Icons of History are the Movers and Shakers of the world highlighting the visionaries and trailblazers who shaped the world with their remarkable contributions.
Read time ca. 2 minutes Ivana Kobilca was born on 20 December 1861, in the city of Ljubljana which was then part of
[...]
Read time ca. 3 minutes Thomas Sankara was a revolutionary leader who was born on 21 December 1949 in the city of Yako,
[...]
Read time ca. 3 minutes Tetsu Nakamura was a physician, philanthropist, and humanitarian whose extraordinary work transcended borders, and as he was born
[...]
Read time ca. 4 minutes Al Capone who is known to be one of the most notorious American gangsters that became a symbol
[...]
Read time ca. 6 minutes Mahsa Amini, born on 22 September 1999, in Saqqez, Kurdistan Province, Iran, grew up in a region known
[...]
Read time ca. 3 minutes Edward Jenner, born on 17 May 1749, in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England, emerged as a pioneering figure in the
[...]
Read time ca. 3 minutes Abdul Sattar Edhi was born on 1 January 1928 in Bantva, Gujarat, which was back then part of
[...]
Read time ca. 4 minutes Rosa Parks was a pivotal figure in the American civil rights movement, best known for her courageous act
[...]
Read time ca. 4 minutes Astrid Lindgren, born on 14 November 1907 in Vimmerby, Sweden, was destined to become one of the most
[...]
Read time ca. 4 minutes Ludwig van Beethoven, born on 17 December 1770 in Bonn, Germany, emerged as one of the most influential
[...]
Read time ca. 4 minutes Pablo Picasso, born on 25 October 1881 in Málaga, Spain, emerged as one of the most influential and
[...]
Read time ca. 5 minutes Mahdi Elmandjra, born on 13 March 1933, in Rabat, Morocco, was a pioneering futurist and cultural theorist whose
[...]