Memorials & famous biographies

English actor who won the Academy Award for Best Actor for Goodbye, Mr. Chips and starred in classic films including The 39 Steps and The Count of Monte Cristo

British economist and Nobel Memorial Prize laureate known for developing the foundational systems of national accounts that transformed empirical economic analysis

British actress celebrated for her character roles on stage and in film

Japanese association football player who played for the Japan national team

Japanese association football player who represented the Japan national team

German Lutheran theologian and New Testament professor who advocated for an existentialist interpretation of the New Testament and was a major figure in 20th-century biblical studies

British American author, lecturer, and philosophical entertainer known for interpreting and popularizing Buddhist, Taoist, and Hindu philosophy for Western audiences

Japanese association football player who notably played for the Japan national team

Japanese association football player who represented his country on the national team, contributing to the sport's development in Japan

Japanese tanka poet, author, feminist, and social reformer known for her influential poetry and contributions to Japanese literature and society

King of Hungary, Croatia, and Bohemia who died at the Battle of Mohács fighting the Ottomans

Brazilian-American singer and songwriter, celebrated as the 'Queen of Bossa Nova' for her iconic voice on 'The Girl from Ipanema' and her role in popularizing bossa nova and jazz worldwide

Scottish painter and original bass guitarist of the English rock band The Beatles, known for co-inventing the band's name and being an early member

Indian actress and Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu who served for six terms, leaving a significant mark on post-independence Indian politics

English actor, comedian, and writer, best known as a founding member of the surrealist comedy group Monty Python and for his lead roles in their films Holy Grail and Life of Brian

British novelist and children's writer best known for the classic "The Wind in the Willows"

Swiss botanist known for documenting hundreds of plant families and creating a new natural plant classification system

Japanese association football player and manager who played as a forward for the national team and later managed it, also a businessperson

English theatre and film director widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in 20th-century theatre and cinema

German-Flemish painter celebrated for his religious works and donor portraits, a master of Early Netherlandish painting in Bruges

Greek film director, screenwriter, and producer recognized for his influential contributions to art cinema and modern Greek storytelling

Finnish chemist, physicist, and mineralogist known for discovering yttrium and founding Finnish chemistry research

Macedonian atomic physicist and academician known for his extensive contributions to theoretical and nuclear physics with an h-index of 38 and 346 published papers

Japanese association football player who represented his country on the Japan national team