Memorials & famous biographies

American physician who shared the Nobel Prize for developing liver therapy for pernicious anemia, turning a fatal disease into a treatable one

American comic actor, one half of the legendary Laurel and Hardy comedy duo, known for his unique expressions and physical humor

American industrialist and art collector known for founding Getty Oil and establishing the J. Paul Getty Museum, alongside a legendary personal frugality

American poet, playwright, and feminist known for her lyrical verse, bohemian lifestyle, and winning the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

American physicist who shared the 1927 Nobel Prize for discovering the Compton effect, demonstrating the particle nature of electromagnetic radiation

American writer and humanitarian, best known for The Good Earth and as the first American woman Nobel laureate in Literature

Yugoslav novelist, poet, and diplomat who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1961 for his powerful writings on Bosnian history and human destinies

British prehistorian archaeologist who specialised in European prehistory and pioneered Marxist archaeology, author of twenty-six books including Man makes himself

British actress celebrated for her character roles on stage and in film

English writer and poet known for his prolific 50-year career, early association with the Imagist movement, and winning the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his biography of Wellington

Swiss-Argentine modernist poet and playwright known for her powerful and influential literary works

Belgian physiologist and Nobel Laureate who discovered the sinus and aortic mechanisms regulating respiration

King and Emir of Afghanistan who secured the nation's independence in 1919 and pursued an independent foreign policy

British historian, diplomat, journalist, and political scientist best known for 'A History of Soviet Russia' and his rejection of empiricism in historiography

British writer, journalist, literary critic, and feminist known for her versatile contributions across many genres and her incisive commentary

Swiss composer and member of Les Six, known for his diverse compositions including Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher and Pacific 231

German-American actor and film director renowned for his urbane comedies and the legendary 'Lubitsch touch'

British-born geneticist and evolutionary biologist who became an Indian citizen, a founder of neo-Darwinism, and a pioneer in applying statistics to biology

Peruvian poet and writer, hailed as one of the greatest poetic innovators of the 20th century, whose work continues to resonate globally

German theologian and Lutheran pastor known for his resistance to the Nazi regime and his global advocacy for human rights

English physicist and Nobel laureate who shared the 1937 Nobel Prize for discovering electron diffraction, demonstrating the wave nature of electrons

Russian-French chess player, writer, and jurist, known as the fourth World Chess Champion who held the title for two reigns, revolutionizing strategic play and chess theory.

English physicist and Nobel laureate known for his investigations of the ionosphere and the discovery of the Appleton layer, which advanced radar and shortwave radio

Japanese writer, novelist, poet, and literary critic, regarded as the "father of the Japanese short story," after whom the Akutagawa Prize is named