Emily Langer

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The Pennsylvania Republican directed billions of dollars in public works as chairman of the powerful House Transportation Committee.

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In works of fiction, nonfiction and memoir, he captured his country’s history without becoming mired in its politics.

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Legions of brides-to-be converged on Kleinfeld’s, her Brooklyn wedding dress emporium, for their turn at a nuptial rite of passage.

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She drew on her experience as a transgender woman to create the first transgender superheroine for DC Comics.

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The Swiss-born researcher received the National Medal of Science for identifying the viroid, the tiniest known agent of infectious disease.

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The former NPR ombudsman wrote a book about Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein and once chronicled her adventures sailing across the South Pacific.

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He brought a gruff charisma to his portrayal of Hollywood heavies, notably the imposing movie mogul in the Coen brothers’ “Barton Fink.”

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At 27, he prosecuted Nazis for more than 1 million deaths in perhaps the largest murder case in history.

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Mr. Roberts, one of the few men of color in the fashion industry of his era, was described as its "most celebrated Renaissance man.”