Ludwik Mieroslawski
Polish general, writer, poet, historian, and political activist born in 1814.
Jeanne Lanvin
French haute couture fashion designer & founder of the Lanvin fashion house & Lanvin Parfums.
Chet Baker
American jazz trumpeter & vocalist known for his innovations within the cool jazz subgenre.
Stephen Hawking
English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, & author known for his book, A Brief History of Time.
Martin Niemoller
German theologian & pastor best known for his widely quoted anti-Nazi poem “First they came …”.
Isaac Newton
English mathematician & physicist who developed the laws of motion, the theory of gravity, & calculus.
Louis Pasteur
French biologist, microbiologist, & chemist, born in 1822, & known for discovering the principles of vaccination.
Simon Wiesenthal
Jewish Austrian Holocaust survivor, Nazi hunter, writer, & co-founder of the Jewish Historical Documentation Centre.
Catherine of Aragon
Queen of England & first wife of Henry VIII born in 1485. Princess of Whales as wife of Henry’s brother.
Bô Yin Râ
German spiritual teacher, poet, & painter born in 1876.