Historical figures in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum

The atlas holds 9 people and 13 moments here, from 1894 to 2019. The most recorded lives are Sadako Sasaki, Pope Francis and Che Guevara. Among them Political Leaders, Writers and Educators, across the Cold War and the Space Age.

Notable people

  1. Che Guevara

    in 1959

    1 moment here

    Ernesto "Che" Guevara (1928–1967) was an Argentine physician, Marxist revolutionary, Cuban government official, diplomat, and guerrilla commander.…

  2. Eleanor Roosevelt

    in 1953

    1 moment here

    American political figure, diplomat, activist, and First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945.…

  3. Emperor Meiji

    in 1894

    1 moment here

    Emperor Meiji (Mutsuhito) was emperor of Japan from 1867 to 1912. His reign encompassed the Meiji Restoration, the transfer of the imperial court…

  4. Helen Keller

    in 1948

    1 moment here

    Helen Adams Keller was an American deafblind author, lecturer, disability-rights advocate, and political activist.…

  5. Kenzaburō Ōe

    in 1963

    1 moment here

    Japanese novelist, short-story writer, essayist, Nobel laureate, and prominent pacifist and anti-nuclear campaigner.…

  6. Pope Francis

    in 2019

    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…

  7. Sadako Sasaki

    from 1945 to 1955

    5 moments here

    Japanese schoolgirl and Hiroshima atomic-bomb survivor. Aged two when the bomb detonated over Hiroshima, she later developed leukemia, was…

  8. Shinzo Abe

    in 2016

    1 moment here

    Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 2006 to 2007 and from 2012 to 2020.…

  9. Yasunari Kawabata

    in 1950

    1 moment here

    Japanese novelist and short-story writer, Nobel laureate in Literature in 1968. His documented movements include an Osaka and Ibaraki childhood,…

Moments

  1. 1894 Imperial Headquarters at Hiroshima Castle Emperor Meiji
  2. 1945 At home during the Hiroshima bombing Sadako Sasaki
  3. 1948 Visit to Hiroshima Helen Keller
  4. 1949 Entering Nobori-cho Elementary School Sadako Sasaki
  5. 1950 PEN inspection of Hiroshima atomic-bomb site Yasunari Kawabata
  6. 1953 Hiroshima visit Eleanor Roosevelt
  7. 1955 Admission to Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital Sadako Sasaki
  8. 1955 Beginning to fold cranes in hospital Sadako Sasaki
  9. 1955 Death at Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital Sadako Sasaki
  10. 1959 Visit to Hiroshima Che Guevara
  11. 1963 Hiroshima reporting visits Kenzaburō Ōe
  12. 2016 Hiroshima Peace Memorial visit with Obama Shinzo Abe
  13. 2019 Visit to Hiroshima Pope Francis

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