Historical figures in 1959

The atlas holds 88 people and 158 moments here, in 1959. The most recorded lives are Martin Luther King Jr., Ahmed Sékou Touré and Che Guevara. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Performers.

Notable people

  1. Abdurrahman Wahid

    in 1959

    1 moment here

    Indonesian Islamic scholar, Nahdlatul Ulama leader, reform advocate, and fourth president of Indonesia (1999–2001), widely known as Gus Dur.…

  2. Abdus Salam

    in 1959

    1 moment here

    Pakistani theoretical physicist and 1979 Nobel Prize laureate whose career connected education in Punjab and Cambridge with professorships in Lahore…

  3. Ada Yonath

    in 1959

    1 moment here

    Israeli crystallographer whose work on ribosome structure and function earned her a share of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.…

  4. Agostinho Neto

    in 1959

    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.…

  5. Ahmed Sékou Touré

    in 1959

    10 moments here

    Guinean nationalist, trade-union leader, and Guinea’s first president, serving from independence in 1958 until his death in 1984.…

  6. Albert Camus

    in 1959

    1 moment here

    French writer, philosopher, journalist, and political activist, born in French Algeria. Camus studied and worked in Algiers, moved between Algeria…

  7. Albert Luthuli

    in 1959

    1 moment here

    Albert John Luthuli was a South African teacher, traditional leader, anti-apartheid activist, and President-General of the African National Congress.…

  8. Alexander Prokhorov

    in 1959

    1 moment here

    Alexander Mikhailovich Prokhorov was an Australian-born Soviet and Russian physicist whose work in quantum electronics helped lead to the maser and…

  9. Alexei Leonov

    in 1959

    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…

  10. Alfredo Di Stéfano

    in 1959

    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…

  11. Augusto Pinochet

    in 1959

    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…

  12. Bhumibol Adulyadej

    in 1959

    1 moment here

    Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) was King of Thailand from 1946 to 2016. Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, he grew up partly in Thailand and Switzerland,…

  13. Brigitte Bardot

    in 1959

    1 moment here

    French actress, singer, model, and animal-rights activist. Born and raised in Paris, Bardot became an international film star in the 1950s and 1960s…

  14. Bruce Lee

    in 1959

    3 moments here

    Bruce Lee (Lee Jun-fan) was a Hong Kong and American martial artist, actor, filmmaker, and founder of Jeet Kune Do.…

  15. Carlos Fuentes

    in 1959

    1 moment here

    Carlos Fuentes Macías was a Mexican novelist, essayist, public intellectual, and diplomat. Born in Panama City to a Mexican diplomat, he spent…

  16. Charles de Gaulle

    in 1959

    1 moment here

    French army officer, leader of Free France during the Second World War, head of France's Provisional Government, and president of the French Fifth…

  17. Che Guevara

    in 1959

    8 moments here

    Ernesto "Che" Guevara (1928–1967) was an Argentine physician, Marxist revolutionary, Cuban government official, diplomat, and guerrilla commander.…

  18. Dalida

    in 1959

    2 moments here

    Dalida, born Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti, was an Egyptian-born Italian-French singer, actress and model.…

  19. Daniel arap Moi

    in 1959

    1 moment here

    Kenyan teacher and politician who served as Kenya’s vice president from 1967 to 1978 and its second president from 1978 to 2002.…

  20. Derek Walcott

    in 1959

    1 moment here

    Saint Lucian poet, playwright, painter, and teacher who won the 1992 Nobel Prize in Literature.…

  21. Dolly Parton

    in 1959

    1 moment here

    American singer-songwriter, actor, philanthropist, and businesswoman. Born in Pittman Center, Tennessee, Parton built a country-music career centered…

  22. Dolores del Río

    in 1959

    1 moment here

    Mexican actress Dolores del Río (María de los Dolores Asúnsolo y López Negrete) was a major star of silent-era Hollywood and the Golden Age of…

  23. Dorothy Hodgkin

    in 1959

    2 moments here

    English chemist and X-ray crystallographer Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin determined major biomolecular structures including penicillin, vitamin B12,…

  24. Douglas Adams

    in 1959

    1 moment here

    English author, screenwriter and humourist best known for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.…

Moments

  1. 1959 Return to Jombang and Tambakberas Abdurrahman Wahid
  2. 1959 Fellowship at Princeton Abdus Salam
  3. 1959 Returned to Jerusalem for university Ada Yonath
  4. 1959 Industrial visit in Leningrad Ahmed Sékou Touré
  5. 1959 Meeting with Khrushchev in Gagra Ahmed Sékou Touré
  6. 1959 State-visit stop in Chicago Ahmed Sékou Touré
  7. 1959 State-visit stop in Los Angeles Ahmed Sékou Touré
  8. 1959 State-visit stop in New York City Ahmed Sékou Touré
  9. 1959 State-visit stop in Raleigh Ahmed Sékou Touré
  10. 1959 State-visit stop in Wheeling Ahmed Sékou Touré
  11. 1959 Visit to Tbilisi Ahmed Sékou Touré
  12. 1959 Third ban at his Groutville home Albert Luthuli
  13. 1959 Visit to Columbia University Alexander Prokhorov
  14. 1959 First Army Division headquarters assignment Augusto Pinochet
  15. 1959 First martial-arts school in Seattle Bruce Lee
  16. 1959 Move to Seattle Bruce Lee
  17. 1959 Move to Havana after the Cuban Revolution Carlos Fuentes
  18. 1959 Battle of Santa Clara Che Guevara
  19. 1959 Command at La Cabaña Fortress Che Guevara
  20. 1959 Entry into Havana Che Guevara
  21. 1959 Meeting with Sukarno in Jakarta Che Guevara
  22. 1959 Recovery and planning at Tarará Che Guevara
  23. 1959 Visit to Kenyatta in detention Daniel arap Moi
  24. 1959 Founding the Trinidad Theatre Workshop Derek Walcott
  25. 1959 Grand Ole Opry appearance Dolly Parton
  26. 1959 Marriage to Lewis Riley in New York Dolores del Río
  27. 1959 Waldorf Astoria performances Édith Piaf
  28. 1959 Explorer of the Year banquet Edmund Hillary
  29. 1959 Home outside Ketchum Ernest Hemingway
  30. 1959 Freedom Caravan arrival Fidel Castro
  31. 1959 Residence and office at Havana Hilton Fidel Castro
  32. 1959 Revolutionary victory speech Fidel Castro
  33. 1959 Working visit to Caracas Fidel Castro
  34. 1959 Flight into Dominican exile Fulgencio Batista
  35. 1959 Resignation at Camp Columbia Fulgencio Batista
  36. 1959 Operation Truth in Havana Gabriel García Márquez
  37. 1959 Prensa Latina correspondent in Bogotá Gabriel García Márquez
  38. 1959 Family move to Houston George H. W. Bush
  39. 1959 Move to Rio de Janeiro for TV Continental Hebe Camargo
  40. 1959 Return to Uganda Idi Amin
  41. 1959 Court of Auditors career begins Jacques Chirac
  42. 1959 Return posting to Bangui Jean-Bédel Bokassa
  43. 1959 Return visit to Edinburgh Julius Nyerere
  44. 1959 Suddenly, Last Summer filmed in London Katharine Hepburn
  45. 1959 Imprisonment in Lusaka Kenneth Kaunda
  46. 1959 Imprisonment in Salisbury Kenneth Kaunda
  47. 1959 Moscow visit in 1959 Kim Il Sung
  48. 1959 Second Congress of Black Writers and Artists Léopold Sédar Senghor
  49. 1959 Croonian Lectures in London Macfarlane Burnet
  50. 1959 Interview in Paris Marlene Dietrich

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