Born and died in 1905

Finnish military sniper known as 'The White Death' and widely regarded as the deadliest sniper in history, with over 500 confirmed kills during the Winter War

Queen consort of the Belgians known for her dedication to charitable causes supporting women and children

Swiss-American physicist who won the 1952 Nobel Prize for developing nuclear magnetic resonance techniques that led to MRI technology

First President of Ivory Coast and a pivotal figure in the decolonization of Africa

English physicist who won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1977 for his theoretical investigations into the electronic structure of magnetic and disordered systems

Spanish physician and biochemist who shared the 1959 Nobel Prize for his discoveries in the biological synthesis of RNA and DNA, significantly advancing molecular biology

Swedish-American actress, leading star of Hollywood's silent and early golden eras, renowned for her melancholic screen persona and considered one of the greatest screen actresses

Hungarian-British author, journalist, and political scientist known for his anti-Stalinist novel Darkness at Noon and contributions to the concept of the Holon

American physicist who shared the 1936 Nobel Prize for his discovery of the positron and confirmation of antimatter

Swedish diplomat and economist who served as the second Secretary-General of the United Nations and was posthumously awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

Nobel Prize-winning Bulgarian-born Swiss and British Jewish modernist writer known for his novels, plays, and non-fiction works

French existentialist philosopher, playwright, novelist, and political activist who famously refused the Nobel Prize in Literature

French academic painter known for realistic genre paintings, mythological themes, and modern interpretations of classical subjects, whose work enjoyed immense popularity then fell out of favor, only to be rediscovered in the late 20th century

French geographer, writer, and anarchist known for his 19-volume masterwork, La Nouvelle Géographie universelle, and his unwavering political activism

French novelist, poet, and playwright known for his visionary science fiction works such as Around the World in Eighty Days and De la Terre à la Lune, a true futurist and children's writer

French author, poet, politician, and anarchist, a major figure in the Paris Commune and a key personality of anarchism