Public Figures & Cultural Luminaries
Filterable archive covering centuries of intellectual, artistic, and moral contributions to the human story.
Boris Nemtsov
(ะะพัะธั ะัะธะผะพะฒะธั ะะตะผัะพะฒ)
Boris Nemtsov was a charismatic Russian physicist, former First Deputy Prime Minister, and the foremost leader of Russia's democratic opposition against authoritarian rule. A tireless anti-corruption crusader who documented state theft and opposed military intervention in Ukraine, he was assassinated on the Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge within sight of the Kremlin walls in February 2015.
Ammouri Mbarek
(ุนู
ูุฑู ู
ุจุงุฑู)
Visionary reformer of modern Amazigh song who founded the legendary group Ousman in 1975, introducing polyphonic harmonies, acoustic guitars, and modern poetic arrangements to Moroccan music.
Robert Gavron, Baron Gavron
Robert Gavron, Baron Gavron was a British printing millionaire, philanthropist and a Labour life peer.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to humanitarian.
Assia Djebar
(ุขุณูุง ุฌุจุงุฑ (ูุงุทู
ุฉ ุงูุฒูุฑุงุก ุฅูู
ูุงูู))
Foremost Algerian novelist, essayist, and filmmaker who gave voice to Algerian women silenced by colonialism and patriarchy, becoming the first writer from North Africa elected to the Acadรฉmie Franรงaise in 2005.
Molade Okoya-Thomas
Chief Molade Alexander Okoya-Thomas FCNA, MFR, OFR, KSS was a Nigerian businessman and philanthropist.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to humanitarian.
Kenji Goto
(ๅพ่ค ๅฅไบ (Goto Kenji))
Kenji Goto was a renowned Japanese freelance video journalist, documentary filmmaker, and author who dedicated his career to documenting the suffering of innocent civilians, refugees, and children in the world's most perilous conflict zones, from Sierra Leone and Rwanda to Iraq and Syria. In October 2014, he bravely entered ISIS-controlled Syria in an attempt to rescue a captured friend, where he was captured and executed in January 2015.
Rositsa Yanakieva
Rositsa Yanakieva was a Bulgarian politician and chemist, who served as the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly from 2014 until January 2015. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.
Bob Symes
Robert Alexander Schutzmann was an Austrian inventor and television presenter. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.
Justin Caprฤ
Virgilius Justin Caprฤ was a Romanian engineer and inventor.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.
Jacqueline Guerroudj
(ุฌุงูููู ูุฑูุฌ)
French-born Algerian freedom fighter who served as an arms courier during the Battle of Algiers, sentenced to death alongside Fernand Iveton before international campaigns spared her life.
Vinay V. Deodhar
Vinay Vithal Deodhar was a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Mathematics at Indiana University. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.
Faten Hamama
(ูุงุชู ุญู
ุงู
ุฉ)
Supreme icon of Egyptian and Arab cinema universally acclaimed as 'The Lady of the Arabic Screen', whose stellar six-decade career and nearly one hundred films revolutionized social attitudes and women's legal rights across the Middle East.
Theodore Sourkes
Theodore Lionel Sourkes, was a Canadian biochemist and neuropsychopharmacologist who helped advance the treatment of Parkinson's disease and hypertension.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.
Raoul Pantin
Raoul Pantin was a Trinidad and Tobago journalist, editor, poet and playwright. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to literature.
Arnaldo Calveyra
Arnaldo Calveyra was an Argentine poet, novelist and playwright, living in Paris since 1960. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to literature.
Jean Lindenmann
Jean Lindenmann was a Swiss virologist and immunologist. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.
Jerzy Holzer
Jerzy Stanisลaw Holzer was a Polish historian. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to philosophy.
Robert E. White
Robert Edward White was an American career diplomat who served as US Ambassador to Paraguay (1977โ1980) and to El Salvador (1980โ1981). Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to leadership.