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
Mercedes Sosa
from 1986 to 1995
2 moments here
Argentine folk singer and leading exponent of the nuevo cancionero movement, internationally known for interpreting Latin American popular song and…
Mikhail Gorbachev
from 1987 to 1990
2 moments here
Soviet and Russian politician who led the Soviet Union from 1985 until its dissolution in 1991.…
Millard Fillmore
from 1833 to 1851
7 moments here
Millard Fillmore was an American lawyer and politician from western New York who served in the New York Assembly, the U.S.…
Morgan Tsvangirai
in 2009
1 moment here
Zimbabwean trade unionist and opposition politician who led the Movement for Democratic Change and served as Prime Minister of Zimbabwe from 2009 to…
Mother Teresa
in 1985
1 moment here
Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, known as Mother Teresa or Saint Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian-Indian Catholic nun.…
Muhammadu Buhari
from 2015 to 2022
3 moments here
Nigerian army officer, military head of state from 1983 to 1985, and elected president of Nigeria from 2015 to 2023.…
Mwai Kibaki
in 2003
1 moment here
Kenyan economist and politician who served as Kenya’s third president from 2002 to 2013. This chronology records documented physical presence from…
Nadine Gordimer
in 1961
1 moment here
South African novelist, short-story writer, and anti-apartheid activist whose work examined apartheid, race, power, and moral responsibility.…
Nelson Mandela
from 1990 to 1998
3 moments here
South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, lawyer and statesman. Mandela helped lead the African National Congress, co-founded its armed wing,…
Ngô Đình Diệm
in 1957
2 moments here
Ngô Đình Diệm was a Vietnamese civil servant, nationalist politician, prime minister of the State of Vietnam, and first president of the Republic of…
Nguyễn Phú Trọng
in 2015
3 moments here
Vietnamese politician and political theorist who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam from 2011 until his death in 2024, and…
Nguyễn Văn Thiệu
in 1973
1 moment here
South Vietnamese army officer and politician who led South Vietnam as chairman of the National Leadership Committee from 1965 and as president from…
Niels Bohr
from 1939 to 1943
2 moments here
Danish theoretical physicist whose work on atomic structure and quantum theory earned the 1922 Nobel Prize in Physics.…
Nikita Khrushchev
in 1959
2 moments here
Soviet Communist Party leader and chairman of the Council of Ministers. Khrushchev rose from industrial work in the Donbas through party posts in…
Octavio Paz
in 1988
1 moment here
Mexican poet, essayist, editor, and diplomat whose international postings and teaching appointments connected Mexico City, the United States, Europe,…
Olav V
from 1968 to 1975
2 moments here
Olav V of Norway (born Prince Alexander of Denmark) was King of Norway from 1957 until his death in 1991.…
Olivia de Havilland
in 2008
1 moment here
Olivia de Havilland was a British-American-French actress whose career ranged from California community theatre and Warner Bros.…
Omar Bongo
from 1987 to 2004
2 moments here
Gabonese politician who served as Gabon’s second president from 1967 until his death in 2009.…
Pablo Neruda
in 1966
1 moment here
Chilean poet, diplomat, senator, Communist political figure, and 1971 Nobel laureate. Born Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto, he lived and…
Paramahansa Yogananda
in 1927
1 moment here
Indian and American Hindu monk, yogi, teacher, and founder of Self-Realization Fellowship and Yogoda Satsanga Society of India.…
Park Chung Hee
in 1965
1 moment here
Park Chung-hee was a South Korean army officer and politician who led the May 16 coup in 1961 and served as president from 1963 until his…
Patrice Lumumba
in 1960
1 moment here
Congolese independence leader and first prime minister of the Republic of the Congo. Lumumba worked in Stanleyville, led the Mouvement National…
Pearl S. Buck
in 1962
1 moment here
American writer, humanitarian, and activist whose life was divided between the United States and China before she became an internationally prominent…
Pedro II of Brazil
in 1876
1 moment here
Pedro II (1825–1891) was the second and final emperor of Brazil, reigning from 1831 until the 1889 coup that abolished the monarchy.…
Moments
- 1964 Civil Rights Act signing Lyndon B. Johnson
- 1964 Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony John Steinbeck
- 1965 State visit to Washington Park Chung Hee
- 1965 Howard University commencement address Lyndon B. Johnson
- 1965 Voting Rights Act signing Lyndon B. Johnson
- 1965 Highway Beautification Act signing Lyndon B. Johnson
- 1966 Recording at the Library of Congress Pablo Neruda
- 1966 State visit to Washington Ferdinand Marcos
- 1966 Washington state visit Ferdinand Marcos
- 1966 White House state visit Léopold Sédar Senghor
- 1967 Visit with President Johnson Haile Selassie
- 1967 White House state dinner Sirikit
- 1967 Meeting President Johnson at the White House Lee Kuan Yew
- 1967 Public Broadcasting Act signing Lyndon B. Johnson
- 1968 Meeting with President Johnson U Thant
- 1968 Address declining another presidential term Lyndon B. Johnson
- 1968 Civil Rights Act of 1968 signing Lyndon B. Johnson
- 1968 State visit to the United States Olav V
- 1968 House UFO symposium testimony Carl Sagan
- 1968 Address halting bombing of North Vietnam Lyndon B. Johnson
- 1969 Death at Walter Reed Dwight D. Eisenhower
- 1969 Meeting at the Shoreham Hotel Ferdinand Marcos
- 1969 State dinner at the White House Eisaku Satō
- 1970 White House dinner and Nixon meeting Eisaku Satō
- 1970 Meeting President Nixon Elvis Presley
- 1971 Private visit and White House meeting Sirimavo Bandaranaike
- 1971 Meeting with President Nixon Léopold Sédar Senghor
- 1971 Washington official visit Indira Gandhi
- 1971 White House meeting with Nixon Golda Meir
- 1972 White House meeting with Nixon Golda Meir
- 1973 National War College attendance John McCain
- 1973 Washington peace discussions Golda Meir
- 1973 Washington meeting with Meir and Kissinger Yitzhak Rabin
- 1973 White House state visit Golda Meir
- 1973 Official visit to Washington Nguyễn Văn Thiệu
- 1973 Meeting with Nixon and Kissinger Willy Brandt
- 1973 Address to the National Press Club Gough Whitlam
- 1973 Visit to Washington and New York Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
- 1973 Vice-presidential oath Gerald Ford
- 1974 White House visit during Harrison tour Ravi Shankar
- 1974 Library of Congress literary recording Carlos Fuentes
- 1974 Presidential inauguration Gerald Ford
- 1974 Departure from the White House Richard Nixon
- 1974 Resignation address from the Oval Office Richard Nixon
- 1974 Meetings in Washington Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
- 1974 Presidential campaign announcement Jimmy Carter
- 1975 Official visit to the United States Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
- 1975 Meeting President Ford Kenneth Kaunda
- 1975 State dinner at the White House Andy Warhol
- 1975 National Press Club speech after Ford meeting Gough Whitlam