Nobel Prize winning Iranian political activist, lawyer, human rights activist and founder of Defenders of Human Rights Center in Iran.
American academic, president of Carnegie Corporation of New York and former president of the New York Public Library.
English nurse responsible for establishing the discipline and the culture of palliative care.
American science journalist and author who is best known for his book "The End of Science"
French politician, diplomat and doctor, who co-founded the Nobel peace prize-winning M茅decins Sans Fronti猫res.
British administrator who served as the Chief Secretary of Hong Kong and Acting Governor of Hong Kong during the 1980s.
French economic and social theorist, writer, political adviser and senior civil servant and leader in microfinance.
German-British sociologist, philosopher, political scientist, politician and a leading expert on class divisions.
British historian, considered one of the mid鈥20th century's most significant philosophers of history.