Memorials & famous biographies

French Marxist theorist and filmmaker whose ideas on "the spectacle" profoundly influenced the 1968 Paris Uprising

American soul singer and songwriter known as the "King of Soul" who pioneered the genre and became a savvy music entrepreneur

American actor best known for playing the ruthless oil baron J.R. Ewing in Dallas and the charming astronaut Major Anthony Nelson in I Dream of Jeannie

American director and comedian who earned EGOT status for his iconic work across film, theatre, and comedy

American chemist known for discovering the Heck reaction, a palladium-catalyzed coupling fundamental to organic synthesis and the production of pharmaceuticals like naproxen

American physicist who, with Val Fitch, discovered violations of fundamental symmetry principles in neutral K-meson decays, earning the 1980 Nobel Prize in Physics

American physicist who co-discovered the J/ψ meson and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1976

American actor, director, and artist widely celebrated for portraying Spock in the Star Trek franchise and his diverse creative endeavors

American actress and screenwriter known for her versatility and achieving the Triple Crown of Acting, receiving an Academy Award, three BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, two Tony Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Cannes Film Festival Award

Hungarian legal scholar, professor, and politician who served as President of Hungary from 2000 to 2005, and as Minister of Education

Japanese association football player who represented his country as a member of the Japan national team

Czech footballer and coach, a key midfielder who led Czechoslovakia to the 1962 FIFA World Cup Final

Soviet and Russian composer known for modernist sacred music and innovative use of microtonality and chromaticism

American theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate who co-developed the BCS theory of superconductivity

American novelist, essayist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate whose novels gave life to an essential aspect of American reality

Japanese association football player and manager who played as a forward for the national team and later managed it, also a businessperson

Japanese politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1989 to 1991

Japanese association football player who represented the Japan national team

Japanese association football player and coach who represented the Japan national team

Japanese association football player and manager who represented his nation on the field

Indian politician who served as the Prime Minister of India from 1989 to 1990 and the Raja Bahadur of Manda

Brazilian musician and recording artist who pioneered the bossa nova musical genre and won a Grammy Award for Album of the Year

French professional footballer who was integral to the France national team of the 1950s and won three European Cups with Real Madrid

French actress known for portraying strong-willed, independent women with an earthiness and reality that endeared her to audiences