Historical figures in Hong Kong
The atlas holds 4 people and 5 moments here, from 1930 to 2011. The most recorded lives are Ho Chi Minh, Margaret Thatcher and Li Keqiang. Among them Political Leaders, Scientists and Educators, across the Space Age and the Cold War.
Notable people
Ho Chi Minh
from 1930 to 1931
2 moments here
Vietnamese revolutionary and statesman, born Nguyễn Sinh Cung, who led the Việt Minh, proclaimed the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945, and…
Margaret Thatcher
in 1984
1 moment 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…
Li Keqiang
in 2011
1 moment here
Chinese politician and economist who rose from rural labour in Anhui through the Communist Youth League, led Henan and Liaoning, served as vice…
Maryam Mirzakhani
in 1994
1 moment here
Iranian mathematician whose work transformed the study of hyperbolic surfaces, moduli spaces, and dynamics.…
Moments
- 1930 Communist unification meeting Ho Chi Minh
- 1931 Arrest by Royal Hong Kong Police Ho Chi Minh
- 1984 Hong Kong press conference Margaret Thatcher
- 1994 International Mathematical Olympiad gold medal Maryam Mirzakhani
- 2011 Official visit to Hong Kong Li Keqiang