Memorials & famous biographies

American lawyer and politician from Kentucky who served as the 35th Vice President of the United States and was known for his oratorical skill and integrity

American dancer and choreographer who pioneered modern contemporary dance and achieved widespread acclaim throughout Europe and the United States

German Nobel laureate in Chemistry known for his investigations of the constitution of the bile acids and related substances

Hungarian poet and journalist regarded as the greatest Hungarian poet of the 20th century, known for his exploration of love, temporality, faith, individuality, and patriotism

German economist and politician, known for his role as President of the Reichsbank during the Weimar Republic and his influence in German economic policy

British mathematician, astronomer, and physicist known for his theories in cosmology and leadership in scientific societies

Italy's first President and a distinguished jurist, politician, and journalist who guided the nation through its transition to a republic after World War II

British chemist and physicist who won the 1922 Nobel Prize for his mass spectrograph, which led to the discovery of isotopes in non-radioactive elements and the enunciation of the whole-number rule

English physicist and Nobel laureate who discovered characteristic X-rays

English radiochemist and Nobel laureate who, with Ernest Rutherford, explained radioactivity as the transmutation of elements and proved the existence of isotopes

British mathematician known for number theory, mathematical analysis, and the Hardy–Weinberg principle

Nobel Prize-winning German-Swiss poet, novelist, and painter whose works like "Siddhartha" and "Steppenwolf" explored themes of authenticity, self-knowledge, and spirituality