Historical figures in 2007
The atlas holds 64 people and 114 moments here, in 2007. The most recorded lives are Shinzo Abe, Amy Winehouse and Roh Moo-hyun. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Performers.
Notable people
Heath Ledger
in 2007
3 moments here
Australian actor and music-video director whose career began in Australian television, expanded internationally after his 1998 move to the United…
Hosni Mubarak
in 2007
1 moment here
Egyptian military officer and politician who served as president of Egypt from 1981 until his resignation in 2011.…
Hugo Chávez
in 2007
1 moment here
Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías was a Venezuelan army officer and politician who led the failed February 1992 coup attempt, became president of Venezuela in…
Ichirou Mizuki
in 2007
1 moment here
Japanese singer, lyricist, composer, voice actor, and actor, born Toshio Hayakawa. Known as the “Emperor of Anime Songs,” Mizuki recorded theme songs…
Idriss Déby
in 2007
1 moment here
Chadian military officer and politician who led the Patriotic Salvation Movement to power in December 1990 and served as Chad's president from 1991…
Ingmar Bergman
in 2007
1 moment here
Swedish filmmaker, screenwriter, theatre director, theatre manager and author. Bergman’s career moved between Stockholm’s student and professional…
Jacques Chirac
in 2007
1 moment here
French statesman who served as prime minister (1974–1976; 1986–1988), mayor of Paris (1977–1995), and president of France (1995–2007).…
Jimmy Carter
in 2007
1 moment here
James Earl Carter Jr. was an American naval officer, Georgia state senator and governor, the 39th president of the United States, and a…
John McCain
in 2007
1 moment here
John Sidney McCain III was an American naval aviator, Vietnam War prisoner of war, U.S. representative, U.S.…
Khaleda Zia
in 2007
1 moment here
Bangladeshi politician who was prime minister of Bangladesh in 1991–1996 and 2001–2006, chaired the Bangladesh Nationalist Party from 1984 until her…
Kobe Bryant
in 2007
1 moment here
Kobe Bean Bryant was an American professional basketball player who spent his entire 20-year NBA career with the Los Angeles Lakers.…
Kofi Annan
in 2007
1 moment here
Ghanaian diplomat and statesman who served as Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006.…
Manmohan Singh
in 2007
2 moments here
Indian economist, academic, civil servant, finance minister and prime minister of India from 2004 to 2014.…
Margaret Thatcher
in 2007
1 moment 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…
Mercedes Sosa
in 2007
1 moment here
Argentine folk singer and leading exponent of the nuevo cancionero movement, internationally known for interpreting Latin American popular song and…
Mikhail Kalashnikov
in 2007
1 moment here
Soviet and Russian small-arms designer, military engineer, and lieutenant general, best known for the AK-47 and later Kalashnikov weapon systems.…
Morgan Tsvangirai
in 2007
4 moments here
Zimbabwean trade unionist and opposition politician who led the Movement for Democratic Change and served as Prime Minister of Zimbabwe from 2009 to…
Muammar Gaddafi
in 2007
3 moments here
Libyan military officer, revolutionary, politician, and political theorist who ruled Libya from the 1969 coup until his overthrow and killing during…
Mwai Kibaki
in 2007
2 moments here
Kenyan economist and politician who served as Kenya’s third president from 2002 to 2013. This chronology records documented physical presence from…
Nelson Mandela
in 2007
2 moments here
South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, lawyer and statesman. Mandela helped lead the African National Congress, co-founded its armed wing,…
Néstor Kirchner
in 2007
1 moment here
Argentine lawyer and Peronist politician. Kirchner was mayor of Río Gallegos, governor of Santa Cruz Province, president of Argentina from 2003 to…
Olivia Hussey
in 2007
1 moment here
British actress born in Argentina, best known for playing Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 film Romeo and Juliet.…
Oscar Niemeyer
in 2007
1 moment here
Brazilian modernist architect whose career ranged from early work in Rio de Janeiro and New York to Brasília, Paris exile, and later international…
Pelé
in 2007
1 moment here
Edson Arantes do Nascimento, known as Pelé, was a Brazilian footballer who starred for Santos, Brazil and the New York Cosmos.…
Moments
- 2007 MTV Movie Awards performance Amy Winehouse
- 2007 Rolling Stones guest appearance Amy Winehouse
- 2007 First performer at renovated Wembley Stadium George Michael
- 2007 Summit with Jordanian, Palestinian, and Israeli leaders Hosni Mubarak
- 2007 African Union summit in Accra Muammar Gaddafi
- 2007 G8 summit at Heiligendamm Shinzo Abe
- 2007 WWDC keynote in San Francisco Steve Jobs
- 2007 33rd G8 summit Umaru Musa Yar'Adua
- 2007 Meeting with President Hu Jintao Umaru Musa Yar'Adua
- 2007 Design Museum exhibition opening Zaha Hadid
- 2007 Japan Expo concert Ichirou Mizuki
- 2007 Death at home on Fårö Ingmar Bergman
- 2007 The Elders launch Jimmy Carter
- 2007 AK-47 sixtieth-anniversary celebration Mikhail Kalashnikov
- 2007 Announces The Elders Nelson Mandela
- 2007 Aircraft attack after Rawalpindi departure Pervez Musharraf
- 2007 Minneapolis homecoming at First Avenue Prince
- 2007 Minneapolis homecoming at Macy's Auditorium Prince
- 2007 Minneapolis homecoming at Target Center Prince
- 2007 United States national-team game in Las Vegas Kobe Bryant
- 2007 Meeting with John Howard Morgan Tsvangirai
- 2007 Earth Tour residency opens Prince
- 2007 India visit with Manmohan Singh Shinzo Abe
- 2007 Arrival at Barbadillo detention site Alberto Fujimori
- 2007 Return to Las Palmas Air Force Base Alberto Fujimori
- 2007 Eurasia Film Festival gala Chinghiz Aitmatov
- 2007 Venice Film Festival appearance Heath Ledger
- 2007 Detention at parliament-building prison Khaleda Zia
- 2007 Presidential campaign launch Mwai Kibaki
- 2007 Sydney meeting with George W. Bush Roh Moo-hyun
- 2007 APEC summit in Sydney Shinzo Abe
- 2007 Resignation announcement Shinzo Abe
- 2007 Bilateral meeting with Condoleezza Rice Umaru Musa Yar'Adua
- 2007 Arrest in Bergen Amy Winehouse
- 2007 Return to Pakistan Benazir Bhutto
- 2007 Spencer Trask Lecture at Princeton Carlos Fuentes
- 2007 Performance at Rod Laver Arena Chester Bennington
- 2007 The Elders mission to Sudan Desmond Tutu
- 2007 At home after Nobel announcement Doris Lessing
- 2007 State visit to Nigeria Manmohan Singh
- 2007 Arrival for inter-Korean summit Roh Moo-hyun
- 2007 Crossed the Military Demarcation Line Roh Moo-hyun
- 2007 Returned through Dorasan Roh Moo-hyun
- 2007 Visited Kaesong Industrial Complex Roh Moo-hyun
- 2007 Visited Pyeonghwa Motors Roh Moo-hyun
- 2007 Meeting Pope Benedict XVI Abdullah of Saudi Arabia
- 2007 National Indoor Arena tour opening Amy Winehouse
- 2007 In Dubai during emergency declaration Benazir Bhutto
- 2007 Woodrow Wilson Award ceremony Dolly Parton
- 2007 Ibero-American Summit in Santiago Hugo Chávez