Historical figures in 2010
The atlas holds 67 people and 128 moments here, in 2010. The most recorded lives are Sebastián Piñera, José Mujica and Bingu wa Mutharika. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Performers.
Notable people
Idriss Déby
in 2010
2 moments 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…
Islam Karimov
in 2010
4 moments here
Uzbek political leader who became first secretary of the Communist Party of Uzbekistan in 1989 and served as Uzbekistan’s first president from…
Jack Brabham
in 2010
1 moment here
Australian racing driver, engineer, team owner and three-time Formula One World Champion. Brabham began in Australian speedcar racing, worked as a…
Jacques Chirac
in 2010
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).…
Jerry Rawlings
in 2010
1 moment here
Jerry John Rawlings was a Ghanaian Air Force officer and politician who led Ghana in 1979 and from 1981 to 2001, first as military ruler and later as…
Jimmy Carter
in 2010
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 Atta Mills
in 2010
1 moment here
John Evans Fiifi Atta Mills was a Ghanaian legal scholar and politician who served as vice president of Ghana from 1997 to 2001 and president from 7…
Jorge Rafael Videla
in 2010
1 moment here
Argentine Army officer and de facto president of Argentina from 1976 to 1981. His dictatorship, the National Reorganization Process, conducted…
José Mujica
in 2010
12 moments here
Uruguayan guerrilla fighter, farmer and politician who was president of Uruguay from 2010 to 2015.…
Kelly Preston
in 2010
1 moment here
Kelly Kamalelehua Smith, known professionally as Kelly Preston, was an American actress whose career spanned film and television from 1980 to 2020.…
Khaleda Zia
in 2010
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…
Lata Mangeshkar
in 2010
1 moment here
Indian playback singer and occasional composer whose career spanned eight decades. Born in Indore, she moved to Mumbai in 1945 and became a central…
Li Keqiang
in 2010
1 moment here
Chinese politician and economist who rose from rural labour in Anhui through the Communist Youth League, led Henan and Liaoning, served as vice…
Liu Xiaobo
in 2010
1 moment here
Chinese literary critic, writer, professor, human-rights activist, and 2010 Nobel Peace Prize laureate.…
Luísa Diogo
in 2010
1 moment here
Mozambican economist and FRELIMO politician who served as Minister of Planning and Finance and as Mozambique’s first female prime minister, from 2004…
Manmohan Singh
in 2010
1 moment here
Indian economist, academic, civil servant, finance minister and prime minister of India from 2004 to 2014.…
Margaret Thatcher
in 2010
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…
Mario Vargas Llosa
in 2010
2 moments here
Peruvian novelist, journalist, essayist, and political figure. Vargas Llosa lived and worked across Peru, Bolivia, Spain, France, the United Kingdom,…
Maryam Mirzakhani
in 2010
1 moment here
Iranian mathematician whose work transformed the study of hyperbolic surfaces, moduli spaces, and dynamics.…
Morgan Tsvangirai
in 2010
1 moment 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 2010
4 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 2010
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…
Nadine Gordimer
in 2010
1 moment here
South African novelist, short-story writer, and anti-apartheid activist whose work examined apartheid, race, power, and moral responsibility.…
Nawal El Saadawi
in 2010
1 moment here
Egyptian physician, psychiatrist, feminist writer, and activist whose life and work challenged patriarchal authority, gender-based violence,…
Moments
- 2010 Transfer to Jinzhou Prison Liu Xiaobo
- 2010 Honorary degree visit Morgan Tsvangirai
- 2010 Sworn in as UNASUR secretary-general Néstor Kirchner
- 2010 Fátima pilgrimage Pope Benedict XVI
- 2010 Call to Milan police from Paris Silvio Berlusconi
- 2010 Death at the presidential villa Umaru Musa Yar'Adua
- 2010 MAXXI inauguration Zaha Hadid
- 2010 Bilateral meeting with Lula da Silva Alan García
- 2010 Meeting Barack Obama at the White House Alan García
- 2010 Presidential inauguration Benigno Aquino III
- 2010 Proclaimed president-elect Benigno Aquino III
- 2010 G20 summit appearance Bingu wa Mutharika
- 2010 Second-term vote Pierre Nkurunziza
- 2010 iPhone 4 announcement at WWDC Steve Jobs
- 2010 Apollo–Soyuz 35th-anniversary reunion Alexei Leonov
- 2010 African Union summit and Food Basket launch Bingu wa Mutharika
- 2010 Drug-impaired-driving crash George Michael
- 2010 Meeting with al-Bashir in N'Djamena Idriss Déby
- 2010 Sat in the dock at the Córdoba trial Jorge Rafael Videla
- 2010 Last House of Lords sitting Margaret Thatcher
- 2010 African Union summit in Kampala Muammar Gaddafi
- 2010 Makes final public appearance Nelson Mandela
- 2010 Book-signing asthma attack Tony Curtis
- 2010 Hospitalization after Henderson event Tony Curtis
- 2010 National Assembly address Fidel Castro
- 2010 North Korea release mission Jimmy Carter
- 2010 Bilateral meetings in Asunción José Mujica
- 2010 Juan Manuel Santos inauguration José Mujica
- 2010 Mercosur meeting José Mujica
- 2010 Speaks at International Conference of Women Mathematicians Maryam Mirzakhani
- 2010 Final Rome visit Muammar Gaddafi
- 2010 Promulgation of the Constitution Mwai Kibaki
- 2010 Takers Atlanta premiere Paul Walker
- 2010 Mining-crisis visit to Bogotá Sebastián Piñera
- 2010 United Nations General Assembly visit Benigno Aquino III
- 2010 Kagame inauguration attendance Bingu wa Mutharika
- 2010 Meeting with Ahmadinejad during Iran-Africa summit Bingu wa Mutharika
- 2010 United Nations General Assembly address Bingu wa Mutharika
- 2010 Sharm El-Sheikh peace meeting Hosni Mubarak
- 2010 Meeting Ban Ki-moon in New York Islam Karimov
- 2010 UN General Assembly appearance Mwai Kibaki
- 2010 UNAM keynote lecture Nawal El Saadawi
- 2010 California meeting with Schwarzenegger Sebastián Piñera
- 2010 Chile Day at the NYSE Sebastián Piñera
- 2010 Death at home Tony Curtis
- 2010 State visit to Vietnam Benigno Aquino III
- 2010 Funeral of Néstor Kirchner Diego Maradona
- 2010 Released from Highpoint Prison George Michael
- 2010 Hebe Mulher DVD recording Hebe Camargo
- 2010 Bilateral review in Tehran Hugo Chávez