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. Voltaire

    from 1694 to 1778

    10 moments here

    François-Marie Arouet, known as Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, historian, dramatist, and philosopher.…

  2. William Makepeace Thackeray

    from 1829 to 1853

    7 moments here

    English novelist, illustrator, journalist, lecturer, and editor, best known for Vanity Fair.…

  3. Winston Churchill

    from 1883 to 1958

    3 moments here

    Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874–1965) was a British soldier, journalist, author and statesman whose career ranged from imperial campaigns in…

  4. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    from 1763 to 1778

    3 moments here

    Austrian composer and performer of the Classical era. Born in Salzburg, Mozart toured Europe as a child prodigy, made three formative journeys to…

  5. Woodrow Wilson

    from 1918 to 1919

    5 moments here

    Thomas Woodrow Wilson was an American academic, governor of New Jersey, and the 28th president of the United States.…

  6. Yasser Arafat

    in 2004

    2 moments here

    Palestinian political leader, founding member of Fatah, chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization from 1969 to 2004, and president of the…

  7. Yuri Gagarin

    in 1965

    1 moment here

    Soviet pilot and cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin became the first human to travel into outer space and to orbit Earth on Vostok 1 on 12 April…

  8. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

    from 1973 to 1975

    2 moments here

    Pakistani barrister and statesman who served as Pakistan’s fourth president (1971–1973) and ninth prime minister (1973–1977).…

Moments

  1. 1940 Returns to occupied Paris Pablo Picasso
  2. 1940 First solo concert at Salle Pleyel Édith Piaf
  3. 1941 Returned to teaching and settled at Hotel Mistral Jean-Paul Sartre
  4. 1941 Teaching at Lycée Condorcet Jean-Paul Sartre
  5. 1942 ABC wartime engagement Édith Piaf
  6. 1942 Residence on rue Villejust Édith Piaf
  7. 1943 Return to Paris and Resistance work Albert Camus
  8. 1943 Casino de Paris revue Édith Piaf
  9. 1944 Performance at Moulin Rouge Édith Piaf
  10. 1944 Second Salle Pleyel concert Édith Piaf
  11. 1944 Liberation of Paris Charles de Gaulle
  12. 1944 Liberation of Paris Ernest Hemingway
  13. 1944 Reception for Churchill in Paris Charles de Gaulle
  14. 1944 Armistice Day in liberated Paris Winston Churchill
  15. 1945 Postwar residence in Paris Albert Camus
  16. 1945 Moved to rue Bonaparte Jean-Paul Sartre
  17. 1945 Théâtre de l'Étoile engagement Édith Piaf
  18. 1945 War correspondent in liberated Paris George Orwell
  19. 1945 Postwar lecture visit T. S. Eliot
  20. 1945 Return to Théâtre de l'Étoile Édith Piaf
  21. 1946 Paris hotel stay Ho Chi Minh
  22. 1946 Food Mission stop in Paris Herbert Hoover
  23. 1946 Reburial of Marcelle and Louis Gassion Édith Piaf
  24. 1946 Théâtre de Chaillot appearance Édith Piaf
  25. 1947 Return to L'Étoile with Les Compagnons Édith Piaf
  26. 1948 Human-rights address at the Sorbonne Eleanor Roosevelt
  27. 1948 United Nations General Assembly special session Jawaharlal Nehru
  28. 1948 UDHR debate at Palais de Chaillot Eleanor Roosevelt
  29. 1949 Admission to the Conservatoire de Paris Brigitte Bardot
  30. 1949 Sell-out Salle Pleyel shows Édith Piaf
  31. 1950 NATO command residence Dwight D. Eisenhower
  32. 1951 Began a Europe-Asia fact-finding tour John F. Kennedy
  33. 1951 La P'tite Lili opening at the ABC Édith Piaf
  34. 1952 Concert at Théâtre des Champs-Élysées Louis Armstrong
  35. 1952 Residence with Claude Lanzmann Simone de Beauvoir
  36. 1952 Speech at the Sorbonne Helen Keller
  37. 1953 Residence on Boulevard Lannes Édith Piaf
  38. 1955 Residence in Paris Gabriel García Márquez
  39. 1956 Writing in the Latin Quarter Gabriel García Márquez
  40. 1956 Paris trunks recovered at the Ritz Ernest Hemingway
  41. 1958 Receives Order of Liberation in Paris Winston Churchill
  42. 1959 Court of Auditors career begins Jacques Chirac
  43. 1959 Interview in Paris Marlene Dietrich
  44. 1959 Visits Richard Wright in Paris Martin Luther King Jr.
  45. 1959 Marriage to Jacques Charrier Brigitte Bardot
  46. 1960 Sorbonne conference Le Corbusier
  47. 1960 Olympia concerts Judy Garland
  48. 1960 Palais de Chaillot concerts Judy Garland
  49. 1961 Talks with President Kennedy Charles de Gaulle
  50. 1961 Held Paris state visit John F. Kennedy

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