Historical figures in 1963

The atlas holds 85 people and 149 moments here, in 1963. The most recorded lives are John F. Kennedy, Édith Piaf and Martin Luther King Jr.. Among them Writers, Musicians and Composers and Political Leaders.

Notable people

1. Abdelaziz Bouteflika

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   Algerian politician, diplomat, and president. Born in Oujda, he joined the National Liberation Army during the Algerian War, served as Algeria's…

2. Abdurrahman Wahid

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

3. Abebe Bikila

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   Ethiopian marathon runner and Imperial Guard officer who won Olympic marathon gold in Rome in 1960 and Tokyo in 1964, both in world-record time.…

4. Ahmed Sékou Touré

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

5. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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   Soviet and Russian novelist, essayist, historian, dissident, and Nobel laureate whose writings on Soviet political repression and the Gulag made him…

6. Alfredo Di Stéfano

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   Argentine-born footballer and manager who became a Spanish citizen and was the central player in Real Madrid's five consecutive European Cup…

7. Alice Munro

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   Canadian short-story writer and 2013 Nobel laureate. Born in Wingham, Ontario, Munro studied in London, Ontario; lived in British Columbia during her…

8. Andy Warhol

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   American artist and filmmaker whose work helped define Pop art. Born in Pittsburgh, Warhol studied there before moving to New York in 1949.…

9. Anthony Quinn

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   Mexican-American actor, painter, sculptor, writer, and civil-rights supporter Anthony Quinn (Manuel Antonio Rodolfo Quinn Oaxaca) worked in film,…

10. Astrud Gilberto

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    Brazilian-American singer and songwriter best known for her English-language vocals on “The Girl from Ipanema.” Born in Salvador, she grew up in Rio…

11. Bhumibol Adulyadej

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

12. B. J. Habibie

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    Indonesian aerospace engineer, technocrat, vice president, and third president of Indonesia.…

13. Brigitte Bardot

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    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. Burhanuddin Rabbani

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    Afghan Islamic scholar, Jamiat-e Islami leader, president of Afghanistan during 1992–96 and briefly in 2001, Northern Alliance political leader, and…

15. Carl Sagan

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    American astronomer, planetary scientist, educator, author, and science communicator. Sagan studied at the University of Chicago, held appointments…

16. Chien-Shiung Wu

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    Chinese-American experimental physicist whose career moved from Jiangsu and eastern China to California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York,…

17. Claude Simon

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    2 moments here

    French novelist, painter, photographer, viticulturist, Resistance participant, and 1985 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate.…

18. Deng Xiaoping

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    Chinese revolutionary, statesman, and paramount leader of the People’s Republic of China from 1978 to 1989.…

19. Dorothy Hodgkin

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

20. Édith Piaf

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    French singer and lyricist Édith Giovanna Gassion, known as Édith Piaf, rose from street performance in Paris to international prominence in chanson…

21. Elizabeth Taylor

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    British-American actress and HIV/AIDS activist. Born in London, Taylor moved to Southern California in 1939, became a major Hollywood star, worked…

22. Félix Houphouët-Boigny

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    Ivorian physician and politician who became the first president of Côte d’Ivoire, serving from independence in 1960 until his death in 1993.…

23. Fidel Castro

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    Cuban revolutionary and political leader who led the 26th of July Movement against Fulgencio Batista, became Cuba's prime minister in 1959, and later…

24. Freddie Mercury

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    Freddie Mercury (Farrokh Bulsara) was a British singer, songwriter, pianist, and lead vocalist of Queen.…

Moments

1. 1963 Clandestine work in Soviet Estonia Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
2. 1963 Bookstore life in Victoria Alice Munro
3. 1963 Works at the East 87th Street firehouse studio Andy Warhol
4. 1963 March on Washington petition in Paris Anthony Quinn
5. 1963 Filming Contempt in Italy Brigitte Bardot
6. 1963 Kabul University graduation and appointment Burhanuddin Rabbani
7. 1963 Harvard and Smithsonian appointment Carl Sagan
8. 1963 Conserved-vector-current experiment at Columbia Chien-Shiung Wu
9. 1963 Lecture in Lahti Claude Simon
10. 1963 Summer residence at Salses Claude Simon
11. 1963 Leads Chinese delegation meeting in Moscow Deng Xiaoping
12. 1963 Elizabeth Taylor in London filming Elizabeth Taylor
13. 1963 Mission to Nigeria Félix Houphouët-Boigny
14. 1963 Faceless Men conference episode Gough Whitlam
15. 1963 Witnessing Vietnamese children's plight Grace Kelly
16. 1963 Return to São Paulo Hebe Camargo
17. 1963 Kyoto Conference of Scientists at Takehara Hideki Yukawa
18. 1963 Meeting with Mieczysław Maneli Ho Chi Minh
19. 1963 Leadership of the Royal Dramatic Theatre Ingmar Bergman
20. 1963 Achimota School completion John Atta Mills
21. 1963 Matthew Flinders Lecture John Eccles
22. 1963 Moved into the Rio Vermelho house Jorge Amado
23. 1963 Honorary doctorate and speech in Bogotá Jorge Luis Borges
24. 1963 Speaking engagement in Medellín Jorge Luis Borges
25. 1963 Hiroshima reporting visits Kenzaburō Ōe
26. 1963 Republic Day performance of “Aye Mere Watan Ke Logon” Lata Mangeshkar
27. 1963 Florence exhibition and civic honor Le Corbusier
28. 1963 Aschoff Lecture in Freiburg Macfarlane Burnet
29. 1963 Professor at Panjab University Manmohan Singh
30. 1963 Royal Military Academy training Muammar Gaddafi
31. 1963 University study in Benghazi Muammar Gaddafi
32. 1963 Platoon command appointment Muhammadu Buhari
33. 1963 Philology studies at Vietnam National University Nguyễn Phú Trọng
34. 1963 Copa Libertadores final appearance Pelé
35. 1963 Visit to sisters in Sydney P. L. Travers
36. 1963 Move to the University of Münster Pope Benedict XVI
37. 1963 Receives Asian Film Festival honours in Tokyo P. Ramlee
38. 1963 Lecturer at Vidyanagar College Pranab Mukherjee
39. 1963 Pathology lecturer in Adelaide Robin Warren
40. 1963 Family relocation and school in Bloomfield Hills Robin Williams
41. 1963 Departure to join FRELIMO in Dar es Salaam Samora Machel
42. 1963 Guerrilla training in Algeria Samora Machel
43. 1963 Mount Field visit Tenzing Norgay
44. 1963 Kuwait Independence Day visit Umm Kulthum
45. 1963 Filming by the Katun Vasily Shukshin
46. 1963 Staff director at Gorky Film Studio Vasily Shukshin
47. 1963 Twinning visit to Hammersmith Willy Brandt
48. 1963 Bobino engagement with Théo Sarapo Édith Piaf
49. 1963 Returned to Zanzibar Freddie Mercury
50. 1963 Recording Please Please Me John Lennon

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