Historical figures in Ghana
The atlas holds 4 people and 4 moments here, from 1951 to 2008. The most recorded lives are Muhammad Ali, V. S. Naipaul and Dorothy Hodgkin. Across the Cold War and the Space Age.
Notable people
Dorothy Hodgkin
in 1964
1 moment here
English chemist and X-ray crystallographer Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin determined major biomolecular structures including penicillin, vitamin B12,…
Hastings Banda
in 1951
1 moment here
Hastings Kamuzu Banda was a Malawian physician and politician who led Nyasaland to independence and served as Malawi's prime minister and first…
Muhammad Ali
in 1964
1 moment here
Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.) was an American boxer, activist, humanitarian, and global cultural figure.…
V. S. Naipaul
in 2008
1 moment here
Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul was a Trinidad-born British novelist, essayist, and travel writer.…
Moments
- 1951 Relocation to the Gold Coast Hastings Banda
- 1964 In Ghana when Nobel award news arrived Dorothy Hodgkin
- 1964 First visit to Ghana Muhammad Ali
- 2008 African research journey in Ghana V. S. Naipaul