24 June 2026 | Author/Destination: Editorial / Redaktion | Category: Portrait
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Louis Moinet © Tardy
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Louis Moinet (1768–1853), inventor of the
chronograph , was born into a prosperous family of farmers in
Bourges ,
France , was a French
horologist ,
sculptor and
painter .
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27 May 2026 | Author/Destination: Editorial / Redaktion | Category: Portrait
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Vivienne Westwood © Mattia Passeri/cc-by-sa-4.0
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Dame Vivienne Isabel Westwood was an English fashion designer and businesswoman, largely responsible for bringing modern
punk and
new wave fashions into the mainstream. In 2022,
Sky Arts ranked her the 4th most influential artist in Britain of the past 50 years.
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22 April 2026 | Author/Destination: Editorial / Redaktion | Category: Portrait
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Winston Churchill waves to crowds in Whitehall in London as they celebrate VE Day, 8 May 1945 © War Office official photographer – Major W. G. Horton
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Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British statesman, military officer, and
writer who was
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945,
during the Second World War , and again from 1951 to 1955. For some 62 of the years between 1900 and 1964, he was a
Member of Parliament (MP) and represented a total of five
constituencies over that time. Ideologically an adherent to
economic liberalism and
imperialism , he was for most of his career a member of the
Conservative Party , which he led from 1940 to 1955. He was a member of the
Liberal Party from 1904 to 1924.
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25 March 2026 | Author/Destination: Editorial / Redaktion | Category: Portrait
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George Orwell press photo, 1943 © Branch of the National Union of Journalists
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Eric Arthur Blair was an English novelist, poet, essayist, journalist, and critic who wrote under the
pen name of
George Orwell . His work is characterised by lucid
prose ,
social criticism , opposition to all
totalitarianism (both
authoritarian communism and
fascism ), and support of
democratic socialism .
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25 February 2026 | Author/Destination: Editorial / Redaktion | Category: Portrait
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Max Weber, 1918, by Ernst Gottmann
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Maximilian Carl Emil Weber was a German
sociologist , historian,
jurist , and
political economist who was one of the central figures in the development of sociology and the
social sciences more generally. His ideas continue to influence
social theory and
research .
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28 January 2026 | Author/Destination: Editorial / Redaktion | Category: Portrait
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© flickr.com – UN International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia/cc-by-2.0
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Theodor Meron,
CMG (born 28 April 1930) is an American lawyer and judge. He served as a judge of the
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY),
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), and the
International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism). He served as President of the ICTY four times (2002-2005 and 2011–2015) and inaugural President of the Mechanism for three terms (2012–2019).
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24 December 2025 | Author/Destination: Editorial / Redaktion | Category: Portrait
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Frank Gehry
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Frank Owen Gehry was a Canadian and American architect and designer known for his
postmodern designs and use of unconventional forms and materials. A number of
his buildings , including
his private residence in
Santa Monica, California , have become attractions. His most famous works include the
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in Spain, the
Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, and the
Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris. These buildings are characterized by their sculptural, often undulating exteriors and innovative use of materials such as titanium and stainless steel.
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26 November 2025 | Author/Destination: Editorial / Redaktion | Category: Portrait
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Josef Neckermann – Karl Joel – Berlin 1938 © Steffen Radlmaier: Billy & The Joels
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Karl Amson Joel was a German
textile merchant and
manufacturer with Joel Macht Fabrik. He was the grandfather of American musician
Billy Joel and British conductor
Alexander Joel , who are half-brothers. Karl Amson Joel was born in 1889 in
Colmberg , into a Jewish family involved in the textile business.
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22 October 2025 | Author/Destination: Editorial / Redaktion | Category: Portrait
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Isaac Herzog during Rabin Day, October 2021 © Haim Zach/Government Press Office of Israel/cc-by-sa-3.0
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Yitzhak Rabin was an Israeli statesman and general. He was the
prime minister of Israel , serving two terms in office, 1974–1977, and from 1992 until
his assassination in 1995. He was the first prime minister to have been born in
Mandatory Palestine .
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