Historical figures in Helsinki

The atlas holds 15 people and 17 moments here, from 1713 to 2014. The most recorded lives are Vladimir Lenin, Olav V and Ronald Reagan. Among them Political Leaders, Writers and Business Leaders, across the Cold War and the Space Age.

Notable people

  1. Bob Hawke

    in 1982

    1 moment here

    Australian trade-union leader and Labor politician who served as Australia’s 23rd prime minister from 1983 to 1991.…

  2. Dorothy Hodgkin

    in 1959

    1 moment here

    English chemist and X-ray crystallographer Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin determined major biomolecular structures including penicillin, vitamin B12,…

  3. George H. W. Bush

    in 1990

    1 moment here

    George Herbert Walker Bush was an American naval aviator, oil executive, congressman, diplomat, director of central intelligence, vice president, and…

  4. Gerald Ford

    in 1975

    1 moment here

    Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King Jr.) was the 38th president of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977 after having served as…

  5. Indira Gandhi

    in 1983

    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.…

  6. Italo Calvino

    in 1952

    1 moment here

    Italian novelist, short-story writer, editor, journalist, and member of Oulipo. Born in Cuba, raised chiefly in Sanremo, and active across Italy,…

  7. José Mujica

    in 2014

    1 moment here

    Uruguayan guerrilla fighter, farmer and politician who was president of Uruguay from 2010 to 2015.…

  8. Konstantin Chernenko

    in 1975

    1 moment here

    Soviet Communist Party official and General Secretary of the CPSU from 13 February 1984 until his death.…

  9. Marlon Brando

    in 1967

    1 moment here

    American actor and activist whose stage and screen career ranged from Broadway in the 1940s to major films through the early 2000s.…

  10. Mikhail Gorbachev

    in 1990

    1 moment here

    Soviet and Russian politician who led the Soviet Union from 1985 until its dissolution in 1991.…

  11. Olav V

    from 1961 to 1980

    2 moments here

    Olav V of Norway (born Prince Alexander of Denmark) was King of Norway from 1957 until his death in 1991.…

  12. Peter the Great

    in 1713

    1 moment here

    Peter I of Russia, known as Peter the Great, was tsar from 1682 and emperor from 1721 until 1725.…

  13. Ronald Reagan

    in 1988

    1 moment here

    American broadcaster, actor, labor leader, governor of California, and 40th president of the United States.…

  14. Sergei Rachmaninoff

    in 1917

    1 moment here

    Russian composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor. Born in the Novgorod Governorate of the Russian Empire, he studied and worked chiefly in Saint…

  15. Vladimir Lenin

    in 1917

    2 moments here

    Russian Marxist revolutionary, Bolshevik leader, political theorist, and founding head of government of Soviet Russia and the Soviet Union.…

Moments

  1. 1713 Voyage to Helsingfors Peter the Great
  2. 1917 Passed through Helsinki Vladimir Lenin
  3. 1917 Entered hiding in Helsinki Vladimir Lenin
  4. 1917 Transit through Helsinki Sergei Rachmaninoff
  5. 1952 Helsinki Olympics reporting trip Italo Calvino
  6. 1959 Visit to Helsinki en route to the USSR Dorothy Hodgkin
  7. 1961 State visit to Finland Olav V
  8. 1967 UNICEF charity appearance Marlon Brando
  9. 1975 Helsinki Conference journey Konstantin Chernenko
  10. 1975 Helsinki Final Act signing Gerald Ford
  11. 1980 State visit to Finland Olav V
  12. 1982 Socialist International meeting Bob Hawke
  13. 1983 National Museum appearance Indira Gandhi
  14. 1988 Stops in Helsinki Ronald Reagan
  15. 1990 Helsinki summit on Persian Gulf crisis George H. W. Bush
  16. 1990 Helsinki Summit Mikhail Gorbachev
  17. 2014 Trade negotiations in Helsinki José Mujica

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