Historical figures in Dublin
The atlas holds 29 people and 62 moments here, from 1667 to 2014. The most recorded lives are James Joyce, Jonathan Swift and Elizabeth II. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Scientists, across the Space Age and the Cold War.
Notable people
Benjamin Franklin
in 1771
1 moment here
American printer, scientist, civic leader, colonial agent, revolutionary statesman, and diplomat.…
Bob Marley
in 1980
1 moment here
Jamaican singer, songwriter and guitarist whose work with the Wailers made reggae an international musical force.…
Desmond Tutu
in 1991
1 moment here
South African Anglican bishop, theologian, anti-apartheid activist, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Archbishop of Cape Town, and chair of South Africa’s…
Elizabeth II
in 2011
5 moments here
Elizabeth II was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death.…
Erwin Schrödinger
from 1939 to 1943
3 moments here
Austrian-Irish theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate whose work on wave mechanics and the Schrödinger equation became foundational to quantum…
Friedrich Engels
in 1856
1 moment here
German philosopher, political theorist, revolutionary socialist, businessman, and Karl Marx’s lifelong collaborator.…
F. W. de Klerk
in 2008
1 moment here
South African lawyer and National Party politician who served as State President of South Africa from 1989 to 1994 and as deputy president from 1994…
George Bernard Shaw
from 1856 to 1922
4 moments here
Irish playwright, critic, polemicist, and political activist. Born in Dublin, Shaw moved to London in 1876, became a leading Fabian and dramatist,…
George Frideric Handel
from 1741 to 1742
2 moments here
German-British Baroque composer. Born in Halle, he worked in Hamburg, travelled in Italy, served as Kapellmeister at Hanover, and settled in England.…
Grace Kelly
from 1961 to 1979
3 moments here
American actress Grace Patricia Kelly became an internationally prominent film star in the early 1950s, then Princess of Monaco after her 1956…
Helen Keller
in 1930
1 moment here
Helen Adams Keller was an American deafblind author, lecturer, disability-rights advocate, and political activist.…
James Joyce
from 1882 to 1909
10 moments here
Irish novelist, poet, and critic whose life moved between Dublin, continental Europe, and Switzerland.…
John F. Kennedy
in 1963
1 moment here
John Fitzgerald Kennedy was an American naval officer, journalist, congressman, senator, and the 35th president of the United States.…
John Maynard Keynes
in 1933
1 moment here
English economist, civil servant, Cambridge fellow, and British international negotiator whose work shaped modern macroeconomics.…
Jonathan Swift
from 1667 to 1745
7 moments here
Anglo-Irish writer, satirist, political pamphleteer, and Church of Ireland cleric, best known for Gulliver's Travels, A Tale of a Tub, and A Modest…
Judy Garland
in 1951
1 moment here
American actress, singer, and vaudevillian, born Frances Ethel Gumm. Garland rose from childhood vaudeville and MGM musical films to become a major…
Kofi Annan
in 2014
1 moment here
Ghanaian diplomat and statesman who served as Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006.…
Ludwig Wittgenstein
in 1947
1 moment here
Austro-British philosopher whose work in logic, language, mathematics, and mind shaped twentieth-century analytic philosophy.…
Maurice Wilkins
in 1992
1 moment here
New Zealand-born British physicist and biophysicist whose career ran from solid-state physics and wartime atomic research to X-ray diffraction…
Mother Teresa
in 1928
1 moment here
Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, known as Mother Teresa or Saint Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian-Indian Catholic nun.…
Muhammad Ali
in 1972
1 moment here
Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.) was an American boxer, activist, humanitarian, and global cultural figure.…
Oscar Wilde
from 1854 to 1884
4 moments here
Irish author, poet, playwright, critic, and leading figure in late nineteenth-century aestheticism.…
Pope Francis
in 1980
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…
Queen Victoria
from 1861 to 1900
3 moments 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
- 1667 Birth in Dublin Jonathan Swift
- 1682 Entered Trinity College Dublin Jonathan Swift
- 1695 Ordination at Christ Church Cathedral Jonathan Swift
- 1699 Accompanied Berkeley to Dublin Jonathan Swift
- 1700 Took possession of St Patrick's prebend Jonathan Swift
- 1702 Doctor of Divinity at Trinity College Jonathan Swift
- 1741 Arrival for Dublin concert season George Frideric Handel
- 1742 Performances at Neale's Musick Hall George Frideric Handel
- 1745 Death in Dublin Jonathan Swift
- 1771 Parliamentary visit in Dublin Benjamin Franklin
- 1854 Birth at Westland Row Oscar Wilde
- 1856 Ireland tour: Dublin Friedrich Engels
- 1856 Birth at 3 Upper Synge Street George Bernard Shaw
- 1861 Visit near Dublin during army manoeuvres Queen Victoria
- 1862 Family home on Hatch Street George Bernard Shaw
- 1871 Trinity College Dublin student Oscar Wilde
- 1871 Junior clerk in Dublin George Bernard Shaw
- 1877 Childhood in Dublin Winston Churchill
- 1878 Return to Dublin after Oxford Oscar Wilde
- 1882 Baptism at St Joseph's Church James Joyce
- 1882 Birth at Brighton Square James Joyce
- 1884 Lecture at the Gaiety Theatre Oscar Wilde
- 1887 Family move to Bray James Joyce
- 1893 Starts at Belvedere College James Joyce
- 1898 University College student James Joyce
- 1900 Arrival at Kingstown and journey to Dublin Queen Victoria
- 1900 Reception at Phoenix Park Queen Victoria
- 1901 Census residence at Royal Terrace James Joyce
- 1904 First outing with Nora Barnacle James Joyce
- 1904 Brief residence at Sandycove Martello tower James Joyce
- 1909 Summer visit to Dublin with Giorgio James Joyce
- 1909 Volta Cinema opening James Joyce
- 1922 Meeting Michael Collins in Dublin George Bernard Shaw
- 1928 Joins the Sisters of Loreto Mother Teresa
- 1930 First overseas tour: Ireland Helen Keller
- 1933 Dublin lecture John Maynard Keynes
- 1939 Arrival and residence in Dublin Erwin Schrödinger
- 1941 Director's office at Merrion Square Erwin Schrödinger
- 1943 What Is Life? lectures at Trinity College Dublin Erwin Schrödinger
- 1947 Irish writing retreat Ludwig Wittgenstein
- 1951 Theatre Royal engagement Judy Garland
- 1961 Irish state visit at Áras an Uachtaráin Grace Kelly
- 1963 Arrived in Dublin John F. Kennedy
- 1963 Family visit to Carton House Grace Kelly
- 1970 State visit to Ireland Richard Nixon
- 1972 Alvin Lewis fight Muhammad Ali
- 1973 Barry Lyndon production in Dublin Stanley Kubrick
- 1974 Departure from Ireland via Dún Laoghaire Stanley Kubrick
- 1979 Dublin Theatre Festival arrival Grace Kelly
- 1980 English study at Milltown Pope Francis