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First President of Ivory Coast and a pivotal figure in the decolonization of Africa

French philosopher, sociologist, journalist, and political scientist, one of France's most prominent 20th-century thinkers

English physicist who won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1977 for his theoretical investigations into the electronic structure of magnetic and disordered systems

Hungarian-British author, journalist, and political scientist known for his anti-Stalinist novel Darkness at Noon and contributions to the concept of the Holon

Visionary French fashion designer and founder of one of the world's most prominent fashion houses, Christian Dior SE

Swiss-American physicist who won the 1952 Nobel Prize for developing nuclear magnetic resonance techniques that led to MRI technology

Austrian neurologist, psychiatrist, philosopher, and Holocaust survivor who founded logotherapy, a psychotherapy school emphasizing the search for life's meaning as a central human motivational force

Swedish-American actress, leading star of Hollywood's silent and early golden eras, renowned for her melancholic screen persona and considered one of the greatest screen actresses

Nobel Prize-winning Bulgarian-born Swiss and British Jewish modernist writer known for his novels, plays, and non-fiction works

Swedish diplomat and economist who served as the second Secretary-General of the United Nations and was posthumously awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

French existentialist philosopher, playwright, novelist, and political activist who famously refused the Nobel Prize in Literature