Historical figures in Los Angeles
The atlas holds 90 people and 209 moments here, from 1899 to 2024. The most recorded lives are Ronald Reagan, Jim Morrison and Alfred Hitchcock. Among them Performers, Writers and Musicians and Composers, across the Space Age and the Cold War.
Notable people
Félix Houphouët-Boigny
in 1973
1 moment here
Ivorian physician and politician who became the first president of Côte d’Ivoire, serving from independence in 1960 until his death in 1993.…
Frank Lloyd Wright
in 1920
1 moment here
American architect, designer, writer, and educator whose career spanned more than seven decades.…
Freddie Mercury
from 1982 to 1983
2 moments here
Freddie Mercury (Farrokh Bulsara) was a British singer, songwriter, pianist, and lead vocalist of Queen.…
Gabriela Mistral
in 1946
1 moment here
Chilean poet, educator, journalist, and diplomat born Lucila Godoy Alcayaga. Mistral taught across Chile, worked on Mexican educational reform,…
Gabriel García Márquez
in 1999
1 moment here
Colombian novelist, journalist, screenwriter, and Nobel laureate whose life moved between Colombia, Europe, Cuba, the United States, Mexico, and…
George Michael
in 1998
1 moment here
English singer-songwriter and record producer, born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou in East Finchley, England.…
Glynis Johns
from 1964 to 2024
2 moments here
British actress, dancer and singer whose stage and screen career ran from childhood performances in Britain to Broadway and later American work.…
Grace Kelly
in 1952
1 moment here
American actress Grace Patricia Kelly became an internationally prominent film star in the early 1950s, then Princess of Monaco after her 1956…
Heath Ledger
in 2005
1 moment here
Australian actor and music-video director whose career began in Australian television, expanded internationally after his 1998 move to the United…
Igor Stravinsky
from 1940 to 1962
5 moments here
Russian-born composer, conductor, and pianist who became a French citizen in 1934 and an American citizen in 1945.…
Jiddu Krishnamurti
in 1928
1 moment here
Indian philosopher, speaker, and writer. Raised within the Theosophical Society, he became head of the Order of the Star in the East, dissolved it at…
Jim Morrison
from 1965 to 1971
9 moments here
James Douglas “Jim” Morrison was an American singer, songwriter, poet, and lead vocalist of the Doors.…
Joan Fontaine
from 1942 to 1975
3 moments here
British-American actress Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland, professionally Joan Fontaine, was an Academy Award-winning performer known especially for…
John F. Kennedy
in 1960
1 moment here
John Fitzgerald Kennedy was an American naval officer, journalist, congressman, senator, and the 35th president of the United States.…
John Lennon
from 1970 to 1974
3 moments here
English musician, songwriter, artist and peace activist; co-founder of the Beatles. This chronology records documented physical presence at…
John Steinbeck
in 1930
1 moment here
American novelist, journalist, and war correspondent whose life and work ranged from California’s Salinas Valley and Monterey Peninsula to wartime…
Judy Garland
from 1935 to 1961
4 moments here
American actress, singer, and vaudevillian, born Frances Ethel Gumm. Garland rose from childhood vaudeville and MGM musical films to become a major…
Katharine Hepburn
from 1941 to 1976
2 moments here
American stage, film, and television actress whose career ran from 1928 to 1995. Hepburn was born in Hartford, Connecticut, educated at Bryn Mawr…
Kelly Preston
in 2001
1 moment here
Kelly Kamalelehua Smith, known professionally as Kelly Preston, was an American actress whose career spanned film and television from 1980 to 2020.…
Kobe Bryant
from 2006 to 2016
3 moments here
Kobe Bean Bryant was an American professional basketball player who spent his entire 20-year NBA career with the Los Angeles Lakers.…
Kofi Annan
in 2003
1 moment here
Ghanaian diplomat and statesman who served as Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006.…
Kurt Cobain
in 1994
1 moment here
American singer, guitarist, songwriter, and founding member of Nirvana. This chronology maps documented residences, recording sessions, performances,…
Louis Armstrong
from 1930 to 1951
2 moments here
American jazz trumpeter, vocalist, bandleader, and entertainer whose career transformed jazz solo performance and made him an international cultural…
Marilyn Monroe
from 1926 to 1962
4 moments here
American actress and model born Norma Jeane Mortenson. This chronology maps verified places where Monroe lived, worked, traveled, performed, filmed,…
Moments
- 1941 Residence in Bel Air Judy Garland
- 1941 First meeting with Spencer Tracy at MGM Katharine Hepburn
- 1941 Lives on Cordell Drive Ronald Reagan
- 1942 Assigned to Culver City film unit Ronald Reagan
- 1942 Academy Award for Suspicion Joan Fontaine
- 1942 Chinese Theatre handprints Joan Fontaine
- 1942 Moved to Beverly Hills Sergei Rachmaninoff
- 1942 Performance at the Hollywood Bowl Sergei Rachmaninoff
- 1943 Death in Beverly Hills Sergei Rachmaninoff
- 1943 Hollywood Bowl address Soong Mei-ling
- 1943 Hollywood Canteen anniversary Marlene Dietrich
- 1945 Consultation at the California Institute of Technology Alfred Hitchcock
- 1946 Chilean consul in Los Angeles Gabriela Mistral
- 1946 Works at Disney Studios Salvador Dalí
- 1947 University of Southern California admission Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
- 1948 Return with Craft to Los Angeles Igor Stravinsky
- 1948 Arrival in Hollywood Tony Curtis
- 1949 Move to Holmby Hills Walt Disney
- 1950 First SRF World Convocation Paramahansa Yogananda
- 1950 Marriage to Conrad Hilton Jr. Elizabeth Taylor
- 1951 All Stars concert in Pasadena Louis Armstrong
- 1952 Conducting Cantata premiere Igor Stravinsky
- 1952 Final banquet and death Paramahansa Yogananda
- 1952 Marries Nancy Davis Ronald Reagan
- 1952 Builds Pacific Palisades home Ronald Reagan
- 1952 MGM audition Grace Kelly
- 1954 Rear Window production at Paramount Studios Alfred Hitchcock
- 1954 Post-state-visit stop in Los Angeles Syngman Rhee
- 1955 Move to Hollywood Stanley Kubrick
- 1956 Birth at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Carrie Fisher
- 1957 Moves to San Onofre Drive Ronald Reagan
- 1957 Los Angeles banquet Ngô Đình Diệm
- 1959 State-visit stop in Los Angeles Ahmed Sékou Touré
- 1959 Nanotechnology lecture Richard Feynman
- 1959 Beverly Hills family home Stanley Kubrick
- 1959 Los Angeles studio visit Nikita Khrushchev
- 1959 American television debut Miriam Makeba
- 1960 Return to Hollywood for Flaming Star Dolores del Río
- 1960 Accepted nomination in Los Angeles John F. Kennedy
- 1960 Marriage to Gweneth Howarth Richard Feynman
- 1961 Solo recital at the Hollywood Palladium Celia Cruz
- 1961 Moved back to Los Angeles Marilyn Monroe
- 1961 Disney negotiations in Los Angeles P. L. Travers
- 1961 Hollywood Bowl concert Judy Garland
- 1962 Hitchcock–Truffaut interviews Alfred Hitchcock
- 1962 Move to Los Angeles Tina Turner
- 1962 Died at her Brentwood home Marilyn Monroe
- 1962 Return to Los Angeles after touring Igor Stravinsky
- 1964 Marriage to Elliott Arnold Glynis Johns
- 1965 Living in Venice Beach Jim Morrison