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Courageous Irish investigative journalist whose murder while reporting on organized crime led to national outrage and significant legal reforms

Canadian writer best known for creating the beloved Anne of Green Gables series and a wide array of other novels, essays, and poems

English physiologist and biophysicist who won the 1922 Nobel Prize for elucidating muscle heat and mechanical work, also co-founding biophysics and operations research

King of Greece from 1863 until his assassination in 1913, presiding over a half-century of national development

Romani-Belgian/French jazz guitarist and composer, hailed as one of Europe's first major jazz talents and a founder of gypsy jazz

French yé-yé and pop singer who won Eurovision in 1965 and had major hits like "Ella, elle l'a" through her collaboration with Michel Berger

Swedish nun, mystic, writer, and theologian who founded the Bridgettine Order and was known for her celestial revelations and calls for church reform

Japanese cartoonist, animator, writer, and physician, recognized as "the Father of Manga" for his pioneering techniques and extensive body of work including Astro Boy and Pluto

Norse explorer who founded the first Viking settlement in Greenland and extended European presence into the Arctic

Spanish physician, theologian, and Renaissance polymath who first described pulmonary circulation and authored *Christianismi Restitutio*

Swedish physicist who shared the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work in electron spectroscopy

Hungarian politician and economist who served as General Secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party for 32 years

English physiologist and biophysicist who, with Alan Hodgkin, won the Nobel Prize for their discoveries on nerve impulse transmission

French poet known for his emotive style and as a precursor to the Romantic movement, whose life ended tragically during the French Revolution

King of Norway from 1957 until his death in 1991, renowned for his long and stable reign

Belgian inventor, musician, and instrument maker who invented the saxophone and redesigned the bass clarinet, among other musical innovations

Italian politician who served as the 45th Prime Minister of Italy from 1983 to 1987 and leader of the Italian Socialist Party

Greek-Italian artist and writer who founded the scuola metafisica art movement, known for his enigmatic paintings and profound influence on surrealism

French actor known for his influential roles in 32 films and his outspoken communist views, prominent in the poetic realism movement

French statesman who served King Louis XIV and developed Colbertism, a variant of mercantilism that organized the country's politics and markets

Japanese martial artist and founder of the martial art of Aikido, known respectfully as Kaiso or Ōsensei

British politician and Nobel Peace Prize winner known for his crucial role in bringing about the Locarno Treaty and serving as Foreign Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer

British actor, novelist, and military personnel known for his debonair screen presence and acclaimed performances, earning an Academy Award and two Golden Globe Awards

Canadian physicist who won the 1990 Nobel Prize for experiments proving the existence of quarks inside protons and neutrons