Memorials & famous biographies

King of Navarre and France, known for his pragmatic leadership in balancing religious factions and establishing the House of Bourbon

King of France and Navarre who unified the crowns and established foundations for absolute monarchy

English essayist, poet, playwright, and politician who co-founded The Spectator magazine and penned the influential play Cato, a Tragedy

Welsh textile manufacturer, philanthropist, political philosopher, and social reformer who founded utopian socialism and the co-operative movement

Holy Roman Emperor and King of Bohemia known for his political acumen and the Golden Bull

Soviet Armenian composer, conductor, and politician recognized as one of the leading Soviet composers

German sovereign and count of Habsburg who became the first King of the Romans from the House of Habsburg, reasserting imperial authority and founding a powerful European dynasty

American author, screenwriter, and playwright best known for his satiric novel Catch-22, whose title became a common expression for an absurd dilemma

Czech composer who masterfully blended the folk music of his native Bohemia and Moravia with classical symphonic traditions, known for works like Symphony No. 9 "New World"

German mathematician, astronomer, geodesist, and physicist who contributed to number theory, algebra, analysis, geometry, statistics, and probability

Czech humorist, satirist, and author best known for his unfinished satirical novel, The Fateful Adventures of the Good Soldier Švejk During the World War, which became the most translated novel in Czech literature

Sultan of the Ghaznavid Empire who ruled from 998 to 1030, known for his undefeated military career and for expanding his kingdom into an extensive empire across present-day Iran, India, and Transoxiana

British Field Marshal, politician, and diplomat who defeated Napoleon at Waterloo and served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

German photographer, known as the longtime companion and later wife of Adolf Hitler, who also worked as a photo lab technician and model

Queen of the Netherlands from 1948 to 1980, known for her long reign and service to the Dutch people

American novelist, poet, essayist, and screenwriter known for works like "The New York Trilogy" and "Moon Palace", with books translated into over 40 languages

American mathematician and polymath known as the "father of information theory" who laid the foundations of the Information Age

Yugoslav novelist, poet, and diplomat who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1961 for his powerful writings on Bosnian history and human destinies

Pope of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 1691 to 1700

The 12th Emperor of Russia, known as Alexander the Liberator for abolishing serfdom in 1861

Holy Roman Emperor and sole ruler of the Habsburg monarchy, the first of the Habsburg-Lorraine dynasty and a notable military leader

The national Palestinian poet and author who wrote the Palestinian Declaration of Independence, known for his powerful poetry exploring themes of identity, exile, and the Palestinian experience

23rd President of the United States, author, lawyer, politician, and Union army Brigadegeneral

American women's rights activist, author, and civil rights advocate who was a leading figure in the women's suffrage movement