Historical figures in Poland
The atlas holds 3 people and 3 moments here, from 1944 to 2012. The most recorded lives are Pope John Paul II, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and Eusébio. Among them Educators, Writers and Philosophers, across the Space Age and the Cold War.
Notable people
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
in 1944
1 moment here
Soviet and Russian novelist, essayist, historian, dissident, and Nobel laureate whose writings on Soviet political repression and the Gulag made him…
Eusébio
in 2012
1 moment here
Eusébio da Silva Ferreira (1942–2014) was a Portuguese footballer, born in Lourenço Marques (now Maputo), who became Benfica's record goalscorer and…
Pope John Paul II
in 1979
1 moment here
Karol Józef Wojtyła (1920–2005), Pope John Paul II from 1978, was a Polish Catholic priest, bishop, cardinal, and pope.…
Moments
- 1944 Red Army battery in Poland Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
- 1979 First papal journey to Poland Pope John Paul II
- 2012 Hospitalisation while accompanying Portugal Eusébio