Famous World

A responsive map of famous people in the history of world based on data from PANTHEON and Wikipedia.

This project was created for COM-480: Data Visualization class on EPFL by the proud team:

  • Ravinithesh Annapureddy
  • Michal Bien
  • Anmol Prasad

You can select the prefered timespan and profession to narrow down the list of famous people to your search needs. Then, explore the historical information by clicking on the photo marker. It's as simple as that!

Lifespan filter

To play a timelapse, select the starting year using the "From" handle, then specify window size by adjusting the "To" handle. The specified window will move forward in time with the velocity specified below until the year 2021.

Profession

Select the profession filters from the list. Multiple choices are available.