Memorials & famous biographies

Award-winning British and American actress, known for her extensive stage, film, and television career, achieving the Triple Crown of Acting

Japanese novelist and short story writer celebrated for modern classics like The Setting Sun and No Longer Human

Irish-born British figurative painter known for raw, unsettling imagery focusing on the human form and figures isolated in geometrical structures

Australian actor known for his romantic swashbuckler roles during the Golden Age of Hollywood

Austrian American management consultant, educator, and author who shaped modern management theory and popularized concepts like management by objectives and self-control

Russo-British-Latvian Jewish social and political theorist, philosopher, and historian of ideas known for his influential lectures and insightful works

Celebrated Greek-American film and theatre director, producer, screenwriter, and actor known for his influential work on Broadway and in Hollywood

French philosopher, writer, and social activist known for her influential ideas on religion, spirituality, and politics, who also served as a secondary school teacher, trade unionist, and French resistance fighter

Italian neurobiologist and Nobel laureate who co-discovered nerve growth factor, a key molecule for cell development and survival

Chinese politician and paramount leader who initiated China's era of reform and opening up, transitioning the nation toward a socialist market economy