Historical figures in Paris
The atlas holds 106 people and 375 moments here, from 800 to 2015. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Scientists, across the Space Age and the Cold War.
Moments
- 1931 Tour of France Helen Keller
- 1931 Leaves London and speaks in Paris Mahatma Gandhi
- 1934 Marries Gala in Paris Salvador Dalí
- 1936 Committee meeting in Paris Gabriela Mistral
- 1936 Journey through Paris en route to Spain George Orwell
- 1937 Teaching in Paris before the war Jean-Paul Sartre
- 1937 Paints Guernica at Grands-Augustins Pablo Picasso
- 1937 Colloquium of Arts and Letters Gabriela Mistral
- 1937 Attends the Spanish Pavilion opening Pablo Picasso
- 1938 Arrives in Paris during exile journey Sigmund Freud
- 1939 Paris exhibition trip Frida Kahlo
- 1940 Move to Paris for Paris-Soir Albert Camus
- 1940 Tours Paris Adolf Hitler
- 1940 In Paris as brigadier-general Charles de Gaulle
- 1940 Returns to occupied Paris Pablo Picasso
- 1941 Returned to teaching and settled at Hotel Mistral Jean-Paul Sartre
- 1941 Teaching at Lycée Condorcet Jean-Paul Sartre
- 1943 Return to Paris and Resistance work Albert Camus
- 1944 Liberation of Paris Charles de Gaulle
- 1944 Liberation of Paris Ernest Hemingway
- 1944 Reception for Churchill in Paris Charles de Gaulle
- 1944 Armistice Day in liberated Paris Winston Churchill
- 1945 Postwar residence in Paris Albert Camus
- 1945 Moved to rue Bonaparte Jean-Paul Sartre
- 1945 War correspondent in liberated Paris George Orwell
- 1946 Paris hotel stay Ho Chi Minh
- 1948 United Nations General Assembly special session Jawaharlal Nehru
- 1950 NATO command residence Dwight D. Eisenhower
- 1951 Began a Europe-Asia fact-finding tour John F. Kennedy
- 1952 Speech at the Sorbonne Helen Keller
- 1955 Residence in Paris Gabriel García Márquez
- 1956 Writing in the Latin Quarter Gabriel García Márquez
- 1956 Paris trunks recovered at the Ritz Ernest Hemingway
- 1958 Receives Order of Liberation in Paris Winston Churchill
- 1959 Interview in Paris Marlene Dietrich
- 1959 Visits Richard Wright in Paris Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1960 Sorbonne conference Le Corbusier
- 1960 Olympia concerts Judy Garland
- 1960 Palais de Chaillot concerts Judy Garland
- 1961 Talks with President Kennedy Charles de Gaulle
- 1961 Held Paris state visit John F. Kennedy
- 1962 Studio at 222 boulevard Raspail Jean-Paul Sartre
- 1962 Olympia appearance Marlene Dietrich
- 1962 Survived the Petit-Clamart ambush Charles de Gaulle
- 1964 Grand Officier ceremony at atelier Le Corbusier
- 1965 Undergoes surgery in Neuilly Pablo Picasso
- 1965 Paris Air Show appearance Yuri Gagarin
- 1966 Paris stopover and Élysée meetings Indira Gandhi
- 1967 Olympia recital and interview Umm Kulthum
- 1968 Arrest during the May 1968 strikes Jean-Paul Sartre