Memorials & famous biographies

29th president of the United States, popular during his term, also a newspaper editor and businessperson

Dutch physicist who shared the 1902 Nobel Prize for the discovery and theoretical explanation of the Zeeman effect

American statesman, economist, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who served as the 30th vice president of the United States

Irish poet, playwright, and politician who received the 1923 Nobel Prize in Literature for his inspired poetry and served as a Senator of the Irish Free State

Finnish painter and pioneer of national art who became a leading figure of romantic nationalism, shaping Finnish identity through iconic works

Finnish lawyer, politician, and university teacher who became the first President of Finland (1919–1925) and a key pioneer of republicanism

Swedish geographer and explorer known for his extensive expeditions across Central Asia, mapping the Transhimalaya and sources of major rivers, and documenting his travels as a writer, photographer, and illustrator

British biochemist who shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his investigations into the fermentation of sugar and fermentative enzymes, and a key figure in the establishment of the Biochemical Society and Journal

Austrian chemist and Nobel laureate known for his research on colloids, co-inventing the slit-ultramicroscope, and developing membrane filters

Finnish composer widely regarded as his country's greatest, whose music helped Finland develop a stronger national identity

King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 1910 to 1936, and a notable philatelist

English writer and poet born in British India who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1907 for his exceptional narrative talent and imaginative works