Historical figures in Stanford University

The atlas holds 11 people and 31 moments here, from 1891 to 2017. The most recorded lives are Steve Jobs, Herbert Hoover and Kalpana Chawla. Among them Writers, Mathematicians and Performers, across the Space Age and the Interwar Period.

Notable people

1. Carrie Fisher

   in 2008

   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.…

2. Diego Rivera

   in 1931

   1 moment here

   Mexican painter and muralist Diego Rivera was a central figure in Mexican muralism. His documented movements include study in Mexico and Europe, work…

3. Herbert Hoover

   from 1891 to 1933

   5 moments here

   Herbert Clark Hoover was an American mining engineer, international relief administrator, U.S.…

4. Joan Fontaine

   in 1919

   1 moment here

   British-American actress Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland, professionally Joan Fontaine, was an Academy Award-winning performer known especially for…

5. John F. Kennedy

   in 1940

   1 moment here

   John Fitzgerald Kennedy was an American naval officer, journalist, congressman, senator, and the 35th president of the United States.…

6. John Steinbeck

   in 1919

   1 moment here

   American novelist, journalist, and war correspondent whose life and work ranged from California’s Salinas Valley and Monterey Peninsula to wartime…

7. Kalpana Chawla

   from 1988 to 1995

   3 moments here

   Indian-born American aerospace engineer, pilot, and NASA astronaut. Chawla studied in Karnal, Chandigarh, Arlington, and Boulder; worked at NASA Ames…

8. Macfarlane Burnet

   in 1960

   1 moment here

   Australian virologist and immunologist Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet, known as Macfarlane Burnet, shared the 1960 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine…

9. Maryam Mirzakhani

   from 2008 to 2017

   2 moments here

   Iranian mathematician whose work transformed the study of hyperbolic surfaces, moduli spaces, and dynamics.…

10. Olivia de Havilland

    from 1919 to 1933

    2 moments here

    Olivia de Havilland was a British-American-French actress whose career ranged from California community theatre and Warner Bros.…

11. Steve Jobs

    from 1959 to 2011

    13 moments here

    Steven Paul Jobs was an American entrepreneur, inventor, and executive who co-founded Apple, founded NeXT, and led Pixar.…

Moments

1. 1891 Entered Stanford University Herbert Hoover
2. 1895 Graduation from Stanford Herbert Hoover
3. 1919 Move to Saratoga Joan Fontaine
4. 1919 Studies at Stanford University John Steinbeck
5. 1919 Childhood settlement in Saratoga Olivia de Havilland
6. 1920 Moved into Palo Alto home Herbert Hoover
7. 1928 Accepted Republican nomination Herbert Hoover
8. 1931 Paints at the Stern residence Diego Rivera
9. 1933 Return to private life in Palo Alto Herbert Hoover
10. 1933 Amateur-theatre debut Olivia de Havilland
11. 1940 Studied at Stanford John F. Kennedy
12. 1959 Family move to Monta Loma Steve Jobs
13. 1960 Herstein Medical Lectures at Stanford Macfarlane Burnet
14. 1967 Move to Crist Drive home Steve Jobs
15. 1968 Begins Homestead High School Steve Jobs
16. 1974 Returns to Los Altos Steve Jobs
17. 1976 Apple founded at Crist Drive Steve Jobs
18. 1984 Macintosh launch at Flint Auditorium Steve Jobs
19. 1984 Residence at Jackling House Steve Jobs
20. 1988 Researcher at NASA Ames Kalpana Chawla
21. 1989 Lecture at Stanford Graduate School of Business Steve Jobs
22. 1991 Family home in Palo Alto Steve Jobs
23. 1993 Overset Methods appointment Kalpana Chawla
24. 1995 Astronaut-candidate work at Ames Kalpana Chawla
25. 2001 iPod introduction in Cupertino Steve Jobs
26. 2005 Stanford commencement address Steve Jobs
27. 2008 Wishful Drinking in San Jose Carrie Fisher
28. 2008 Joins Stanford mathematics faculty Maryam Mirzakhani
29. 2011 Apple Campus presentation to City Council Steve Jobs
30. 2011 Death at Palo Alto home Steve Jobs
31. 2017 Death at Stanford Hospital Maryam Mirzakhani

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