Historical figures in Tripoli
The atlas holds 6 people and 6 moments here, from 1325 to 2000. The most recorded lives are Nelson Mandela, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and Fidel Castro. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Jurists, across the Space Age and the Ottoman Empire.
Notable people
Nelson Mandela
in 1997
1 moment here
South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, lawyer and statesman. Mandela helped lead the African National Congress, co-founded its armed wing,…
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
in 1908
1 moment here
Ottoman officer, Turkish field marshal, revolutionary statesman, founder of the Republic of Turkey, and its first president.…
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…
Hugo Chávez
in 2000
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…
Ibn Battuta
in 1325
1 moment here
Maghrebi Muslim jurist, traveller, explorer, and author from Tangier. Between 1325 and 1354 he journeyed through North and East Africa, the Middle…
Umm Kulthum
in 1932
1 moment here
Egyptian singer and actress, born Fatima Ibrahim es-Sayyid el-Beltagi. Raised in rural Dakahlia, she moved permanently to Cairo in 1923 and became…
Moments
- 1325 Reaches Tripoli Ibn Battuta
- 1908 Travels to Tripoli and Benghazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
- 1932 Final stop of 1932 tour Umm Kulthum
- 1977 Algeria and Libya visits Fidel Castro
- 1997 Honours Gaddafi in Libya Nelson Mandela
- 2000 Meeting with Gaddafi in Tripoli Hugo Chávez