San Francisco in the Cold War
The atlas holds 35 people and 49 moments here, from 1948 to 1991. The most recorded lives are Robin Williams, Steve Jobs and Bruce Lee.
Notable people
Robin Williams
from 1967 to 1976
4 moments here
Robin McLaurin Williams was an American actor and comedian, born in Chicago and raised in Illinois, Michigan, and California.…
Steve Jobs
from 1955 to 1988
3 moments here
Steven Paul Jobs was an American entrepreneur, inventor, and executive who co-founded Apple, founded NeXT, and led Pixar.…
Sydney Brenner
from 1954 to 1981
3 moments here
South African-born molecular biologist whose career moved from Johannesburg and Oxford to Cambridge, California, Singapore and other scientific…
Syngman Rhee
in 1954
1 moment 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.…
Teresa Teng
in 1979
1 moment here
Taiwanese singer Teresa Teng (Teng Li-yun; 1953–1995) became one of the most influential popular vocalists in the Chinese-speaking world and across…
Tina Turner
in 1979
1 moment here
Tina Turner (Anna Mae Bullock) was an American-born Swiss singer, songwriter, actress, and author.…
Toshiro Mifune
in 1990
1 moment here
Japanese actor, producer, and director whose career spanned 1947–1995. Born in Qingdao, he grew up in Dalian, served in the Imperial Japanese Army…
Tsung-Dao Lee
in 1950
1 moment here
Chinese-American theoretical physicist and 1957 Nobel laureate, known for work on parity violation, particle physics, statistical mechanics, and…
Tupac Shakur
in 1988
2 moments here
American rapper, actor, poet, and political activist, also known as 2Pac and Makaveli. His documented life included childhood in New York City and…
Wangarĩ Maathai
in 1991
1 moment here
Kenyan environmentalist, democracy activist, academic, founder of the Green Belt Movement, parliamentarian, and the first African woman awarded the…
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
in 1949
1 moment here
Pakistani barrister and statesman who served as Pakistan’s fourth president (1971–1973) and ninth prime minister (1973–1977).…