Business Leaders through history
The atlas holds 17 people and 627 moments here, from 1254 to 2024. The most recorded lives are Michael Jackson, Thomas Edison and Steve Jobs. Across the Cold War and the Space Age.
Notable people
Michael Jackson
from 1958 to 2009
17 moments here
American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist whose career began with the Jackson 5 and developed into global solo stardom.…
Thomas Edison
from 1847 to 1931
39 moments here
American inventor and industrialist whose laboratories developed and commercialized technologies in telegraphy, recorded sound, electric lighting and…
Steve Jobs
from 1955 to 2011
37 moments here
Steven Paul Jobs was an American entrepreneur, inventor, and executive who co-founded Apple, founded NeXT, and led Pixar.…
Marco Polo
from 1254 to 1324
25 moments here
Venetian merchant, traveler, and author whose account describes journeys across Asia between 1271 and 1295.…
Friedrich Engels
from 1820 to 1895
39 moments here
German philosopher, political theorist, revolutionary socialist, businessman, and Karl Marx’s lifelong collaborator.…
Henry Ford
from 1863 to 1947
26 moments here
American industrialist and founder of Ford Motor Company. Ford grew up in rural Michigan, worked in Detroit engineering and machine shops, developed…
Jimmy Carter
from 1924 to 2024
51 moments here
James Earl Carter Jr. was an American naval officer, Georgia state senator and governor, the 39th president of the United States, and a…
Harry S. Truman
from 1884 to 1972
38 moments here
Harry S. Truman (1884–1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953.…
George H. W. Bush
from 1924 to 2018
40 moments here
George Herbert Walker Bush was an American naval aviator, oil executive, congressman, diplomat, director of central intelligence, vice president, and…
Alfred Nobel
from 1833 to 1896
18 moments here
Swedish chemist, engineer, inventor, and industrialist Alfred Bernhard Nobel (1833–1896) developed dynamite and other explosives, built businesses…
Sung Jae-gi
from 1967 to 2013
13 moments here
South Korean men's-rights activist and founder of Man of Korea. His documented life includes education and military service in the Daegu–Gyeongsan…
Osama bin Laden
from 1957 to 2011
21 moments here
Saudi-born founder and first emir of al-Qaeda. His documented movements include childhood and education in Saudi Arabia and England; militant…
Ibn Battuta
from 1304 to 1369
113 moments here
Maghrebi Muslim jurist, traveller, explorer, and author from Tangier. Between 1325 and 1354 he journeyed through North and East Africa, the Middle…
Diana, Princess of Wales
from 1961 to 1997
55 moments here
Diana Frances Spencer (1961–1997) was Princess of Wales from 1981 until her divorce in 1996.…
Daniel Defoe
from 1660 to 1731
18 moments here
English merchant, political writer, journalist, intelligence agent, and novelist. This chronology records documented physical presences from his…
Wangarĩ Maathai
from 1940 to 2011
28 moments here
Kenyan environmentalist, democracy activist, academic, founder of the Green Belt Movement, parliamentarian, and the first African woman awarded the…
Ayrton Senna
from 1960 to 1994
49 moments here
Brazilian racing driver Ayrton Senna da Silva was a three-time Formula One World Drivers’ Champion.…
Moments
- 1269 Meets his returning father in Venice Marco Polo
- 1325 Enters Tunis Ibn Battuta
- 1703 Pilloried at Cheapside Conduit Daniel Defoe
- 1838 Commercial apprenticeship Friedrich Engels
- 1841 Pupil at Jacobs Apologistic School Alfred Nobel
- 1854 Childhood in Port Huron Thomas Edison
- 1882 Return to the family farm Henry Ford
- 1884 Infancy near Harrisonville Harry S. Truman
- 1924 Childhood in Archery Jimmy Carter
- 1925 Childhood relocation to Greenwich George H. W. Bush
- 1961 Baptism at St Mary Magdalene Church Diana, Princess of Wales
- 1967 Move to Crist Drive home Steve Jobs
- 1973 First kart racing at Interlagos Ayrton Senna
- 1973 First Japanese performances Michael Jackson
- 1985 Entered Yeungnam University Sung Jae-gi
- 1997 Move to Kandahar Osama bin Laden
- 2005 Tour with Gordon Brown Wangarĩ Maathai