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

  1. 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…

  2. Oscar Wilde

    from 1883 to 1900

    5 moments here

    Irish author, poet, playwright, critic, and leading figure in late nineteenth-century aestheticism.…

  3. Otto von Bismarck

    in 1862

    1 moment here

    Otto von Bismarck was a Prussian and German statesman, diplomat, and the first chancellor of the German Empire.…

  4. Pablo Neruda

    from 1935 to 1971

    3 moments here

    Chilean poet, diplomat, senator, Communist political figure, and 1971 Nobel laureate. Born Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto, he lived and…

  5. Pablo Picasso

    from 1900 to 1965

    10 moments here

    Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and co-founder of Cubism. Born in Málaga, Picasso trained in A Coruña, Barcelona, and Madrid…

  6. Pedro II of Brazil

    in 1891

    2 moments here

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

  7. Pelé

    in 1963

    1 moment here

    Edson Arantes do Nascimento, known as Pelé, was a Brazilian footballer who starred for Santos, Brazil and the New York Cosmos.…

  8. Peter Paul Rubens

    in 1622

    1 moment here

    Flemish Baroque painter, designer, humanist, collector, and diplomat. Rubens was born at Siegen, spent formative years in Cologne and Antwerp, worked…

  9. Peter the Great

    in 1717

    1 moment here

    Peter I of Russia, known as Peter the Great, was tsar from 1682 and emperor from 1721 until 1725.…

  10. Petrarch

    from 1333 to 1361

    2 moments here

    Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) was an Italian scholar, poet, cleric, diplomat, and foundational humanist.…

  11. Porfirio Díaz

    from 1911 to 1915

    3 moments here

    José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori was a Mexican general and politician who led Mexico from 1876 to 1880 and from 1884 until his overthrow in 1911.…

  12. Pridi Banomyong

    from 1927 to 1983

    3 moments here

    Thai lawyer, political leader, regent, prime minister, and founder of Thammasat University. A civilian leader of the 1932 Siamese Revolution, he…

  13. Prince

    in 2009

    2 moments here

    Prince Rogers Nelson was an American singer, songwriter, musician, producer, actor, and filmmaker associated with the Minneapolis sound.…

  14. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    from 1861 to 1881

    2 moments here

    Russian Romantic composer whose career ranged from civil-service work and conservatory teaching in Saint Petersburg and Moscow to international…

  15. Queen Victoria

    in 1855

    2 moments here

    Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 1819–1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death, and…

  16. Rabindranath Tagore

    in 1920

    1 moment here

    Bengali poet, novelist, dramatist, composer, painter, philosopher, social reformer, and educationist.…

  17. Ralph Waldo Emerson

    from 1833 to 1848

    2 moments here

    American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, Unitarian minister, poet, abolitionist, and leading figure in Transcendentalism.…

  18. Ravi Shankar

    from 1930 to 1958

    2 moments here

    Indian sitarist and composer Ravi Shankar (1920–2012) was a leading exponent of Hindustani classical music whose performances, teaching, recordings,…

  19. René Descartes

    from 1616 to 1648

    7 moments here

    French philosopher, mathematician, and natural philosopher whose methodic doubt, mind-body distinction, analytic techniques, and mechanical account…

  20. Richard Nixon

    in 1969

    1 moment here

    Richard Milhous Nixon was an American lawyer, naval officer, congressman, senator, vice president, and the 37th president of the United States.…

  21. Richard Wagner

    from 1839 to 1859

    3 moments here

    German composer, conductor, theatre director, and essayist whose movements included early work in German theatre, exile in Switzerland, stays in…

  22. Ronald Reagan

    from 1982 to 1989

    2 moments here

    American broadcaster, actor, labor leader, governor of California, and 40th president of the United States.…

  23. Rubén Darío

    from 1900 to 1914

    5 moments here

    Nicaraguan poet, journalist, and diplomat Félix Rubén García Sarmiento, known as Rubén Darío, was a central initiator of Spanish-language Modernismo.…

  24. Saddam Hussein

    in 1972

    1 moment here

    Iraqi Ba'athist politician who served as Iraq's president from 1979 until his overthrow in 2003.…

Moments

  1. 1905 Revolutionary organizing in Paris Sun Yat-sen
  2. 1905 Birth in Paris Jean-Paul Sartre
  3. 1906 Moves her household to Sceaux Marie Curie
  4. 1906 Meeting Pablo Picasso at Gertrude Stein's salon Henri Matisse
  5. 1906 Residence at 102 boulevard Haussmann Marcel Proust
  6. 1907 Teaching at the Academie Matisse Henri Matisse
  7. 1907 Encounters African art at the Trocadéro Pablo Picasso
  8. 1908 Early Paris residence and Perret office Le Corbusier
  9. 1908 Birth in Montparnasse Simone de Beauvoir
  10. 1908 Art study in Paris Kahlil Gibran
  11. 1908 Moved the Bolshevik center to Paris Vladimir Lenin
  12. 1909 Work in Marcel-Béronneau's studio Kahlil Gibran
  13. 1910 RSDLP Central Committee meeting Leon Trotsky
  14. 1910 Study at the University of Paris T. S. Eliot
  15. 1910 Lived on Rue Marie-Rose Vladimir Lenin
  16. 1910 Arrival for Firebird rehearsals Igor Stravinsky
  17. 1910 Cuts short a Paris holiday Franz Kafka
  18. 1911 Lectured at Longjumeau Vladimir Lenin
  19. 1911 Continues the 1911 journey to Paris Franz Kafka
  20. 1913 Tutoring journey to Paris J. R. R. Tolkien
  21. 1913 Schooling at Institut Adeline-Désir Simone de Beauvoir
  22. 1914 European arrival and stay in Paris Jorge Luis Borges
  23. 1914 Move to Paris Leon Trotsky
  24. 1915 Paris research stay Le Corbusier
  25. 1915 Return to Paris after amputation Sarah Bernhardt
  26. 1915 Birth at Hôpital Tenon Édith Piaf
  27. 1916 Trains radiology assistants in Paris Marie Curie
  28. 1916 Moves to Montrouge studio Pablo Picasso
  29. 1917 Permanent move to Paris Le Corbusier
  30. 1917 Death at rue Beaujon Octave Mirbeau
  31. 1917 Attendance at the première of Parade Marcel Proust
  32. 1918 Arrival in Paris during World War I Ernest Hemingway
  33. 1918 Marries Olga in Paris Pablo Picasso
  34. 1918 Paris stopover Woodrow Wilson
  35. 1918 Preliminary peace-conference travel Woodrow Wilson
  36. 1919 Adviser at the Paris Peace Conference Herbert Hoover
  37. 1919 Paris Peace Conference John Maynard Keynes
  38. 1919 Returns to her completed Radium Institute laboratory Marie Curie
  39. 1919 Paris Peace Conference, first session Woodrow Wilson
  40. 1919 Paris Peace Conference, second session Woodrow Wilson
  41. 1919 Arrival in Paris Ho Chi Minh
  42. 1919 Paris Peace Conference, final session Woodrow Wilson
  43. 1920 Arrival and residence in Paris James Joyce
  44. 1920 Guest of Albert Kahn near Paris Rabindranath Tagore
  45. 1920 Meeting James Joyce T. S. Eliot
  46. 1921 Visits Paris during European homecoming Charlie Chaplin
  47. 1921 Move to Paris Ernest Hemingway
  48. 1921 Residence on rue du Cardinal Lemoine Ernest Hemingway
  49. 1921 Residence on Compoint Lane Ho Chi Minh
  50. 1921 Pleyel studio on Rue Rochechouart Igor Stravinsky

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