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57 figures

Painted portrait of Catherine the Great

Catherine the Great

Russia · 1729–1796

Empress of Russia

Portrait of Ho Chi Minh from 1946

Ho Chi Minh

Vietnam · 1890–1969

Revolutionary & statesman

Portrait of Golda Meir

Golda Meir

Israel · 1898–1978

Prime Minister of Israel

Color portrait of Eva Perón

Eva Perón

Argentina · 1919–1952

First Lady of Argentina

Painted portrait of Toussaint Louverture

Toussaint Louverture

Haiti · 1744–1803

General & revolutionary leader

Bust of Admiral Yi Sun-sin

Yi Sun-sin

South Korea · 1545–1598

Naval commander

Photograph of Ulysses S. Grant

Ulysses S. Grant

United States · 1822–1885

18th U.S. President & Civil War general

Official portrait of Queen Elizabeth II

Elizabeth II

United Kingdom · 1926–2022

Queen of the United Kingdom

Photographic portrait of Emperor Nicholas II

Nicholas II

Russia · 1868–1918

Emperor of Russia

Portrait of Emperor Hirohito in dress uniform

Hirohito

Japan · 1901–1989

Emperor of Japan

Press photograph of Malcolm X from 1963

Malcolm X

United States · 1925–1965

Civil rights activist & minister

Photograph of Harry S. Truman

Harry S. Truman

United States · 1884–1972

33rd U.S. President

Photograph of Pol Pot

Pol Pot

Cambodia · 1925–1998

Dictator of Democratic Kampuchea

Portrait of Saddam Hussein from 1998

Saddam Hussein

Iraq · 1937–2006

Dictator of Iraq

Portrait photograph of Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler

Germany · 1889–1945

Dictator of Nazi Germany

Painted portrait of Carl Friedrich Gauss

Carl Friedrich Gauss

Germany · 1777–1855

Mathematician & physicist

Photograph of physicist Richard Feynman circa 1960

Richard Feynman

United States · 1918–1988

Theoretical physicist

Photograph of Salvador Dalí

Salvador Dalí

Spain · 1904–1989

Surrealist artist

Painted portrait of Immanuel Kant

Immanuel Kant

Germany · 1724–1804

Philosopher

Bust of the philosopher Plato

Plato

Greece · c. 428–347 BCE

Philosopher

Painted portrait of King Gustav Vasa

Gustav Vasa

Sweden · 1496–1560

King of Sweden

Painted portrait of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla

Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla

Mexico · 1753–1811

Priest & independence leader

Depiction of Sacagawea with the Lewis and Clark Expedition

Sacagawea

United States · c. 1788–1812

Guide and interpreter

Portrait of Mary Wollstonecraft

Mary Wollstonecraft

United Kingdom · 1759–1797

Writer and philosopher

Portrait of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Russia · 1840–1893

Composer

Photograph of Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar

India · born 1973

Cricketer

Photograph of Duke Ellington

Duke Ellington

United States · 1899–1974

Jazz pianist and composer

Photograph of Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Fitzgerald

United States · 1917–1996

Jazz vocalist

Portrait of Guglielmo Marconi

Guglielmo Marconi

Italy · 1874–1937

Inventor and electrical engineer

Photograph of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan

Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan

United Arab Emirates · 1918–2004

Founding President of the United Arab Emirates

Photograph of King Norodom Sihamoni of Cambodia

Norodom Sihamoni

Cambodia · born 1953

King of Cambodia

Tombstone effigy of King Casimir III the Great

Casimir III the Great

Poland · 1310–1370

King of Poland

Portrait of J. Robert Oppenheimer

J. Robert Oppenheimer

United States · 1904–1967

Theoretical physicist

Portrait of Max Planck

Max Planck

Germany · 1858–1947

Theoretical physicist

Photograph of Wolfgang Pauli

Wolfgang Pauli

Austria · 1900–1958

Theoretical physicist

Photograph of Augusto César Sandino

Augusto César Sandino

Nicaragua · 1895–1934

Revolutionary leader

Portrait of Sigmund Freud

Sigmund Freud

Austria · 1856–1939

Founder of psychoanalysis

Portrait of Niccolò Machiavelli

Niccolò Machiavelli

Italy · 1469–1527

Political theorist and diplomat

Photograph of Johan Cruyff

Johan Cruyff

Netherlands · 1947–2016

Footballer and manager

Portrait of Heydar Aliyev

Heydar Aliyev

Azerbaijan · 1923–2003

President of Azerbaijan

Historical portrait of Skanderbeg

Skanderbeg

Albania · c. 1405–1468

Military leader

Portrait of Josip Broz Tito

Josip Broz Tito

Serbia · 1892–1980

Leader of Yugoslavia

Photograph of Franjo Tuđman

Franjo Tuđman

Croatia · 1922–1999

President of Croatia

Portrait of Theodor Herzl

Theodor Herzl

Israel · 1860–1904

Father of modern political Zionism

Photograph of Moshe Dayan

Moshe Dayan

Israel · 1915–1981

Military leader and politician

Photograph of Dorothy Hodgkin

Dorothy Hodgkin

United Kingdom · 1910–1994

Chemist

Photograph of David Beckham

David Beckham

United Kingdom · born 1975

Footballer

Photograph of Pridi Banomyong

Pridi Banomyong

Thailand · 1900–1983

Prime Minister of Thailand

Photograph of Oskar Schindler

Oskar Schindler

Germany · 1908–1974

Industrialist and humanitarian

Photograph of Sophie Scholl

Sophie Scholl

Germany · 1921–1943

Anti-Nazi student activist

Photograph of Marcos Perez Jimenez

Marcos Perez Jimenez

Venezuela · 1914–2001

Military dictator of Venezuela

Official NASA portrait of Ellen Ochoa

Ellen Ochoa

United States · 1958–

Astronaut & engineer

Photograph of Rosalind Picard

Rosalind Picard

United States · 1962–

Computer scientist

Ancient portrait bust of Marcus Aurelius

Marcus Aurelius

Italy · 121–180 CE

Roman emperor & Stoic philosopher

Photograph of Elijah McCoy

Elijah McCoy

Canada · 1844–1929

Engineer & inventor

Portrait of Samuel Morse

Samuel Morse

United States · 1791–1872

Inventor & painter

Photograph of Sam Nujoma

Sam Nujoma

Namibia · 1929–2020

First President of Namibia