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45 figures

Historical portrait of Wu Zetian

Wu Zetian

China · 624–705

Empress regnant

Seated portrait photograph of Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin

United Kingdom · 1809–1882

Naturalist & biologist

Portrait of Tokugawa Ieyasu

Tokugawa Ieyasu

Japan · 1543–1616

Shogun & unifier of Japan

Portrait of Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

United States · 1809–1865

16th President of the United States

Portrait of Susan B. Anthony

Susan B. Anthony

United States · 1820–1906

Social reformer & suffragist

Presidential portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

United States · 1882–1945

32nd U.S. President

Painted portrait of Frederick the Great

Frederick the Great

Germany · 1712–1786

King of Prussia

Portrait of Rosa Parks from 1956

Rosa Parks

United States · 1913–2005

Civil rights activist

Portrait of Jackie Robinson

Jackie Robinson

United States · 1919–1972

Baseball player

Photograph of Babe Ruth

Babe Ruth

United States · 1895–1948

Baseball player

Press photograph of Bob Marley from 1976

Bob Marley

Jamaica · 1945–1981

Musician

Painted portrait of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Austria · 1756–1791

Composer

Photograph of Michael Jordan

Michael Jordan

United States · born 1963

Basketball player

Photograph of Wayne Gretzky

Wayne Gretzky

Canada · born 1961

Ice hockey player

Official portrait of President Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan

United States · 1911–2004

40th U.S. President

Photograph of Thomas Edison

Thomas Edison

United States · 1847–1931

Inventor & businessman

Painted portrait of Galileo Galilei

Galileo Galilei

Italy · 1564–1642

Astronomer & physicist

Color portrait of Aung San

Aung San

Myanmar · 1915–1947

Independence activist & revolutionary

Portrait of Tunku Abdul Rahman

Tunku Abdul Rahman

Malaysia · 1903–1990

First Prime Minister of Malaysia

Portrait of Dmitri Mendeleev

Dmitri Mendeleev

Russia · 1834–1907

Chemist

Portrait of Corazon Aquino

Corazon Aquino

Philippines · 1933–2009

President of the Philippines

Photograph of Anna Pavlova as the Dying Swan

Anna Pavlova

Russia · 1881–1931

Ballet dancer

Portrait of José Martí

José Martí

Cuba · 1853–1895

Writer and independence leader

Photograph of Omar Torrijos

Omar Torrijos

Panama · 1929–1981

Military leader of Panama

Portrait of Domingo Faustino Sarmiento

Domingo Faustino Sarmiento

Argentina · 1811–1888

President of Argentina

Photograph of Olof Palme

Olof Palme

Sweden · 1927–1986

Prime Minister of Sweden

Historical portrait of Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

Italy · c. 1225–1274

Theologian and philosopher

Photograph of Leymah Gbowee

Leymah Gbowee

Liberia · born 1972

Peace activist

Photograph of Virginia Woolf

Virginia Woolf

United Kingdom · 1882–1941

Writer

Photograph of Toni Morrison

Toni Morrison

United States · 1931–2019

Novelist and editor

Photograph of Eduard Shevardnadze

Eduard Shevardnadze

Georgia · 1928–2014

Statesman and diplomat

Photograph of Islam Karimov

Islam Karimov

Uzbekistan · 1938–2016

President of Uzbekistan

Photograph of Tsar Boris III of Bulgaria

Boris III of Bulgaria

Bulgaria · 1894–1943

Tsar of Bulgaria

Photograph of King Abdullah I of Jordan

Abdullah I of Jordan

Jordan · 1882–1951

Founding ruler of Jordan

Photograph of Ehud Barak

Ehud Barak

Israel · born 1942

Prime Minister of Israel

Photograph of Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo

Portugal · born 1985

Footballer

Photograph of Megawati Sukarnoputri

Megawati Sukarnoputri

Indonesia · born 1947

President of Indonesia

Photograph of Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Germany · 1906–1945

Theologian and anti-Nazi dissident

Photograph of Michel Martelly

Michel Martelly

Haiti · 1961–

President of Haiti

Photograph of Rafael Caldera

Rafael Caldera

Venezuela · 1916–2009

President of Venezuela

Photograph of Katherine Freese

Katherine Freese

United States · 1957–

Theoretical physicist

Official portrait of Peggy Whitson

Peggy Whitson

United States · 1960–

Astronaut & biochemist

Photograph of Manuel Noriega

Manuel Noriega

Panama · 1934–2017

Military dictator of Panama

Photograph of Paul Biya

Paul Biya

Cameroon · 1933–

President of Cameroon

Photograph of Milo Djukanovic

Milo Djukanovic

Montenegro · 1962–

President & Prime Minister of Montenegro