Historical figures in 2012
The atlas holds 50 people and 89 moments here, in 2012. The most recorded lives are Mohamed Morsi, José Mujica and Sebastián Piñera. Among them Political Leaders, Musicians and Composers and Writers.
Notable people
Kofi Annan
in 2012
1 moment here
Ghanaian diplomat and statesman who served as Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006.…
Li Keqiang
in 2012
2 moments here
Chinese politician and economist who rose from rural labour in Anhui through the Communist Youth League, led Henan and Liaoning, served as vice…
Luísa Diogo
in 2012
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 2012
4 moments here
Indian economist, academic, civil servant, finance minister and prime minister of India from 2004 to 2014.…
Mohamed Morsi
in 2012
6 moments here
Egyptian engineer, university professor, Muslim Brotherhood politician, and Egypt’s fifth president, serving from 2012 until his removal in July…
Morgan Tsvangirai
in 2012
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…
Muhammad Ali
in 2012
1 moment here
Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.) was an American boxer, activist, humanitarian, and global cultural figure.…
Mwai Kibaki
in 2012
4 moments here
Kenyan economist and politician who served as Kenya’s third president from 2002 to 2013. This chronology records documented physical presence from…
Nawal El Saadawi
in 2012
1 moment here
Egyptian physician, psychiatrist, feminist writer, and activist whose life and work challenged patriarchal authority, gender-based violence,…
Neil Armstrong
in 2012
2 moments here
American naval aviator, research test pilot, NASA astronaut, aerospace administrator, and professor.…
Nelson Mandela
in 2012
1 moment here
South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, lawyer and statesman. Mandela helped lead the African National Congress, co-founded its armed wing,…
Nguyễn Phú Trọng
in 2012
2 moments here
Vietnamese politician and political theorist who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam from 2011 until his death in 2024, and…
Norodom Sihanouk
in 2012
2 moments here
Cambodian monarch, politician, and cultural figure who was king (1941–1955; 1993–2004), prime minister, chief of state, and leader in exile.…
Oscar Niemeyer
in 2012
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 2012
2 moments here
Edson Arantes do Nascimento, known as Pelé, was a Brazilian footballer who starred for Santos, Brazil and the New York Cosmos.…
Pope Benedict XVI
in 2012
1 moment here
Joseph Alois Ratzinger (1927–2022), Pope Benedict XVI, was a German Catholic theologian, archbishop, cardinal, prefect of the Congregation for the…
Pranab Mukherjee
in 2012
1 moment here
Indian politician and statesman who served as the 13th President of India from 25 July 2012 to 25 July 2017.…
Ravi Shankar
in 2012
3 moments here
Indian sitarist and composer Ravi Shankar (1920–2012) was a leading exponent of Hindustani classical music whose performances, teaching, recordings,…
Sebastián Piñera
in 2012
5 moments here
Chilean economist, businessman and politician who served as president of Chile from 2010 to 2014 and from 2018 to 2022.…
Shinzo Abe
in 2012
1 moment here
Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 2006 to 2007 and from 2012 to 2020.…
Sirikit
in 2012
3 moments here
Sirikit Kitiyakara was Queen of Thailand from 1950 to 2016 as consort of King Bhumibol Adulyadej and later Queen Mother.…
Sridevi
in 2012
2 moments here
Indian actress Sridevi (Shree Amma Yanger Ayyapan) worked in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam, and Kannada cinema from childhood through 2018.…
Stephen Hawking
in 2012
1 moment here
English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author whose work on singularities, black-hole thermodynamics, and Hawking radiation reshaped modern…
Toni Morrison
in 2012
2 moments here
Toni Morrison (Chloe Ardelia Wofford) was an American novelist, editor, and professor whose career moved through Ohio, Washington, D.C., New York,…
Moments
- 2012 Kenya Investment Conference Mwai Kibaki
- 2012 Spends 94th birthday in Qunu Nelson Mandela
- 2012 Presidential oath of office Pranab Mukherjee
- 2012 Stroke at Siriraj Hospital Sirikit
- 2012 Visit to the Queen Sirikit Museum of Textiles Sirikit
- 2012 National Technology Awakening Day appearance B. J. Habibie
- 2012 Comedy Central Roast of Roseanne Carrie Fisher
- 2012 Non-Aligned Movement summit Manmohan Singh
- 2012 Non-Aligned Movement summit Mohamed Morsi
- 2012 Legion of Honour ceremony Morgan Tsvangirai
- 2012 Death in Fairfield Neil Armstrong
- 2012 Honorary degree Pelé
- 2012 Olympic hunger summit Pelé
- 2012 London Paralympics opening ceremony Stephen Hawking
- 2012 Death at her Morumbi home Hebe Camargo
- 2012 Official visit to Singapore Nguyễn Phú Trọng
- 2012 APEC Summit in Vladivostok Sebastián Piñera
- 2012 English Vinglish world premiere Sridevi
- 2012 Stars of the Season Gala Chester Bennington
- 2012 Final concert George Michael
- 2012 Honorary doctorate ceremony José Mujica
- 2012 Official visit to Matrouh Mohamed Morsi
- 2012 Death in Beijing Norodom Sihanouk
- 2012 LDP presidency campaign visit to Yasukuni Shinzo Abe
- 2012 Reading from Home Toni Morrison
- 2012 Galaxy SOHO opening Zaha Hadid
- 2012 Back surgery in Riyadh Abdullah of Saudi Arabia
- 2012 Meeting with President Obama Bhumibol Adulyadej
- 2012 ASEAN summit in Phnom Penh Manmohan Singh
- 2012 Thika Road commissioning Mwai Kibaki
- 2012 Final concert Ravi Shankar
- 2012 Ibero-American Summit in Cádiz Sebastián Piñera
- 2012 Transfer from Tora Prison Hosni Mubarak
- 2012 Fourth cancer surgery in Havana Hugo Chávez
- 2012 Inspection trip to Jiangxi Li Keqiang
- 2012 Death at Hospital Samaritano Oscar Niemeyer
- 2012 Admission to Scripps Memorial Hospital Ravi Shankar
- 2012 Death at Scripps Memorial Hospital Ravi Shankar
- 2012 Marrakech International Film Festival Sridevi