Historical figures in Paris
The atlas holds 247 people and 788 moments here, from 508 to 2023. The most recorded lives are Édith Piaf, Joséphine de Beauharnais and Sarah Bernhardt. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Scientists, across the Space Age and the Cold War.
Notable people
John F. Kennedy
from 1951 to 1961
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy was an American naval officer, journalist, congressman, senator, and the 35th president of the United States.…
John Locke
from 1675 to 1678
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English philosopher, physician, and political writer. Locke was born in Somerset, educated in London and Oxford, served Lord Shaftesbury in London,…
John Maynard Keynes
in 1919
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English economist, civil servant, Cambridge fellow, and British international negotiator whose work shaped modern macroeconomics.…
John Milton
from 1638 to 1639
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English poet, polemicist, and civil servant. This chronology follows documented residences, education, continental travel, marriages, public service,…
John Quincy Adams
in 1815
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John Quincy Adams was an American diplomat, secretary of state, sixth president of the United States, and Massachusetts representative.…
Jorge Amado
from 1948 to 1998
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Brazilian modernist writer, journalist, and Communist politician whose life moved between Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, South America, Europe,…
Jorge Luis Borges
from 1914 to 1984
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Argentine writer, poet, essayist, translator, lecturer, librarian, and critic. Borges was born in Buenos Aires, lived in Switzerland and Spain during…
Joséphine de Beauharnais
from 1779 to 1814
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Marie-Josèphe-Rose Tascher de La Pagerie, known as Joséphine, was Napoleon Bonaparte’s first wife and Empress of the French from 1804 until the…
José Raúl Capablanca
from 1913 to 1938
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Cuban chess player and diplomat, world chess champion from 1921 to 1927. This chronology records documented physical presence at places of birth,…
José Rizal
from 1883 to 1885
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Filipino nationalist, writer, physician, and polymath whose reform advocacy, novels, exile, trial, and execution made him a central figure in…
J. R. R. Tolkien
in 1913
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John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was an English philologist, university professor, and author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.…
Judy Garland
in 1960
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American actress, singer, and vaudevillian, born Frances Ethel Gumm. Garland rose from childhood vaudeville and MGM musical films to become a major…
Jules Verne
from 1847 to 1864
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French novelist, playwright, and poet whose documented life included residences and work in Nantes, Paris, Amiens, Auteuil, and Le Crotoy, together…
Kahlil Gibran
from 1908 to 1909
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Lebanese-American writer, poet, and visual artist, best known for The Prophet. Born in Bsharri, he emigrated to Boston as a child, studied in Beirut…
Karl Marx
from 1843 to 1882
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German philosopher, economist, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. Born in Trier, Marx studied in Bonn and Berlin, worked in Cologne, and…
Katherine Mansfield
from 1914 to 1922
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Katherine Mansfield (Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp, later Murry) was a New Zealand modernist short-story writer, poet, critic and diarist.…
Kofi Annan
from 1998 to 2006
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Ghanaian diplomat and statesman who served as Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006.…
Le Corbusier
from 1908 to 1964
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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
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Vietnamese revolutionary, Communist Party leader, and diplomat. Born Phan Đình Khải, he was imprisoned by French colonial authorities, worked in…
Leon Trotsky
from 1910 to 1914
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Leon Trotsky (Lev Davidovich Bronstein) was a Russian revolutionary, Soviet political leader, Marxist theorist, and organizer of the Red Army.…
Léopold Sédar Senghor
from 1928 to 1989
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Senegalese poet, theorist of Négritude, and statesman who became Senegal’s first president in 1960.…
Leo Tolstoy
in 1857
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Russian novelist, essayist, educator, religious thinker, and social critic. Born at Yasnaya Polyana, Tolstoy studied in Kazan, served in the Caucasus…
Louis Armstrong
in 1952
1 moment here
American jazz trumpeter, vocalist, bandleader, and entertainer whose career transformed jazz solo performance and made him an international cultural…
Louis Pasteur
from 1838 to 1895
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French chemist and microbiologist whose work on molecular asymmetry, fermentation, germ theory, pasteurization, and vaccines transformed modern…
Moments
- 1863 Returned to Paris during his second European journey Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- 1863 Begins Paris stay after Spain Hans Christian Andersen
- 1864 Move to Auteuil Jules Verne
- 1864 Poetry recital at the Tuileries Sarah Bernhardt
- 1864 Return to Paris from Naples Alexandre Dumas
- 1864 Birth of Maurice Bernhardt Sarah Bernhardt
- 1866 Extended Paris stay for Don Carlos Giuseppe Verdi
- 1866 Engagement at the Odéon Sarah Bernhardt
- 1866 Admission to Dr. Duval's clinic Charles Baudelaire
- 1866 Law-school enrollment Octave Mirbeau
- 1867 Chair of organic chemistry at the Sorbonne Louis Pasteur
- 1867 Paris research for Sentimental Education Gustave Flaubert
- 1867 Visits the Paris Exposition Mark Twain
- 1867 Death at Dr. Duval's clinic Charles Baudelaire
- 1868 Residence on rue de Rome Sarah Bernhardt
- 1869 Residence on rue Auber Sarah Bernhardt
- 1870 Hospital work during the Siege of Paris Sarah Bernhardt
- 1870 Marriage to Alexandrine Meley Émile Zola
- 1870 Returns triumphantly to Paris Victor Hugo
- 1871 Refuge at Saint-Germain-en-Laye Sarah Bernhardt
- 1871 Return to Paris after the war Émile Zola
- 1871 Return to Paris after the Commune Émile Zola
- 1871 Return to rue de Rome Sarah Bernhardt
- 1871 Birth in Auteuil Marcel Proust
- 1872 Family apartment on boulevard Malesherbes Marcel Proust
- 1872 Move to Paris for journalism Octave Mirbeau
- 1872 Ruy Blas opening night Sarah Bernhardt
- 1873 Residence on Avenue de Malakoff Alfred Nobel
- 1873 Visits Paris art institutions Vincent van Gogh
- 1874 Paris during Le Candidat reception Gustave Flaubert
- 1875 Conducts Requiem in Paris Giuseppe Verdi
- 1875 Works at Goupil headquarters in Paris Vincent van Gogh
- 1876 Senate Library appointment Anatole France
- 1877 Stay in Paris Ulysses S. Grant
- 1878 Settles on Avenue d'Eylau Victor Hugo
- 1878 Paris literary work Gustave Flaubert
- 1880 La Dame aux Camélias with her own company Sarah Bernhardt
- 1881 Receives Paris's public homage Victor Hugo
- 1881 Nikolai Rubinstein funeral service Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- 1881 Return to Paris after American tour Sarah Bernhardt
- 1881 Visits Jenny Longuet in Argenteuil Karl Marx
- 1882 Pupil at Lycée Condorcet Marcel Proust
- 1882 Continental Edison employment Nikola Tesla
- 1882 Stays again in Argenteuil Karl Marx
- 1882 Takes daily treatments at Enghien Karl Marx
- 1883 Honored at the Hôtel Continental Victor Hugo
- 1883 Visits Paris with his father Winston Churchill
- 1883 Paris residence during European interlude Oscar Wilde
- 1885 Dies at Avenue Victor-Hugo Victor Hugo
- 1885 Studies with Charcot in Paris Sigmund Freud