Historical figures in Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
The atlas holds 3 people and 3 moments here, from 1858 to 1939. The most recorded lives are Marie Curie, Queen Victoria and Ernesto Sabato. Among them Educators and Scientists, across the Interwar Period and World War II.
Notable people
Ernesto Sabato
in 1939
1 moment here
Argentine physicist, novelist, essayist, painter, and public intellectual. Sabato studied in La Plata, traveled through Europe and the United States…
Marie Curie
in 1921
1 moment here
Polish-born, naturalized-French physicist and chemist who pioneered research on radioactivity. With Pierre Curie she discovered polonium and radium.…
Queen Victoria
in 1858
1 moment here
Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 1819–1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death, and…
Moments
- 1858 Opening of Cherbourg basin Queen Victoria
- 1921 Boards Olympic at Cherbourg Marie Curie
- 1939 Departs France from Cherbourg Ernesto Sabato