Memorials & famous biographies

Last king of Romania, who also pursued careers as an aircraft pilot, military leader, stockbroker, and art collector

Austrian politician who served as Governor of Carinthia and led the Freedom Party of Austria, later founding the Alliance for the Future of Austria

Spanish virtuoso flamenco guitarist, composer, and record producer who pioneered new flamenco and fused it with classical and jazz

South African cardiac surgeon who performed the world's first human-to-human heart transplant operation

King and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia who reigned from 1975 to 1982, overseeing a period of national growth and stabilization

German biochemist and physiologist who won the 1910 Nobel Prize for his pioneering work on the chemical composition of nucleic acids and proteins

Swiss chemist and biochemist who shared the 1937 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his investigations on carotenoids, flavins, and vitamins A and B2

Swedish author and journalist who created the internationally bestselling Millennium crime trilogy, published posthumously starting in 2005

Czech-American businesswoman, writer, and entrepreneur known for her managerial roles in the Trump Organization and authorship of several books

Hungarian-American physicist who conceived the nuclear chain reaction and helped launch the Manhattan Project

Celebrated Czech–English playwright and screenwriter known for his intellectually stimulating plays on human rights, censorship, and philosophical themes

Hungarian-American actor best known for his iconic portrayal of Count Dracula and other memorable horror film characters

South Korean journalist and politician who served as the second President of South Korea from 1960 to 1962, presiding over the short-lived Second Republic

Italian association football player known for his prolific career as a striker for clubs like Messina, Juventus, Internazionale, and Júbilo Iwata

Serbian mathematician, physicist, and teacher; the first wife of Albert Einstein and a pioneering female student in her field

Lebanese politician and entrepreneur who served two non-consecutive terms as Prime Minister of Lebanon, from 1992–1998 and 2000–2004

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