Historical figures in Niagara Falls

The atlas holds 11 people and 12 moments here, from 1817 to 1952. The most recorded lives are Charles Dickens, Sigmund Freud and Marie Curie. Among them Writers, Scientists and Educators, across the Cold War and the Industrial Revolution.

Notable people

  1. Charles Dickens

    from 1842 to 1868

    2 moments here

    English novelist, journalist, editor, social reformer, actor and celebrated public reader. This chronology traces documented residences, workplaces,…

  2. Helen Keller

    in 1893

    1 moment here

    Helen Adams Keller was an American deafblind author, lecturer, disability-rights advocate, and political activist.…

  3. Henry David Thoreau

    in 1861

    1 moment here

    American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher associated with transcendentalism. Thoreau lived chiefly in and around Concord, Massachusetts,…

  4. James Monroe

    in 1817

    1 moment here

    James Monroe was an American Revolutionary War officer, Virginia politician, diplomat, secretary of state and war, and fifth president of the United…

  5. Jules Verne

    in 1867

    1 moment here

    French novelist, playwright, and poet whose documented life included residences and work in Nantes, Paris, Amiens, Auteuil, and Le Crotoy, together…

  6. Marie Curie

    in 1921

    1 moment here

    Polish-born, naturalized-French physicist and chemist who pioneered research on radioactivity. With Pierre Curie she discovered polonium and radium.…

  7. Marilyn Monroe

    in 1952

    1 moment here

    American actress and model born Norma Jeane Mortenson. This chronology maps verified places where Monroe lived, worked, traveled, performed, filmed,…

  8. Max Weber

    in 1904

    1 moment here

    German sociologist, historian, jurist, and political economist whose work on rationalisation, bureaucracy, religion, capitalism, and social action…

  9. Pedro II of Brazil

    in 1876

    1 moment here

    Pedro II (1825–1891) was the second and final emperor of Brazil, reigning from 1831 until the 1889 coup that abolished the monarchy.…

  10. Sigmund Freud

    in 1909

    1 moment here

    Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis. This chronology traces documented locations from his Moravian birthplace and Viennese education…

  11. William McKinley

    in 1901

    1 moment here

    William McKinley Jr. (1843–1901) was an American lawyer, Civil War veteran, Republican politician, governor of Ohio, and the 25th president of the…

Moments

  1. 1817 Northern tour: Fort Niagara James Monroe
  2. 1842 Stays at Niagara Falls Charles Dickens
  3. 1861 Niagara Falls visit Henry David Thoreau
  4. 1867 Visit to Niagara Falls Jules Verne
  5. 1868 Revisits Niagara Falls Charles Dickens
  6. 1876 Visit to Niagara Falls Pedro II of Brazil
  7. 1893 Niagara Falls visit Helen Keller
  8. 1901 Excursion to Niagara Falls William McKinley
  9. 1904 Departure from Niagara Falls for Chicago Max Weber
  10. 1909 Visits Niagara Falls Sigmund Freud
  11. 1921 Sees Niagara Falls Marie Curie
  12. 1952 Filmed Niagara at Niagara Falls Marilyn Monroe

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