人生

American painter and printmaker known for her sensitive depictions of women and children, and her association with the Impressionist movement in France

Métis leader, founder of Manitoba, and politician who defended Métis rights against the Canadian government

The 35th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and an author, Mehmed V reigned as a constitutional monarch during a period of intense political change and war

Emperor of Ethiopia and King of Shewa who expanded the Ethiopian Empire and secured its sovereignty by defeating Italian forces at the Battle of Adwa

Swedish politician, opinion journalist, and committed pacifist who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1908 for his work for peace through arbitration and international law

French nun known for experiencing apparitions of the 'Immaculate Conception' in Lourdes, which led to the building of a chapel at the famous cave-grotto

French post-Impressionist painter known for his distinctive Naïve or Primitive style, often depicting exotic jungle scenes

French poet, writer, critic, and translator who was a paramount exponent of fin de siècle poetry, associated with the Symbolist, Parnassianist, and Decadent movements

French writer, poet, and literary critic, known for his ironic and skeptical style, who won the 1921 Nobel Prize in Literature and was considered the ideal French man of letters

French stage actress who revolutionized 19th century theater and pioneered early cinema while excelling as painter and sculptor