Bizitzak

Albanian politician and jurist who served as the President of Albania from 2012 to 2017

French singer, actor, and entertainer known for his signature songs like "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" and iconic boater hat and tuxedo

Polish-Lithuanian noblewoman and revolutionary who achieved the rank of captain during the November Uprising of 1830-1831 against Russian rule

Queen of France and Navarre, celebrated writer and influential salonnière whose memoirs provide a rich chronicle of her time

English physicist who won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1977 for his theoretical investigations into the electronic structure of magnetic and disordered systems

Indian politician, peace activist, and Prime Minister of India who also served as Chief Minister of Bombay State and Finance Minister

German painter and printmaker noted for his starkly realistic portrayals of Weimar society and the brutality of war, a leading figure of Neue Sachlichkeit

Afghan cleric who founded the Taliban and served as Afghanistan's first supreme leader

Japanese chemist and Nobel laureate known for discovering the Negishi coupling, a pivotal reaction in organic synthesis

German politician, lawyer, and theologian who served as President of West Germany from 1969 to 1974, following terms as Minister of the Interior and Minister of Justice

First president of Guinea and a key African statesman who led his nation to independence from France

British biochemist who shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his investigations into the fermentation of sugar and fermentative enzymes, and a key figure in the establishment of the Biochemical Society and Journal

French mathematician, lawyer, and cryptographer known as "the father of modern algebraic notation" for his pioneering work on new algebra and the use of letters in equations

German biophysical chemist and Nobel laureate known for his pioneering work on fast chemical reactions

Belgian Nobel Prize-winning biochemist who discovered lysosomes and peroxisomes, transforming our understanding of cellular organization

German journalist, author, and pacifist who received the 1935 Nobel Peace Prize for exposing clandestine German rearmament

French journalist, moralistic author, and philosopher celebrated for his sharp epigrams and aphorisms

Egyptian feminist writer, activist, physician, and novelist known for her outspoken critiques of patriarchy, colonialism, and the status of women in the Global South

Thai prime minister, lawyer, and statesman who led Khana Ratsadon and co-founded major national institutions like the University of Moral and Political Sciences and the Bank of Thailand

Queen of France and Navarre, regent for her son Louis XIII, and influential patron of the arts

French biologist and geneticist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discoveries concerning genetic control of enzyme and virus synthesis

French politician who served as the 93rd Prime Minister of France from 1997 to 2002 during a period of political cohabitation

Celebrated French portrait painter, artist, writer, and salonnière known for her elegant portraits in the late 18th and early 19th centuries

Spanish Republican leader and communist politician renowned for her powerful '¡No Pasarán!' slogan during the Spanish Civil War