Historical figures in 2020
The atlas holds 26 people and 36 moments here, in 2020. The most recorded lives are Alexei Navalny, Shinzo Abe and Diego Maradona. Among them Political Leaders, Educators and Jurists.
Notable people
Ada Yonath
in 2020
1 moment here
Israeli crystallographer whose work on ribosome structure and function earned her a share of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.…
Alexei Navalny
in 2020
4 moments here
Russian opposition leader, anti-corruption activist, politician, and political prisoner. This chronology records supported locations of his birth,…
Ali Khamenei
in 2020
1 moment here
Iranian Shia cleric and politician who was president of Iran from 1981 to 1989 and supreme leader from 1989 until his death in 2026.…
Amadou Toumani Touré
in 2020
1 moment here
Malian army officer and politician known as ATT. He led Mali’s 1991–1992 democratic transition, served as elected president from 2002 until his 2012…
Daniel arap Moi
in 2020
1 moment here
Kenyan teacher and politician who served as Kenya’s vice president from 1967 to 1978 and its second president from 1978 to 2002.…
Diego Maradona
in 2020
2 moments here
Argentine football player and manager Diego Armando Maradona (1960–2020) was a central figure in world football.…
Elizabeth II
in 2020
1 moment here
Elizabeth II was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death.…
Hosni Mubarak
in 2020
1 moment here
Egyptian military officer and politician who served as president of Egypt from 1981 until his resignation in 2011.…
Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta
in 2020
2 moments here
Malian politician known as IBK. He was born in Koutiala, studied and worked in Mali, Senegal, and France, served as Mali’s ambassador to Côte…
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
in 2020
1 moment here
Peruvian diplomat and politician who became the fifth Secretary-General of the United Nations (1982–1991).…
Jerry Rawlings
in 2020
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…
John Magufuli
in 2020
1 moment here
John Pombe Joseph Magufuli was a Tanzanian chemist and politician who served as Tanzania’s fifth president from 5 November 2015 until his death in…
José Mujica
in 2020
1 moment here
Uruguayan guerrilla fighter, farmer and politician who was president of Uruguay from 2010 to 2015.…
Kelly Preston
in 2020
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 2020
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 2020
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.…
Li Keqiang
in 2020
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…
Muhammadu Buhari
in 2020
2 moments here
Nigerian army officer, military head of state from 1983 to 1985, and elected president of Nigeria from 2015 to 2023.…
Olivia de Havilland
in 2020
1 moment here
Olivia de Havilland was a British-American-French actress whose career ranged from California community theatre and Warner Bros.…
Pierre Nkurunziza
in 2020
2 moments here
Burundian educator, CNDD–FDD rebel leader, and president of Burundi from 2005 until his death in 2020.…
Pope Benedict XVI
in 2020
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 2020
1 moment here
Indian politician and statesman who served as the 13th President of India from 25 July 2012 to 25 July 2017.…
Sebastián Piñera
in 2020
1 moment here
Chilean economist, businessman and politician who served as president of Chile from 2010 to 2014 and from 2018 to 2022.…
Shinzo Abe
in 2020
3 moments here
Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 2006 to 2007 and from 2012 to 2020.…
Moments
- 2020 Indian Science Congress attendance Ada Yonath
- 2020 Soleimani funeral prayers Ali Khamenei
- 2020 Death in the Calabasas helicopter crash Kobe Bryant
- 2020 COVID-19 inspection in Wuhan Li Keqiang
- 2020 UK-Africa Investment Summit Muhammadu Buhari
- 2020 CNDD–FDD congress Pierre Nkurunziza
- 2020 Abu Dhabi meeting with Mohammed bin Zayed Shinzo Abe
- 2020 Hegra visit Shinzo Abe
- 2020 Private merit-making ceremony Sirikit
- 2020 Death at The Nairobi Hospital Daniel arap Moi
- 2020 Death in Cairo military hospital Hosni Mubarak
- 2020 African Union summit Muhammadu Buhari
- 2020 Sequestered at Windsor during the pandemic Elizabeth II
- 2020 Death at home in Lima Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
- 2020 Conditional release to Gulshan residence Khaleda Zia
- 2020 Visit to Plaza Baquedano Sebastián Piñera
- 2020 COVID-19 address to a church congregation John Magufuli
- 2020 G5 Sahel summit Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta
- 2020 Death at Fiftieth Anniversary Hospital Pierre Nkurunziza
- 2020 Final visit to Georg Ratzinger Pope Benedict XVI
- 2020 Death at Clearwater home Kelly Preston
- 2020 Death at home in Paris Olivia de Havilland
- 2020 Emergency hospitalization Alexei Navalny
- 2020 Flight from Tomsk Alexei Navalny
- 2020 Medical evacuation to Berlin Alexei Navalny
- 2020 Death at Army Research and Referral Hospital Pranab Mukherjee
- 2020 Retirement announcement Shinzo Abe
- 2020 Vacation at Villa Certosa before COVID-19 diagnosis Silvio Berlusconi
- 2020 Discharge from Charité Alexei Navalny
- 2020 Departure from Bamako for medical treatment Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta
- 2020 COVID-19 hospitalization Silvio Berlusconi
- 2020 Senate resignation José Mujica
- 2020 Death in Istanbul Amadou Toumani Touré
- 2020 Admitted for brain surgery Diego Maradona
- 2020 Death at home Diego Maradona
- 2020 Death at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital Jerry Rawlings