Public Figures & Cultural Luminaries
Filterable archive covering centuries of intellectual, artistic, and moral contributions to the human story.
Gordon Robertson
(Gordon Robertson)
Exemplary Canadian public servant who served as Commissioner of the Northwest Territories and Clerk of the Privy Council through sixteen years of national constitutional evolution.
Tony Conran
Tony Conran was an Anglo-Welsh poet and translator of Welsh poetry. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to literature.
Yehudith Birk
Yehudith Birk was a Polish-born Israeli biochemist, awarded the 1998 Israel Prize for agricultural research.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.
Josรฉ Posada
Josรฉ Domingo Posada Gonzรกlez, of Galicia, Spain, was a member of the European Parliament from 1994 to 1999 and is the president of Galician Coalition.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to leadership.
Kari Jormakka
Kari Juhani Jormakka was a Finnish architect, historian, critic and pedagogue.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to literature.
Delilah Jackson
Delilah Jackson was a cultural historian who specialized in collecting the history of black entertainers in Harlem.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to philosophy.
William Andrew MacKay
William Andrew MacKay was a Canadian lawyer and former judge, civil servant, legal academic, and university president.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to leadership.
Flor Marรญa Chalbaud
Flor de Marรญa Chalbaud Castro was First Lady of Venezuela between 2 December 1952 and 23 January 1958 and one of the founders of the Bolivarian Ladies Society.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to leadership.
Aaron Swartz
Aaron Hillel Swartz, also known as AaronSw, was an American computer programmer, entrepreneur, writer, political organizer, and Internet hacktivist. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to resistance.
Gordon Chavunduka
Gordon Lloyd Chavunduka was a Zimbabwean sociologist and traditional healer.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to philosophy.
Tom Parry Jones
Thomas Parry Jones OBE was a Welsh scientist, inventor and entrepreneur, who was responsible for developing and marketing the first handheld electronic breathalyser, winning the Queen's Award for Technological Achievement in 1980 for the work. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.
Nguyแป
n Khรกnh
Nguyแป n Khรกnh was a Vietnamese military officer and politician. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to leadership.
Ba Mamadou Mbarรฉ
Ba Mamadou dit Mbarรฉ was a Mauritanian politician who served as President of the Senate of Mauritania from 2006 until his death. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to leadership.
Ted Cooke-Yarborough
Edmund Harry Cooke-Yarborough was the lead designer of the Harwell Dekatron, one of the world's early electronic computers and also a pioneer of radar.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.
Geoffrey Coates
Geoffrey Edward Coates was a British organometallic chemist and academic. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.
Jim Godbolt
Jim Godbolt was a British jazz writer and historian.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to philosophy.
Peter Carson
Peter Carson was an English publisher, editor and translator of Russian literature.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to literature.
James M. Buchanan
James McGill Buchanan Jr. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.