Joseph Campbell was a professor and author who focused on comparative folklore with books like The Power of Myth and The Hero With a Thousand Faces.
Charles VI, nicknamed Charles the Mad, was king of France from 1380 to 1422—a period marked by political chaos and France’s defeat by England at Agincourt.
Italian film director Federico Fellini was one of the most celebrated and distinctive filmmakers of the period after World War II.
Indira Gandhi was India's third prime minister, serving from 1966 until 1984, when her life ended in assassination. She was the daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first prime minister.
Harry Houdini's grand illusions and daring, spectacular escape acts made him one of the most famous magicians of all time.
River Phoenix was an Academy Award nominee and promising young actor who died at the young age of 23 from a drug overdose.
Max Reinhardt was one of the first theatrical directors to achieve international recognition. He helped found the annual Salzburg Festival.
Austrian Expressionist painter Egon Schiele (1890–1918) was part of the Viennese Sezession movement with works like "The Self Seer" (1911) and "Embrace" (1917).
Ted Sorensen was an American presidential adviser and speech writer, best known for his contributions to President John F. Kennedy's most famous speeches.
Studs Terkel was a Pulitzer Prize-winning oral historian who compiled books of interviews with everyday people.