Historical figures of the Cold War
The atlas holds 92 people and 1,554 moments here, from 1947 to 1991. The most recorded lives are Wangarĩ Maathai, Charlie Chaplin and Pope Francis. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Performers.
Notable people
Wangarĩ Maathai
from 1947 to 1991
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Kenyan environmentalist, democracy activist, academic, founder of the Green Belt Movement, parliamentarian, and the first African woman awarded the…
Charlie Chaplin
from 1952 to 1977
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English actor, comedian, director, writer, producer and composer whose screen persona, the Tramp, became an international icon.…
Pope Francis
from 1958 to 1986
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Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Pope Francis, was an Argentine Jesuit priest, archbishop of Buenos Aires, cardinal, and head of the Catholic Church and…
Charles de Gaulle
from 1958 to 1970
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French army officer, leader of Free France during the Second World War, head of France's Provisional Government, and president of the French Fifth…
Liu Xiaobo
from 1955 to 1989
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Chinese literary critic, writer, professor, human-rights activist, and 2010 Nobel Peace Prize laureate.…
Winston Churchill
from 1948 to 1965
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Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874–1965) was a British soldier, journalist, author and statesman whose career ranged from imperial campaigns in…
Pope Benedict XVI
from 1951 to 1981
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Joseph Alois Ratzinger (1927–2022), Pope Benedict XVI, was a German Catholic theologian, archbishop, cardinal, prefect of the Congregation for the…
Stephen Hawking
from 1950 to 1985
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English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author whose work on singularities, black-hole thermodynamics, and Hawking radiation reshaped modern…
Ho Chi Minh
from 1950 to 1969
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Vietnamese revolutionary and statesman, born Nguyễn Sinh Cung, who led the Việt Minh, proclaimed the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945, and…
J. R. R. Tolkien
from 1947 to 1973
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John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was an English philologist, university professor, and author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.…
Kofi Annan
from 1954 to 1983
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Ghanaian diplomat and statesman who served as Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006.…
Osama bin Laden
from 1957 to 1991
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Saudi-born founder and first emir of al-Qaeda. His documented movements include childhood and education in Saudi Arabia and England; militant…
Doris Lessing
from 1949 to 1988
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British novelist Doris May Lessing was born in Kermanshah, Iran, grew up in Southern Rhodesia, and moved to London in 1949.…
Nadine Gordimer
from 1948 to 1991
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South African novelist, short-story writer, and anti-apartheid activist whose work examined apartheid, race, power, and moral responsibility.…
Michael Jackson
from 1958 to 1987
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American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist whose career began with the Jackson 5 and developed into global solo stardom.…
Mao Zedong
from 1949 to 1976
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Chinese communist revolutionary and political leader who led the Chinese Communist Party and founded the People’s Republic of China.…
Hebe Camargo
from 1950 to 1970
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Brazilian television host, singer, actress, and radio performer widely known as the “Queen of Brazilian Television.” Born in Taubaté, she moved to…
Kobe Bryant
from 1978 to 1991
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Kobe Bean Bryant was an American professional basketball player who spent his entire 20-year NBA career with the Los Angeles Lakers.…
Mahatma Gandhi
from 1947 to 1948
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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, political ethicist, and leader of mass nonviolent resistance.…
Rafael Orozco Maestre
from 1954 to 1990
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Colombian vallenato singer and songwriter, co-founder and lead singer of Binomio de Oro with accordionist Israel Romero.…
Gabriela Mistral
from 1948 to 1957
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Chilean poet, educator, journalist, and diplomat born Lucila Godoy Alcayaga. Mistral taught across Chile, worked on Mexican educational reform,…
George Orwell
from 1947 to 1950
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George Orwell was the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair, an English novelist, essayist, journalist, critic, and democratic socialist.…
Hugo Chávez
from 1954 to 1984
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Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías was a Venezuelan army officer and politician who led the failed February 1992 coup attempt, became president of Venezuela in…
Mohamed Morsi
from 1951 to 1985
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Egyptian engineer, university professor, Muslim Brotherhood politician, and Egypt’s fifth president, serving from 2012 until his removal in July…
Moments
- 1949 State visit to Canada Jawaharlal Nehru
- 1949 Proclamation of the People's Republic Mao Zedong
- 1949 Meets Pope Pius XII Salvador Dalí
- 1949 First Moscow visit Mao Zedong
- 1950 Solo northern Argentina expedition Che Guevara
- 1950 NATO command residence Dwight D. Eisenhower
- 1950 Hospital ABC treatment Frida Kahlo
- 1950 Journalism in Barranquilla Gabriel García Márquez
- 1950 Death at University College Hospital George Orwell
- 1950 Teaching at Argentine cultural institutions Jorge Luis Borges
- 1950 Move to Holywell Street J. R. R. Tolkien
- 1950 First Ronchamp visit Le Corbusier
- 1950 Long Island murals and sandcasts Le Corbusier
- 1950 Arrival for Moscow State University Mikhail Gorbachev
- 1950 Moscow State University residence Mikhail Gorbachev
- 1950 Establishes Missionaries of Charity Mother Teresa
- 1950 Retreats to paint at Portlligat Salvador Dalí
- 1950 Family move to St Albans Stephen Hawking
- 1950 Foundry apprenticeship Yuri Gagarin
- 1950 Meeting with Stalin and Mao Ho Chi Minh
- 1950 Receiving television equipment at the port Hebe Camargo
- 1950 Blair House Korean War meeting Harry S. Truman
- 1950 Visit to Jakarta Jawaharlal Nehru
- 1950 Challenges segregation at Mary's Cafe Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1950 Meeting Richard Nixon at Bohemian Grove Dwight D. Eisenhower
- 1950 TV Tupi inaugural broadcast Hebe Camargo
- 1950 Development-plan announcement Golda Meir
- 1950 San Francisco address after Wake conference Harry S. Truman
- 1950 Wake Island conference with MacArthur Harry S. Truman
- 1950 Student protest and arrest Fidel Castro
- 1950 Hears Mordecai Johnson on Gandhi Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1951 Residence in Rapallo Gabriela Mistral
- 1951 Return visit to Naples Jean-Paul Sartre
- 1951 Began a Europe-Asia fact-finding tour John F. Kennedy
- 1951 Assistant pastor at St. Martin Pope Benedict XVI
- 1951 First Mass Pope Benedict XVI
- 1951 Family visit at Schiphol Airport Walt Disney
- 1951 Industrial Technical School studies Yuri Gagarin
- 1951 Chandigarh planning site Le Corbusier
- 1951 London Palladium comeback Judy Garland
- 1951 Eye Hospital opening address Helen Keller
- 1951 Graduates from Crozer Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1951 Priestly ordination Pope Benedict XVI
- 1951 Theatre Royal engagement Judy Garland
- 1951 Birth at St. Luke's Hospital Robin Williams
- 1951 Birth in El Adwah Mohamed Morsi
- 1951 Begins Boston University studies Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1951 Attends Venice's Ball of the Century Salvador Dalí
- 1951 Visited President Truman Elizabeth II
- 1951 Visited French Indochina John F. Kennedy