Memorials & famous biographies

American First Lady known for extensive travels, volunteerism, and resilience

American singer-songwriter whose folk songs, like "This Land Is Your Land," captured the spirit of the working class and addressed social injustice

American chef, author, and television personality who introduced French cuisine to the American public through her iconic cookbook, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, and her television series, The French Chef

American avant-garde composer, artist, and music theorist known for pioneering indeterminacy in music and expanding the definition of sound

American physicist who shared the 1952 Nobel Prize for his independent discovery of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)

American chemist, university teacher, and nuclear physicist who shared the 1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for synthesizing and discovering transuranium elements and developing the actinide concept

American painter widely known for his "drip technique" and as a major figure in the abstract expressionist movement

American economist and statistician, Nobel laureate, intellectual leader of the Chicago school of economics who championed monetarism

German physicist and philosopher known for nuclear research during WWII and extensive writings on science and ethics

Italian novelist, poet, and translator whose novel <em>La storia</em> was included in the Bokklubben World Library List of 100 Best Books of All Time

Japanese association football player who represented the Japan national team, contributing to the sport's early development in his country

German and American aerospace engineer and space architect who led rocket technology development in Nazi Germany and later in the US space program

German photographer, known as the longtime companion and later wife of Adolf Hitler, who also worked as a photo lab technician and model

Soviet academic, historian, ethnologist, and philosopher known for his unorthodox theories of ethnogenesis and as an exponent of Eurasianism

Expatriate British novelist, poet, dramatist, and travel writer known for works like Bitter lemons and his correspondence with Henry Miller

Japanese association football player and coach who represented the Japan national team and contributed to the sport's development

Japanese association football player who represented his nation on the Japan national team

Italian American microbiologist and Nobel laureate known for discoveries on viral replication and genetic structure

American actor, stage actor, and film director who won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for 'A Streetcar Named Desire'

American biochemist and Nobel laureate recognized for his pioneering research on neurotransmitters and the pineal gland

Italian film producer, screenwriter, and director who reinvigorated Italian cinema after World War II with over 140 acclaimed productions

German American biochemist who received the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discoveries on cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism

American chemist and Nobel laureate recognized for developing the use of boron-containing compounds in organic synthesis

Norwegian figure skater and actress, a three-time Olympic champion and ten-time World champion who later starred in Hollywood films