Historical figures in Mombasa
The atlas holds 7 people and 10 moments here, from 1332 to 1983. The most recorded lives are Jomo Kenyatta, Ernest Hemingway and Theodore Roosevelt. Among them Explorers, Writers and Scientists, across the Cold War and the Space Age.
Notable people
Daniel arap Moi
in 1983
1 moment here
Kenyan teacher and politician who served as Kenya’s vice president from 1967 to 1978 and its second president from 1978 to 2002.…
Ernest Hemingway
in 1933
1 moment here
American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. Hemingway’s documented movements ranged from Illinois and Michigan to Italy in World War I,…
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…
Jomo Kenyatta
from 1929 to 1978
4 moments 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…
Theodore Roosevelt
in 1909
1 moment here
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (1858–1919) was the 26th president of the United States, serving from 1901 to 1909.…
Vasco da Gama
in 1498
1 moment here
Portuguese mariner, explorer and nobleman whose voyages connected Portugal and India by sea around southern Africa.…
V. S. Naipaul
in 1966
1 moment here
Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul was a Trinidad-born British novelist, essayist, and travel writer.…
Moments
- 1332 Stops at Mombasa Ibn Battuta
- 1498 Visit to Mombasa Vasco da Gama
- 1909 Smithsonian-Roosevelt expedition arrival Theodore Roosevelt
- 1929 Departure from Mombasa for Britain Jomo Kenyatta
- 1930 Return to Mombasa Jomo Kenyatta
- 1933 East African safari: Mombasa Ernest Hemingway
- 1946 Return to Kenya at Mombasa Jomo Kenyatta
- 1966 Month in Mombasa V. S. Naipaul
- 1978 Death at State House, Mombasa Jomo Kenyatta
- 1983 Departure from Mombasa Daniel arap Moi