Historical figures in Rome
The atlas holds 173 people and 384 moments here, from 211 BC to 2025. The most recorded lives are Augustus, Galileo Galilei and Michelangelo. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Philosophers, across the Space Age and the Cold War.
Notable people
Abdullah of Saudi Arabia
in 2007
1 moment here
Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was King and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia from 2005 until his death in 2015.…
Abdus Salam
in 1991
1 moment here
Pakistani theoretical physicist and 1979 Nobel Prize laureate whose career connected education in Punjab and Cambridge with professorships in Lahore…
Abebe Bikila
in 1960
1 moment here
Ethiopian marathon runner and Imperial Guard officer who won Olympic marathon gold in Rome in 1960 and Tokyo in 1964, both in world-record time.…
Adolf Hitler
in 1938
1 moment here
Adolf Hitler (1889–1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who led the National Socialist German Workers’ Party (NSDAP), became German…
Agostinho Neto
in 1970
1 moment here
António Agostinho Neto was an Angolan physician, poet, anti-colonial leader, president of the MPLA, and the first president of independent Angola.…
Andy Warhol
in 1976
1 moment here
American artist and filmmaker whose work helped define Pop art. Born in Pittsburgh, Warhol studied there before moving to New York in 1949.…
Anthony Quinn
in 1977
1 moment here
Mexican-American actor, painter, sculptor, writer, and civil-rights supporter Anthony Quinn (Manuel Antonio Rodolfo Quinn Oaxaca) worked in film,…
Antonio Vivaldi
in 1722
1 moment here
Italian Baroque composer, violinist, priest, teacher, and opera impresario. Born in Venice, Vivaldi held long associations with the Ospedale della…
Anwar Sadat
in 1976
1 moment here
Muhammad Anwar el-Sadat was an Egyptian army officer, Free Officer, politician, and president of Egypt from 1970 until his assassination in 1981.…
Arthur Schopenhauer
in 1819
1 moment here
German philosopher and writer, born in Danzig and dead in Frankfurt am Main. His documented movements included childhood residences in Hamburg and Le…
Audrey Hepburn
in 1990
1 moment here
British actress and humanitarian Audrey Hepburn (Audrey Kathleen Ruston) was born in Brussels, raised across Belgium, England and the Netherlands,…
Augustine of Hippo
from 383 to 388
2 moments here
Aurelius Augustinus, known as Augustine of Hippo, was a North African rhetorician, Christian theologian, philosopher, priest, and bishop.…
Augustus
from 63 BC to 4
12 moments here
Augustus, born Gaius Octavius and conventionally called Octavian before 27 BC, founded the Roman principate.…
Benigno Aquino III
in 2015
1 moment here
Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino III, known as Noynoy Aquino or PNoy, was a Filipino politician who served as president of the Philippines from 2010…
Benito Mussolini
from 1929 to 1940
4 moments here
Italian journalist, Fascist leader, and dictator of Italy from 1922 until his removal in 1943.…
Brigitte Bardot
in 1969
1 moment here
French actress, singer, model, and animal-rights activist. Born and raised in Paris, Bardot became an international film star in the 1950s and 1960s…
Bruce Lee
in 1972
1 moment here
Bruce Lee (Lee Jun-fan) was a Hong Kong and American martial artist, actor, filmmaker, and founder of Jeet Kune Do.…
Carrie Fisher
in 2016
1 moment here
Carrie Frances Fisher was an American actress, writer, and public advocate, internationally known for playing Princess Leia in the Star Wars films.…
Charlemagne
from 774 to 800
5 moments here
Frankish king, Lombard king, and Carolingian emperor who ruled from 768 to 814. His itinerant court moved across Francia, Saxony, Italy, Bavaria, the…
Charles Dickens
in 1845
1 moment here
English novelist, journalist, editor, social reformer, actor and celebrated public reader. This chronology traces documented residences, workplaces,…
Chulalongkorn
in 1897
1 moment here
Chulalongkorn (Rama V) was King of Siam from 1868 until 1910. His reign combined state centralization, legal and social reform, and diplomacy…
Cicero
from 87 BC to 47 BC
10 moments here
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 BC) was a Roman lawyer, orator, philosopher, consul, provincial governor, and defender of the late Republic.…
Claude Simon
in 1962
1 moment here
French novelist, painter, photographer, viticulturist, Resistance participant, and 1985 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate.…
Claudia Cardinale
from 1957 to 2002
2 moments here
Italian-Tunisian actress whose career ranged from postwar Tunis through Italian, French, British, American, and international cinema, as well as…
Moments
- 211 BC Marches to the gates of Rome Hannibal
- 211 BC March on Rome Hannibal
- 100 BC Born in Rome Julius Caesar
- 87 BC Studies with Philo in Rome Cicero
- 81 BC Return and first triumph Pompey
- 78 BC Returns to Rome after Sulla's death Julius Caesar
- 77 BC Returns to Rome from eastern studies Cicero
- 70 BC Prosecutes Verres at Rome Cicero
- 68 BC Writes from Rome Cicero
- 63 BC Accompanies Lentulus to the Tullianum Cicero
- 63 BC Born on the Palatine Hill Augustus
- 61 BC Writes from Rome after his consulship Cicero
- 59 BC Serves as consul in Rome Julius Caesar
- 59 BC Returns to Rome Cicero
- 57 BC Re-enters Rome after exile Cicero
- 55 BC Continued his studies in Rome Virgil
- 49 BC Arrives outside Rome with imperium Cicero
- 49 BC Returns to Rome during the civil war Julius Caesar
- 47 BC Returns to Rome after Caesar's victory Cicero
- 47 BC Assumes the toga of manhood Augustus
- 46 BC Presides over Caesar’s Greek games Augustus
- 46 BC Lodged at Caesar's villa in Rome Cleopatra
- 46 BC Celebrates triumphs in Rome Julius Caesar
- 45 BC Returns to Rome after Spain Julius Caesar
- 44 BC Dines at Lepidus' house on the eve of the assassination Julius Caesar
- 44 BC Watches the Lupercalia from the Rostra Julius Caesar
- 44 BC First journey to Rome Strabo
- 44 BC Assassinated at the Curia of Pompey Julius Caesar
- 44 BC Remained in Rome after Caesar's murder Cleopatra
- 44 BC Returns to Rome as Caesar’s heir Augustus
- 44 BC Enters Rome with a private army Augustus
- 43 BC Marches on the capital Augustus
- 39 BC Attacked by a Roman food-riot mob Augustus
- 37 BC Finished the Eclogues in Rome Virgil
- 36 BC Departed Rome for Brundisium Virgil
- 35 BC Witnessed Selurus's execution Strabo
- 32 BC Confronts Antony’s supporters in the Senate Augustus
- 31 BC Rome and the Temple of Ceres Strabo
- 29 BC Celebrates three Roman triumphs Augustus
- 27 BC Maintains his principal Palatine residence Augustus
- 9 BC Delivers a eulogy for Drusus Augustus
- 8 BC Death in Rome Horace
- 7 BC Final documented Roman visit Strabo
- 4 Adopts Tiberius in Rome Augustus
- 5 Childhood residence and education Seneca the Younger
- 8 Banished from Rome Ovid
- 31 Return from Egypt Seneca the Younger
- 42 Traditional arrival in Rome Saint Peter
- 49 Recall to Nero's court Seneca the Younger
- 54 Accession before the Praetorian cohort Nero