Historical figures in Tunis
The atlas holds 22 people and 42 moments here, from 247 BC to 2015. The most recorded lives are Augustine of Hippo, Hannibal and Tertullian. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Military Leaders, across the Space Age and the Ancient World.
Notable people
Anwar Sadat
in 1972
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 169
2 moments here
Apuleius was a Numidian Latin prose writer, Platonist philosopher, and public speaker. The surviving evidence securely places him at his birthplace,…
Augustine of Hippo
from 371 to 421
12 moments here
Aurelius Augustinus, known as Augustine of Hippo, was a North African rhetorician, Christian theologian, philosopher, priest, and bishop.…
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
in 1535
2 moments here
Charles V (1500–1558), also Charles I of Spain, was Holy Roman Emperor, king of Spain, and ruler of the Habsburg Netherlands.…
Claudia Cardinale
from 1938 to 1957
2 moments here
Italian-Tunisian actress whose career ranged from postwar Tunis through Italian, French, British, American, and international cinema, as well as…
Diego Maradona
in 2015
1 moment here
Argentine football player and manager Diego Armando Maradona (1960–2020) was a central figure in world football.…
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
in 1943
1 moment here
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as New York state senator, assistant secretary of the Navy,…
Gustave Flaubert
in 1858
2 moments here
French novelist and major exponent of literary realism, best known for Madame Bovary, Salammbô, Sentimental Education, Three Tales, and his extensive…
Hadrian
in 128
1 moment here
Roman emperor from 117 to 138. Hadrian traveled extensively through the Roman Empire, inspecting frontiers and armies, intervening in provincial…
Hannibal
in 247 BC
1 moment here
Hannibal Barca was a Carthaginian general and statesman best known for leading an army from Iberia across the Alps into Italy during the Second Punic…
Hannibal
from 247 BC to 195 BC
3 moments here
Hannibal (Hannibal Barca) was a Carthaginian general and statesman, born at Carthage in 247 BC.…
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…
Ibn Khaldun
from 1332 to 1378
2 moments here
Ibn Khaldun (1332–1406) was a Tunis-born historian, jurist, political official, teacher, and author of the Muqaddimah.…
Jacques Chirac
in 1995
1 moment here
French statesman who served as prime minister (1974–1976; 1986–1988), mayor of Paris (1977–1995), and president of France (1995–2007).…
Miguel de Cervantes
in 1573
1 moment here
Spanish novelist, playwright, poet, soldier, purchasing agent and tax collector, best known for Don Quixote.…
Nelson Mandela
in 1994
1 moment here
South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, lawyer and statesman. Mandela helped lead the African National Congress, co-founded its armed wing,…
Olav V
in 1969
1 moment here
Olav V of Norway (born Prince Alexander of Denmark) was King of Norway from 1957 until his death in 1991.…
Tertullian
from 155 to 212
3 moments here
Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus was an early Christian Latin author associated securely with Carthage in Roman Africa.…
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…
Vivien Leigh
in 1943
1 moment here
British actress Vivien Leigh (born Vivian Mary Hartley) was acclaimed for stage work and for Academy Award-winning performances as Scarlett O'Hara in…
Willy Brandt
in 1970
1 moment here
German Social Democratic politician, born Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm in Lübeck. He lived in exile in Norway and Sweden during the Nazi era, became…
Yasser Arafat
in 1983
1 moment here
Palestinian political leader, founding member of Fatah, chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization from 1969 to 2004, and president of the…
Moments
- 247 BC Born at Carthage Hannibal
- 247 BC Birth at Carthage Hannibal
- 203 BC Return to Carthage Hannibal
- 195 BC Voluntary exile from Carthage Hannibal
- 128 Tours Sicily and Roman Africa Hadrian
- 155 Birth at Carthage Tertullian
- 169 Oration at Carthage Apuleius
- 169 Treatment at the Persian Baths Apuleius
- 197 Writing of Apologeticus Tertullian
- 212 Carthage literary career endpoint Tertullian
- 371 Rhetorical studies in Carthage Augustine of Hippo
- 374 Rhetoric school in Carthage Augustine of Hippo
- 397 Council of Carthage Augustine of Hippo
- 399 Council visit to Carthage Augustine of Hippo
- 401 Council visit to Carthage Augustine of Hippo
- 403 Council visit to Carthage Augustine of Hippo
- 405 Council visit to Carthage Augustine of Hippo
- 410 Council visit to Carthage Augustine of Hippo
- 411 Conference of Carthage Augustine of Hippo
- 418 Council visit to Carthage Augustine of Hippo
- 419 Council visit to Carthage Augustine of Hippo
- 421 Council visit to Carthage Augustine of Hippo
- 1325 Enters Tunis Ibn Battuta
- 1332 Birth in Tunis Ibn Khaldun
- 1378 Return to Tunis for research Ibn Khaldun
- 1535 Camp at Radès after the conquest Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
- 1535 Entry into Tunis Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
- 1573 Participates in the occupation of Tunis Miguel de Cervantes
- 1858 Research visit to Carthage Gustave Flaubert
- 1858 Tunisian research journey from Tunis Gustave Flaubert
- 1932 Concert tour in Tunis Umm Kulthum
- 1938 Birth in La Goulette Claudia Cardinale
- 1943 Wartime letter from Tunis Vivien Leigh
- 1943 Stops in Tunis to meet Eisenhower Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- 1957 Beauty-contest win during Italian Cinema Week Claudia Cardinale
- 1969 State visit to Tunisia Olav V
- 1970 Visit to Tunis Willy Brandt
- 1972 Visit with Habib Bourguiba Anwar Sadat
- 1983 Operational base in Tunis Yasser Arafat
- 1994 Addresses OAU summit in Tunisia Nelson Mandela
- 1995 State visit to Tunis Jacques Chirac
- 2015 Visit to Ali Bin Nasser Diego Maradona