Juan Caboto (1450-1499) was an Italian navigator and explorer, whose voyages in 1497 to the lands where Canada is now established, allowed England to ...
Pedro Álvares Cabral (1467-1520) was a Portuguese navigator who is credited with the discovery of Brazil in the year 1500, which allegedly occurred ac...
Svante August Arrhenius (1859-1927) was a Swedish physicist and chemist known worldwide for his work in the area of electrolytic dissociation and ot...
Eleanor of Aquitaine (c. 1122-1204) was Duchess of Aquitaine in her own right, as well as Queen Consort of France (1137-1152) and England (1152-1189)....
David G. Burnet (1788-1870) was a federalist lawyer and politician of American origin. He is remembered for holding the presidency during the interim ...
Carl Ritter (1779-1859) was a German geographer and naturalist, considered a co-founder of modern geography along with Alexander von Humboldt. He appl...
Pablo Morillo and Morillo (1775-1837) was a Spanish military man, Count of Cartagena and Marqués de la Puerta, known as "the Peacemaker" for his role ...
Zhen He (1371-1433) was a Chinese military man, navigator, and explorer who undertook seven iconic expeditions on behalf of the Ming dynasty to expand...
Alfonso Garcia Robles (1911-1991) was a Mexican lawyer and diplomat recognized for his work in the search for peace and nuclear disarmament in the wor...
