Historical figures in United States
The atlas holds 28 people and 41 moments here, from 1851 to 2001. The most recorded lives are John Maynard Keynes, Yitzhak Rabin and Thomas Mann. Among them Writers, Performers and Musicians and Composers, across the Cold War and the Space Age.
Notable people
Salvador Dalí
in 1940
1 moment here
Spanish painter, sculptor, writer, designer, filmmaker, and leading exponent of Surrealism. Born in Figueres, Dalí trained in Madrid, joined the…
Thomas Mann
from 1934 to 1937
3 moments here
German novelist, essayist, public intellectual, and 1929 Nobel laureate. Born in Lübeck, he lived principally in Munich before exile from Nazi…
Willem Einthoven
in 1924
1 moment here
Dutch physician and physiologist whose work on the string galvanometer made clinical electrocardiography practical.…
Yitzhak Rabin
from 1968 to 1987
4 moments here
Israeli military officer, statesman, prime minister, ambassador, and 1994 Nobel Peace Prize laureate.…