Memorials & famous biographies

American comedian, actor, and composer known as 'The Great One' for his iconic characters and successful music career

American physician who shared the Nobel Prize for developing liver therapy for pernicious anemia, turning a fatal disease into a treatable one

American actor, comedian, and humanitarian known for his rapid-fire songs and dedicated work for UNICEF

American actress known for her powerful, transformative performances on stage, screen, and television

American choreographer and director whose iconic style, characterized by hats, gloves, and jazz hands, transformed Broadway and film musicals

American actress and author known for her roles in films like "The Maltese Falcon" and her bestselling autobiographies

American mythologist, writer, and lecturer best known for his work on the 'hero's journey' and comparative mythology

American actor known for his hardboiled "tough guy" characters, bass voice, and prematurely white hair, a decorated United States Marine

American and Irish filmmaker, screenwriter, and actor celebrated for directing 37 feature films, earning two Academy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards

American biochemist and Nobel laureate who shared the 1946 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the isolation, crystallization, and study of enzymes, proteins, and viruses

American psychologist and psychotherapist who founded humanistic psychology and developed person-centered therapy

American physicist and inventor who shared the Nobel Prize for co-inventing the point-contact transistor

American dancer, actor, and singer widely considered the "greatest popular-music dancer of all time" with a career spanning 76 years

American artist, film director, and producer known for leading the Pop art movement and exploring consumerism, mass media, and celebrity culture

Japanese association football player who contributed to the early development of the sport in Japan

Russian mathematician and computer scientist who pioneered modern probability theory, algorithmic information theory, and made fundamental contributions to topology, functional analysis, and classical mechanics

German chemist and mathematician known for the Wittig reaction, which earned him the 1979 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for its importance in organic synthesis

Polish stage and film actress and singer known for her tragedienne and femme fatale roles in the silent and golden eras of Hollywood

Indian Prime Minister (1979-1980) and peasant leader known as the "Champion of Farmers" who dedicated his life to agricultural reform and farmer rights

Argentine physician and biochemist who won the 1970 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discoveries of carbohydrate metabolic pathways, significantly impacting the understanding and treatment of diseases like galactosemia

American actress, dancer, and pin-up girl known as "The Love Goddess" who graced the Golden Age of Hollywood in 61 films over 38 years

English-Brazilian biologist and Nobel laureate known as the "father of transplantation" for his work on acquired immune tolerance

Turkish admiral, diplomat, and politician who served as the 6th President of the Republic of Turkey

Iconic Egyptian-French singer and actress who sold over 140 million records worldwide, known for hits like 'Gigi l'amoroso' and 'Paroles, paroles'