Historical figures in Venice

The atlas holds 36 people and 63 moments here, from 1220 to 2007. The most recorded lives are Niccolò Machiavelli, Ernest Hemingway and Jean-Paul Sartre. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Philosophers, across the Renaissance and the Age of Exploration.

Notable people

1. Niccolò Machiavelli

   in 1525

   1 moment here

   Florentine diplomat, civil servant, political theorist, playwright, and historian of the Italian Renaissance.…

2. Ernest Hemingway

   in 1948

   1 moment here

   American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. Hemingway’s documented movements ranged from Illinois and Michigan to Italy in World War I,…

3. Jean-Paul Sartre

   in 1967

   1 moment here

   French philosopher, writer, and political activist associated with existentialism. His documented movements include education and teaching across…

4. Honoré de Balzac

   in 1837

   1 moment here

   French novelist and playwright, born in Tours and dead in Paris. Balzac created La Comédie humaine, an interlinked fictional panorama of…

5. Simón Bolívar

   in 1805

   1 moment here

   Venezuelan military and political leader known as El Libertador. Bolívar led revolutionary campaigns that helped secure the independence of…

6. Peter Paul Rubens

   in 1600

   1 moment here

   Flemish Baroque painter, designer, humanist, collector, and diplomat. Rubens was born at Siegen, spent formative years in Cologne and Antwerp, worked…

7. Montesquieu

   in 1728

   1 moment here

   Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu, was a French jurist, historian, and political philosopher.…

8. John Milton

   in 1639

   1 moment here

   English poet, polemicist, and civil servant. This chronology follows documented residences, education, continental travel, marriages, public service,…

9. Diana, Princess of Wales

   in 1995

   1 moment here

   Diana Frances Spencer (1961–1997) was Princess of Wales from 1981 until her divorce in 1996.…

10. Michel de Montaigne

    in 1580

    1 moment here

    French Renaissance writer, magistrate, diplomat, and two-term mayor of Bordeaux, best known for the Essais.…

11. Francis of Assisi

    in 1220

    1 moment here

    Italian Catholic friar, deacon, preacher, and founder of the Order of Friars Minor. Born Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone at Assisi, he renounced his…

12. Heath Ledger

    in 2007

    1 moment here

    Australian actor and music-video director whose career began in Australian television, expanded internationally after his 1998 move to the United…

Moments

1. 1858 Residence at Palazzo Giustinian Richard Wagner
2. 1880 Travels to Venice Friedrich Nietzsche
3. 1882 Final arrival in Venice Richard Wagner
4. 1883 Death at Ca' Vendramin Calergi Richard Wagner
5. 1885 Third documented Venice stay Friedrich Nietzsche
6. 1887 Final arrival in Venice Friedrich Nietzsche
7. 1934 First visit to Venice as chancellor Adolf Hitler
8. 1948 Months in Venice Ernest Hemingway
9. 1951 Attends Venice's Ball of the Century Salvador Dalí
10. 1967 Photographed in Venice Jean-Paul Sartre
11. 1987 Attends Venice economic summit Ronald Reagan
12. 1995 Visit to Venice Biennale Diana, Princess of Wales
13. 2007 Venice Film Festival appearance Heath Ledger

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