London in the Space Age
The atlas holds 104 people and 242 moments here, from 1957 to 2025. The most recorded lives are Freddie Mercury, George Michael and Margaret Thatcher.
Notable people
Abdus Salam
from 1957 to 1974
2 moments here
Pakistani theoretical physicist and 1979 Nobel Prize laureate whose career connected education in Punjab and Cambridge with professorships in Lahore…
Alfred Hitchcock
in 1972
1 moment here
English filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock (1899–1980), known as the “Master of Suspense,” worked in British cinema before relocating to Hollywood in 1939.…
Amy Winehouse
from 1992 to 2011
8 moments here
British singer and songwriter Amy Jade Winehouse was born in London and became internationally known for the albums Frank and Back to Black.…
Aretha Franklin
from 1968 to 1980
4 moments here
American singer, pianist, songwriter, and civil-rights activist known as the “Queen of Soul.” Her documented movements span childhood relocations…
Asha Bhosle
from 2002 to 2016
2 moments here
Indian playback singer and actress whose career in Indian film and popular music spanned more than eight decades.…
Augusto Pinochet
in 1998
1 moment here
Augusto Pinochet Ugarte was a Chilean army officer who led the 11 September 1973 coup and ruled Chile as head of the military junta and then…
Benazir Bhutto
from 1984 to 1999
2 moments here
Pakistani political leader who served twice as prime minister, from 1988 to 1990 and from 1993 to 1996.…
Bertrand Russell
from 1958 to 1961
2 moments here
Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, was an English philosopher, mathematician, logician, writer, and public campaigner.…
Bob Marley
from 1972 to 1978
5 moments here
Jamaican singer, songwriter and guitarist whose work with the Wailers made reggae an international musical force.…
Brigitte Bardot
in 1968
1 moment here
French actress, singer, model, and animal-rights activist. Born and raised in Paris, Bardot became an international film star in the 1950s and 1960s…
Carlos Fuentes
in 1985
1 moment here
Carlos Fuentes Macías was a Mexican novelist, essayist, public intellectual, and diplomat. Born in Panama City to a Mexican diplomat, he spent…
Carl Sagan
in 1977
1 moment here
American astronomer, planetary scientist, educator, author, and science communicator. Sagan studied at the University of Chicago, held appointments…
Carrie Fisher
from 1973 to 2015
2 moments here
Carrie Frances Fisher was an American actress, writer, and public advocate, internationally known for playing Princess Leia in the Star Wars films.…
Cesária Évora
in 2001
1 moment here
Cape Verdean singer celebrated internationally for morna and coladeira, known as the “Barefoot Diva.” Born and long associated with Mindelo on São…
Charlie Chaplin
from 1973 to 1975
2 moments here
English actor, comedian, director, writer, producer and composer whose screen persona, the Tramp, became an international icon.…
Daniel arap Moi
from 1960 to 1979
2 moments here
Kenyan teacher and politician who served as Kenya’s vice president from 1967 to 1978 and its second president from 1978 to 2002.…
Desmond Tutu
from 1962 to 2004
4 moments here
South African Anglican bishop, theologian, anti-apartheid activist, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Archbishop of Cape Town, and chair of South Africa’s…
Diana, Princess of Wales
from 1967 to 1997
11 moments here
Diana Frances Spencer (1961–1997) was Princess of Wales from 1981 until her divorce in 1996.…
Dolly Parton
in 2008
1 moment here
American singer-songwriter, actor, philanthropist, and businesswoman. Born in Pittman Center, Tennessee, Parton built a country-music career centered…
Doris Lessing
from 1999 to 2013
3 moments here
British novelist Doris May Lessing was born in Kermanshah, Iran, grew up in Southern Rhodesia, and moved to London in 1949.…
Douglas Adams
from 1974 to 1994
4 moments here
English author, screenwriter and humourist best known for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.…
Elizabeth II
from 1981 to 2022
9 moments here
Elizabeth II was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death.…
Elizabeth Taylor
from 1960 to 1982
3 moments here
British-American actress and HIV/AIDS activist. Born in London, Taylor moved to Southern California in 1939, became a major Hollywood star, worked…
Eusébio
in 1966
1 moment here
Eusébio da Silva Ferreira (1942–2014) was a Portuguese footballer, born in Lourenço Marques (now Maputo), who became Benfica's record goalscorer and…
Moments
- 1957 Professor at Imperial College Abdus Salam
- 1957 Visit to London Gabriel García Márquez
- 1957 London School of Economics studies Mwai Kibaki
- 1957 Kensington Court Gardens home T. S. Eliot
- 1957 Marriage to Valerie Fletcher T. S. Eliot
- 1957 Streatham Hill residence V. S. Naipaul
- 1957 Second constitutional talks delegation Lee Kuan Yew
- 1957 International PEN Executive Committee in London Yasunari Kawabata
- 1958 Move to London and drama-school training Olivia Hussey
- 1958 Royal Society meeting in London Satyendra Nath Bose
- 1958 CND public launch at Central Hall Bertrand Russell
- 1959 Suddenly, Last Summer filmed in London Katharine Hepburn
- 1959 Croonian Lectures in London Macfarlane Burnet
- 1959 Finchley campaign speech Margaret Thatcher
- 1959 Adopted as Finchley candidate Margaret Thatcher
- 1960 Constitutional talks at Lancaster House Daniel arap Moi
- 1960 Marriage to Cecil Henderson Glynis Johns
- 1960 Hospitalization at the London Clinic Elizabeth Taylor
- 1960 Inspection of Carlton House Terrace Howard Florey
- 1961 Second Christmas Lecture series Lawrence Bragg
- 1961 Ugandan Constitutional Conference Milton Obote
- 1961 Permanent move to the United Kingdom Stanley Kubrick
- 1961 Visited London after Vienna John F. Kennedy
- 1961 Second imprisonment at Brixton Prison Bertrand Russell
- 1961 European concert tour visit to London Igor Stravinsky
- 1962 Study and ministry in Golders Green Desmond Tutu
- 1962 Lancaster House constitutional conference Jomo Kenyatta
- 1962 Conducts ANC business in London Nelson Mandela
- 1962 Tenth Pugwash Conference in London Hideki Yukawa
- 1963 Elizabeth Taylor in London filming Elizabeth Taylor
- 1963 Twinning visit to Hammersmith Willy Brandt
- 1963 Recording Please Please Me John Lennon
- 1963 Birth in East Finchley George Michael
- 1963 State visit in London Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
- 1964 Studied at Isleworth Polytechnic Freddie Mercury
- 1964 Queen's Theatre engagement Marlene Dietrich
- 1964 Arrival in London for Leeds study Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
- 1964 City of London Festival performance Ram Narayan
- 1964 Stockwell Park Crescent home V. S. Naipaul
- 1964 Independence talks visit Kenneth Kaunda
- 1964 London Palladium concerts with Liza Minnelli Judy Garland
- 1965 Death at home T. S. Eliot
- 1965 Dies at Hyde Park Gate Winston Churchill
- 1966 Foundation chairmanship in London Macfarlane Burnet
- 1966 West End performance at Wyndham's Theatre Olivia Hussey
- 1966 London stopover Indira Gandhi
- 1966 Henry Cooper rematch Muhammad Ali
- 1966 World Cup semi-final Eusébio
- 1966 First meeting with Yoko Ono John Lennon
- 1967 Lived with her mother during parental separation Diana, Princess of Wales