San Francisco in the Space Age
The atlas holds 38 people and 66 moments here, from 1957 to 2024. The most recorded lives are Steve Jobs, Robin Williams and Bruce Lee.
Notable people
Park Chung Hee
in 1969
1 moment here
Park Chung-hee was a South Korean army officer and politician who led the May 16 coup in 1961 and served as president from 1963 until his…
Prince
from 1977 to 2016
2 moments here
Prince Rogers Nelson was an American singer, songwriter, musician, producer, actor, and filmmaker associated with the Minneapolis sound.…
Robin Williams
from 1967 to 2014
6 moments here
Robin McLaurin Williams was an American actor and comedian, born in Chicago and raised in Illinois, Michigan, and California.…
Sebastián Piñera
in 2010
1 moment here
Chilean economist, businessman and politician who served as president of Chile from 2010 to 2014 and from 2018 to 2022.…
Steve Irwin
in 2002
1 moment here
Australian zookeeper, conservationist, wildlife educator, and television personality known as the Crocodile Hunter.…
Steve Jobs
from 1977 to 2011
12 moments here
Steven Paul Jobs was an American entrepreneur, inventor, and executive who co-founded Apple, founded NeXT, and led Pixar.…
Sydney Brenner
from 1976 to 1981
2 moments here
South African-born molecular biologist whose career moved from Johannesburg and Oxford to Cambridge, California, Singapore and other scientific…
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…
Thích Nhất Hạnh
in 2015
1 moment here
Vietnamese Thiền Buddhist monk, teacher, author, and peace activist. Thích Nhất Hạnh helped develop engaged Buddhism, founded the Plum Village…
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 2024
1 moment here
Chinese-American theoretical physicist and 1957 Nobel laureate, known for work on parity violation, particle physics, statistical mechanics, and…
Tupac Shakur
from 1988 to 1992
3 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…
Moments
- 2002 Film-promotion stop at San Francisco Zoo Steve Irwin
- 2005 WWDC Intel transition keynote Steve Jobs
- 2006 WWDC keynote in San Francisco Steve Jobs
- 2007 iPhone introduction at Macworld Steve Jobs
- 2007 WWDC keynote in San Francisco Steve Jobs
- 2008 Wishful Drinking at Berkeley Repertory Theatre Carrie Fisher
- 2008 Pro-Tibet demonstration Desmond Tutu
- 2008 MacBook Air introduction Steve Jobs
- 2010 iPhone 4 announcement at WWDC Steve Jobs
- 2010 California meeting with Schwarzenegger Sebastián Piñera
- 2011 Residence in Sea Cliff Robin Williams
- 2011 Final WWDC keynote Steve Jobs
- 2014 Death at Paradise Cay home Robin Williams
- 2015 Rehabilitation in San Francisco Thích Nhất Hạnh
- 2016 Oakland Piano & a Microphone shows Prince
- 2024 Death in San Francisco Tsung-Dao Lee