Historical figures in New York

The atlas holds 10 people and 11 moments here, from 1776 to 1983. The most recorded lives are Prajadhipok, Charlie Chaplin and Thomas Edison. Among them Business Leaders, Writers and Performers, across the Cold War and the Interwar Period.

Notable people

  1. Alexander Hamilton

    in 1776

    1 moment here

    American statesman, lawyer, revolutionary officer, constitutional convention delegate, and first U.S. secretary of the treasury.…

  2. Charlie Chaplin

    in 1921

    1 moment here

    English actor, comedian, director, writer, producer and composer whose screen persona, the Tramp, became an international icon.…

  3. Corazon Aquino

    in 1953

    1 moment here

    María Corazón Sumulong Cojuangco-Aquino was a Filipino political leader and president of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992.…

  4. George H. W. Bush

    in 1925

    1 moment here

    George Herbert Walker Bush was an American naval aviator, oil executive, congressman, diplomat, director of central intelligence, vice president, and…

  5. Hirohito

    in 1975

    1 moment here

    Hirohito (posthumously Emperor Shōwa) was Emperor of Japan from 25 December 1926 until his death in 1989.…

  6. Ngô Đình Diệm

    in 1957

    1 moment here

    Ngô Đình Diệm was a Vietnamese civil servant, nationalist politician, prime minister of the State of Vietnam, and first president of the Republic of…

  7. Prajadhipok

    in 1931

    2 moments here

    Prajadhipok (Rama VII) was King of Siam from 1925 until his abdication in 1935. Educated in England and trained in the military, he travelled…

  8. Thomas Edison

    in 1878

    1 moment here

    American inventor and industrialist whose laboratories developed and commercialized technologies in telegraphy, recorded sound, electric lighting and…

  9. Toni Morrison

    in 1983

    1 moment here

    Toni Morrison (Chloe Ardelia Wofford) was an American novelist, editor, and professor whose career moved through Ohio, Washington, D.C., New York,…

  10. Tony Curtis

    in 1951

    1 moment here

    American actor Tony Curtis (born Bernard Schwartz) worked in film, television, theatre, and painting over a career spanning six decades.…

Moments

  1. 1776 Battle of White Plains Alexander Hamilton
  2. 1878 Demonstrates phonograph at Mount St. Vincent Thomas Edison
  3. 1921 Visits Sing Sing Prison Charlie Chaplin
  4. 1925 Childhood relocation to Greenwich George H. W. Bush
  5. 1931 Press interviews at Ophir Hall Prajadhipok
  6. 1931 Royal visit to White Plains Prajadhipok
  7. 1951 Elopement and marriage to Janet Leigh Tony Curtis
  8. 1953 College graduation in the Bronx Corazon Aquino
  9. 1957 Return to Maryknoll Seminary Ngô Đình Diệm
  10. 1975 Visit in Westchester County Hirohito
  11. 1983 Nyack boathouse residence Toni Morrison

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