Historical figures in 2004
The atlas holds 46 people and 77 moments here, in 2004. The most recorded lives are Muammar Gaddafi, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Hugo Chávez. Among them Writers, Performers and Political Leaders.
Notable people
Mathieu Kérékou
in 2004
3 moments here
Beninese military officer and politician who led Dahomey/Benin from 1972 to 1991 and again from 1996 to 2006.…
Maurice Wilkins
in 2004
1 moment here
New Zealand-born British physicist and biophysicist whose career ran from solid-state physics and wartime atomic research to X-ray diffraction…
Muammar Gaddafi
in 2004
5 moments here
Libyan military officer, revolutionary, politician, and political theorist who ruled Libya from the 1969 coup until his overthrow and killing during…
Nawal El Saadawi
in 2004
1 moment here
Egyptian physician, psychiatrist, feminist writer, and activist whose life and work challenged patriarchal authority, gender-based violence,…
Nelson Mandela
in 2004
1 moment here
South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, lawyer and statesman. Mandela helped lead the African National Congress, co-founded its armed wing,…
Néstor Kirchner
in 2004
3 moments here
Argentine lawyer and Peronist politician. Kirchner was mayor of Río Gallegos, governor of Santa Cruz Province, president of Argentina from 2003 to…
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
in 2004
1 moment here
Kenyan novelist, playwright, essayist, language advocate, and academic. Ngũgĩ’s life moved from colonial Kenya through education in Uganda and…
Omar Bongo
in 2004
1 moment here
Gabonese politician who served as Gabon’s second president from 1967 until his death in 2009.…
Prince
in 2004
1 moment here
Prince Rogers Nelson was an American singer, songwriter, musician, producer, actor, and filmmaker associated with the Minneapolis sound.…
Robin Williams
in 2004
1 moment here
Robin McLaurin Williams was an American actor and comedian, born in Chicago and raised in Illinois, Michigan, and California.…
Ronald Reagan
in 2004
2 moments here
American broadcaster, actor, labor leader, governor of California, and 40th president of the United States.…
Saddam Hussein
in 2004
2 moments here
Iraqi Ba'athist politician who served as Iraq's president from 1979 until his overthrow in 2003.…
Silvio Berlusconi
in 2004
3 moments here
Italian media entrepreneur, owner of AC Milan, and politician who served three terms as prime minister of Italy (1994–1995, 2001–2006, and…
Stephen Hawking
in 2004
1 moment here
English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author whose work on singularities, black-hole thermodynamics, and Hawking radiation reshaped modern…
Steve Irwin
in 2004
2 moments here
Australian zookeeper, conservationist, wildlife educator, and television personality known as the Crocodile Hunter.…
Sushma Swaraj
in 2004
1 moment here
Indian lawyer, politician and diplomat. Swaraj served in the Haryana government, represented constituencies in Parliament, was Chief Minister of…
Toni Morrison
in 2004
1 moment here
Toni Morrison (Chloe Ardelia Wofford) was an American novelist, editor, and professor whose career moved through Ohio, Washington, D.C., New York,…
Vladimir Zhirinovsky
in 2004
2 moments here
Vladimir Volfovich Zhirinovsky (1946–2022) was a Russian politician, founder and long-time leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia.…
Wangarĩ Maathai
in 2004
2 moments here
Kenyan environmentalist, democracy activist, academic, founder of the Green Belt Movement, parliamentarian, and the first African woman awarded the…
Whitney Houston
in 2004
1 moment here
American singer, actress, producer, and cultural icon known for recordings including “I Will Always Love You,” major world tours, film roles, and…
Yasser Arafat
in 2004
2 moments here
Palestinian political leader, founding member of Fatah, chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization from 1969 to 2004, and president of the…
Zaha Hadid
in 2004
1 moment here
Iraqi-British architect, artist, and designer known for experimental, fluid architectural forms.…
Moments
- 2004 Filming Ice Breaker in Antarctica Steve Irwin
- 2004 Women’s World Awards appearance Whitney Houston
- 2004 Conference of Malaysian heads of mission Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
- 2004 First overseas prime-ministerial visit Manmohan Singh
- 2004 Death at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center Marlon Brando
- 2004 First court appearance Saddam Hussein
- 2004 Meeting Jacques Chirac at Fort de Brégançon Abdelaziz Bouteflika
- 2004 Independence Day address Mathieu Kérékou
- 2004 Visit to Abkhazia Vladimir Zhirinovsky
- 2004 China Friendship Award ceremony Alan MacDiarmid
- 2004 Labor fundraising event Gough Whitlam
- 2004 United Nations General Assembly Manmohan Singh
- 2004 Addresses the UN General Assembly Néstor Kirchner
- 2004 State visit to Hanoi Jacques Chirac
- 2004 Death in Paris Jacques Derrida
- 2004 Receiving Sudanese foreign minister Mathieu Kérékou
- 2004 Death in Blackheath Maurice Wilkins
- 2004 North–South Prize ceremony Nawal El Saadawi
- 2004 Nobel Prize announcement visit Wangarĩ Maathai
- 2004 Transfer to Percy Military Hospital Yasser Arafat
- 2004 Official visit to Cuba Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
- 2004 Meeting with Fidel Castro Hugo Chávez
- 2004 Death at Percy Military Hospital Yasser Arafat
- 2004 National Children's Science Congress A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
- 2004 Party secretary of Liaoning Li Keqiang
- 2004 USO tour at Camp Liberty Robin Williams
- 2004 Nobel Peace Prize ceremony Wangarĩ Maathai