Memorials & famous biographies

Chinese politician who served as Premier and General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, known for his political reforms and support during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests

Northern Irish statesman, barrister, and university teacher who served as the first First Minister of Northern Ireland and received the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in the peace process

Chinese ophthalmologist known for warning about the coronavirus in December 2019

French lawyer and statesman who served as President of France from 1920 to 1924 and Prime Minister in 1920, sparking a pivotal debate on socialist involvement in bourgeois governments

Italian lawyer, politician, and university professor who served as the 6th President of Italy from 1971 to 1978

Italian actress and comedian, celebrated as "the Queen of Italian cinema" for her iconic roles in Michelangelo Antonioni's films and diverse cinematic contributions

English-Brazilian biologist and Nobel laureate known as the "father of transplantation" for his work on acquired immune tolerance

German chemist who developed the Bergius process for synthetic fuel from coal and was a Nobel Prize winner for high-pressure chemistry

Slovene-Austrian Nobel laureate in Chemistry who developed the method of micro-analysis of organic substances

Norwegian linguist, poet, and philologist who created Nynorsk, one of Norway's official written languages

French physician and philosopher known for his materialist views and the influential work L'homme machine

English electrophysiologist and Nobel laureate whose research clarified the function of neurons and provided evidence for the all-or-none law of nerves

Queen of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden who founded the Kalmar Union, uniting the Scandinavian kingdoms for over a century

Brazilian professional football player, coordinator, and manager known for his distinguished career on and off the field

German physician, writer, and chess theoretician, considered one of the strongest players and most influential theoreticians of the late 19th and early 20th century

Irish politician and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who co-founded the Social Democratic and Labour Party and was a central architect of the Good Friday Agreement, dedicating his life to finding a peaceful solution to the conflict in Northern Ireland

British chemist who co-discovered fullerenes, earning him the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his pioneering work on carbon structures

Vietnamese politician and political theorist who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam and paramount leader from 2011 to 2024

Egyptian-born Greek singer and composer known for hits like "Forever and Ever" and his work with Aphrodite's Child

German physicist and Nobel laureate who co-developed the ion trap technique, enabling high precision measurement of the electron magnetic moment

Indian politician and labor activist who served as the 4th president of India and was awarded the Bharat Ratna

Spanish cellist, conductor, and composer celebrated for his recordings of Bach's Cello Suites and his significant contributions to music education

German organic chemist who won the 1930 Nobel Prize for his research on haemin and chlorophyll synthesis

Spanish Catholic priest and writer who founded Opus Dei and was canonized as a saint, known for promoting everyday holiness