20th-century memoirists

Czech statesman, playwright, and former dissident, the last president of Czechoslovakia and the first president of the Czech Republic (1936–2011)

New Zealand mountaineer and philanthropist (1919–2008)

Austrian writer (1881–1942)

dictator of Chile from 1973 to 1990

Swedish writer and painter (1849–1912)

Italian chemist, partisan, Holocaust survivor, and writer (1919–1987)

UN Secretary-General from 1961 to 1971

Kenyan writer (1938–2025)

Austrian writer (1862–1931)

Brazilian writer (1912-2001)

President of Pakistan from 1958 to 1969

queen/empress consort of Iran from 1959 to 1979

Dutch politician (1886–1988)

(1911-2000) Polish pianist, composer, Holocaust survivor

Dictador of Nicaragua (1967–72, 1974–79)

Yugoslav politician, theorist and author (1911-1995)

Swedish 20th century prime minister (1901-1985)

Austrian mountaineer and author (1912–2006)

Italian writer (1881-1956)

4th President of the Republic of Cyprus (1993-2003)

Archduchess of Austria (1864–1945)

Dutch resistance hero and writer

Iranian academic (1890–1946)

Belgian Royal (1858–1924)

Polish artist, author, critic and Polish Army officer during WWII (1896-1993)

7th Prime Minister of Pakistan (1893–1970)

Swedish designer and illustrator (1907–2002)

Peruvian economist, Communist leader, and author, 1925-1974

South African writer (1906–1996)

Cypriot general (1897–1974)

Polish writer and political activist (1906–2000)

Brazilian writer and mayor (1892-1953)

Chinese diplomat whose actions during the Second World War earned him the title "Righteous among the Nations" (1901–1997)

Swedish socialist (1886-1969)

Italian orientalist (1894–1984)

Persian princess and memoirist of the Qajar Dynasty. (1883–1936)

Prime Minister of Iran (1919-1978)

Swedish politician (1884-1956)

Japanese noblewoman (1914–1987)

Ottoman noble (1902–1992)

novelist (1969–1995)

Polish noble (1858–1941)

Ukrainian writer

Spanish general (1896-1966)

Polish World War II resistance fighter, historian and art historian (1898-2002)

Italian politician (1886–1966)

Rwandan writer, nurse, and survivor of the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi.

Greek politician (1903-1980)

Ottoman princess, daughter of Sultan Abdul Hamid II (1886–1977)

Swedish politician (1880-1948)

Palestinian politician and historian (1888–1984)

Swiss anarchist (1908-1987)

Italian journalist, painter, film director, screenwriter, author, illustrator and publisher (1905–1957)

Polish writer, political activist (1902–1969)

Polish writer (1919–1990)

Polish Holocaust survivor

Polish aristocrat, army officer, scientist and engineer (1840-1925)

Bulgarian politician (1898-1993)

South African writer and journalist (1919–2008)

Swedish politician (1885-1961)