Memorials & famous biographies

Israeli politician, Prime Minister, and a founder of the Israeli Labor Party who led the nation through significant periods

Japanese martial artist and founder of the martial art of Aikido, known respectfully as Kaiso or Ōsensei

German painter and printmaker noted for his starkly realistic portrayals of Weimar society and the brutality of war, a leading figure of Neue Sachlichkeit

King of Saudi Arabia from 1953 to 1964 and Crown Prince for over two decades, he was the second son of the kingdom's founder, King Abdulaziz

Third President of India, former Vice President, and esteemed Indian educationist

British physicist and Nobel laureate who discovered the pion and developed the photographic method for studying nuclear processes

German Chancellor, diplomat, and military officer remembered for his significant political influence and role in the early 20th-century German government

German architect and designer renowned as a pioneer of modern architecture, known for his minimalist aesthetic and iconic works like the "BRNO" Armchair and 860-880 North Lake Shore Drive

German-American architect who founded the Bauhaus School and pioneered modernist architecture and design education

German-American experimental physicist who won the 1943 Nobel Prize for developing molecular beam techniques and discovering the proton's magnetic moment

German-Swiss psychiatrist and philosopher whose work on psychopathology influenced diagnostic criteria and shaped modern theology and philosophy

German philosopher, sociologist, and musicologist, known for his leadership in the Frankfurt School and his critiques of the culture industry, influencing the European New Left