Polish journalist, photographer, poet, and author renowned for his literary reportage from decolonizing Africa, South America, and Asia, and for his insightful chronicles of revolutions

Turkish-Armenian journalist, editor-in-chief of Agos, and human rights defender who championed Turkish–Armenian reconciliation

Italian film producer, screenwriter, and director who reinvigorated Italian cinema after World War II with over 140 acclaimed productions

New Zealand-American chemist and Nobel laureate recognized for the discovery and development of conductive polymers, revolutionizing material science

Soviet and Russian actor, director, and public figure, known for his distinguished career in theatre and cinema

French sociologist, philosopher, and cultural theorist known for his analyses of media, contemporary culture, and concepts like hyperreality

Soviet and Russian cellist and conductor who inspired and premiered over 100 new works, greatly expanding the cello repertoire

Soviet and Russian politician who served as the first President of Russia from 1991 to 1999

American author known for satirical and darkly humorous novels such as Slaughterhouse-Five, Player Piano, and God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater

French physicist and Nobel Prize laureate whose work generalized methods for studying order phenomena to complex forms of matter like liquid crystals and polymers

78th Prime Minister of Japan who led the nation from 1991 to 1993

Canadian professional wrestler known for his intense in-ring style, whose career ended tragically with a murder-suicide

Austrian politician and diplomat who served as the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the President of Austria

Italian film director and screenwriter best known for his 'alienation trilogy' and influential contributions to world art cinema

The last King of Afghanistan, who reigned for almost 40 years from 1933 to 1973, becoming the longest-serving ruler since the Durrani Empire

German chemist and university teacher who won the 1973 Nobel Prize for his pioneering work on organometallic sandwich compounds

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

First Lady of the United States, politician, and entrepreneur known for her dignified service and quiet strength during the 1960s

Former Prime Minister of India who led a minority government and was noted for never holding prior government office before his premiership

French mime artist and actor renowned for his stage persona, "Bip the Clown," and his extraordinary contributions to the "art of silence" for over six decades

Italian operatic tenor famed for his powerful voice, recordings, and crossover into popular music, known as the 'King of the High Cs'

Scottish actress widely praised for her portrayals of proper, ladylike women, earning six Academy Award nominations for Best Actress and becoming one of the most popular actresses in the world from the 1940s to the late 1960s

Japanese association football player who represented the Japan national team, contributing to the sport's early development in his country

French-born Swiss ballet dancer and choreographer who pioneered an expressionistic form of modern ballet with the Béjart Ballet Lausanne

Rhodesian Prime Minister who led the predominantly white government's unilateral declaration of independence in 1965

Pakistan's 11th and 13th prime minister, and the first woman to head a democratic government in a Muslim-majority country

Canadian jazz pianist and composer, known as the "Maharaja of the keyboard" and winner of eight Grammy Awards

German composer, music theorist, and university teacher, widely recognized as the "father of electronic music" and pioneer of musical spatialization