Paris
France
The "City of Light." Epicenter of the Enlightenment, the French Revolution, and the artistic avant-garde. Home to Voltaire, Napoleon, the Louvre, and the intellectual ferment that shaped modern democracy.
The atlas connects 31 figures with Paris. The earliest born is Charlemagne (742); the last to die is Pablo Picasso (1973).
By era
- Medieval Europe (~500-1400 CE): 4 figures
- The Renaissance (~1350-1600): 2 figures
- Scientific Revolution & Enlightenment (~1600-1800): 7 figures
- Age of Revolution (~1750-1850): 7 figures
- Industrial & Victorian Age (~1800-1910): 3 figures
- The Modern Era (~1880-1965): 8 figures
Associated figures, by birth year
- Charlemagne (742-814), The Father of Europe
- Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122-1204), Queen of France, Queen of England
- Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274), The Angelic Doctor
- Joan of Arc (1412-1431), The Maid of Orléans
- Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), The Universal Genius
- Desiderius Erasmus (1466-1536), Prince of the Humanists
- Rene Descartes (1596-1650), Father of Modern Philosophy
- Blaise Pascal (1623-1662), Mathematician, Physicist, and Philosopher of the Heart
- Voltaire (1694-1778), Champion of Reason and Civil Liberties
- Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), Founding Father, Inventor, and Sage of the Enlightenment
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778), Prophet of the Social Contract and Natural Freedom
- Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), Author of the Declaration of Independence
- Toussaint Louverture (1743-1803), Leader of the Haitian Revolution
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), The Divine Prodigy
- Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834), The Hero of Two Worlds
- Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797), Pioneer of Women's Rights
- Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859), The Father of Ecology
- Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852), The Iron Duke
- Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), Emperor of the French
- Simón Bolívar (1783-1830), The Liberator of South America
- Victor Hugo (1802-1885), The Voice of the People
- Karl Marx (1818-1883), The Architect of Revolution
- Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), The Father of Microbiology
- Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), The Father of Psychoanalysis
- Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), The Rough Rider President
- Marie Curie (1867-1934), Pioneer of Radioactivity
- Winston Churchill (1874-1965), The British Bulldog
- Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), The Revolutionary of Modern Art
- Coco Chanel (1883-1971), The Architect of Modern Fashion
- Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969), The Supreme Commander
- Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), The Master of Modern Prose
Cities that share figures with Paris
Other cities in the atlas tied to at least one of the same people, most shared first.
- London (13 shared figures: Eleanor of Aquitaine, Desiderius Erasmus, Voltaire, Benjamin Franklin and 9 more)
- Rome (5 shared figures: Charlemagne, Thomas Aquinas, Leonardo da Vinci, Desiderius Erasmus and 1 more)
- Berlin (4 shared figures: Voltaire, Alexander von Humboldt, Karl Marx, Dwight D. Eisenhower)
- Philadelphia (3 shared figures: Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Marquis de Lafayette)
- Vienna (3 shared figures: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Napoleon Bonaparte, Sigmund Freud)
- Washington, D.C. (3 shared figures: Theodore Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Dwight D. Eisenhower)
- Geneva (2 shared figures: Voltaire, Jean-Jacques Rousseau)
- New York City (2 shared figures: Theodore Roosevelt, Ernest Hemingway)
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