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Chilean entrepreneur and politician who served as the 34th and 36th president of Chile, an economist and investor with a significant business background

Italian playwright and librettist celebrated for his witty comedies that mirrored the lives and values of 18th-century Venetian society

French philosopher, writer, and social activist known for her influential ideas on religion, spirituality, and politics, who also served as a secondary school teacher, trade unionist, and French resistance fighter

Dutch French-language writer and composer known for her Enlightenment-era letters, novels, and keen interest in society and politics

Russian investigative journalist, writer, and human rights defender known for her courageous reporting on the Second Chechen War and political events in Russia

Swedish writer, poet, and painter, Nobel laureate in Literature in 1916, known for works celebrating Swedish history and life

French novelist, polemicist, and physician, Louis-Ferdinand Céline was known for his innovative literary style rooted in working-class speech and his pessimistic depiction of the human condition

Founder and first king of Saudi Arabia, reigning from 1932 to 1953

Italian filmmaker, poet, and intellectual who directed The Gospel According to St. Matthew and challenged social conventions through his multidisciplinary artistic work

British politician and statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1964-1970 and 1974-1976, and was the only Labour leader to form four governments

French diplomat, politician, and statesman known for his crafty and cynical diplomacy, serving six different French regimes from Louis XVI to Louis Philippe I

First President of the Republic of Uzbekistan from 1991 to 2016, who led the country to independence

Influential Catalan writer who coined "Països Catalans" and helped shape Valencian cultural identity during Spain's democratic transition

Italian poet, translator, and literary critic, awarded the 1959 Nobel Prize in Literature for his powerful lyrical poetry

Portuguese footballer known as the 'Black Panther' who became one of the greatest strikers in football history and Benfica's best player ever

German politician and economist who served as President of Germany from 2004 to 2010, known for his popularity and international engagement

British doctor and Nobel laureate who discovered the mosquito transmission of malaria, fundamentally changing the fight against the disease

Italian actress, photojournalist, and politician known as "the most beautiful woman in the world" and a high-profile European actress of the 1950s and 60s

Indian sitar virtuoso and composer who globalized Indian classical music, influencing countless artists and receiving India's highest civilian honor, the Bharat Ratna

British molecular biologist, biophysicist, and neuroscientist best known for co-discovering the double helix structure of DNA, earning him a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Norwegian mathematician who proved the impossibility of solving the general quintic equation and innovated in elliptic and Abelian functions

Mexican revolutionary and guerrilla leader who was a main figure in the Mexican Revolution and inspiration for the agrarian movement Zapatismo

British-American poet, playwright, and literary critic known for his stylistic achievement and engagement with politics, morals, love, and religion

French and Swiss film director, screenwriter, and film critic, Jean-Luc Godard pioneered the French New Wave movement and revolutionized the motion picture form through groundbreaking experimentation