Historical figures in Long Island
The atlas holds 6 people and 7 moments here, from 1786 to 2010. The most recorded lives are Yang Chen-Ning, Le Corbusier and James Monroe. Among them Architects, Writers and Artists, across the Cold War and the Industrial Revolution.
Notable people
James Monroe
in 1786
1 moment here
James Monroe was an American Revolutionary War officer, Virginia politician, diplomat, secretary of state and war, and fifth president of the United…
Le Corbusier
in 1950
1 moment here
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, known as Le Corbusier, was a Swiss-born French architect, designer, painter, writer, and urban planner.…
Marlon Brando
in 1944
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.…
Sydney Brenner
in 1982
1 moment here
South African-born molecular biologist whose career moved from Johannesburg and Oxford to Cambridge, California, Singapore and other scientific…
Walt Whitman
in 1837
1 moment here
American poet, essayist, journalist, and author of Leaves of Grass. Born on Long Island, he lived and worked chiefly in Brooklyn, Manhattan,…
Yang Chen-Ning
from 1966 to 2010
2 moments here
Chinese-American theoretical physicist whose work in statistical mechanics, particle physics, gauge theory, and condensed-matter physics included the…
Moments
- 1786 Honeymoon on Long Island James Monroe
- 1837 Teaching on Long Island Walt Whitman
- 1944 Summer-stock work in Sayville Marlon Brando
- 1950 Long Island murals and sandcasts Le Corbusier
- 1966 Move to Stony Brook Yang Chen-Ning
- 1982 Dreyfuss Foundation Lectures Sydney Brenner
- 2010 Yang Hall dedication Yang Chen-Ning