa Luxemburg, Adolf Hitler and Marlene Dietrich. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Educators, across the Space Age and the Interwar Period.
Notable people
Shinzo Abe
in 2007
1 moment here
Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 2006 to 2007 and from 2012 to 2020.…
Sigmund Freud
in 1922
1 moment here
Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis. This chronology traces documented locations from his Moravian birthplace and Viennese education…
Soong Ching-ling
from 1928 to 1929
2 moments here
Chinese politician and activist, wife of Sun Yat-sen, leading figure of the Kuomintang’s left wing, and later a senior officeholder of the People’s…
Søren Kierkegaard
from 1841 to 1846
4 moments here
Danish philosopher, Christian theologian, poet, social critic, and religious author. This chronology records verified physical presences at…
Sun Yat-sen
in 1905
1 moment here
Chinese physician, revolutionary, and political thinker who founded the Republic of China and the Kuomintang.…
Sydney Brenner
in 1994
1 moment here
South African-born molecular biologist whose career moved from Johannesburg and Oxford to Cambridge, California, Singapore and other scientific…
Umaru Musa Yar'Adua
in 2007
1 moment here
Nigerian teacher, businessman and politician who served as governor of Katsina State from 1999 to 2007 and president of Nigeria from 2007 until his…
Vladimir Lenin
from 1895 to 1917
2 moments here
Russian Marxist revolutionary, Bolshevik leader, political theorist, and founding head of government of Soviet Russia and the Soviet Union.…
Voltaire
from 1740 to 1750
2 moments here
François-Marie Arouet, known as Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, historian, dramatist, and philosopher.…
Willy Brandt
from 1946 to 1963
2 moments here
German Social Democratic politician, born Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm in Lübeck. He lived in exile in Norway and Sweden during the Nazi era, became…
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
in 1789
2 moments here
Austrian composer and performer of the Classical era. Born in Salzburg, Mozart toured Europe as a child prodigy, made three formative journeys to…
Moments
- 2013 Official visit to Germany Li Keqiang
- 2014 Meeting Chancellor Merkel Benigno Aquino III
- 2016 State visit to Germany Muhammadu Buhari
- 2020 Medical evacuation to Berlin Alexei Navalny
- 2020 Discharge from Charité Alexei Navalny