Historical figures in Tehran
The atlas holds 17 people and 23 moments here, from 1014 to 2019. The most recorded lives are Ebrahim Raisi, Maryam Mirzakhani and Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Among them Political Leaders, Writers and Scientists, across the Space Age and the Cold War.
Notable people
Ebrahim Raisi
from 1985 to 2017
4 moments here
Iranian cleric, judicial official, and politician who served as president of Iran from 2021 until his death in a helicopter crash in 2024.…
Maryam Mirzakhani
from 1977 to 1999
3 moments here
Iranian mathematician whose work transformed the study of hyperbolic surfaces, moduli spaces, and dynamics.…
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
in 1943
2 moments here
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as New York state senator, assistant secretary of the Navy,…
Joseph Stalin
in 1943
1 moment here
Soviet revolutionary and political leader, born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili in Gori, Georgia.…
Winston Churchill
in 1943
1 moment here
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874–1965) was a British soldier, journalist, author and statesman whose career ranged from imperial campaigns in…
Elizabeth II
in 1961
1 moment here
Elizabeth II was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death.…
Rabindranath Tagore
in 1932
1 moment here
Bengali poet, novelist, dramatist, composer, painter, philosopher, social reformer, and educationist.…
Margaret Thatcher
in 1978
1 moment here
British stateswoman Margaret Hilda Thatcher (née Roberts) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990, the first woman to hold the…
Jimmy Carter
in 1977
1 moment here
James Earl Carter Jr. was an American naval officer, Georgia state senator and governor, the 39th president of the United States, and a…
Stephen Hawking
in 1962
1 moment here
English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author whose work on singularities, black-hole thermodynamics, and Hawking radiation reshaped modern…
Avicenna
in 1014
1 moment here
Ibn Sina (Avicenna; c. 980–22 June 1037) was a Persian philosopher, physician, and court official.…
Jawaharlal Nehru
in 1959
1 moment here
Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and statesman who became independent India’s first prime minister, serving from 15 August 1947 until his…
Hugo Chávez
in 2010
1 moment here
Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías was a Venezuelan army officer and politician who led the failed February 1992 coup attempt, became president of Venezuela in…
Indira Gandhi
in 1974
1 moment here
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi was an Indian stateswoman who served as prime minister from 1966 to 1977 and from 1980 until her assassination in 1984.…
Shinzo Abe
in 2019
1 moment here
Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 2006 to 2007 and from 2012 to 2020.…
Timur
in 1384
1 moment here
Timur, also known as Tamerlane, was a Turco-Mongol conqueror and founder of the Timurid Empire.…
Mohamed Morsi
in 2012
1 moment here
Egyptian engineer, university professor, Muslim Brotherhood politician, and Egypt’s fifth president, serving from 2012 until his removal in July…
Moments
- 1014 Court service at Ray Avicenna
- 1384 Capture of Tehran Timur
- 1932 Persian tour reaches Tehran Rabindranath Tagore
- 1943 Attends Tehran Conference Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- 1943 Settles into American legation in Tehran Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- 1943 Meets the Allies at Tehran Joseph Stalin
- 1943 Meets Stalin and Roosevelt at Tehran Winston Churchill
- 1959 Visit to Tehran Jawaharlal Nehru
- 1961 Visited Tehran Elizabeth II
- 1962 Journey through Iran Stephen Hawking
- 1974 Official visit to Tehran Indira Gandhi
- 1977 Birth in Tehran Maryam Mirzakhani
- 1977 Tehran state visit Jimmy Carter
- 1978 Visit to Iran Margaret Thatcher
- 1985 Move to Tehran as deputy prosecutor Ebrahim Raisi
- 1989 Tehran prosecutor tenure Ebrahim Raisi
- 1995 Begins studies at Sharif University Maryam Mirzakhani
- 1999 Completes undergraduate degree Maryam Mirzakhani
- 2010 Bilateral review in Tehran Hugo Chávez
- 2012 Non-Aligned Movement summit Mohamed Morsi
- 2017 Presidential registration Ebrahim Raisi
- 2017 Campaign rally with Ghalibaf Ebrahim Raisi
- 2019 Tehran meetings Shinzo Abe