Historical figures in China
The atlas holds 11 people and 12 moments here, from 1938 to 1988. The most recorded lives are Eisaku Satō, Jean-Paul Sartre and Kwame Nkrumah. Among them Writers, Military Leaders and Philosophers, across the Cold War and the Space Age.
Notable people
Chien-Shiung Wu
in 1973
1 moment here
Chinese-American experimental physicist whose career moved from Jiangsu and eastern China to California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York,…
Dorothy Hodgkin
in 1959
1 moment here
English chemist and X-ray crystallographer Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin determined major biomolecular structures including penicillin, vitamin B12,…
Eisaku Satō
from 1938 to 1939
2 moments here
Japanese politician and prime minister of Japan from 1964 to 1972. A former railway bureaucrat, Satō led Japan during rapid economic growth, pursued…
Jean-Paul Sartre
in 1955
1 moment here
French philosopher, writer, and political activist associated with existentialism. His documented movements include education and teaching across…
Jiang Zemin
in 1972
1 moment here
Jiang Zemin was a Chinese electrical engineer and politician who served as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 1989 to 2002,…
Kwame Nkrumah
in 1961
1 moment here
Ghanaian nationalist leader, Pan-Africanist, and political theorist who led the Gold Coast to independence as Ghana in 1957.…
Pridi Banomyong
in 1949
1 moment here
Thai lawyer, political leader, regent, prime minister, and founder of Thammasat University. A civilian leader of the 1932 Siamese Revolution, he…
Rajiv Gandhi
in 1988
1 moment here
Rajiv Gandhi was an Indian aircraft pilot and politician who served as prime minister of India from 1984 to 1989.…
Ram Narayan
in 1954
1 moment here
Indian sarangi player who established the sarangi as a solo concert instrument in Hindustani classical music.…
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
in 1957
1 moment here
Indian philosopher, academic, diplomat, and statesman. Radhakrishnan taught at leading Indian and British universities, served as vice-chancellor of…
Võ Nguyên Giáp
in 1940
1 moment here
Vietnamese general, communist revolutionary, and politician. Giáp was a leading commander of the Việt Minh and the People’s Army of Vietnam, served…
Moments
- 1938 Railroad-construction assignment in China Eisaku Satō
- 1939 Railroad-construction assignment in China Eisaku Satō
- 1940 Exile in China Võ Nguyên Giáp
- 1949 Exile in China Pridi Banomyong
- 1954 Performance visit to China Ram Narayan
- 1955 Photographed in China Jean-Paul Sartre
- 1957 Friendly visit to China Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
- 1959 First visit to China Dorothy Hodgkin
- 1961 Tour of the People's Republic of China Kwame Nkrumah
- 1972 Return from Romania mission Jiang Zemin
- 1973 Return visit to China Chien-Shiung Wu
- 1988 Visits China and meets Deng Xiaoping Rajiv Gandhi