Historical figures in Tel Aviv
The atlas holds 16 people and 33 moments here, from 1047 to 2019. The most recorded lives are Yitzhak Rabin, Saladin and Golda Meir. Among them Political Leaders, Educators and Military Leaders, across the Space Age and the Cold War.
Notable people
Ada Yonath
from 1951 to 1970
3 moments here
Israeli crystallographer whose work on ribosome structure and function earned her a share of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.…
Albert Einstein
in 1923
1 moment here
German-born theoretical physicist who transformed modern physics through special and general relativity, foundational work on quantum theory, and…
Anwar Sadat
in 1977
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.…
Ariel Sharon
from 1928 to 2014
3 moments here
Israeli military officer and politician. Sharon was born in Kfar Malal in Mandatory Palestine, served in major Israeli military campaigns from 1948…
Dorothy Hodgkin
in 1983
1 moment here
English chemist and X-ray crystallographer Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin determined major biomolecular structures including penicillin, vitamin B12,…
Golda Meir
from 1921 to 1948
4 moments here
Golda Meir was an Israeli political leader who served as Israel’s prime minister from 1969 to 1974.…
Idi Amin
in 1971
1 moment here
Ugandan army officer and dictator who was president of Uganda from 1971 to 1979. This chronology records documented physical presences from his birth…
Ignatius of Loyola
in 1523
1 moment here
Basque Spanish priest, former soldier, and founder of the Society of Jesus. His documented movements span Gipuzkoa, Castile, Catalonia, France, the…
John Steinbeck
in 1966
1 moment here
American novelist, journalist, and war correspondent whose life and work ranged from California’s Salinas Valley and Monterey Peninsula to wartime…
Macfarlane Burnet
in 1978
1 moment here
Australian virologist and immunologist Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet, known as Macfarlane Burnet, shared the 1960 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine…
Napoleon Bonaparte
in 1799
1 moment here
French military commander and statesman who rose during the French Revolution, became First Consul in 1799, and ruled as Emperor of the French in…
Nasir Khusraw
in 1047
1 moment here
Persian poet, philosopher, traveler, and Isma'ili missionary. Born at Qubadiyan, he served as a financial administrator in Marw before leaving in…
Saladin
from 1177 to 1192
4 moments here
Kurdish military commander, founder of the Ayyubid dynasty, and sultan of Egypt and Syria. Born at Tikrit, Saladin rose through the Zengid…
Sebastián Piñera
in 2019
1 moment here
Chilean economist, businessman and politician who served as president of Chile from 2010 to 2014 and from 2018 to 2022.…
Vladimir Zhirinovsky
from 2003 to 2006
3 moments here
Vladimir Volfovich Zhirinovsky (1946–2022) was a Russian politician, founder and long-time leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia.…
Yitzhak Rabin
from 1923 to 1995
6 moments here
Israeli military officer, statesman, prime minister, ambassador, and 1994 Nobel Peace Prize laureate.…
Moments
- 1047 Arrival at Ramla Nasir Khusraw
- 1177 Defeated near Montgisard Saladin
- 1191 Fights Richard at Arsuf Saladin
- 1192 Besieges Jaffa Saladin
- 1192 Regroups inland from Jaffa Saladin
- 1523 Arrival at Jaffa Ignatius of Loyola
- 1799 Besieges and captures Jaffa Napoleon Bonaparte
- 1921 Arrival in Tel Aviv Golda Meir
- 1923 Childhood in Tel Aviv Yitzhak Rabin
- 1923 Visits Tel Aviv Albert Einstein
- 1924 Brief residence in Tel Aviv Golda Meir
- 1928 Working Women’s Council base Golda Meir
- 1928 Workers' Children school enrollment Yitzhak Rabin
- 1928 Birth in Kfar Malal Ariel Sharon
- 1948 Altalena Affair on Tel Aviv beach Yitzhak Rabin
- 1948 Declaration of Independence signing Golda Meir
- 1951 Family move to Tel Aviv Ada Yonath
- 1966 Visit to Tel Aviv and Mount Hope site John Steinbeck
- 1967 Meeting Richard Nixon in Tel Aviv Yitzhak Rabin
- 1968 PhD at the Weizmann Institute Ada Yonath
- 1970 Established protein-crystallography laboratory Ada Yonath
- 1971 Official visit to Israel Idi Amin
- 1977 Arrival at Ben Gurion Airport Anwar Sadat
- 1978 Aharon Katzir-Katchalsky Memorial Lectures Macfarlane Burnet
- 1983 Scientific programme at Weizmann Institute Dorothy Hodgkin
- 1995 Death at Ichilov Hospital Yitzhak Rabin
- 1995 Peace rally at Kings of Israel Square Yitzhak Rabin
- 2003 Arrival at Ben-Gurion Airport Vladimir Zhirinovsky
- 2006 Transfer to Sheba Medical Center Ariel Sharon
- 2006 Press conference at Tel Aviv Hilton Vladimir Zhirinovsky
- 2006 Visit to his father's grave in Holon Vladimir Zhirinovsky
- 2014 Death at Sheba Medical Center Ariel Sharon
- 2019 State visit to Tel Aviv Sebastián Piñera