Historical figures in Philadelphia
The atlas holds 58 people and 105 moments here, from 1723 to 2023. The most recorded lives are Benjamin Franklin, George Washington and Walt Whitman. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Scientists, across the Cold War and the Space Age.
Notable people
Rosa Parks
in 1968
1 moment here
American civil-rights activist whose lifelong work against racial segregation included local NAACP organizing in Montgomery, the 1955 bus protest and…
Sergei Rachmaninoff
in 1941
1 moment here
Russian composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor. Born in the Novgorod Governorate of the Russian Empire, he studied and worked chiefly in Saint…
Simón Bolívar
in 1807
1 moment here
Venezuelan military and political leader known as El Libertador. Bolívar led revolutionary campaigns that helped secure the independence of…
Syngman Rhee
from 1918 to 1954
2 moments here
Syngman Rhee was a Korean independence activist and the first president of the Republic of Korea, serving from 1948 until his resignation in 1960.…
Thomas Jefferson
in 1776
2 moments here
Thomas Jefferson was an American lawyer, Virginia political leader, diplomat, secretary of state, vice president, and third president of the United…
Ulysses S. Grant
in 1877
1 moment here
Ulysses S. Grant was an American army officer, Union commander during the Civil War, and the 18th president of the United States.…
Walt Whitman
from 1873 to 1892
5 moments here
American poet, essayist, journalist, and author of Leaves of Grass. Born on Long Island, he lived and worked chiefly in Brooklyn, Manhattan,…
Warren G. Harding
in 1921
1 moment here
Warren G. Harding was the 29th president of the United States, serving from 1921 until his death in 1923.…
William Henry Harrison
from 1790 to 1836
2 moments here
William Henry Harrison was an American army officer, territorial governor, diplomat, Whig politician, and the ninth president of the United States.…
Winston Churchill
in 1900
1 moment here
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874–1965) was a British soldier, journalist, author and statesman whose career ranged from imperial campaigns in…
Moments
- 2000 Hospitalization during Republican convention Gerald Ford
- 2001 Recording Jungle in South Philadelphia Astrud Gilberto
- 2007 Death at his Drexel Hill home Alan MacDiarmid
- 2015 United States pastoral visit Pope Francis
- 2023 Death at home in Philadelphia Astrud Gilberto