Historical figures in Marrakesh

The atlas holds 8 people and 10 moments here, from 1153 to 2016. The most recorded lives are Ibn Battuta, Averroes and Winston Churchill. Among them Writers, Scientists and Business Leaders, across the Space Age and the Cold War.

Notable people

  1. Averroes

    from 1153 to 1182

    2 moments here

    Averroes, also known as Ibn Rushd, was an Andalusian jurist, physician, philosopher, and commentator on Aristotle.…

  2. Edgar Lungu

    in 2016

    1 moment here

    Edgar Chagwa Lungu was a Zambian lawyer and politician who served as Zambia's sixth president from 2015 to 2021.…

  3. George Orwell

    in 1938

    1 moment here

    George Orwell was the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair, an English novelist, essayist, journalist, critic, and democratic socialist.…

  4. Ibn Battuta

    from 1350 to 1369

    2 moments here

    Maghrebi Muslim jurist, traveller, explorer, and author from Tangier. Between 1325 and 1354 he journeyed through North and East Africa, the Middle…

  5. Mohammad Reza Pahlavi

    in 1979

    1 moment here

    Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919–1980) was the last shah of Iran, reigning from 1941 until the Iranian Revolution of 1979.…

  6. Muammar Gaddafi

    in 1989

    1 moment here

    Libyan military officer, revolutionary, politician, and political theorist who ruled Libya from the 1969 coup until his overthrow and killing during…

  7. Sridevi

    in 2012

    1 moment here

    Indian actress Sridevi (Shree Amma Yanger Ayyapan) worked in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam, and Kannada cinema from childhood through 2018.…

  8. Winston Churchill

    in 1959

    1 moment here

    Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874–1965) was a British soldier, journalist, author and statesman whose career ranged from imperial campaigns in…

Moments

  1. 1153 Astronomical observations in Marrakesh Averroes
  2. 1182 Court physician at Marrakesh Averroes
  3. 1350 Stops in Marrakesh Ibn Battuta
  4. 1369 Dies in Marrakesh Ibn Battuta
  5. 1938 Recovery residence at Marrakesh George Orwell
  6. 1959 Last stay in Marrakesh Winston Churchill
  7. 1979 Residence in Marrakesh Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
  8. 1989 Arab Maghreb Union treaty Muammar Gaddafi
  9. 2012 Marrakech International Film Festival Sridevi
  10. 2016 COP22 climate conference Edgar Lungu

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