Historical figures in 2025

The atlas holds 13 people and 17 moments here, in 2025. The most recorded lives are Khaleda Zia, Pope Francis and Brigitte Bardot. Among them Educators, Writers and Philosophers.

Notable people

1. Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

   in 2025

   1 moment here

   Malaysian civil servant and politician who served as Malaysia’s fifth prime minister from 2003 to 2009.…

2. Ali Khamenei

   in 2025

   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.…

3. Brigitte Bardot

   in 2025

   2 moments here

   French actress, singer, model, and animal-rights activist. Born and raised in Paris, Bardot became an international film star in the 1950s and 1960s…

4. Claudia Cardinale

   in 2025

   1 moment here

   Italian-Tunisian actress whose career ranged from postwar Tunis through Italian, French, British, American, and international cinema, as well as…

5. José Mujica

   in 2025

   1 moment here

   Uruguayan guerrilla fighter, farmer and politician who was president of Uruguay from 2010 to 2015.…

6. Khaleda Zia

   in 2025

   3 moments here

   Bangladeshi politician who was prime minister of Bangladesh in 1991–1996 and 2001–2006, chaired the Bangladesh Nationalist Party from 1984 until her…

7. Mario Vargas Llosa

   in 2025

   1 moment here

   Peruvian novelist, journalist, essayist, and political figure. Vargas Llosa lived and worked across Peru, Bolivia, Spain, France, the United Kingdom,…

8. Muhammadu Buhari

   in 2025

   1 moment here

   Nigerian army officer, military head of state from 1983 to 1985, and elected president of Nigeria from 2015 to 2023.…

9. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

   in 2025

   1 moment here

   Kenyan novelist, playwright, essayist, language advocate, and academic. Ngũgĩ’s life moved from colonial Kenya through education in Uganda and…

10. Pope Francis

    in 2025

    2 moments here

    Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Pope Francis, was an Argentine Jesuit priest, archbishop of Buenos Aires, cardinal, and head of the Catholic Church and…

11. Sirikit

    in 2025

    1 moment here

    Sirikit Kitiyakara was Queen of Thailand from 1950 to 2016 as consort of King Bhumibol Adulyadej and later Queen Mother.…

12. Violeta Chamorro

    in 2025

    1 moment here

    Violeta Barrios Torres de Chamorro was a Nicaraguan newspaper publisher and politician. After succeeding her assassinated husband at La Prensa, she…

13. Yang Chen-Ning

    in 2025

    1 moment here

    Chinese-American theoretical physicist whose work in statistical mechanics, particle physics, gauge theory, and condensed-matter physics included the…

Moments

1. 2025 Admitted to The London Clinic Khaleda Zia
2. 2025 Air-ambulance journey to London Khaleda Zia
3. 2025 Meeting with Qatar's Emir Ali Khamenei
4. 2025 Death at National Heart Institute Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
5. 2025 Death in Lima Mario Vargas Llosa
6. 2025 Death at Domus Sanctae Marthae Pope Francis
7. 2025 Final public appearance Pope Francis
8. 2025 Television interview at Saint-Tropez home Brigitte Bardot
9. 2025 Death at his farmhouse José Mujica
10. 2025 Death in Buford Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
11. 2025 Death in San Jose Violeta Chamorro
12. 2025 Death in London Muhammadu Buhari
13. 2025 Death at home in Nemours Claudia Cardinale
14. 2025 Death at King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital Sirikit
15. 2025 Death in Beijing Yang Chen-Ning
16. 2025 Death at La Madrague Brigitte Bardot
17. 2025 Death at Evercare Hospital Dhaka Khaleda Zia

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