Memorials & famous biographies

German physician, physiologist, and philosopher who became known as one of the fathers of modern psychology and the first to call himself a psychologist

Indian actor renowned for a six-decade career in Hindi cinema, becoming one of its highest-paid and most respected figures

American-Greek operatic soprano praised for her bel canto technique, wide-ranging voice, and dramatic interpretations, earning her the title "La Divina"

Indian statesman, poet, and journalist who served as Prime Minister from 1998-2004 and co-founded the Bharatiya Janata Party

German Romantic landscape painter known for his symbolic and emotional depictions of nature, often featuring contemplative human figures against dramatic backdrops

South African politician and lawyer who served as the final state president, dismantling apartheid and introducing universal suffrage

Argentine and naturalised French novelist, short story writer, poet, essayist, and translator, known as a founder of the Latin American Boom who influenced an entire generation of Spanish-speaking readers and writers

British archaeologist, army officer, and diplomat famed as Lawrence of Arabia for his World War I role in the Arab Revolt

French lawyer and politician who rose to prominence as a leading orator of the Cordeliers Club and became Minister of Justice, playing a central role in the French Revolution as the first president of the Committee of Public Safety

Australian-born British physicist and X-ray crystallographer who shared the 1915 Nobel Prize for his work on crystal structure analysis by X-rays

British actor and comedian known for The Goon Show and Chief Inspector Clouseau in The Pink Panther series

Pioneering 19th-century Russian mathematician, writer, and physicist who was the first woman to earn a doctorate in mathematics and a full professorship in Europe

Argentine military officer, politician, and statesperson who served as president of Argentina from 1946–55 and 1973–74, known for establishing Peronism, a lasting political movement

German composer and conductor known for his influential tone poems and operas, a leading figure of the late Romantic and early Modern musical periods

South Korean president and Nobel Peace Prize winner who championed democracy and inter-Korean reconciliation

English polymath and Unitarian minister known for his groundbreaking experiments with gases, particularly the discovery of oxygen, and his prolific writings in chemistry, theology, and political theory

American-Canadian actor, comedian, and writer best known for starring as Chandler Bing on NBC's Friends

German association football player and coach, widely regarded as one of the greatest goalscorers in history, who won the FIFA World Cup, UEFA Champions League, and Ballon d'Or

Indian-American theoretical physicist who won the 1983 Nobel Prize for his mathematical studies of stellar evolution and discovered the Chandrasekhar limit

Spanish neuroscientist, pathologist, and histologist who pioneered modern neuroscience and won the Nobel Prize for his work on the nervous system's structure

Iranian military officer and major general who commanded the Quds Force from 1998 until his assassination, and was described as "the single most powerful operative in the Middle East"

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

French poet and diplomat awarded the 1960 Nobel Prize in Literature for his visionary and evocative poetry

Austrian zoologist, ethologist, and Nobel laureate who co-founded modern ethology and studied individual and social behavior patterns