Born and died in 1992

American rapper, singer, record producer, and songwriter whose debut album Blue Slide Park was the first independently distributed debut to top the US Billboard 200 since 1995

American writer, poet, and activist who championed the liberation of all oppressed peoples through her powerful words and deeds

American theoretical physicist known for his causal and deterministic interpretation of quantum theory and contributions to the philosophy of mind

American actress known for her Triple Crown of Acting achievement, starring on Broadway in <i>Come Back, Little Sheba</i> and on television in <i>Hazel</i>

German Chancellor and Nobel Peace Prize winner who strengthened European cooperation and East-West dialogue during the Cold War

American actor best known for his iconic portrayal of Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 film Psycho, also a writer, singer, and film director

American cytogeneticist awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize for her discovery of mobile genetic elements and pioneering work in maize cytogenetics

American avant-garde composer, artist, and music theorist known for pioneering indeterminacy in music and expanding the definition of sound

Argentine tango composer, bandoneon player, and arranger who revolutionized traditional tango into nuevo tango by incorporating jazz and classical music

Soviet-Latvian chess grandmaster and eighth World Chess Champion, renowned for his attacking, improvisational style and creative genius

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

Soviet academic, historian, ethnologist, and philosopher known for his unorthodox theories of ethnogenesis and as an exponent of Eurasianism

Thai singer and actor, famously known as the "Queen of Luk Thung" for her celebrated contributions to Thai country music