Germany in the Space Age

The atlas holds 8 people and 8 moments here, from 1959 to 2013. The most recorded lives are Charles de Gaulle, Mohamed Morsi and Alexei Leonov.

Abdurrahman Wahid
in 1970
1 moment here
Indonesian Islamic scholar, Nahdlatul Ulama leader, reform advocate, and fourth president of Indonesia (1999–2001), widely known as Gus Dur.…
Abebe Bikila
in 1968
1 moment here
Ethiopian marathon runner and Imperial Guard officer who won Olympic marathon gold in Rome in 1960 and Tokyo in 1964, both in world-record time.…
Alexei Leonov
in 1959
1 moment here
Soviet and Russian cosmonaut, aviator, artist, and writer. Leonov became the first person to conduct a spacewalk on 18 March 1965 and commanded Soyuz…
Charles de Gaulle
in 1962
1 moment here
French army officer, leader of Free France during the Second World War, head of France's Provisional Government, and president of the French Fifth…
Mohamed Morsi
in 2013
1 moment here
Egyptian engineer, university professor, Muslim Brotherhood politician, and Egypt’s fifth president, serving from 2012 until his removal in July…
Ram Narayan
in 1964
1 moment here
Indian sarangi player who established the sarangi as a solo concert instrument in Hindustani classical music.…
Umaru Musa Yar'Adua
in 2007
1 moment here
Nigerian teacher, businessman and politician who served as governor of Katsina State from 1999 to 2007 and president of Nigeria from 2007 until his…
Vladimir Zhirinovsky
in 1992
1 moment here
Vladimir Volfovich Zhirinovsky (1946–2022) was a Russian politician, founder and long-time leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia.…