Historical figures in Cairo

The atlas holds 65 people and 138 moments here, from 2566 BC to 2021. The most recorded lives are Naguib Mahfouz, Gamal Abdel Nasser and Mohamed Morsi. Among them Political Leaders, Writers and Military Leaders, across the Space Age and the Cold War.

Notable people

1. Ibn Khaldun

   from 1383 to 1406

   3 moments here

   Ibn Khaldun (1332–1406) was a Tunis-born historian, jurist, political official, teacher, and author of the Muqaddimah.…

2. Indira Gandhi

   in 1966

   1 moment here

   Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi was an Indian stateswoman who served as prime minister from 1966 to 1977 and from 1980 until her assassination in 1984.…

3. Jawaharlal Nehru

   in 1961

   1 moment here

   Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and statesman who became independent India’s first prime minister, serving from 15 August 1947 until his…

4. Jean-Paul Sartre

   in 1967

   1 moment here

   French philosopher, writer, and political activist associated with existentialism. His documented movements include education and teaching across…

5. Jimmy Carter

   in 1979

   1 moment here

   James Earl Carter Jr. was an American naval officer, Georgia state senator and governor, the 39th president of the United States, and a…

6. Khufu

   in 2566 BC

   1 moment here

   Khufu (Cheops) was the second pharaoh of Egypt’s Fourth Dynasty. His reign is conventionally dated c.…

7. Louis Armstrong

   in 1961

   1 moment here

   American jazz trumpeter, vocalist, bandleader, and entertainer whose career transformed jazz solo performance and made him an international cultural…

8. Mansa Musa

   in 1324

   2 moments here

   Mansa Musa (c. 1280–c. 1337), also known as Musa I of Mali, was mansa of the Mali Empire. The securely documented movements of his life are…

9. Maya Angelou

   in 1961

   1 moment here

   American memoirist, poet, performer, educator, and civil-rights activist. Her documented life moved from Missouri and Arkansas to California and New…

10. Milton Obote

    in 1964

    1 moment here

    Apollo Milton Obote was a Ugandan politician who served as prime minister from 1962 to 1966 and as president from 1966 to 1971 and from 1980 to 1985.…

11. Mohamed Morsi

    from 1975 to 2019

    7 moments here

    Egyptian engineer, university professor, Muslim Brotherhood politician, and Egypt’s fifth president, serving from 2012 until his removal in July…

12. Mohammad Reza Pahlavi

    from 1939 to 1980

    3 moments here

    Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919–1980) was the last shah of Iran, reigning from 1941 until the Iranian Revolution of 1979.…

13. Muammar Gaddafi

    from 1970 to 1991

    3 moments here

    Libyan military officer, revolutionary, politician, and political theorist who ruled Libya from the 1969 coup until his overthrow and killing during…

14. Muhammad Ali Jinnah

    in 1946

    1 moment here

    Muhammad Ali Jinnah was a barrister and political leader who led the All-India Muslim League and became Pakistan’s first governor-general after…

15. Muhammad Ali of Egypt

    from 1811 to 1815

    2 moments here

    Ottoman Albanian military commander and wālī of Egypt from 1805 to 1848. Muhammad Ali consolidated power in Egypt, undertook campaigns in Arabia and…

16. Naguib Mahfouz

    from 1911 to 2006

    15 moments here

    Egyptian novelist, screenwriter, and playwright whose fiction made Cairo a central setting of modern Arabic literature.…

17. Napoleon Bonaparte

    in 1798

    2 moments here

    French military commander and statesman who rose during the French Revolution, became First Consul in 1799, and ruled as Emperor of the French in…

18. Nasir Khusraw

    from 1047 to 1050

    3 moments here

    Persian poet, philosopher, traveler, and Isma'ili missionary. Born at Qubadiyan, he served as a financial administrator in Marw before leaving in…

19. Nawal El Saadawi

    from 1949 to 2021

    6 moments here

    Egyptian physician, psychiatrist, feminist writer, and activist whose life and work challenged patriarchal authority, gender-based violence,…

20. Nelson Mandela

    in 1962

    1 moment here

    South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, lawyer and statesman. Mandela helped lead the African National Congress, co-founded its armed wing,…

21. Nikita Khrushchev

    in 1964

    1 moment here

    Soviet Communist Party leader and chairman of the Council of Ministers. Khrushchev rose from industrial work in the Donbas through party posts in…

22. Pedro II of Brazil

    in 1871

    1 moment here

    Pedro II (1825–1891) was the second and final emperor of Brazil, reigning from 1831 until the 1889 coup that abolished the monarchy.…

23. Pope Francis

    in 2017

    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…

24. Richard Nixon

    in 1963

    1 moment here

    Richard Milhous Nixon was an American lawyer, naval officer, congressman, senator, vice president, and the 37th president of the United States.…

Moments

1. 1943 Cairo Conference Chiang Kai-shek
2. 1943 Arrives for First Cairo Conference Franklin Delano Roosevelt
3. 1943 Cairo Conference arrival Soong Mei-ling
4. 1943 Meeting with Roosevelt at Cairo Conference Soong Mei-ling
5. 1943 Returns to Cairo for second conference Franklin Delano Roosevelt
6. 1944 Enrollment at King Fuad I University Yasser Arafat
7. 1945 Transfer to al-Ghuri Mausoleum library Naguib Mahfouz
8. 1946 Imprisonment after Amin Osman assassination Anwar Sadat
9. 1946 Pan-Islamic meetings in Cairo Muhammad Ali Jinnah
10. 1949 Entered medical school Nawal El Saadawi
11. 1949 Return to Cairo after the war Yasser Arafat
12. 1952 Coup monitoring in Cairo Gamal Abdel Nasser
13. 1954 Establishes home in Agouza Naguib Mahfouz
14. 1954 Departure from Egypt for Paris Dalida
15. 1956 Return journey break in Cairo Tunku Abdul Rahman
16. 1960 Exile in Cairo Saddam Hussein
17. 1960 Brazil versus Egypt Garrincha
18. 1961 Visit to the Great Sphinx of Giza Louis Armstrong
19. 1961 Associate editor in Cairo Maya Angelou
20. 1961 Meeting with Nasser and Tito Jawaharlal Nehru
21. 1962 Cairo with Yuri Gagarin and Nasser Anwar Sadat
22. 1962 Receives training in Cairo Nelson Mandela
23. 1962 Cairo Law School studies Saddam Hussein
24. 1963 Meeting with Gamal Abdel Nasser Richard Nixon
25. 1963 Visit to the United Arab Republic Sirimavo Bandaranaike
26. 1963 Departure for studies in Cairo Abdurrahman Wahid
27. 1964 Non-Aligned summit in Cairo Abdelaziz Bouteflika
28. 1964 National Assembly appearance with Nasser Anwar Sadat
29. 1964 Visit to the United Arab Republic Nikita Khrushchev
30. 1964 Non-Aligned Movement summit Milton Obote
31. 1966 Al-Azhar study in Cairo Burhanuddin Rabbani
32. 1966 Meeting Nasser in Cairo Indira Gandhi
33. 1967 Meeting Gamal Abdel Nasser Simone de Beauvoir
34. 1967 Meeting President Nasser in Cairo Jean-Paul Sartre
35. 1967 Mutual-defense-pact meeting Gamal Abdel Nasser
36. 1967 Last-minute peace mission to Cairo U Thant
37. 1969 Election as PLO chairman Yasser Arafat
38. 1970 Working visit to Cairo Muammar Gaddafi
39. 1970 Emergency Arab League Summit and death Gamal Abdel Nasser
40. 1970 Emergency Arab League summit Yasser Arafat
41. 1972 Tripartite federation talks Saddam Hussein
42. 1972 Meeting with Sadat in Cairo Muammar Gaddafi
43. 1972 Final war-effort concert at Cairo University Umm Kulthum
44. 1973 Research at Ain Shams University Nawal El Saadawi
45. 1973 Visit to wounded soldiers Umm Kulthum
46. 1974 Visit to Cairo Willy Brandt
47. 1974 State visit to Cairo Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
48. 1975 Engineering degree at Cairo University Mohamed Morsi
49. 1975 Death in Cairo Umm Kulthum
50. 1976 Nile cruise in Cairo Dalida

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