Historical figures of the Space Age
The atlas holds 86 people and 2,125 moments here, from 1957 to 2025. The most recorded lives are Margaret Thatcher, Selena and George Michael. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Performers.
Notable people
Margaret Thatcher
from 1959 to 2013
31 moments 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…
Selena
from 1971 to 1995
31 moments here
Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, known mononymously as Selena, was an American Tejano singer, songwriter, fashion designer, and business owner.…
George Michael
from 1963 to 2016
31 moments here
English singer-songwriter and record producer, born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou in East Finchley, England.…
Robin Williams
from 1963 to 2014
30 moments here
Robin McLaurin Williams was an American actor and comedian, born in Chicago and raised in Illinois, Michigan, and California.…
Benazir Bhutto
from 1965 to 2007
30 moments here
Pakistani political leader who served twice as prime minister, from 1988 to 1990 and from 1993 to 1996.…
Kurt Cobain
from 1967 to 1994
29 moments here
American singer, guitarist, songwriter, and founding member of Nirvana. This chronology maps documented residences, recording sessions, performances,…
Che Guevara
from 1957 to 1967
28 moments here
Ernesto "Che" Guevara (1928–1967) was an Argentine physician, Marxist revolutionary, Cuban government official, diplomat, and guerrilla commander.…
Wangarĩ Maathai
from 1960 to 2011
26 moments here
Kenyan environmentalist, democracy activist, academic, founder of the Green Belt Movement, parliamentarian, and the first African woman awarded the…
Gabriel García Márquez
from 1957 to 2014
25 moments here
Colombian novelist, journalist, screenwriter, and Nobel laureate whose life moved between Colombia, Europe, Cuba, the United States, Mexico, and…
Pope Benedict XVI
from 1958 to 2022
24 moments here
Joseph Alois Ratzinger (1927–2022), Pope Benedict XVI, was a German Catholic theologian, archbishop, cardinal, prefect of the Congregation for the…
Alexei Navalny
from 1976 to 2024
24 moments here
Russian opposition leader, anti-corruption activist, politician, and political prisoner. This chronology records supported locations of his birth,…
Liu Xiaobo
from 1969 to 2017
24 moments here
Chinese literary critic, writer, professor, human-rights activist, and 2010 Nobel Peace Prize laureate.…
Ebrahim Raisi
from 1960 to 2024
24 moments here
Iranian cleric, judicial official, and politician who served as president of Iran from 2021 until his death in a helicopter crash in 2024.…
Douglas Adams
from 1957 to 2001
23 moments here
English author, screenwriter and humourist best known for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.…
Corazon Aquino
from 1972 to 2009
23 moments here
María Corazón Sumulong Cojuangco-Aquino was a Filipino political leader and president of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992.…
Pope John Paul II
from 1958 to 2005
22 moments here
Karol Józef Wojtyła (1920–2005), Pope John Paul II from 1978, was a Polish Catholic priest, bishop, cardinal, and pope.…
Elvis Presley
from 1958 to 1977
21 moments here
American singer and actor Elvis Aaron Presley, widely known as the “King of Rock and Roll.” Born in Tupelo, Mississippi, he grew up in Memphis,…
Yuri Gagarin
from 1957 to 1968
21 moments here
Soviet pilot and cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin became the first human to travel into outer space and to orbit Earth on Vostok 1 on 12 April…
Osama bin Laden
from 1957 to 2011
21 moments here
Saudi-born founder and first emir of al-Qaeda. His documented movements include childhood and education in Saudi Arabia and England; militant…
Raisa Gorbacheva
from 1960 to 1999
21 moments here
Soviet and Russian activist, philanthropist, lecturer, and public figure; wife of Mikhail Gorbachev.…
Stephen Hawking
from 1959 to 2018
20 moments here
English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author whose work on singularities, black-hole thermodynamics, and Hawking radiation reshaped modern…
Mohamed Morsi
from 1975 to 2019
20 moments here
Egyptian engineer, university professor, Muslim Brotherhood politician, and Egypt’s fifth president, serving from 2012 until his removal in July…
Carrie Fisher
from 1973 to 2016
19 moments here
Carrie Frances Fisher was an American actress, writer, and public advocate, internationally known for playing Princess Leia in the Star Wars films.…
Kobe Bryant
from 1978 to 2020
18 moments here
Kobe Bean Bryant was an American professional basketball player who spent his entire 20-year NBA career with the Los Angeles Lakers.…
Moments
- 1958 Born in Gary Michael Jackson
- 1958 Faces formal Treason Trial Nelson Mandela
- 1958 Visit to Gangtok Jawaharlal Nehru
- 1958 Stabbed at Harlem book signing Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1958 Consecration as auxiliary bishop Pope John Paul II
- 1958 Stationed at Ray Barracks Elvis Presley
- 1958 Receives Order of Liberation in Paris Winston Churchill
- 1958 Arrival at Santa Clara University Che Guevara
- 1959 Battle of Santa Clara Che Guevara
- 1959 Command at La Cabaña Fortress Che Guevara
- 1959 Entry into Havana Che Guevara
- 1959 Meeting with Sukarno in Jakarta Che Guevara
- 1959 Recovery and planning at Tarará Che Guevara
- 1959 Home outside Ketchum Ernest Hemingway
- 1959 Freedom Caravan arrival Fidel Castro
- 1959 Residence and office at Havana Hilton Fidel Castro
- 1959 Revolutionary victory speech Fidel Castro
- 1959 Working visit to Caracas Fidel Castro
- 1959 Operation Truth in Havana Gabriel García Márquez
- 1959 Prensa Latina correspondent in Bogotá Gabriel García Márquez
- 1959 Family move to Houston George H. W. Bush
- 1959 Move to Rio de Janeiro for TV Continental Hebe Camargo
- 1959 Interview in Paris Marlene Dietrich
- 1959 Speaks at Yale's Woolsey Hall Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1959 Occupies Château de Vauvenargues Pablo Picasso
- 1959 Professor at the University of Bonn Pope Benedict XVI
- 1959 Studies paintings at the Prado Salvador Dalí
- 1959 Family move to Monta Loma Steve Jobs
- 1959 Last stay in Marrakesh Winston Churchill
- 1959 Arrives at Gandhigram Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1959 Arrives in New Delhi Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1959 Meets Nehru at Teen Murti Bhavan Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1959 Received by Kerala government Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1959 Stays in Bangalore Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1959 Views sunset at Cape Comorin Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1959 Visits Bodh Gaya Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1959 Visits Richard Wright in Paris Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1959 Leaves Safi aboard Christina Winston Churchill
- 1959 Meeting Harold Macmillan at Camp David Dwight D. Eisenhower
- 1959 Finchley campaign speech Margaret Thatcher
- 1959 Makes Jerusalem pilgrimage Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1959 Meets Vinoba Bhave Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1959 Returns from India through New York Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1959 Visits Sabarmati Ashram Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1959 United States working visit Fidel Castro
- 1959 Metropolitan Opera House concert run Judy Garland
- 1959 Marriage ceremony at La Cabaña Che Guevara
- 1959 Trade negotiations in Japan Che Guevara
- 1959 Visit to Hiroshima Che Guevara
- 1959 Entered Brentwood School preparatory department Douglas Adams