A Hungarian-born Belgian economist. Founding president of the forerunner to the European Central Bank, he created a process to develop financial regulation.
A French army officer and statesman who led Free France against Nazi Germany in WW2, chaired the provisional French Government 1944-1946 and President 1958-1969.
A Finnish author who won fame with his 3rd novel, Tuntematon Sotilas (The Unknown Soldier, 1954), and consolidated it with the trilogy Täällä Pohjantähden alla, (1959-63).
An Italian writer, poet, correspondent of Petrarch, and an important Renaissance humanist, whose most notable works are The Decameron collection of short stories.
According to Greek Myth, a Phoenician princess of Argive origin, abducted by Zeus in the form of a bull, who became mother of King Minos of Crete.
Of the House of Grimaldi, he was regent 1815-1819, and then Prince 1819-1841. He established factories and citrus cooperatives to try to improve the (his) economy.
A Greek poet of the Romantic school, he published five volumes of poetry and drama - Canzone... (1811), Le Danaidi (1818), Elpis patridos (1818), Lyra (1824) and New odes (1826).
An Austrian-Bohemian pacifist and novelist. In 1905, she became the second female Nobel laureate (after Marie Curie in 1903), and first woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Born 1934, the second-in-line to the Belgian throne, he was raised in Belgium, France, Spain, Germany, Austria and Switzerland during WW2. He reigned from 1993, abdicating 2013.
An Italian poet, writer and philosopher. His Divine Comedy is widely seen as the most important poem of the Middle Ages.
An Italian physician and educator best known for the philosophy of education that bears her name, and her writing on scientific pedagogy.
The Latvian Maiden, 'Milda', was the face of the 5 Lats coin designed by Rihards Zariņš and minted 1929, '31 and '32. It became a symbol of independence under Soviet Occupation.
Born Karol Józef Wojtyła, he was Pope from 1978-2005 and improved the Catholic Church's relations with Judaism, Islam, and the Eastern Orthodox Church.
An Iberian explorer who organised the Spanish expedition to the East Indies from 1519 to 1522, resulting in the first circumnavigation of the Earth, which was completed by Elcano
An Italian explorer and navigator who completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean, opening the way for European exploration and colonization of the Americas.
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