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New Zealand physicist and chemist who was a pioneering researcher in atomic and nuclear physics, known as "the father of nuclear physics" and a Nobel Prize laureate

Celebrated French writer, playwright, and novelist known for epic historical adventures like The Count of Monte Cristo and The forty-five guardsmen

French novelist and playwright known for La Comédie humaine, a panoramic depiction of post-Napoleonic French society

Argentine professional football player and manager, widely regarded as one of the greatest players in history and a joint winner of the FIFA Player of the Century award

English modernist writer and novelist known for pioneering stream of consciousness narration and her influential works such as Mrs. Dalloway and A Room of One's Own

English modernist writer who pioneered stream of consciousness narration and authored influential 20th-century works

Japanese filmmaker who directed 30 feature films with a bold, dynamic style that bridged Eastern and Western cinema, becoming one of history's most influential directors

Japanese ukiyo-e artist, painter, and printmaker known for The Great Wave off Kanagawa and influencing European Impressionists

American bassist best known as the original bassist for the rock band Alice in Chains from 1987 to 1993

French painter and founder of Impressionism, known for his pioneering exploration of light and nature in art

French philosopher and historian of ideas who analyzed the relationships between power, knowledge, and liberty, influencing fields from criminology to feminism

British singer, songwriter, and musician, globally renowned as the iconic frontman of the rock band Queen, celebrated for his flamboyant stage persona and extraordinary four-octave vocal range

French visual artist known for his pioneering use of color and fluid draughtsmanship

Russian Marxist revolutionary, central figure in the October Revolution and Russian Civil War, whose ideas founded Trotskyism

Spanish romantic painter and printmaker, considered the most important Spanish artist of his time and a highly influential figure in Western art

British writer and physician best known for creating the iconic detective Sherlock Holmes and pioneering speculative fiction with The Lost World

French existentialist philosopher and feminist activist who wrote the influential work "The Second Sex" and helped launch modern feminist theory

British musician, songwriter, and peace activist, widely known as a founder of The Beatles and for his iconic solo album Imagine

British filmmaker known as the "Master of Suspense" who directed over 50 feature films and hosted the iconic Alfred Hitchcock Presents television series

British economist and mathematician known for developing Keynesian economics, considered the "father of macroeconomics" and one of the most influential economists of the 20th century

British philosopher, logician, and mathematician who championed humanitarian ideals and freedom of thought, awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature

Irish playwright, critic, and political activist awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for his influential plays and stimulating satire

French novelist, critic, and essayist best known for his seven-volume novel À la recherche du temps perdu, widely considered one of the twentieth century's most influential literary works