Historical figures in 1957
The atlas holds 95 people and 141 moments here, in 1957. The most recorded lives are Ngô Đình Diệm, Juan Manuel Fangio and Martin Luther King Jr.. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Performers.
Notable people
Abdurrahman Wahid
in 1957
1 moment here
Indonesian Islamic scholar, Nahdlatul Ulama leader, reform advocate, and fourth president of Indonesia (1999–2001), widely known as Gus Dur.…
Abdus Salam
in 1957
1 moment here
Pakistani theoretical physicist and 1979 Nobel Prize laureate whose career connected education in Punjab and Cambridge with professorships in Lahore…
Akhmad Kadyrov
in 1957
1 moment here
Chechen Islamic religious leader and politician. Born in Karaganda during his family’s deportation from Chechnya, he studied in Uzbekistan, returned…
Albert Camus
in 1957
3 moments here
French writer, philosopher, journalist, and political activist, born in French Algeria. Camus studied and worked in Algiers, moved between Algeria…
Alberto Fujimori
in 1957
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 1957
1 moment here
Soviet and Russian novelist, essayist, historian, dissident, and Nobel laureate whose writings on Soviet political repression and the Gulag made him…
Alfredo Di Stéfano
in 1957
1 moment here
Argentine-born footballer and manager who became a Spanish citizen and was the central player in Real Madrid's five consecutive European Cup…
Ali Khamenei
in 1957
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.…
Allan MacLeod Cormack
in 1957
2 moments here
South African-born American physicist and academic whose mathematical work helped establish computed tomography.…
Aslan Maskhadov
in 1957
1 moment here
Aslan Maskhadov was a Soviet artillery officer, Chechen military commander, and president of the unrecognized Chechen Republic of Ichkeria.…
Bảo Đại
in 1957
1 moment here
Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thụy, known as Bảo Đại, was the final emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty and later chief of state of the State of Vietnam.…
Bob Hawke
in 1957
1 moment here
Australian trade-union leader and Labor politician who served as Australia’s 23rd prime minister from 1983 to 1991.…
Celia Cruz
in 1957
1 moment here
Celia Cruz was a Cuban-American singer celebrated internationally as the “Queen of Salsa.” Born in Havana, she rose to fame with Sonora Matancera,…
Charlie Chaplin
in 1957
1 moment here
English actor, comedian, director, writer, producer and composer whose screen persona, the Tramp, became an international icon.…
Che Guevara
in 1957
1 moment here
Ernesto "Che" Guevara (1928–1967) was an Argentine physician, Marxist revolutionary, Cuban government official, diplomat, and guerrilla commander.…
Chien-Shiung Wu
in 1957
1 moment here
Chinese-American experimental physicist whose career moved from Jiangsu and eastern China to California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York,…
Claudia Cardinale
in 1957
3 moments here
Italian-Tunisian actress whose career ranged from postwar Tunis through Italian, French, British, American, and international cinema, as well as…
Dalida
in 1957
1 moment here
Dalida, born Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti, was an Egyptian-born Italian-French singer, actress and model.…
Diego Rivera
in 1957
1 moment here
Mexican painter and muralist Diego Rivera was a central figure in Mexican muralism. His documented movements include study in Mexico and Europe, work…
Dorothy Hodgkin
in 1957
1 moment here
English chemist and X-ray crystallographer Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin determined major biomolecular structures including penicillin, vitamin B12,…
Douglas Adams
in 1957
1 moment here
English author, screenwriter and humourist best known for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.…
Dzhokhar Dudayev
in 1957
1 moment here
Dzhokhar Musayevich Dudayev was a Soviet Air Force major general and the first president of the self-proclaimed Chechen Republic of Ichkeria.…
Édith Piaf
in 1957
1 moment here
French singer and lyricist Édith Giovanna Gassion, known as Édith Piaf, rose from street performance in Paris to international prominence in chanson…
Edmund Hillary
in 1957
1 moment here
New Zealand mountaineer, explorer, diplomat, and philanthropist. Hillary became internationally known after reaching Mount Everest’s summit with…
Moments
- 1957 Pesantren education in Magelang Abdurrahman Wahid
- 1957 Professor at Imperial College Abdus Salam
- 1957 Undergraduate study at La Molina Alberto Fujimori
- 1957 Settlement and teaching career in Ryazan Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
- 1957 Seminary visit to Najaf Ali Khamenei
- 1957 Move to Tufts University Allan MacLeod Cormack
- 1957 Return to Cape Town for X-ray reconstruction experiment Allan MacLeod Cormack
- 1957 Family settlement at Zebir-Yurt Aslan Maskhadov
- 1957 Meeting Christiane Bloch-Carcenac Bảo Đại
- 1957 Move to Melbourne for ACTU work Bob Hawke
- 1957 First United States trip and St. Nicholas Arena performance Celia Cruz
- 1957 Films at Shepperton Studios Charlie Chaplin
- 1957 Guerrilla base in the Sierra Maestra Che Guevara
- 1957 Travel to Israel with Wolfgang Pauli Chien-Shiung Wu
- 1957 Beauty-contest win during Italian Cinema Week Claudia Cardinale
- 1957 First visit to the Venice Film Festival Claudia Cardinale
- 1957 Studies at the Experimental Cinematography Centre Claudia Cardinale
- 1957 Moved to Brentwood animal shelter Douglas Adams
- 1957 Return to Checheno-Ingushetia Dzhokhar Dudayev
- 1957 Second Carnegie Hall performance Édith Piaf
- 1957 Marble Point airstrip landing Edmund Hillary
- 1957 Death at Hempstead Hospital Gabriela Mistral
- 1957 Eastern Europe reporting journey Gabriel García Márquez
- 1957 Visit to London Gabriel García Márquez
- 1957 Air Force posting at Gatchina airfield Gherman Titov
- 1957 Air Force posting at Siversky airfield Gherman Titov
- 1957 Graduation from Stalingrad Military Aviation School Gherman Titov
- 1957 Tour of Iceland Helen Keller
- 1957 Tour of Scandinavia Helen Keller
- 1957 Monaco Grand Prix endurance finish Jack Brabham
- 1957 Talks in Colombo Jiddu Krishnamurti
- 1957 High school attendance in Alameda Jim Morrison
- 1957 Argentine Grand Prix win Juan Manuel Fangio
- 1957 French Grand Prix win Juan Manuel Fangio
- 1957 Monaco Grand Prix win Juan Manuel Fangio
- 1957 Second Sebring 12-hour win Juan Manuel Fangio
- 1957 Shakespeare performances at Stratford Katharine Hepburn
- 1957 First visit to Britain Kenneth Kaunda
- 1957 Journey to India Kenneth Kaunda
- 1957 Little Rock interview while performing in Grand Forks Louis Armstrong
- 1957 Economics studies at Cambridge Manmohan Singh
- 1957 Teaching at Panjab University Manmohan Singh
- 1957 Mao–Khrushchev state visit Mao Zedong
- 1957 Helps establish the SCLC Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1957 Writers' congress journey Miguel Ángel Asturias
- 1957 London School of Economics studies Mwai Kibaki
- 1957 At the Institute in later life Niels Bohr
- 1957 Move to the Hejaz Osama bin Laden
- 1957 Design work for Brasília Oscar Niemeyer
- 1957 Teaching post at Raipur Sanskrit College Osho