Historical figures in Lisbon
The atlas holds 30 people and 45 moments here, from 1477 to 2026. The most recorded lives are Vasco da Gama, Agostinho Neto and Maria II of Portugal. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Engineers and Inventors, across the Space Age and the Cold War.
Notable people
Pope Francis
in 2023
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…
Robert Mugabe
in 2007
1 moment here
Zimbabwean nationalist leader, Prime Minister of Zimbabwe from 1980 to 1987 and President from 1987 to 2017.…
Robin Warren
in 1997
1 moment here
Australian pathologist whose observations of curved bacteria in gastric biopsies and subsequent collaboration with Barry Marshall transformed…
Ronald Reagan
in 1985
1 moment here
American broadcaster, actor, labor leader, governor of California, and 40th president of the United States.…
Ulysses S. Grant
in 1878
1 moment here
Ulysses S. Grant was an American army officer, Union commander during the Civil War, and the 18th president of the United States.…
Vasco da Gama
from 1497 to 1503
5 moments here
Portuguese mariner, explorer and nobleman whose voyages connected Portugal and India by sea around southern Africa.…