Jeanne Lanvin
French haute couture fashion designer & founder of the Lanvin fashion house & Lanvin Parfums.
Queen Elisabeth
Empress of Austria & Queen of Hungary by marriage to Emperor Franz Joseph I, born in 1837.
Cosima Wagner
Wife & muse of German composer Richard Wagner, born in 1837. Co-founder & director of the Bayreuth Festival.
Nostradamus
French astrologer & physician, born in 1503, & known for his predictions about the future of the world.
Paul Éluard
French poet & a founder of the Surrealist movement. Born in 1895 & known worldwide for his anti-Nazi poems.
Carlo Levi
Italian painter, writer, activist, anti-fascist, & doctor best known for his book Cristo si è fermato a Eboli (1945).
Billy The Kid
American outlaw & gunfighter of the Old West born in 1859.
Bruce Lee
Hong Kong American actor, director, martial artist, & philosopher known for films incl. Fist of Fury & Enter the Dragon.
Agnolo Bronzino
Italian Mannerist painter born in 1503 & primarily known for portraiture.
George VI
King of England from 1936 until his death in 1952. Succeeded by his daughter, Queen Elizabeth II.