Historical figures in Mexico
The atlas holds 8 people and 10 moments here, from 1905 to 1976. The most recorded lives are Miguel Ángel Asturias, Charlie Chaplin and Che Guevara. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Physicians, across the Cold War and the Interwar Period.
Notable people
Astrud Gilberto
in 1964
1 moment here
Brazilian-American singer and songwriter best known for her English-language vocals on “The Girl from Ipanema.” Born in Salvador, she grew up in Rio…
Charlie Chaplin
in 1924
1 moment here
English actor, comedian, director, writer, producer and composer whose screen persona, the Tramp, became an international icon.…
Che Guevara
in 1955
1 moment here
Ernesto "Che" Guevara (1928–1967) was an Argentine physician, Marxist revolutionary, Cuban government official, diplomat, and guerrilla commander.…
Dolores del Río
in 1942
1 moment here
Mexican actress Dolores del Río (María de los Dolores Asúnsolo y López Negrete) was a major star of silent-era Hollywood and the Golden Age of…
Gabriela Mistral
in 1922
1 moment here
Chilean poet, educator, journalist, and diplomat born Lucila Godoy Alcayaga. Mistral taught across Chile, worked on Mexican educational reform,…
Italo Calvino
in 1976
1 moment here
Italian novelist, short-story writer, editor, journalist, and member of Oulipo. Born in Cuba, raised chiefly in Sanremo, and active across Italy,…
Miguel Ángel Asturias
from 1921 to 1972
3 moments here
Guatemalan poet-diplomat, novelist, playwright, journalist, and 1967 Nobel laureate. Asturias’s documented life moved between Guatemala, Europe,…
Yun Ch'iho
in 1905
1 moment here
Korean politician, reformer, educator, Christian leader, diarist, and later Japanese colonial collaborator.…
Moments
- 1905 Visit to Korean communities in Mexico Yun Ch'iho
- 1921 Student delegation to Mexico Miguel Ángel Asturias
- 1922 Voyage to Mexico for educational reform Gabriela Mistral
- 1924 Marries Lita Grey in Mexico Charlie Chaplin
- 1942 Return to Mexico Dolores del Río
- 1945 Relocation to Mexico Miguel Ángel Asturias
- 1955 Marriage to Hilda Gadea in Mexico Che Guevara
- 1964 Divorce press conference Astrud Gilberto
- 1972 Honors visit to Mexico Miguel Ángel Asturias
- 1976 Mexico visit Italo Calvino