Polish teenager who has been beatified as a virgin-martyr by the Roman Catholic Church. She died on 18 November 1914 while resisting an attempted rape…
Sri Lankan soldier and politician, most notable for serving as the 3rd Prime Minister of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) from 1953 to 1956. On 29 September…
German patriotic poet of the war of liberation against Napoleon in 1813 whose death in Lützow’s volunteer corps made him a popular hero. He studied…
German soldier in the First World War, notable as the youngest son of internationally renowned artist Käthe Kollwitz, and by his contact with personalities such…
German ‘first lady’ as the wife of Helmut Kohl who served as Chancellor from 1982 to 1998. She met him for the first time at…
American civil rights activist, later an outspoken supporter of Islamic terrorist leader Osama bin Laden. Influenced by her Japanese-American family’s internment, her association with Malcolm…
American lawyer, TV judge, politician and author. He was the ebullient Mayor of New York City from 1977 to a third four-year term November 1985.…
Austrian homicide; the killer of four people. A white male with thick, solid features, he was an illegitimate child. His dad was a soldier, an…
German writer of novels, short stories, essays, feature articles, poems and fairy tales. The son of a locksmith, he was a soldier in the Imperial…
British soldier from a noted family, he was the only son of author Rudyard Kipling. In the First World War his father used his influence…
British writer born in India; a poet, novelist and journalist who, more than anyone, captured the spirit of British Rule in India. Kipling first worked…
Martin Luther King Jr.: A Manifesting Generator with a Visionary Legacy Martin Luther King Jr., born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia, was an…
American politician and attorney, this U.S. Senator formally declared his candidacy for President on September 2, 2003. As a Massachusetts Democrat, Kerry was elected to…
American writer, a journalist and photographer; the personal photographer of President Gerald Ford. The outspoken Kennerly is known for his gutsiness and has worked for…
United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military’s highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Vietnam War. Denied status…
Danish-born French film actress, director, screenwriter and singer, widely considered an icon of 1960s cinema. A muse of the director Jean-Luc Godard, one of the…
German royalty and a distinguished soldier, who, in 1815, after the congress of Vienna, became colonel of a regiment in the service of the king…
German film producer and magician in the German Reich and in the early Federal Republic of Germany. In 1927 he became editor-in-chief of MAGIE magazine…
German art historian, art collector and important patron of Expressionist artists. Through the efforts of Walter Kaesbach, the Mönchengladbach Museum came to hold one of…
Scottish nurse who died in service during the First World War. In 2020, it was announced by NHS Scotland that the NHS Louisa Jordan hospital…
Russian royalty, a member of the Romanov family. He was murdered by Bolshevik soldiers, thrown into a mine shaft with other family members and left…
French-born Brazilian soldier, pilot and airline executive, also a Prince of Orléans-Braganza and member of the Brazilian Imperial Family. He was a grandson of the…
Erazm Jerzmanowski: A Visionary Industrialist and Philanthropist Erazm Jerzmanowski, born on February 6, 1844, in Tomisławice, Poland, was a remarkable figure whose life journey spanned…
Australian television and film actor, producer and director, who rose to fame through his work in the Australian New Wave. He is best known for…
French anarchist illegalist and popular hero. A clever burglar equipped with a sharp sense of humour, capable of great generosity towards his victims, he became…
Italian track and field sprinter and long jumper, current 100 m Olympic champion and 60 m European champion. He holds the 100 m European record…
American lawyer, jurist, soldier, politician and U.S. President for two terms, 1829-1837. Jackson was admitted to the bar in 1787. He served in the army…
Scottish homicide; a scary, demented killer. He confessed to killing two people during a bank heist in 1969 and in 1982, stalked and attacked actress…
Israeli soldier who committed suicide on 13 January 1955 in a Syrian prison, after being captured in a covert operation on the Golan Heights. He…
Russian royalty, a member of the Romanov family. He was thrown down a mine shaft along with other Romanov family members by Bolshevik soldiers, during…
Dutch diplomat. He was the third son of Dutch public servant Constantijn Huygens (1596–1687). His eldest brother Constantijn Huygens Jr. (1628–1697) was a Dutch soldier,…
German soldier and Nazi partisan who served as commandant of the Auschwitz extermination camp (1940–45), during a period when as many as 1,000,000 to 2,500,000…
Dutch Mayor’s wife of Oosterbeek, a village close to the river Rhine near Arnhem. While her husband was away and unable to get back, one…
Swedish writer born to noble parents who travelled a great deal throughout Europe in her lifetime as a result of living in a military family…
American singer and actress with depth and character, as well as classic beauty and talent. Her great-grandparents had been a slave and white owner; being…
British soldier from a noted family, the eldest of the two sons of Oscar Wilde. In 1895, when he was ten, he was sent to…
Luxembourg pharmacist, draughtsman and painter, also known in German as Franz Heldenstein. He was cofounder of the Cercle artistique de Luxembourg (CAL) with Pierre Blanc…
Ella van Heemstra: Dutch Aristocrat and Mother of Audrey Hepburn Ella van Heemstra, an esteemed Dutch aristocrat, is perhaps best recognized as the mother of…
French execution survivor, one of only six people to survive the massacre of Oradour by Nazi Germany’s Waffen-SS Das Reich Panzer Division on 10 June…
American businessman and soldier. He co-founded a forerunner of Union Carbide, fought in two wars, and received the Medal of Honor. He died on July…
American politician who was a Congressman in 1865, Governor of Ohio in 1867 and President of the U.S. from 1877 to 1881. A lawyer and…
Israeli military commando, a key member of Unit 101, he was highly praised by Chief of Staff Moshe Dayan who described him as “the finest…
Kevin Hart: A Comedic Powerhouse Shaped by Human Design Kevin Hart, born on July 6, 1979, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is an American comedian, actor, writer,…
American football fullback who played in the National Football League with the Pittsburgh Steelers (1972-1983), he was one of the best running backs ever to…
American musician and composer. One of the leading jazz pianists of his generation, Hancock skyrocketed to fame in 1962 with his debut album “Takin’ Off,”…
German military, the Nazi Chief of the General Staff from 1938-42. A professional soldier in WW II, he was promoted to Major-General in 1935. Quiet…
Chanin Hale: A Luminary of Stage and Screen Chanin Hale, born on September 3, 1936, in Dayton, Ohio, stands out as an American stage and…