Public Figures & Cultural Luminaries
Filterable archive covering centuries of intellectual, artistic, and moral contributions to the human story.
Alan W. Lukens
Alan Wood Lukens was an American diplomat who served as the ambassador to People's Republic of the Congo from 1984 to 1987 and held other diplomatic posts throughout Africa. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to leadership.
Odeen Ishmael
Odeen Ishmael was a career Guyanese diplomat.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to leadership.
Francisco Olivencia
Francisco Olivencia Ruiz was a Spanish lawyer and politician.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to leadership.
Charles Currie
Charles Currie, S.J., was an American Jesuit and academic administrator. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to leadership.
Sayed Ashraful Islam
Sayed Ashraful Islam was a Bangladesh Awami League politician. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to leadership.
Theodore E. Gildred
Theodore Edmonds Gildred Jr. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to leadership.
Hamza Abdullahi
Hamza Abdullahi (2 March 1945 โ 3 January 2019) was a Nigerian statesman and military administrator who served as Governor of Kano State from 1984 to 1985; and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory from 1986 to 1989.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to leadership.
Blake Nordstrom
Blake Willard Nordstrom was an American businessman. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to leadership.
Gu Fangzhou
Gu Fangzhou was a Chinese virologist, best known for developing domestic OPV and eradicating polio in the country.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to leadership.
Raymond Ramazani Baya
Raymond Ramazani Baya was a Congolese politician. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to leadership.
Ke Hua
Ke Hua was a Chinese diplomat who was Chinese Ambassador to Guinea from 1960 to 1964, Chinese Ambassador to Ghana from 1972 to 1974, Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines from 1975 to 1978, and Chinese Ambassador to the United Kingdom from 1978 to 1983.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to leadership.
Kofi Annan
(Kofi Atta Annan)
World's preeminent diplomat who redefined global development through the Millennium Goals, humanized the UN civil service, and elevated human rights to a fundamental pillar of international law.
Gerald Morkel
Gerald Norman Morkel was the Mayor of Cape Town and Premier of the Western Cape province in South Africa. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to leadership.
George Maxwell Richards
George Maxwell Richards was a Trinidadian politician who served as the fourth president of Trinidad and Tobago, from 2003 to 2013. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to leadership.
James Makumbi
James Makumbi was a Ugandan physician and politician.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to leadership.
Bruce Cole
Bruce Milan Cole was a longtime professor of art history at Indiana University, a Senior Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C., a member of the Eisenhower Memorial Commission, and the eighth Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to leadership.
Jim Anderton
James Patrick Anderton was a New Zealand politician who led a succession of left-wing parties after leaving the Labour Party in 1989.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to leadership.
Rita Crocker Clements
Rita Crocker Clements was an American Republican Party organizer, an activist in historic preservation, and a First Lady of the U.S. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to leadership.