Historical figures in 1960
The atlas holds 94 people and 159 moments here, in 1960. The most recorded lives are Patrice Lumumba, John F. Kennedy and Ernest Hemingway. Among them Political Leaders, Writers and Performers.
Notable people
Patrice Lumumba
in 1960
14 moments 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 1960
1 moment here
American writer, humanitarian, and activist whose life was divided between the United States and China before she became an internationally prominent…
Pelé
in 1960
1 moment here
Edson Arantes do Nascimento, known as Pelé, was a Brazilian footballer who starred for Santos, Brazil and the New York Cosmos.…
Pope Francis
in 1960
1 moment here
Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Pope Francis, was an Argentine Jesuit priest, archbishop of Buenos Aires, cardinal, and head of the Catholic Church and…
Raisa Gorbacheva
in 1960
1 moment here
Soviet and Russian activist, philanthropist, lecturer, and public figure; wife of Mikhail Gorbachev.…
Rajendra Prasad
in 1960
1 moment here
Indian lawyer, independence leader, journalist and statesman who became the first President of India, serving from 1950 to 1962.…
Richard Feynman
in 1960
1 moment here
American theoretical physicist known for foundational work in quantum electrodynamics, the path-integral formulation of quantum mechanics, and…
Robert Mugabe
in 1960
1 moment here
Zimbabwean nationalist leader, Prime Minister of Zimbabwe from 1980 to 1987 and President from 1987 to 2017.…
Saddam Hussein
in 1960
1 moment here
Iraqi Ba'athist politician who served as Iraq's president from 1979 until his overthrow in 2003.…
Saint-John Perse
in 1960
1 moment here
Saint-John Perse was the pen name of Alexis Léger, a French poet and diplomat. Born in Guadeloupe, he spent formative years in Pau and Bordeaux,…
Simone de Beauvoir
in 1960
1 moment here
French existentialist philosopher, writer, social theorist, and feminist activist. Born and died in Paris, Beauvoir studied philosophy in Paris,…
Sirikit
in 1960
2 moments here
Sirikit Kitiyakara was Queen of Thailand from 1950 to 2016 as consort of King Bhumibol Adulyadej and later Queen Mother.…
Stanley Kubrick
in 1960
1 moment here
American filmmaker and photographer whose career began in New York photojournalism, expanded through Hollywood productions and European location…
Sukarno
in 1960
1 moment here
Sukarno (1901–1970) was an Indonesian nationalist, revolutionary, engineer, and the first president of Indonesia.…
Syngman Rhee
in 1960
1 moment here
Syngman Rhee was a Korean independence activist and the first president of the Republic of Korea, serving from 1948 until his resignation in 1960.…
Tsung-Dao Lee
in 1960
1 moment here
Chinese-American theoretical physicist and 1957 Nobel laureate, known for work on parity violation, particle physics, statistical mechanics, and…
Tunku Abdul Rahman
in 1960
1 moment here
Malaysian statesman, UMNO leader, chief minister of the Federation of Malaya, and first prime minister of Malaya and Malaysia.…
Vasily Shukshin
in 1960
1 moment here
Soviet Russian writer, actor, screenwriter, and film director associated with Village Prose.…
V. S. Naipaul
in 1960
5 moments here
Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul was a Trinidad-born British novelist, essayist, and travel writer.…
Wangarĩ Maathai
in 1960
1 moment here
Kenyan environmentalist, democracy activist, academic, founder of the Green Belt Movement, parliamentarian, and the first African woman awarded the…
Yang Chen-Ning
in 1960
1 moment here
Chinese-American theoretical physicist whose work in statistical mechanics, particle physics, gauge theory, and condensed-matter physics included the…
Yuri Gagarin
in 1960
2 moments here
Soviet pilot and cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin became the first human to travel into outer space and to orbit Earth on Vostok 1 on 12 April…
Moments
- 1960 Yeti-scallop examination trip Edmund Hillary
- 1960 Arrival in Lisbon Eusébio
- 1960 State visit to Brazil Haile Selassie
- 1960 Inspection of Carlton House Terrace Howard Florey
- 1960 Capture at the Sankuru River Patrice Lumumba
- 1960 Imprisonment at Camp Hardy Patrice Lumumba
- 1960 Return to Léopoldville under detention Patrice Lumumba
- 1960 Transfer through Port Francqui Patrice Lumumba
- 1960 Nobel Prize ceremony Saint-John Perse