Visitors to Hiroshima

Peace Museum

Cultural figures

2007
Steven Okazaki

(1952- )
A documentary film featuring Americans involved in the dropping of the atomic bombs as well as survivors of...

2006
Muhammad Yunus

(1940- )
A six-member delegation of the United Nations Foundation led by Bangladesh economist Muhammad Yunus,...

1989
Andrei Sakharov

(1921-1989)
Nobel Peace Prize winner Andrei Sakharov visited Hiroshima for the first time on November 4. Sakharov, 68,...

1985
Leonard Bernstein

(1918-1990)
Internationally known American conductor Leonard Bernstein conducted at the Hiroshima Peace Concert at...

1983
Alain Delon

(1935- )
French movie actor Alain Delon arrived in Hiroshima on October 31 at the invitation of Toyo Kogyo and toured...

1981
Jane Fonda

(1937- )
American actress Jane Fonda, 43, her husband, political activist Tom Hayden, 40, and their son Troy,...

1981
Maurizio Pollini

(1942- )
Famed pianist Maurizio Pollini employed his refined sensibility, concentration, and superior artistry in an impressive...

1966
Jean Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir

(Jean Paul Sartre 1905-1980)
(Simone de Beauvoir 1908-1986)
French writers and philosophers Jean Paul Sartre and Simone de...