Historical figures in Pyongyang
The atlas holds 12 people and 16 moments here, from 1908 to 2010. The most recorded lives are Kim Il Sung, Jimmy Carter and Jiang Zemin. Among them Political Leaders, Business Leaders and Engineers and Inventors, across the Space Age and the Cold War.
Notable people
Ali Khamenei
in 1989
1 moment here
Iranian Shia cleric and politician who was president of Iran from 1981 to 1989 and supreme leader from 1989 until his death in 2026.…
Ho Chi Minh
in 1957
1 moment here
Vietnamese revolutionary and statesman, born Nguyễn Sinh Cung, who led the Việt Minh, proclaimed the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945, and…
Jiang Zemin
from 1990 to 2001
2 moments here
Jiang Zemin was a Chinese electrical engineer and politician who served as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 1989 to 2002,…
Jimmy Carter
from 1994 to 2010
2 moments here
James Earl Carter Jr. was an American naval officer, Georgia state senator and governor, the 39th president of the United States, and a…
Kim Dae-jung
in 2000
1 moment here
South Korean politician, democracy activist, and eighth president of South Korea (1998–2003).…
Kim Il Sung
from 1912 to 1980
3 moments here
Kim Il Sung (born Kim Song Ju) was a Korean communist guerrilla leader, North Korean political leader, and founder of the Democratic People’s…
Milton Obote
in 1981
1 moment here
Apollo Milton Obote was a Ugandan politician who served as prime minister from 1962 to 1966 and as president from 1966 to 1971 and from 1980 to 1985.…
Muammar Gaddafi
in 1982
1 moment here
Libyan military officer, revolutionary, politician, and political theorist who ruled Libya from the 1969 coup until his overthrow and killing during…
Muhammad Ali
in 1995
1 moment here
Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.) was an American boxer, activist, humanitarian, and global cultural figure.…
Pol Pot
in 1977
1 moment here
Cambodian communist revolutionary and dictator, born Saloth Sâr. As leader of the Communist Party of Kampuchea and Democratic Kampuchea, he oversaw a…
Roh Moo-hyun
in 2007
1 moment here
South Korean attorney, human-rights advocate, politician, and president of the Republic of Korea from 2003 to 2008.…
Yun Ch'iho
in 1908
1 moment here
Korean politician, reformer, educator, Christian leader, diarist, and later Japanese colonial collaborator.…
Moments
- 1908 Principal of Daeseong School Yun Ch'iho
- 1912 Birth near Pyongyang Kim Il Sung
- 1945 Mass event in Pyongyang Kim Il Sung
- 1957 Arrival in Pyongyang Ho Chi Minh
- 1977 Visit to North Korea Pol Pot
- 1980 Sixth Workers’ Party Congress Kim Il Sung
- 1981 State visit to North Korea Milton Obote
- 1982 Treaty visit to Pyongyang Muammar Gaddafi
- 1989 Four-day visit to Pyongyang Ali Khamenei
- 1990 Goodwill visit to Pyongyang Jiang Zemin
- 1994 Pyongyang nuclear diplomacy Jimmy Carter
- 1995 Collision in Korea Muhammad Ali
- 2000 First inter-Korean summit Kim Dae-jung
- 2001 Official goodwill visit to Pyongyang Jiang Zemin
- 2007 Arrival for inter-Korean summit Roh Moo-hyun
- 2010 North Korea release mission Jimmy Carter