British actor known for iconic roles including Vernon Dursley in the Harry Potter films, Uncle Monty in Withnail and I, and Henry Crabbe in Pie in the Sky, appointed an OBE for his extensive career

Russian oligarch, government official, engineer, and mathematician known for his influence in post-Soviet Russia and as a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Nigerian novelist whose groundbreaking work "Things Fall Apart" became the most widely read African novel and established him as the father of modern African literature

19th President of Bangladesh and a senior presidium member of the Awami League

Afghan cleric who founded the Taliban and served as Afghanistan's first supreme leader

Indian mental calculator known as the 'Human Computer' and pioneering author who wrote the first study of homosexuality in India

French biologist and geneticist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discoveries concerning genetic control of enzyme and virus synthesis

American comedian, actor, and artist known for his improvisational genius and extensive career in film, television, and stand-up, earning Grammy and Emmy awards

English physiologist and Nobel laureate who pioneered in-vitro fertilisation, leading to the birth of the first 'test-tube baby' and revolutionizing reproductive medicine

British stateswoman and prime minister who served as the longest-serving British prime minister of the 20th century and the first woman to hold the office, known for implementing policies known as Thatcherism

American film critic and author who won the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism and became the nation's most prominent voice in film analysis

German-born British-American author, novelist, and screenwriter, celebrated for her collaborations with Merchant Ivory Productions

Argentine military officer and politician who served as President of Argentina from 1976 to 1981, known for his leadership during the National Reorganization Process and a period marked by significant human rights abuses and economic mismanagement

Swiss physicist who co-invented the scanning tunneling microscope and won the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physics

Italian politician and statesman who served as Prime Minister seven times and was a key figure in the First Republic

Belgian Nobel Prize-winning biochemist who discovered lysosomes and peroxisomes, transforming our understanding of cellular organization

American author and screenwriter known for "I Am Legend" and numerous "Twilight Zone" episodes, who profoundly influenced horror and science fiction

American actor best known for his award-winning portrayal of Tony Soprano in HBO's The Sopranos, a performance regarded as one of television history's greatest

Hungarian politician who served as Prime Minister from 1994 to 1998, also recognized as an economist and diplomat

Nobel Prize-winning American theoretical physicist who developed the theory for critical phenomena in connection with phase transitions and pioneered using computers for studying particle physics

American economic historian and Nobel laureate who revolutionized historical research by applying quantitative methods and challenged long-held beliefs about slavery and economic development

Scottish author celebrated for his diverse literary career, writing mainstream fiction as Iain Banks and science fiction as Iain M. Banks, recognized among Britain's greatest post-war writers

French politician who served as the 86th Prime Minister of France from 1981 to 1984 and Mayor of Lille from 1973 to 2001

American physical chemist who won the Nobel Prize for developing direct methods to determine crystal structures

South Korean masculism activist, human rights defender, and entrepreneur known for leading various men's rights organizations and establishing a shelter for vulnerable men

Brazilian association football player and coach who starred in four World Cups, winning titles in 1958 and 1962, considered one of the greatest right-backs of all time

Canadian actor and musician known for his extensive work in television series and films, including Stargate Atlantis, Smallville, and Monte Carlo

Indian actor renowned for a six-decade career in Hindi cinema, becoming one of its highest-paid and most respected figures

Egyptian princess who served as queen consort of Iran from 1941 to 1948 as the first wife of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi

American engineer and inventor best known for founding human-computer interaction and inventing the computer mouse

Irish poet and Nobel Prize winner who captured rural Irish life and identity in lyrical verse, acclaimed as the most important Irish poet since Yeats

Polish dramatist, writer, and journalist renowned for his satirical plays and short stories that often critiqued society through absurdist humor

American actress, screenwriter, singer, and songwriter known for portraying eccentric and offbeat characters in New Hollywood films

German film, theater, and voice actor known for his extensive work across stage, screen, and voice performances

British economist, writer, and Nobel laureate recognized for his influential theories on the nature of the firm and transaction costs, especially from his long tenure at the University of Chicago Law School

Polish politician, journalist, and trade unionist who served as the first non-communist Prime Minister of Poland since 1946

American rock musician, songwriter, and poet, known as a primary force behind The Velvet Underground and for his pioneering solo career that redefined alternative rock

Vietnamese general, communist politician, and military strategist who led forces to victory in the Indochina wars and served as Minister of Defense and Deputy Prime Minister

American author known for pioneering the techno-thriller genre with meticulously detailed stories of espionage and military science

American actor best known for his role as Brian O'Conner in the Fast & Furious franchise, also a film producer and marine biologist

Brazilian association football player and coach, a two-time FIFA World Cup winner with Brazil in 1958 and 1962, known for his innovative play as a left-back

British biochemist and double Nobel Prize winner renowned for his work on protein and nucleic acid sequencing

British novelist, poet, and playwright, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature for her powerful portrayal of the female experience and scrutiny of civilization

Soviet and Russian small arms designer renowned for creating the AK-47 assault rifle and its subsequent improvements

British actress known for her iconic roles during Hollywood's Golden Age and a career spanning five decades

British-Irish actor known for his leading roles on stage and screen, including an Academy Honorary Award, BAFTA, Emmy, and four Golden Globe Awards

Australian-British chemist and Nobel laureate in Chemistry who unraveled the stereochemistry of enzyme-catalysed reactions

First President of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist who led the nation to multiracial democracy