Historical figures in Mogadishu
The atlas holds 6 people and 10 moments here, from 1332 to 2012. The most recorded lives are Siad Barre, Jerry Rawlings and George H. W. Bush. Among them Business Leaders, Explorers and Military Leaders, across the Space Age and the Cold War.
Notable people
George H. W. Bush
in 1992
1 moment here
George Herbert Walker Bush was an American naval aviator, oil executive, congressman, diplomat, director of central intelligence, vice president, and…
Ibn Battuta
in 1332
1 moment here
Maghrebi Muslim jurist, traveller, explorer, and author from Tangier. Between 1325 and 1354 he journeyed through North and East Africa, the Middle…
Jerry Rawlings
from 2011 to 2012
2 moments here
Jerry John Rawlings was a Ghanaian Air Force officer and politician who led Ghana in 1979 and from 1981 to 2001, first as military ruler and later as…
Jomo Kenyatta
in 1962
1 moment here
Jomo Kenyatta (c. 1897–1978) was a Kenyan anti-colonial activist and politician who became Kenya’s first prime minister in 1963 and first president…
Siad Barre
from 1955 to 1991
4 moments here
Mohammed Siad Barre was a Somali military officer and president of Somalia from 1969 to 1991.…
Vasco da Gama
in 1499
1 moment here
Portuguese mariner, explorer and nobleman whose voyages connected Portugal and India by sea around southern Africa.…
Moments
- 1332 Stays in Mogadishu Ibn Battuta
- 1499 Passage off Mogadishu Vasco da Gama
- 1955 Police-chief assignment to Mogadishu Siad Barre
- 1962 Negotiations in Mogadishu Jomo Kenyatta
- 1981 Talks with U.S. congressional delegation Siad Barre
- 1986 Automobile crash near Mogadishu Siad Barre
- 1991 Flight from Mogadishu Siad Barre
- 1992 Relief-workers visit in Somalia George H. W. Bush
- 2011 Humanitarian mission to Mogadishu Jerry Rawlings
- 2012 Parliament-crisis mediation Jerry Rawlings