Israel in the Space Age

The atlas holds 8 people and 10 moments here, from 1957 to 2026. The most recorded lives are Jean-Paul Sartre, Bob Hawke and Jorge Luis Borges.

Abdurrahman Wahid
in 1994
1 moment here
Indonesian Islamic scholar, Nahdlatul Ulama leader, reform advocate, and fourth president of Indonesia (1999–2001), widely known as Gus Dur.…
Ada Yonath
in 2026
1 moment here
Israeli crystallographer whose work on ribosome structure and function earned her a share of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.…
Bob Hawke
from 1976 to 1987
2 moments here
Australian trade-union leader and Labor politician who served as Australia’s 23rd prime minister from 1983 to 1991.…
Chien-Shiung Wu
in 1957
1 moment here
Chinese-American experimental physicist whose career moved from Jiangsu and eastern China to California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York,…
Jean-Paul Sartre
from 1967 to 1978
2 moments here
French philosopher, writer, and political activist associated with existentialism. His documented movements include education and teaching across…
Jorge Luis Borges
in 1969
1 moment here
Argentine writer, poet, essayist, translator, lecturer, librarian, and critic. Borges was born in Buenos Aires, lived in Switzerland and Spain during…
Marguerite Duras
in 1978
1 moment here
French novelist, playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and experimental filmmaker, born Marguerite Germaine Marie Donnadieu.…
Miguel Ángel Asturias
in 1972
1 moment here
Guatemalan poet-diplomat, novelist, playwright, journalist, and 1967 Nobel laureate. Asturias’s documented life moved between Guatemala, Europe,…