Historical figures in 1974
The atlas holds 81 people and 128 moments here, in 1974. The most recorded lives are Gerald Ford, Steve Jobs and Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Performers.
Notable people
Abdelaziz Bouteflika
in 1974
3 moments here
Algerian politician, diplomat, and president. Born in Oujda, he joined the National Liberation Army during the Algerian War, served as Algeria's…
Abdurrahman Wahid
in 1974
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 1974
1 moment here
Pakistani theoretical physicist and 1979 Nobel Prize laureate whose career connected education in Punjab and Cambridge with professorships in Lahore…
Agostinho Neto
in 1974
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.…
Akira Kurosawa
in 1974
1 moment here
Japanese filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, editor, and painter. Kurosawa directed 30 feature films between 1943 and 1993, including Rashomon, Seven…
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
in 1974
4 moments here
Soviet and Russian novelist, essayist, historian, dissident, and Nobel laureate whose writings on Soviet political repression and the Gulag made him…
Alexander Prokhorov
in 1974
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…
Alice Munro
in 1974
1 moment here
Canadian short-story writer and 2013 Nobel laureate. Born in Wingham, Ontario, Munro studied in London, Ontario; lived in British Columbia during her…
Andy Warhol
in 1974
2 moments here
American artist and filmmaker whose work helped define Pop art. Born in Pittsburgh, Warhol studied there before moving to New York in 1949.…
Anwar Sadat
in 1974
2 moments here
Muhammad Anwar el-Sadat was an Egyptian army officer, Free Officer, politician, and president of Egypt from 1970 until his assassination in 1981.…
Ariel Sharon
in 1974
1 moment here
Israeli military officer and politician. Sharon was born in Kfar Malal in Mandatory Palestine, served in major Israeli military campaigns from 1948…
Benazir Bhutto
in 1974
1 moment here
Pakistani political leader who served twice as prime minister, from 1988 to 1990 and from 1993 to 1996.…
Bhumibol Adulyadej
in 1974
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,…
B. J. Habibie
in 1974
1 moment here
Indonesian aerospace engineer, technocrat, vice president, and third president of Indonesia.…
Bob Marley
in 1974
1 moment here
Jamaican singer, songwriter and guitarist whose work with the Wailers made reggae an international musical force.…
Burhanuddin Rabbani
in 1974
1 moment here
Afghan Islamic scholar, Jamiat-e Islami leader, president of Afghanistan during 1992–96 and briefly in 2001, Northern Alliance political leader, and…
Carlos Fuentes
in 1974
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…
Celia Cruz
in 1974
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,…
Christiaan Barnard
in 1974
1 moment here
South African cardiac surgeon who led the team that performed the first successful human-to-human heart transplant at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape…
Claude Simon
in 1974
1 moment here
French novelist, painter, photographer, viticulturist, Resistance participant, and 1985 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate.…
Colleen McCullough
in 1974
1 moment here
Australian novelist and neurophysiologist best known for The Thorn Birds. Born in Wellington, New South Wales, she worked in Sydney, London, and New…
Dalida
in 1974
1 moment here
Dalida, born Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti, was an Egyptian-born Italian-French singer, actress and model.…
Dorothy Hodgkin
in 1974
2 moments here
English chemist and X-ray crystallographer Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin determined major biomolecular structures including penicillin, vitamin B12,…
Douglas Adams
in 1974
3 moments here
English author, screenwriter and humourist best known for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.…
Moments
- 1974 Islamic countries ministers' conference in Kuala Lumpur Abdelaziz Bouteflika
- 1974 Islamic summit in Lahore Abdelaziz Bouteflika
- 1974 Teaching at Tambakberas Abdurrahman Wahid
- 1974 Departure for London Abdus Salam
- 1974 Residence with Heinrich Böll Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
- 1974 Optical-fiber work inspection Alexander Prokhorov
- 1974 Writer in residence at Western Alice Munro
- 1974 Moves to East 66th Street townhouse Andy Warhol
- 1974 Photographed in New York Ariel Sharon
- 1974 Organisation of Islamic Cooperation summit Benazir Bhutto
- 1974 Return to Indonesia B. J. Habibie
- 1974 Hope Road home and Tuff Gong base Bob Marley
- 1974 Flight to Peshawar Burhanuddin Rabbani
- 1974 Fania All-Stars trip to Kinshasa Celia Cruz
- 1974 Writing Tim at Yale Colleen McCullough
- 1974 Olympia concerts for Gigi and 18 ans Dalida
- 1974 Graduated from Cambridge Douglas Adams
- 1974 Moved back to London Douglas Adams
- 1974 Recorded Killer Queen at Rockfield Freddie Mercury
- 1974 Ayacucho commemoration representative Hugo Chávez
- 1974 Visit to Panama Hugo Chávez
- 1974 Visit to Andreas Baader Jean-Paul Sartre
- 1974 Dialogues in San Diego Jiddu Krishnamurti
- 1974 Manager at Ghana Tourist Development Company Kofi Annan
- 1974 Farm work in Jilin Liu Xiaobo
- 1974 Arrives in Dakar Michael Jackson
- 1974 Return to Privolnoye for his father Mikhail Gorbachev
- 1974 Apprenticeship at Bindura Nickel Mine Morgan Tsvangirai
- 1974 Palestinian refugee-camp visit Muhammad Ali
- 1974 Political base moved to Othaya Mwai Kibaki
- 1974 Charles Eliot Norton lectures at Harvard Octavio Paz
- 1974 Filming Black Christmas in Toronto Olivia Hussey
- 1974 Relocation to the Pune ashram Osho
- 1974 Photographed performing in New Delhi Ram Narayan
- 1974 Heart attack during North American tour Ravi Shankar
- 1974 White House visit during Harrison tour Ravi Shankar
- 1974 Caltech commencement address Richard Feynman
- 1974 Summer work at The Trident Robin Williams
- 1974 Establishes Rancho del Cielo retreat Ronald Reagan
- 1974 Stages a Granollers happening Salvador Dalí
- 1974 FRELIMO Central Committee meeting at Tofo Samora Machel
- 1974 Golden-jubilee address at Bose Institute Satyendra Nath Bose
- 1974 Departure from Ireland via Dún Laoghaire Stanley Kubrick
- 1974 Year at Caltech Stephen Hawking
- 1974 Journey to Neem Karoli Baba's ashram Steve Jobs
- 1974 Meditation retreats at Tassajara Steve Jobs
- 1974 Trek to Haidakhan Babaji's ashram Steve Jobs
- 1974 Karl August Foster Lecture Sydney Brenner
- 1974 Border-war service Thomas Sankara
- 1974 Filming Tommy Tina Turner