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Visionary British film director known for cinematic epics such as Lawrence of Arabia and Doctor Zhivago, and acclaimed adaptations like Great Expectations and Brief Encounter

Italian lawyer, politician, and university professor who served as the 6th President of Italy from 1971 to 1978

French composer, organist, and ornithologist known for his innovative 20th-century classical music and influential teaching

French humanist photographer considered a master of candid photography and pioneer of street photography, known for his concept of 'the decisive moment'

Soviet Armenian astrophysicist and science administrator, widely regarded as the founder of theoretical astrophysics in the Soviet Union

Italian actress and screenwriter, celebrated as the first Italian woman to win an Academy Award for her powerful performances

Canadian-American economist, diplomat, and public official whose bestselling books on economics and influential service during World War II helped stabilize the American economy

Austrian conductor and music director known for his 34-year tenure with the Berlin Philharmonic and an estimated 200 million records sold

Italian writer, poet, critic, and translator recognized as one of the most influential figures in 20th-century Italian literature

Hungarian-American theoretical physicist known as 'the father of the hydrogen bomb' and co-creator of the Teller–Ulam design

Swedish electrical engineer, plasma physicist, and science fiction author who won the 1970 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on magnetohydrodynamics and plasma physics

Belgian-born French anthropologist and ethnologist whose work was key in the development of structuralism and structural anthropology

British author who created James Bond and revolutionized the spy novel genre with his sophisticated thrillers

29th president of Chile and the first Marxist elected to lead a liberal democracy in Latin America

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