Memorials & famous biographies

Brazilian lawyer, businessman, and athlete who served as FIFA president from 1974 to 1998, overseeing significant global expansion of football, and a long-serving member of the International Olympic Committee

American-born British and Swiss violinist and conductor, widely considered one of the greatest violinists of the 20th century, known for his prolific recordings and diverse humanitarian interests

South African politician who served as Prime Minister and State President during the apartheid era, known as 'Die Groot Krokodil' for his tough stance

President of India from 1982 to 1987, Chief Minister of Punjab, and a dedicated freedom fighter and sports administrator

Australian politician and jurist who served as the 21st Prime Minister of Australia, known for leading a reformist and socially progressive government

New Zealand-born British biophysicist and Nobel laureate who initiated X-ray diffraction studies on DNA and contributed to the discovery of its double helix structure

Australian-born Soviet and Russian physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics for fundamental work leading to the development of the laser and the maser

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974, Leader of the Conservative Party, and a long-serving Member of Parliament also known for his careers as military personnel, a journalist, a conductor, a yachtsman, musician, and author

Algerian politician, revolutionary, and association football player who served as the first president of Algeria from 1963 to 1965

British, American, and French actress, an Academy Award winner and last major star from Hollywood's Golden Age

Russian theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate known for pioneering contributions to the theory of superconductors and superfluids

Italian politician, professor, and diplomat who served five terms as Prime Minister of Italy and was a prominent leader of the Christian Democracy party

British politician and statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1964-1970 and 1974-1976, and was the only Labour leader to form four governments

British molecular biologist, biophysicist, and neuroscientist best known for co-discovering the double helix structure of DNA, earning him a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Spanish Nobel laureate novelist, poet, and essayist known for his intense prose and challenging vision of human vulnerability

British author who wrote beloved children's classics including Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Matilda, selling over 300 million books worldwide

Longest-serving President of the French Republic and the first left-wing politician to assume the presidency under the Fifth Republic