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
Olivia Hussey
from 1958 to 1966
2 moments here
British actress born in Argentina, best known for playing Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 film Romeo and Juliet.…
Paul Walker
from 2009 to 2013
2 moments here
Paul William Walker IV was an American actor best known for playing Brian O'Conner in the Fast & Furious franchise.…
Pelé
from 1997 to 2012
2 moments here
Edson Arantes do Nascimento, known as Pelé, was a Brazilian footballer who starred for Santos, Brazil and the New York Cosmos.…
Pervez Musharraf
from 2008 to 2010
2 moments here
Pakistani military officer and politician who served as Pakistan’s chief executive after the 1999 coup and as president from 2001 to 2008.…
P. L. Travers
in 1996
1 moment here
Pamela Lyndon Travers, born Helen Lyndon Goff, was an Australian-British writer, actress, journalist, and creator of the Mary Poppins books.…
Prince
from 2006 to 2014
3 moments here
Prince Rogers Nelson was an American singer, songwriter, musician, producer, actor, and filmmaker associated with the Minneapolis sound.…
Raisa Gorbacheva
in 1989
1 moment here
Soviet and Russian activist, philanthropist, lecturer, and public figure; wife of Mikhail Gorbachev.…
Rajiv Gandhi
in 1980
1 moment here
Rajiv Gandhi was an Indian aircraft pilot and politician who served as prime minister of India from 1984 to 1989.…
Ram Narayan
from 1964 to 2009
2 moments here
Indian sarangi player who established the sarangi as a solo concert instrument in Hindustani classical music.…
Ravi Shankar
from 1971 to 2002
2 moments here
Indian sitarist and composer Ravi Shankar (1920–2012) was a leading exponent of Hindustani classical music whose performances, teaching, recordings,…
Richard Nixon
in 1969
1 moment here
Richard Milhous Nixon was an American lawyer, naval officer, congressman, senator, vice president, and the 37th president of the United States.…
Robert Mugabe
in 1979
2 moments here
Zimbabwean nationalist leader, Prime Minister of Zimbabwe from 1980 to 1987 and President from 1987 to 2017.…
Ronald Reagan
from 1982 to 1989
4 moments here
American broadcaster, actor, labor leader, governor of California, and 40th president of the United States.…
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
in 1963
1 moment here
Indian philosopher, academic, diplomat, and statesman. Radhakrishnan taught at leading Indian and British universities, served as vice-chancellor of…
Satyendra Nath Bose
in 1958
1 moment here
Indian theoretical physicist and mathematician whose 1924 work founded Bose-Einstein statistics.…
Sebastián Piñera
from 2010 to 2021
2 moments here
Chilean economist, businessman and politician who served as president of Chile from 2010 to 2014 and from 2018 to 2022.…
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
in 1972
1 moment here
Bangladeshi political leader, founding president of Bangladesh, and prime minister. His documented life moved from childhood and schooling in Bengal…
Shinzo Abe
in 2007
1 moment here
Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 2006 to 2007 and from 2012 to 2020.…
Stanley Kubrick
from 1961 to 1985
2 moments here
American filmmaker and photographer whose career began in New York photojournalism, expanded through Hollywood productions and European location…
Stephen Hawking
from 2012 to 2015
2 moments here
English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author whose work on singularities, black-hole thermodynamics, and Hawking radiation reshaped modern…
Tina Turner
in 1974
1 moment here
Tina Turner (Anna Mae Bullock) was an American-born Swiss singer, songwriter, actress, and author.…
Toni Morrison
in 1988
1 moment here
Toni Morrison (Chloe Ardelia Wofford) was an American novelist, editor, and professor whose career moved through Ohio, Washington, D.C., New York,…
Tony Curtis
from 1970 to 2006
2 moments here
American actor Tony Curtis (born Bernard Schwartz) worked in film, television, theatre, and painting over a career spanning six decades.…
T. S. Eliot
from 1957 to 1965
3 moments here
Thomas Stearns Eliot was a St. Louis-born poet, critic, editor, and playwright who studied in Massachusetts, Paris, Germany, and Oxford before making…
Moments
- 1991 Medical trip to London Naguib Mahfouz
- 1991 Died at his Kensington home Freddie Mercury
- 1992 Saturday theatre-school training Amy Winehouse
- 1992 Financial-economics master's degree at SOAS Luísa Diogo
- 1992 Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert George Michael
- 1993 DNA discovery anniversary at King's Maurice Wilkins
- 1993 Opened the Wolfson Children's Cancer Unit Diana, Princess of Wales
- 1994 Played guitar with Pink Floyd at Earls Court Douglas Adams
- 1996 MTV Unplugged concert George Michael
- 1996 Death at Chelsea home P. L. Travers
- 1997 Honorary knighthood ceremony Pelé
- 1997 Landmines conference speech Diana, Princess of Wales
- 1997 Final official engagement Diana, Princess of Wales
- 1998 Arrest at the London Clinic Augusto Pinochet
- 1999 London base after five decades Doris Lessing
- 1999 London at time of corruption judgment Benazir Bhutto
- 1999 Final hospitalization and death Julius Nyerere
- 1999 Lit the National Millennium Beacon Elizabeth II
- 1999 Opened the Millennium Dome Elizabeth II
- 2000 Speaks at London School of Economics Nelson Mandela
- 2001 Royal Festival Hall performance Cesária Évora
- 2001 Visit to Queen Elizabeth II and Tony Blair Hugo Chávez
- 2002 Regular jazz singing at the Cobden Club Amy Winehouse
- 2002 Concert for George appearance Ravi Shankar
- 2002 Help the Aged benefit concert Asha Bhosle
- 2004 Visiting professorship at King's College London Desmond Tutu
- 2004 Death in Blackheath Maurice Wilkins
- 2005 Live 8 appearance George Michael
- 2006 Little Noise Sessions charity concert Amy Winehouse
- 2006 Brit Awards performance Prince
- 2006 Empire Awards appearance Tony Curtis
- 2006 Private visit to London Hugo Chávez
- 2007 Meeting Tony Blair Shinzo Abe
- 2007 Parliamentary statue unveiling Margaret Thatcher
- 2007 First performer at renovated Wembley Stadium George Michael
- 2007 Design Museum exhibition opening Zaha Hadid
- 2007 Earth Tour residency opens Prince
- 2007 At home after Nobel announcement Doris Lessing
- 2008 Concerts at The O2 Dolly Parton
- 2008 Films The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus in London Heath Ledger
- 2008 Brit Awards performance Amy Winehouse
- 2008 Grammy broadcast from Riverside Studios Amy Winehouse
- 2008 Admission to St Thomas' Hospital Margaret Thatcher
- 2008 Nelson Mandela 90th-birthday concert Amy Winehouse
- 2008 Arrival in London exile Pervez Musharraf
- 2009 Royal Albert Hall performance Ram Narayan
- 2009 Address at Chatham House John Atta Mills
- 2009 Announces This Is It in London Michael Jackson
- 2009 Fast & Furious London premiere Paul Walker
- 2009 Official visit to London John Atta Mills