Memorials & famous biographies

French aviator, engineer, and inventor known for making the first aeroplane flight across the English Channel and pioneering modern aircraft controls

The 30th President of the United States, known as "Silent Cal," who served from 1923 to 1929 and was a prominent Republican lawyer and small-government conservative

English composer who significantly shaped British classical music by integrating folk and Tudor traditions, known for his nine symphonies and diverse compositions

Spanish writer and key novelist of the Generation of '98, known for works like 'Lucha Por la Vida' and 'Zalacain el aventurero'

French physicist, philosopher of science, and pedagogue known for developing Langevin dynamics and equation, and a staunch opponent of fascism

British politician, writer, and Nobel Peace laureate who championed peace by arguing that economic interdependence made war irrational and self-defeating

King of Norway for nearly 52 years, from 1905 until his death in 1957

French socialist politician, diplomat, journalist, and literary critic who served as Prime Minister of France three times

Indian Bengali philosopher, yogi, poet, and nationalist who advocated for India's independence and formulated the spiritual path of Integral Yoga

British philosopher, logician, and mathematician who championed humanitarian ideals and freedom of thought, awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature