Confucius
Confucius was a pivotal Chinese philosopher whose teachings on social harmony, filial piety, and ethics shaped the moral and cultural foundation of East Asian society for over two thousand years.
Socrates
Aristotle
Johannes Gutenberg
The inventor of the movable-type printing press, which democratized knowledge and literacy in Europe.
Woodcut illustration in the 1568 book “Ständebuch”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a towering figure of German literature and a polymath, best known for his epic drama Faust and the influential novel The Sorrows of Young Werther.
Mary Wollstonecraft
The writer and philosopher who advocated for women’s rights and education in the 18th century.
John Opie, Tate Britain
Martin Luther King Jr.
The American civil rights leader who used non-violent protest to fight for racial equality.
Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive.
