Memorials & famous biographies

English physician and athlete who became the first person in history to run a mile in under four minutes, later a respected neurologist

Japanese association football player, coach, and politician who played for the Japan national team

Italian professional association football player known for his role as a central defender

Russian writer and poet known for creating beloved characters like Cheburashka and Gena the Crocodile, with over 70 books and 60 cartoon adaptations

Icelandic actor and singer best known for portraying Robbie Rotten in the children's television series LazyTown

Polish sprinter and sports official who uniquely held world records in the 100m, 200m, and 400m, securing seven Olympic medals including three golds

First Lady of the United States, wife of President George H. W. Bush, mother of President George W. Bush, and founder of the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy

Head and Prime Minister of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic and a pro-Russian separatist leader

Scottish economist and university teacher who won the 1996 Nobel Memorial Prize for his work on the economics of asymmetric information and optimal taxation

Former Ethiopian President and seasoned politician who served as head of state from 2001 to 2013

Nobel laureate British biologist and geneticist known for his work on the Caenorhabditis elegans genome and leadership in human genome research, advocating for public access to science

Swedish neuroscientist and Nobel laureate recognized for his pioneering discoveries concerning the neurotransmitter dopamine and its impact on Parkinson's disease

Soviet and Ukrainian film director, screenwriter, and actress known for her distinctive and unusual directorial style

Serbian actress known for her extensive career in film, television, and theatre, and for her role in The Dark Side of the Sun

Canadian and American actress and activist, widely known for her role as Lois Lane in the Superman films and her extensive work across five decades

Japanese animator, director, producer, and co-founder of Studio Ghibli, widely recognized for his critically acclaimed animated feature films

Swiss singer who won the first Eurovision Song Contest in 1956 and was known for her hit 'O mein Papa'

German American biologist and 1999 Nobel laureate who discovered the intrinsic signals governing protein transport and localization within cells

American rapper, singer-songwriter, and record producer known for his versatile music, exploration of emo and trap genres, and pioneering role in emo rap and SoundCloud rap

American rapper, singer, record producer, and songwriter whose debut album Blue Slide Park was the first independently distributed debut to top the US Billboard 200 since 1995

American chef, author, and television personality known for exploring international culture and cuisine

British chemist and biophysicist known for developing crystallographic electron microscopy and his Nobel-winning work on nucleic acid-protein complexes

Japanese marine biologist who discovered green fluorescent protein and won the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Amos Oz, Israeli writer, novelist, journalist, and intellectual who championed a two-state solution to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict