Memorials & famous biographies

Legendary Hollywood director who won three Academy Awards and holds the record for most Best Director nominations with twelve

German chemist and Nobel laureate known for discovering and developing the diene synthesis

Swedish sociologist and diplomat who won the 1982 Nobel Peace Prize for her leadership in international disarmament efforts

French physicist, poet, university teacher, and researcher, Nobel laureate in Physics (1966) for the discovery and development of optical pumping methods

German filmmaker, photographer, and actress, known for controversial but innovative works during the Nazi era and her later acclaimed underwater photography

Hungarian-American theoretical physicist who introduced group theory into physics and contributed significantly to the atomic bomb project, earning a Nobel Prize for his work on symmetry principles

British theoretical physicist who co-founded quantum mechanics, shared the 1933 Nobel Prize in Physics, and laid the foundations for quantum electrodynamics and quantum field theory

Austrian-British philosopher known for falsificationism, critical rationalism, and founding the London School of Economics Philosophy Department