Memorials & famous biographies

American blues singer, known as the 'Empress of the Blues,' whose powerful voice defined an era and influenced generations

American statesman and lawyer known for co-authoring the Kellogg–Briand Pact and receiving the Nobel Peace Prize

American lawyer, statesman, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who shaped international law and diplomatic relations

American film actress nicknamed the "Platinum Blonde" who was a leading sex symbol of the early 1930s and a defining figure of the pre-Code era

American composer and pianist whose compositions creatively blended jazz, popular, and classical music, known for works like Rhapsody in Blue and Porgy and Bess

American industrialist and philanthropist known for founding the Standard Oil Company and his extensive contributions to education and medicine

American writer and editor best known for creating the Cthulhu Mythos and pioneering the "Lovecraftian horror" subgenre

Hungarian poet known for his influential 20th-century works, posthumously recognized as a significant 'proletarian poet' and a leading international figure in modern Hungarian poetry

The first President of Czechoslovakia and its revered founding father, also known as a sociologist, philosopher, and statesman

Italian Marxist philosopher, journalist, and politician who co-founded the Italian Communist Party and developed theories on cultural hegemony while imprisoned by fascists

Italian inventor and radio pioneer credited with developing the practical radio wave-based wireless telegraph system, sharing the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics

American writer, designer, poet, and novelist, known for portraying Gilded Age society and winning the first Pulitzer Prize for Fiction awarded to a woman

Japanese association football player who represented his country on the national team

French lawyer and statesman who served as President of France from 1924 to 1931

British politician and Nobel Peace Prize winner known for his crucial role in bringing about the Locarno Treaty and serving as Foreign Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer

British prime minister, politician, and journalist who led the Labour Party and a National Government, shaping early 20th-century British politics

Swedish Nobel Laureate, engineer, and industrialist who revolutionized lighthouse technology and invented the AGA cooker

Scottish novelist and playwright, best remembered as the creator of Peter Pan

French composer who created masterful orchestral works bridging Impressionism and modernism, including Boléro and Daphnis et Chloé

Austrian psychotherapist and founder of Individual Psychology, known for the concept of the "inferiority complex" and emphasizing social belonging and purpose

French educator, historian, and sports official known as the founder of the modern Olympic Games and co-founder of the International Olympic Committee

New Zealand physicist and chemist known as "the father of nuclear physics" and recipient of the 1908 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on elemental disintegration and radioactivity

New Zealand physicist and chemist who was a pioneering researcher in atomic and nuclear physics, known as "the father of nuclear physics" and a Nobel Prize laureate