Paris in the Space Age
The atlas holds 98 people and 188 moments here, from 1957 to 2023. The most recorded lives are Édith Piaf, Dalida and Lê Đức Thọ.
Notable people
Kofi Annan
from 1998 to 2006
2 moments here
Ghanaian diplomat and statesman who served as Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006.…
Le Corbusier
from 1960 to 1964
2 moments here
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, known as Le Corbusier, was a Swiss-born French architect, designer, painter, writer, and urban planner.…
Lê Đức Thọ
from 1968 to 1973
7 moments here
Vietnamese revolutionary, Communist Party leader, and diplomat. Born Phan Đình Khải, he was imprisoned by French colonial authorities, worked in…
Léopold Sédar Senghor
from 1969 to 1989
3 moments here
Senegalese poet, theorist of Négritude, and statesman who became Senegal’s first president in 1960.…
Manmohan Singh
in 1973
1 moment here
Indian economist, academic, civil servant, finance minister and prime minister of India from 2004 to 2014.…
Marguerite Duras
from 1975 to 1996
6 moments here
French novelist, playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and experimental filmmaker, born Marguerite Germaine Marie Donnadieu.…
Mario Vargas Llosa
from 1960 to 2023
2 moments here
Peruvian novelist, journalist, essayist, and political figure. Vargas Llosa lived and worked across Peru, Bolivia, Spain, France, the United Kingdom,…
Marlene Dietrich
from 1959 to 1992
4 moments here
German-American actress and singer Marlene Dietrich (Marie Magdalene Dietrich) was born in Berlin and achieved international fame through stage,…
Martin Luther King Jr.
in 1959
1 moment here
American Baptist minister and civil-rights leader who advanced racial equality through nonviolent protest.…
Mathieu Kérékou
from 1981 to 2014
3 moments here
Beninese military officer and politician who led Dahomey/Benin from 1972 to 1991 and again from 1996 to 2006.…
Mercedes Sosa
in 1979
1 moment here
Argentine folk singer and leading exponent of the nuevo cancionero movement, internationally known for interpreting Latin American popular song and…
Miguel Ángel Asturias
in 1966
1 moment here
Guatemalan poet-diplomat, novelist, playwright, journalist, and 1967 Nobel laureate. Asturias’s documented life moved between Guatemala, Europe,…
Mikhail Gorbachev
from 1976 to 1985
3 moments here
Soviet and Russian politician who led the Soviet Union from 1985 until its dissolution in 1991.…
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
in 1961
1 moment here
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919–1980) was the last shah of Iran, reigning from 1941 until the Iranian Revolution of 1979.…
Muammar Gaddafi
from 1973 to 2007
2 moments here
Libyan military officer, revolutionary, politician, and political theorist who ruled Libya from the 1969 coup until his overthrow and killing during…
Muhammadu Buhari
in 2015
2 moments here
Nigerian army officer, military head of state from 1983 to 1985, and elected president of Nigeria from 2015 to 2023.…
Norodom Sihanouk
from 1970 to 1991
2 moments here
Cambodian monarch, politician, and cultural figure who was king (1941–1955; 1993–2004), prime minister, chief of state, and leader in exile.…
Octavio Paz
from 1959 to 1968
2 moments here
Mexican poet, essayist, editor, and diplomat whose international postings and teaching appointments connected Mexico City, the United States, Europe,…
Olav V
in 1962
1 moment here
Olav V of Norway (born Prince Alexander of Denmark) was King of Norway from 1957 until his death in 1991.…
Olivia de Havilland
from 2018 to 2020
2 moments here
Olivia de Havilland was a British-American-French actress whose career ranged from California community theatre and Warner Bros.…
Omar Bongo
in 1965
1 moment here
Gabonese politician who served as Gabon’s second president from 1967 until his death in 2009.…
Oscar Niemeyer
from 1965 to 1972
3 moments here
Brazilian modernist architect whose career ranged from early work in Rio de Janeiro and New York to Brasília, Paris exile, and later international…
Pablo Neruda
in 1971
1 moment here
Chilean poet, diplomat, senator, Communist political figure, and 1971 Nobel laureate. Born Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto, he lived and…
Pablo Picasso
in 1965
1 moment here
Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and co-founder of Cubism. Born in Málaga, Picasso trained in A Coruña, Barcelona, and Madrid…
Moments
- 1980 Hospitalization in Saint-Germain-en-Laye Marguerite Duras
- 1980 Death in Paris Jean-Paul Sartre
- 1981 Secret Louvre feasibility visits I. M. Pei
- 1981 Meeting François Mitterrand Mathieu Kérékou
- 1982 Makes Paris state visit Ronald Reagan
- 1982 Detoxification at the American Hospital of Paris Marguerite Duras
- 1983 Part-year residence in Paris Jorge Amado
- 1983 Jacques Monod Memorial Lecture Sydney Brenner
- 1983 Death at home in Antony Pridi Banomyong
- 1983 Credentials at UNESCO House Gough Whitlam
- 1984 EHESS professorship Jacques Derrida
- 1984 Kafka exhibition opening at Pompidou Center Jorge Luis Borges
- 1984 Interviews at the Élysée Palace Marguerite Duras
- 1984 Interview with François Mitterrand at home Marguerite Duras
- 1984 Académie française installation Léopold Sédar Senghor
- 1984 UNESCO House address Abdus Salam
- 1985 École de Guerre course Idriss Déby
- 1985 State visit to Paris Mikhail Gorbachev
- 1985 Paris state-visit appearance Raisa Gorbacheva
- 1985 Official reappearance in Paris Abdelaziz Bouteflika
- 1986 Francophone Summit visit Thomas Sankara
- 1986 Trees and forests conference Thomas Sankara
- 1986 Death in Paris Simone de Beauvoir
- 1987 Journey to Paris with José da Silva Cesária Évora
- 1987 Death at her Montmartre house Dalida
- 1988 First album recording in Paris Cesária Évora
- 1988 New Morning concert Astrud Gilberto
- 1989 Performance supporting Tiananmen protesters Teresa Teng
- 1989 UNESCO address in Paris Léopold Sédar Senghor
- 1989 Visits Paris centennial events Ronald Reagan
- 1989 French Revolution bicentenary Rajiv Gandhi
- 1991 Wedding ceremony at Hôtel de Crillon Kelly Preston
- 1991 Signing the Paris Peace Accords Norodom Sihanouk
- 1992 Death at her Paris apartment Marlene Dietrich
- 1992 Sold-out Théâtre de la Ville concerts Cesária Évora
- 1993 Apartment on Rue du Bac Gabriel García Márquez
- 1995 Residence in Paris during exile Alan García
- 1995 Visit to Paris City Hall as president Jacques Chirac
- 1996 Medical emergency in Paris Jorge Amado
- 1996 Death at rue Saint-Benoît Marguerite Duras
- 1997 Death at Val-de-Grâce Bảo Đại
- 1997 Death at Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital Diana, Princess of Wales
- 1997 Fatal crash in the Pont de l'Alma tunnel Diana, Princess of Wales
- 1998 Paris Book Fair and Sorbonne honor Jorge Amado
- 1998 Franco-African summit in Paris Kofi Annan
- 1999 Meeting with Clinton at the Élysée Jacques Chirac
- 2000 Stage debut in La Venexiana Claudia Cardinale
- 2001 Ambassadorial posting in Paris Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
- 2002 European tour opening at Zénith de Paris Celia Cruz
- 2002 Official European tour in Paris Hugo Chávez