Historical figures in Gaza City
The atlas holds 5 people and 7 moments here, from 332 BC to 2014. The most recorded lives are Yasser Arafat, Ariel Sharon and Alexander the Great. Among them Political Leaders, Business Leaders and Explorers, across the Ottoman Empire and the Space Age.
Notable people
Alexander the Great
in 332 BC
1 moment here
Alexander III of Macedon (356–323 BCE), known as Alexander the Great, became king of Macedon in 336 BCE and campaigned from the Balkans through the…
Ariel Sharon
from 2005 to 2014
2 moments here
Israeli military officer and politician. Sharon was born in Kfar Malal in Mandatory Palestine, served in major Israeli military campaigns from 1948…
Ibn Battuta
in 1348
1 moment here
Maghrebi Muslim jurist, traveller, explorer, and author from Tangier. Between 1325 and 1354 he journeyed through North and East Africa, the Middle…
Winston Churchill
in 1921
1 moment here
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874–1965) was a British soldier, journalist, author and statesman whose career ranged from imperial campaigns in…
Yasser Arafat
from 1948 to 1994
2 moments here
Palestinian political leader, founding member of Fatah, chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization from 1969 to 2004, and president of the…
Moments
- 332 BC Captured Gaza Alexander the Great
- 1348 Stops in depopulated Gaza Ibn Battuta
- 1921 Arrives in Gaza Winston Churchill
- 1948 Combat in the Gaza area Yasser Arafat
- 1994 Move to Gaza City Yasser Arafat
- 2005 Disengagement headquarters visit Ariel Sharon
- 2014 Burial at Havat Shikmim Ariel Sharon