Historical figures in Geneva
The atlas holds 30 people and 55 moments here, from 58 BC to 2007. The most recorded lives are Giuseppe Verdi, Indira Gandhi and John Milton. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Scientists, across the Cold War and the Space Age.
Notable people
Giuseppe Verdi
in 1859
1 moment here
Italian composer whose career transformed nineteenth-century opera. Born near Busseto, Verdi studied and worked in Busseto and Milan, then traveled…
Indira Gandhi
in 1981
1 moment here
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi was an Indian stateswoman who served as prime minister from 1966 to 1977 and from 1980 until her assassination in 1984.…
John Milton
in 1639
1 moment here
English poet, polemicist, and civil servant. This chronology follows documented residences, education, continental travel, marriages, public service,…
Giordano Bruno
in 1579
1 moment here
Italian Renaissance philosopher, Dominican friar, writer, and cosmological theorist. Born at Nola, Bruno studied and lived in Italy, Switzerland,…
Benazir Bhutto
in 1984
1 moment here
Pakistani political leader who served twice as prime minister, from 1988 to 1990 and from 1993 to 1996.…
Gabriela Mistral
in 1928
1 moment here
Chilean poet, educator, journalist, and diplomat born Lucila Godoy Alcayaga. Mistral taught across Chile, worked on Mexican educational reform,…
Moments
- 1985 Meets Gorbachev in Geneva Ronald Reagan
- 1986 Marriage through Paraguayan consulate in Geneva Jorge Luis Borges
- 1986 Death in Geneva Jorge Luis Borges
- 1990 Visits Geneva Nelson Mandela
- 2007 Residence in Geneva after UN service Kofi Annan