Historical figures in Tripoli
The atlas holds 16 people and 19 moments here, from 156 to 2009. The most recorded lives are Gamal Abdel Nasser, Idi Amin and Idriss Déby. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Jurists, across the Space Age and the Cold War.
Notable people
Ali Khamenei
in 1984
1 moment 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.…
Anwar Sadat
in 1973
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.…
Apuleius
in 156
1 moment here
Apuleius was a Numidian Latin prose writer, Platonist philosopher, and public speaker. The surviving evidence securely places him at his birthplace,…
Fidel Castro
in 1977
1 moment here
Cuban revolutionary and political leader who led the 26th of July Movement against Fulgencio Batista, became Cuba's prime minister in 1959, and later…
Gamal Abdel Nasser
from 1969 to 1970
2 moments here
Egyptian army officer, leader of the 1952 Egyptian Revolution, and president of Egypt from 1954 until his death.…
Hugo Chávez
in 2000
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…
Ibn Battuta
in 1325
1 moment here
Maghrebi Muslim jurist, traveller, explorer, and author from Tangier. Between 1325 and 1354 he journeyed through North and East Africa, the Middle…
Idi Amin
from 1972 to 1979
2 moments here
Ugandan army officer and dictator who was president of Uganda from 1971 to 1979. This chronology records documented physical presences from his birth…
Idriss Déby
from 1989 to 2006
2 moments here
Chadian military officer and politician who led the Patriotic Salvation Movement to power in December 1990 and served as Chad's president from 1991…
Jean-Bédel Bokassa
in 1979
1 moment here
Central African military officer and politician who seized power in the Central African Republic in 1966, served as president, and proclaimed himself…
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
in 1908
1 moment here
Ottoman officer, Turkish field marshal, revolutionary statesman, founder of the Republic of Turkey, and its first president.…
Nelson Mandela
in 1997
1 moment here
South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, lawyer and statesman. Mandela helped lead the African National Congress, co-founded its armed wing,…
Omar Bongo
in 1973
1 moment here
Gabonese politician who served as Gabon’s second president from 1967 until his death in 2009.…
Silvio Berlusconi
in 2009
1 moment here
Italian media entrepreneur, owner of AC Milan, and politician who served three terms as prime minister of Italy (1994–1995, 2001–2006, and…
Umm Kulthum
in 1932
1 moment here
Egyptian singer and actress, born Fatima Ibrahim es-Sayyid el-Beltagi. Raised in rural Dakahlia, she moved permanently to Cairo in 1923 and became…
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
in 1972
1 moment here
Pakistani barrister and statesman who served as Pakistan’s fourth president (1971–1973) and ninth prime minister (1973–1977).…
Moments
- 156 Arrival and marriage at Oea Apuleius
- 1325 Reaches Tripoli Ibn Battuta
- 1908 Travels to Tripoli and Benghazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
- 1932 Final stop of 1932 tour Umm Kulthum
- 1969 Consultation with Libya's new government Gamal Abdel Nasser
- 1970 Foreign-base evacuation celebration Gamal Abdel Nasser
- 1972 Eid broadcast from Tripoli Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
- 1972 Visit to Libya Idi Amin
- 1973 Visit to Libya and conversion to Islam Omar Bongo
- 1973 Tripoli visit Anwar Sadat
- 1977 Algeria and Libya visits Fidel Castro
- 1979 Initial exile in Libya Idi Amin
- 1979 Meeting with Gaddafi in Tripoli Jean-Bédel Bokassa
- 1984 Presidential visit to Tripoli Ali Khamenei
- 1989 Exile reception in Tripoli Idriss Déby
- 1997 Honours Gaddafi in Libya Nelson Mandela
- 2000 Meeting with Gaddafi in Tripoli Hugo Chávez
- 2006 Tripoli Agreement summit Idriss Déby
- 2009 Visit to Tripoli Silvio Berlusconi