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American actor, director, and producer, celebrated for his magnetic presence as a leading man during the American New Wave

French Algerian writer, film director, and feminist voice celebrated for her anti-patriarchal and anti-colonial works, a Neustadt Prize laureate, and the first Maghreb writer elected to the Académie Française

Russian politician who served as Mayor of Moscow for 18 years, overseeing significant urban development and economic expansion, and was a co-founder of the United Russia party

British actor celebrated for his versatile performances on stage and screen, known for films like Big Fish and Skyfall

South African activist and politician known as the 'Mother of the Nation' for her anti-apartheid struggle and parliamentary service

German virologist who discovered the link between human papilloma viruses and cervical cancer, earning him the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2008

Third President of Indonesia and renowned engineer, scientist, and inventor who led the nation's transition to the Reform era

French fashion designer who founded his eponymous label and became one of the 20th century's foremost artistic voices in style

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

Albanian novelist, poet, and essayist, a leading international literary figure known for <i>The General of the Dead Army</i>

Acclaimed British actress and politician, recipient of the Triple Crown of Acting, who served 23 years as a Member of Parliament

South African politician and lawyer who served as the final state president, dismantling apartheid and introducing universal suffrage

Nobel Prize-winning Peruvian, Spanish and Dominican novelist, journalist, essayist, and politician known for his cartography of power structures and trenchant images of individual resistance

Czech statesman, author, poet, playwright, and dissident who was the last president of Czechoslovakia and the first president of the Czech Republic

Italian media tycoon and politician who served three terms as Prime Minister of Italy, also a notable entrepreneur and football executive

266th pope of the Catholic Church (2013–2025), the first Jesuit and Latin American pontiff, known for his influential writings and global leadership