Historical figures in Luanda
The atlas holds 5 people and 14 moments here, from 1942 to 2018. The most recorded lives are Edgar Lungu, Agostinho Neto and José Eduardo dos Santos. Among them Jurists, Writers and Political Leaders, across the Space Age and the Cold War.
Notable people
Agostinho Neto
from 1959 to 1975
4 moments here
António Agostinho Neto was an Angolan physician, poet, anti-colonial leader, president of the MPLA, and the first president of independent Angola.…
Ali Khamenei
in 1986
1 moment here
Iranian Shia cleric and politician who was president of Iran from 1981 to 1989 and supreme leader from 1989 until his death in 2026.…
Edgar Lungu
from 2015 to 2018
5 moments here
Edgar Chagwa Lungu was a Zambian lawyer and politician who served as Zambia's sixth president from 2015 to 2021.…
Fidel Castro
in 1977
1 moment here
Cuban revolutionary and political leader who led the 26th of July Movement against Fulgencio Batista, became Cuba's prime minister in 1959, and later…
José Eduardo dos Santos
from 1942 to 2011
3 moments here
Angolan politician and military officer who served as Angola’s president from 1979 to 2017. His documented movements include exile in…
Moments
- 1942 Birth in Sambizanga José Eduardo dos Santos
- 1959 Return to Luanda as a physician Agostinho Neto
- 1960 Arrest at his Luanda clinic Agostinho Neto
- 1975 Return to Luanda Agostinho Neto
- 1975 Proclamation of Angolan independence Agostinho Neto
- 1977 African diplomatic tour Fidel Castro
- 1986 Presidential visit to Luanda Ali Khamenei
- 2003 Dinner for President Lula José Eduardo dos Santos
- 2011 Receiving Dilma Rousseff José Eduardo dos Santos
- 2015 State visit to Angola Edgar Lungu
- 2015 Great Lakes regional summit Edgar Lungu
- 2016 Great Lakes regional summit Edgar Lungu
- 2017 João Lourenço inauguration Edgar Lungu
- 2018 Working visit to Angola Edgar Lungu