Historical figures in Tehran
The atlas holds 38 people and 74 moments here, from 763 to 2026. The most recorded lives are Ali Khamenei, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and Ruhollah Khomeini. Among them Political Leaders, Writers and Scientists, across the Space Age and the Cold War.
Notable people
Abu Bakr al-Razi
from 865 to 925
2 moments here
Persian physician, philosopher, alchemist, and prolific medical writer, also known in Latin as Rhazes.…
Ali Khamenei
from 1981 to 2026
12 moments 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.…
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.…
Anwar Sadat
in 1971
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.…
Avicenna
in 1014
1 moment here
Ibn Sina (Avicenna; c. 980–22 June 1037) was a Persian philosopher, physician, and court official.…
Baháʼu'lláh
from 1817 to 1852
3 moments here
Baháʼu'lláh (Mírzá Ḥusayn-ʻAlí Núrí) was an Iranian religious leader and founder of the Baháʼí Faith.…
Bingu wa Mutharika
in 2010
1 moment here
Malawian economist and politician who served as Malawi's third president from 2004 until his death in office in 2012.…
Burhanuddin Rabbani
in 2011
1 moment here
Afghan Islamic scholar, Jamiat-e Islami leader, president of Afghanistan during 1992–96 and briefly in 2001, Northern Alliance political leader, and…
Ebrahim Raisi
from 1985 to 2017
4 moments here
Iranian cleric, judicial official, and politician who served as president of Iran from 2021 until his death in a helicopter crash in 2024.…
Elizabeth II
in 1961
1 moment here
Elizabeth II was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death.…
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
in 1943
2 moments here
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as New York state senator, assistant secretary of the Navy,…
Harun al-Rashid
from 763 to 804
2 moments here
Harun al-Rashid was the fifth Abbasid caliph, reigning from 786 to 809. Born at Ray, he led expeditions against Byzantium before becoming caliph,…
Hugo Chávez
in 2010
1 moment here
Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías was a Venezuelan army officer and politician who led the failed February 1992 coup attempt, became president of Venezuela in…
Indira Gandhi
in 1974
1 moment here
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi was an Indian stateswoman who served as prime minister from 1966 to 1977 and from 1980 until her assassination in 1984.…
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
in 1987
1 moment here
Peruvian diplomat and politician who became the fifth Secretary-General of the United Nations (1982–1991).…
Jawaharlal Nehru
in 1959
1 moment here
Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and statesman who became independent India’s first prime minister, serving from 15 August 1947 until his…
Jimmy Carter
in 1977
1 moment here
James Earl Carter Jr. was an American naval officer, Georgia state senator and governor, the 39th president of the United States, and a…
Joseph Stalin
in 1943
1 moment here
Soviet revolutionary and political leader, born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili in Gori, Georgia.…
Manmohan Singh
in 2012
1 moment here
Indian economist, academic, civil servant, finance minister and prime minister of India from 2004 to 2014.…
Margaret Thatcher
in 1978
1 moment here
British stateswoman Margaret Hilda Thatcher (née Roberts) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990, the first woman to hold the…
Maryam Mirzakhani
from 1977 to 1999
3 moments here
Iranian mathematician whose work transformed the study of hyperbolic surfaces, moduli spaces, and dynamics.…
Mohamed Morsi
in 2012
1 moment here
Egyptian engineer, university professor, Muslim Brotherhood politician, and Egypt’s fifth president, serving from 2012 until his removal in July…
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
from 1919 to 1979
10 moments here
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919–1980) was the last shah of Iran, reigning from 1941 until the Iranian Revolution of 1979.…
Muhammad al-Bukhari
in 863
1 moment here
Muhammad ibn Isma'il al-Bukhari (810–870) was a hadith scholar from Bukhara whose travels for study, teaching, and transmission ranged across Central…
Moments
- 763 Birth at Ray Harun al-Rashid
- 804 Court stay at al-Rayy Harun al-Rashid
- 863 Stop in Rayy Muhammad al-Bukhari
- 865 Birth at Rayy Abu Bakr al-Razi
- 925 Death at Rayy Abu Bakr al-Razi
- 1014 Court service at Ray Avicenna
- 1384 Capture of Tehran Timur
- 1817 Birth in Tehran Baháʼu'lláh
- 1835 Marriage in Tehran Baháʼu'lláh
- 1852 Imprisonment in the Síyáh-Chál Baháʼu'lláh
- 1919 Birth in Tehran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
- 1932 Persian tour reaches Tehran Rabindranath Tagore
- 1936 Return from Switzerland Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
- 1938 Military education in Tehran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
- 1941 Accession oath as Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
- 1943 Tehran Conference meeting Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
- 1943 Attends Tehran Conference Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- 1943 Settles into American legation in Tehran Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- 1943 Meets the Allies at Tehran Joseph Stalin
- 1943 Meets Stalin and Roosevelt at Tehran Winston Churchill
- 1953 Return to Iran after the coup Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
- 1959 Visit to Tehran Jawaharlal Nehru
- 1961 Visited Tehran Elizabeth II
- 1962 Journey through Iran Stephen Hawking
- 1963 Detention and transfer to Tehran Ruhollah Khomeini
- 1964 Removal through Mehrabad Airport Ruhollah Khomeini
- 1965 State visit to Iran Olav V
- 1967 Imperial coronation Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
- 1971 Address to the Iranian parliament Anwar Sadat
- 1971 Opening Shahyad Aryamehr museum Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
- 1972 Visit to Tehran Willy Brandt
- 1972 Official visit to Tehran Richard Nixon
- 1973 State visit to Tehran Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
- 1974 Official visit to Tehran Indira Gandhi
- 1975 Visit to Tehran Saddam Hussein
- 1976 Portrait trip to Iran Andy Warhol
- 1977 Birth in Tehran Maryam Mirzakhani
- 1977 Tehran state visit Jimmy Carter
- 1978 Visit to Iran Margaret Thatcher
- 1978 Overflight of Tehran demonstration Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
- 1979 Departure from Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
- 1979 Return at Mehrabad International Airport Ruhollah Khomeini
- 1979 Visit to revolutionary Tehran Yasser Arafat
- 1980 Hospitalization in Tehran Ruhollah Khomeini
- 1980 Residence in Darband Ruhollah Khomeini
- 1980 Residence at Jamaran Hussainiya Ruhollah Khomeini
- 1981 Aboozar Mosque assassination attempt Ali Khamenei
- 1985 Move to Tehran as deputy prosecutor Ebrahim Raisi
- 1987 Meeting with Iranian President Khamenei Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
- 1989 Tehran prosecutor tenure Ebrahim Raisi