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. John Magufuli

    in 1959

    1 moment here

    John Pombe Joseph Magufuli was a Tanzanian chemist and politician who served as Tanzania’s fifth president from 5 November 2015 until his death in…

  2. John McCain

    in 1959

    1 moment here

    John Sidney McCain III was an American naval aviator, Vietnam War prisoner of war, U.S. representative, U.S.…

  3. John Steinbeck

    in 1959

    2 moments here

    American novelist, journalist, and war correspondent whose life and work ranged from California’s Salinas Valley and Monterey Peninsula to wartime…

  4. Jomo Kenyatta

    in 1959

    1 moment here

    Jomo Kenyatta (c. 1897–1978) was a Kenyan anti-colonial activist and politician who became Kenya’s first prime minister in 1963 and first president…

  5. Judy Garland

    in 1959

    1 moment here

    American actress, singer, and vaudevillian, born Frances Ethel Gumm. Garland rose from childhood vaudeville and MGM musical films to become a major…

  6. Julius Nyerere

    in 1959

    1 moment here

    Tanzanian anti-colonial leader, political theorist, and founding president of Tanzania. Nyerere led the Tanganyika African National Union (TANU),…

  7. Katharine Hepburn

    in 1959

    1 moment here

    American stage, film, and television actress whose career ran from 1928 to 1995. Hepburn was born in Hartford, Connecticut, educated at Bryn Mawr…

  8. Kenneth Kaunda

    in 1959

    2 moments here

    Zambian teacher, nationalist leader, and first president of independent Zambia, serving from 1964 to 1991.…

  9. Kim Il Sung

    in 1959

    2 moments here

    Kim Il Sung (born Kim Song Ju) was a Korean communist guerrilla leader, North Korean political leader, and founder of the Democratic People’s…

  10. Kwame Nkrumah

    in 1959

    1 moment here

    Ghanaian nationalist leader, Pan-Africanist, and political theorist who led the Gold Coast to independence as Ghana in 1957.…

  11. Léopold Sédar Senghor

    in 1959

    1 moment here

    Senegalese poet, theorist of Négritude, and statesman who became Senegal’s first president in 1960.…

  12. Macfarlane Burnet

    in 1959

    1 moment here

    Australian virologist and immunologist Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet, known as Macfarlane Burnet, shared the 1960 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine…

  13. Margaret Thatcher

    in 1959

    3 moments here

    British stateswoman Margaret Hilda Thatcher (née Roberts) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990, the first woman to hold the…

  14. Marlene Dietrich

    in 1959

    1 moment here

    German-American actress and singer Marlene Dietrich (Marie Magdalene Dietrich) was born in Berlin and achieved international fame through stage,…

  15. Martin Luther King Jr.

    in 1959

    13 moments here

    American Baptist minister and civil-rights leader who advanced racial equality through nonviolent protest.…

  16. Maya Angelou

    in 1959

    1 moment here

    American memoirist, poet, performer, educator, and civil-rights activist. Her documented life moved from Missouri and Arkansas to California and New…

  17. Miguel Ángel Asturias

    in 1959

    1 moment here

    Guatemalan poet-diplomat, novelist, playwright, journalist, and 1967 Nobel laureate. Asturias’s documented life moved between Guatemala, Europe,…

  18. Miriam Makeba

    in 1959

    4 moments here

    South African singer, songwriter, actor, and anti-apartheid activist known as “Mama Africa.” Makeba’s career took her from Johannesburg and Pretoria…

  19. Muhammad Ali

    in 1959

    2 moments here

    Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.) was an American boxer, activist, humanitarian, and global cultural figure.…

  20. Nikita Khrushchev

    in 1959

    7 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…

  21. Octavio Paz

    in 1959

    1 moment here

    Mexican poet, essayist, editor, and diplomat whose international postings and teaching appointments connected Mexico City, the United States, Europe,…

  22. Olav V

    in 1959

    1 moment here

    Olav V of Norway (born Prince Alexander of Denmark) was King of Norway from 1957 until his death in 1991.…

  23. Pablo Neruda

    in 1959

    1 moment here

    Chilean poet, diplomat, senator, Communist political figure, and 1971 Nobel laureate. Born Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto, he lived and…

  24. Pablo Picasso

    in 1959

    1 moment here

    Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and co-founder of Cubism. Born in Málaga, Picasso trained in A Coruña, Barcelona, and Madrid…

Moments

  1. 1959 Marriage to Eddie Fisher Elizabeth Taylor
  2. 1959 Brazil tour of Sweden Garrincha
  3. 1959 First Formula One World Championship race win Jack Brabham
  4. 1959 Metropolitan Opera House concert run Judy Garland
  5. 1959 Visit to Nainital Rajendra Prasad
  6. 1959 Fourth European Cup final Alfredo Di Stéfano
  7. 1959 Marriage to Jacques Charrier Brigitte Bardot
  8. 1959 Marriage ceremony at La Cabaña Che Guevara
  9. 1959 Visit to the Soviet Union Haile Selassie
  10. 1959 Visit to Anuradhapura, Ceylon Rajendra Prasad
  11. 1959 Visit to Kandy, Ceylon Rajendra Prasad
  12. 1959 Trade negotiations in Japan Che Guevara
  13. 1959 Visit to Hiroshima Che Guevara
  14. 1959 British Grand Prix victory Jack Brabham
  15. 1959 West African summit at Sanniquellie Kwame Nkrumah
  16. 1959 Kitchen Debate at Sokolniki Park Nikita Khrushchev
  17. 1959 Kitchen Debate at the American National Exhibition Richard Nixon
  18. 1959 Arrival in Lisbon Fulgencio Batista
  19. 1959 Golden Lion at Berlin Film Festival Dalida
  20. 1959 Théâtre de l'Étoile engagement Dalida
  21. 1959 First visit to China Dorothy Hodgkin
  22. 1959 Entered Brentwood School preparatory department Douglas Adams
  23. 1959 Meeting Nikita Khrushchev at Camp David Dwight D. Eisenhower
  24. 1959 Arrival in Madeira Fulgencio Batista
  25. 1959 Visit to Tehran Jawaharlal Nehru
  26. 1959 Flight training at Corpus Christi John McCain
  27. 1959 Adopted as Finchley candidate Margaret Thatcher
  28. 1959 University invitation visit Miguel Ángel Asturias
  29. 1959 Agricultural research visit Nikita Khrushchev
  30. 1959 Arrival in the United States Nikita Khrushchev
  31. 1959 Camp David meeting with Eisenhower Nikita Khrushchev
  32. 1959 Garst farm visit Nikita Khrushchev
  33. 1959 Los Angeles studio visit Nikita Khrushchev
  34. 1959 New York City visit Nikita Khrushchev
  35. 1959 At home during assassination of S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike Sirimavo Bandaranaike
  36. 1959 Washington diplomatic discussions Ahmed Sékou Touré
  37. 1959 World Book meeting in Chicago Edmund Hillary
  38. 1959 Death at Vancouver General Hospital Errol Flynn
  39. 1959 Flight to Vancouver for yacht negotiations Errol Flynn
  40. 1959 Birth in Chato John Magufuli
  41. 1959 Tenth PRC anniversary parade Kim Il Sung
  42. 1959 Residence at Farnborough Margaret Thatcher
  43. 1959 Qasim assassination attempt Saddam Hussein
  44. 1959 Undergraduate study at University College Stephen Hawking
  45. 1959 Soviet-Guinean communiqué Ahmed Sékou Touré
  46. 1959 Europe speech at Strasbourg Charles de Gaulle
  47. 1959 American television debut Miriam Makeba
  48. 1959 Staff-and-command training Suharto
  49. 1959 Return to Luanda as a physician Agostinho Neto
  50. 1959 Journey to Aix-en-Provence Albert Camus

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