Historical figures in White House
The atlas holds 203 people and 473 moments here, from 1789 to 2022. The most recorded lives are John F. Kennedy, Dwight D. Eisenhower and Abraham Lincoln. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Jurists, across the Space Age and the Cold War.
Notable people
Abdullah of Saudi Arabia
in 1998
1 moment here
Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was King and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia from 2005 until his death in 2015.…
Abraham Lincoln
from 1848 to 1865
8 moments here
American lawyer, Illinois legislator, congressman, and sixteenth president of the United States.…
Agostinho Neto
in 1962
1 moment here
António Agostinho Neto was an Angolan physician, poet, anti-colonial leader, president of the MPLA, and the first president of independent Angola.…
Ahmed Sékou Touré
from 1959 to 1982
5 moments here
Guinean nationalist, trade-union leader, and Guinea’s first president, serving from independence in 1958 until his death in 1984.…
Alan García
from 2006 to 2010
2 moments here
Alan García Pérez was a Peruvian politician and leader of the Peruvian Aprista Party who served two nonconsecutive terms as president of Peru, from…
Alan Turing
in 1942
1 moment here
English mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst, and computing pioneer. Turing studied at Cambridge and Princeton, worked at Bletchley Park during the…
Albert Einstein
in 1921
1 moment here
German-born theoretical physicist who transformed modern physics through special and general relativity, foundational work on quantum theory, and…
Alberto Fujimori
in 1997
1 moment here
Peruvian agricultural engineer, university rector, and president of Peru from 1990 to 2000. His presidency combined market reforms and…
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
in 1975
1 moment here
Soviet and Russian novelist, essayist, historian, dissident, and Nobel laureate whose writings on Soviet political repression and the Gulag made him…
Alexander Graham Bell
from 1875 to 1881
4 moments here
Scottish-born Canadian-American inventor, scientist, teacher of the deaf, and engineer best known for patenting the first practical telephone.…
Alexei Leonov
in 1975
1 moment here
Soviet and Russian cosmonaut, aviator, artist, and writer. Leonov became the first person to conduct a spacewalk on 18 March 1965 and commanded Soyuz…
Allan MacLeod Cormack
in 1990
1 moment here
South African-born American physicist and academic whose mathematical work helped establish computed tomography.…
Amadou Toumani Touré
from 2003 to 2008
2 moments here
Malian army officer and politician known as ATT. He led Mali’s 1991–1992 democratic transition, served as elected president from 2002 until his 2012…
Andrew Jackson
from 1824 to 1835
4 moments here
Andrew Jackson (1767–1845) was a U.S. army general, Tennessee politician, and seventh president of the United States.…
Andrew Johnson
from 1843 to 1875
8 moments here
Andrew Johnson was the 17th president of the United States, serving from 1865 to 1869 after serving as vice president, U.S.…
Andy Warhol
in 1975
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
from 1975 to 1981
5 moments here
Muhammad Anwar el-Sadat was an Egyptian army officer, Free Officer, politician, and president of Egypt from 1970 until his assassination in 1981.…
Aretha Franklin
from 2005 to 2015
3 moments here
American singer, pianist, songwriter, and civil-rights activist known as the “Queen of Soul.” Her documented movements span childhood relocations…
Ariel Sharon
in 2004
1 moment here
Israeli military officer and politician. Sharon was born in Kfar Malal in Mandatory Palestine, served in major Israeli military campaigns from 1948…
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
in 2001
1 moment here
Indian statesman, poet, journalist and Bharatiya Janata Party leader who served as India’s prime minister in 1996 and from 1998 to 2004.…
Audrey Hepburn
in 1981
1 moment here
British actress and humanitarian Audrey Hepburn (Audrey Kathleen Ruston) was born in Brussels, raised across Belgium, England and the Netherlands,…
Augusto Pinochet
in 1977
1 moment here
Augusto Pinochet Ugarte was a Chilean army officer who led the 11 September 1973 coup and ruled Chile as head of the military junta and then…
Benazir Bhutto
from 1984 to 1995
3 moments here
Pakistani political leader who served twice as prime minister, from 1988 to 1990 and from 1993 to 1996.…
Benigno Aquino III
from 2011 to 2012
2 moments here
Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino III, known as Noynoy Aquino or PNoy, was a Filipino politician who served as president of the Philippines from 2010…
Moments
- 1789 Received in Alexandria George Washington
- 1800 First official visit to Washington John Adams
- 1800 Moved into the White House John Adams
- 1801 Left the White House at end of presidency John Adams
- 1801 First presidential inauguration Thomas Jefferson
- 1801 Secretary of State in Washington James Madison
- 1807 Visits Washington Simón Bolívar
- 1809 Presidential inauguration James Madison
- 1811 Court-martial testimony Zachary Taylor
- 1814 Flight from Washington after Bladensburg James Madison
- 1814 Return to burned Washington James Madison
- 1816 Sworn into the Fourteenth Congress John Tyler
- 1817 Presidential inauguration James Monroe
- 1821 Arrival as U.S. senator Martin Van Buren
- 1821 Secretary of State correspondence from Washington John Quincy Adams
- 1824 Senatorial visit during presidential campaign Andrew Jackson
- 1825 Presidential inauguration John Quincy Adams
- 1825 Arrival for congressional service James K. Polk
- 1826 Army committee work Zachary Taylor
- 1826 First major House speech James K. Polk
- 1829 Arrival as president-elect Andrew Jackson
- 1829 First presidential inauguration Andrew Jackson
- 1833 First congressional service Millard Fillmore
- 1835 Assassination attempt outside the Capitol Andrew Jackson
- 1835 Speaker of the House election James K. Polk
- 1837 Return to Congress Millard Fillmore
- 1837 Presidential inauguration Martin Van Buren
- 1841 Amistad argument before the Supreme Court John Quincy Adams
- 1841 Illness at the White House William Henry Harrison
- 1841 Presidential inauguration William Henry Harrison
- 1841 Arrival in Washington for presidential succession John Tyler
- 1841 Moved into the White House John Tyler
- 1841 Presidential oath in hotel room John Tyler
- 1841 Death at the White House William Henry Harrison
- 1842 Calls on President Tyler Charles Dickens
- 1843 Congressional service in Washington Andrew Johnson
- 1845 Inauguration as president James K. Polk
- 1847 Return to the House chamber after stroke John Quincy Adams
- 1847 Return to Washington from northern tour James K. Polk
- 1848 Spoke in the U.S. House Abraham Lincoln
- 1848 Death in the Speaker's Room John Quincy Adams
- 1848 Washington Monument cornerstone ceremony James K. Polk
- 1849 Arrival as president-elect Zachary Taylor
- 1849 Final departure from Washington James K. Polk
- 1849 Vice-presidential oath Millard Fillmore
- 1849 Presidential inauguration Zachary Taylor
- 1850 Presiding over Compromise debates Millard Fillmore
- 1850 Notification of Taylor's death Millard Fillmore
- 1850 Presidential oath in House chamber Millard Fillmore
- 1850 Death at the White House Zachary Taylor