Jean Giraudoux
18821944
French novelist, essayist, diplomat, and playwright renowned for his influential contributions to interwar French drama and literature
18631944
Norwegian painter and graphic artist widely known for his iconic 1893 work, The Scream, and his profound contributions to modern art
19001944
French writer, aviator, and poet known for the beloved novella The Little Prince and his adventurous life as a pilot and journalist
18781944
Shah of Iran from 1925 to 1941 and founder of the Pahlavi Dynasty, who rose from an army officer to become a prominent politician and monarch
18821944
British astrophysicist, mathematician, and philosopher known for the Eddington limit, a fundamental concept in stellar luminosity and accretion
18731944
French surgeon and biologist, Nobel laureate for vascular suturing, pioneer of organ transplantation and tissue culture
18661944
French author and Nobel laureate known for his lofty idealism, compassionate portrayals of human beings, and diverse contributions as a writer, teacher, and musicologist
18661944
Pioneer of abstraction in Western art, known for his avant-garde painting and art theory
