Mexican painter and muralist whose murals focused on historical and universal themes, as well as the ability of art functioning as social commentary. In the…
United States Air Force fighter pilot and flying ace of the Korean War. He accrued 11 victories in the war. He is also one of…
Canadian Brigadier Commander of the British Empire. He was a soldier, a diplomat, an author, editor, statistician and a sidereal astrologer, known and respected in…
American military officer, a United States Army captain and a recipient of the United States military’s highest decoration for valour—the Medal of Honor—for his actions…
Italian screenwriter, film director and novelist, mostly known as a prominent exponent of the ‘commedia all’italiana’ genre. He moved to Rome at a young age,…
Italian captain from Florence who fought in the Italian Wars, earning a reputation as a daring fighter and swashbuckler. After spending a few years as…
Portuguese soldier in the Expeditionary Corps during World War I who, after six months in combat, was charged with desertion, and sentenced to death by…
French-born Italian actress and film producer. Fenech moved from Nice to Rome in 1967 for her first Italian film “Samoa, regina della giungla” by Guido…
German child artists’ model generally called Fränzi and associated with Die Brücke (The Bridge), a group of German expressionist artists formed in Dresden in 1905.…
American popular novelist, winner of the Nobel Prize in 1949 and the Pulitzer Prize in 1955. Biographer’s attempts to pin down the essential writer meet…
Jamie Farr: An Iconic Lebanese-American Actor and His Human Design Jamie Farr, born on July 1, 1934, in Toledo, Ohio, is a celebrated Lebanese-American actor…
Swiss poet, dramatist, short-story writer, and literary critic, noted for his trilogy of novels on Zürich life and for important critical studies of literary figures.…
French-Algerian gangster, son of a Maghrebi Muslim immigrant, who was influenced by American crime films such as Scarface, Reservoir Dogs and Heat. He has been…
American actor with a career that spanned four decades. He got his first taste of theatrical fun during WWII when he performed with a troupe…
German jazz and light music violinist and conductor known for his work in a radio jazz band and in a few films. In 1927 Etté…
Dutch plastic surgeon, chess player, millionaire and art collector. Esser was mainly raised by his neighbour the milk handler Leen Spruyt. Esser started the study…
Cuban-born American singer, songwriter, actress and entrepreneur. She is in the top 100 best selling music artists with an estimated 100 million records sold worldwide,…
Ghanaian entrepreneur, and television and radio presenter, who hosts The One Show, a talk show on Viasat 1, and +233 Discovery, a TV show featuring…
American military, England was among the soldiers who were photographed while they were allegedly torturing detainees at the Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad, Iraq. In…
Flemish draughtsman and painter, whose father was an Irishman who married a Flemish woman. Later on, Joe was naturalised as a Belgian subject and collaborated…
American actor whose good looks won him the title of Hollywood’s Most Eligible Batchelor in the ’50s. A strict Catholic, he took his time to…
American actor in films and television whose most famous role was as Private Peter Moss in the 1949 film Home of the Brave, in which…
Swiss explorer and author. As a teenager, Eberhardt, educated in Switzerland by her father, published short stories under a male pseudonym. She became interested in…
French-Senegalese soldier, paratrooper, killed by members of AQMI in Mali. He was formerly a Thai boxing world champion (2004). The 10th French victim in Mali.…
German-American actress, singer and model, who achieved international fame as a result of her portrayal of Mary Jane Watson in the Spider-Man trilogy (2002–2007). She…
Luxembourgish politician and statesman who was the 16th Prime Minister of Luxembourg, serving for sixteen years, from 5 November 1937 until his death, on 23…
Scottish medium taken to trial at the Old Bailey in London on 3/23/1944 for fraud, charged under the 1735 Witchcraft Act of “pretending to raise…
French soldier in a peacekeeping mission in Somalia, 1993. Converted to Islam, he became a terrorist of the Khaled Kerkal group, mainly a gangster doing…
French soldier, statesman, and writer: his Mémoires are an outstanding account of the period 1694-1723, during the reigns of Louis XIV and Louis XV. As…
American physician, academic and surgeon prominent during the American Revolution and in the history of the fledgling United States. From 1776 to 1780, during the…
French military officer whose charge of treason and subsequent exile to Devil’s Island penal colony became a symbol for the rising anti-Semitic sentiment in Europe.…
American serviceman in the U.S. armed forces who defected in the Korean War. He was one of the twenty-two United Nations soldiers and POWs (one…
British television presenter, writer and speaker on horticulture, best known for presenting the BBC television series Gardeners’ World. Don was born in West Germany, the…
American politician and attorney who represented Kansas in the United States Senate from 1969 to 1996. He was the Republican Leader of the Senate during…
French soldier in World War II, awarded the title of ‘Compagnon de la Libération’ (English: Companion of the Liberation). He died in Nanterre, France on…
American track and field athlete, who is the only male in the history of the Olympic Games to win gold in both the 100 m…
American minor actor, the younger brother of actor Matt Dillon. Kevin became an actor when an agent discovered him at the premiere of older brother…
German-American actress and singer who achieved 62 years of international fame as an immortal screen goddess in German and American films. She received the U.S.…
German medium who exhibited the stigmata. Paul Diebel, a German by birth, was a soldier who fought against the Russians during World War 1. He…
French soldier and member of the Résistance, awarded the title of ‘Compagnon de la Libération’ (English: Companion of the Liberation). He died on 12 February…
French mercenary, rebel and adventurer, a modern day soldier-of-fortune. Since 1961, Denard has fought in the bloody Biafran war of succession against Nigeria, battled communists…
Filipino military general. He was one of the youngest generals in the Philippine Revolutionary Forces during the Philippine Revolution and the Philippine-American War. Because of…
French soldier, who became a leader of the Organisation de l’armée secrète (OAS) Delta Commandos in the last months of French rule in Algeria. On…
Belgian woman from Charleroi and a convert to Islam. La Derniere Heure, a Belgian newspaper, claimed on 1 December 2005 that she was a suicide…
French and Moroccan actor, comedian, producer, director and screenwriter. On 17 January 1990, at the train station in Trappes, he was struck by a passing…
Dutch admiral, the most famous and one of the most skilled in Dutch history. De Ruyter is most famous for his role in the Anglo-Dutch…
Spanish soldier who reached the rank of lieutenant general. Appointed Viceroy of Navarre. He died 15 October 1841 Link to Wikipedia biography (Spanish)
French General and politician, a national hero who was elected as the first President of the Fifth Republic from 1959-1969. A voracious reader and a…