Lee Jong-Wook

Lee Jong-Wook

male, deceased (2006)
South Korean government, blood clot, University of Hawaii alumni, korean, South Korean health worker, public health…Geneva, Switzerland
Lee Jong-wook was the Director-General of the World Health Organization for three years. He was born in Seoul, South Korea and died - while in...
Tom Friedman

Tom Friedman

male, 44 years old
fWashington University in St. Louis alumni, Washington University, Rome, Italy, Geneva, Switzerland, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Washington University in St. Louis alumni
Tom Friedman (born 1965) American conceptual sculptor known for his work employing everyday material, such as toothpicks or sugar cubes in...

Deskaheh

male
First Nations leader, royal canadian mounted police, activist, Iroquois, League of Nations, Native American…Geneva, Switzerland
Deskaheh, also known as Levi General (Grand River, Ontario, 1873 - Tuscarora Reservation, New York, 1925), was a Haudenosaunee statesman noted for...
Edna Best

Edna Best

female, deceased (1974)
Sarah Marshall, Intermezzo A Love Story, This Happy Breed, Swiss Family Robinson, The Late George Apley, Hove, England…Geneva, Switzerland
Edna Best was a British actress. Born in Hove, England, Best entered films in 1921. She is best remembered for her role as the mother in the...

Roger Duvoisin

male, deceased (1980)
Rugers Bi-Centennial, Hans Christian Anderson Biennial, society of illustrator, White Snow, Bright Snow, Caldecott Medal winner, Geneva, Switzerland
Roger Duvoisin (1904-1980) was a Swiss-American author and illustrator. Born in Geneva, Switzerland, his first job was as making textiles. He moved...
Francis Turretin

Francis Turretin

male, deceased (1687)
Calvinist ministers and theologian, bible, dogma, inspiration, Montauban, Nîmes…Geneva, Switzerland
Francis Turretin was the grandson of Francesco Turrettini, who left his native Lucca in 1574 and settled in Geneva in 1592. Francis was born to...

Thomas Morris

male, deceased (1849)
Member of the New York Assembly, University of Leipzig, from New York, United States Marshal, southern district of new york, declaration of independence…Geneva, Switzerland
Thomas Morris (February 26, 1771 - March 12, 1849) was a United States Representative from New York and was a son of Robert Morris, a merchant,...
Clarence Dillon

Clarence Dillon

male, deceased (1979)
Worcester Academy, From San Antonio, Texas, Milwaukee, William A. Read, War Industries Board, Dillon, Read & Co.…Geneva, Switzerland
Clarence Dillon, (Sep 27, 1882 - Aug 15, 1979) born in San Antonio, Texas, was the son of Samuel Dillon (Lapowitz/sic Lapowski) and Bertha...
Achmat Dangor

Achmat Dangor

male, 61 years old
poet, South African, writer, novella, AIDS, Geneva, Switzerland
Achmat Dangor is a South African writer. His most important works include the novels "Kafka's Curse" (1997) and "Bitter Fruit" (2001), but he is...
Leon Cooper

Leon Cooper

male, 79 years old
University Of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign, physicist, Columbia University, American Physical Society, National Academy of Sciences, Institute for Advanced Study…Geneva, Switzerland
Leon N Cooper (born February 28, 1930) is an American physicist and winner of the 1972 Nobel Prize for Physics, along with John Bardeen and John...