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Irish novelist, short story writer, and theatre manager best known for creating Dracula and the character Count Dracula

French novelist, playwright, and poet known for "Tartarin de Tarascon" and "Sappho", whose works spanned novels, plays, poetry, and short stories

French actor, producer, and stunt performer who became an iconic figure of the New Wave, known for modernizing cinema and performing his own daring stunts

Swiss linguist and philosopher whose foundational ideas shaped 20th-century linguistics and semiotics

11th President of the Philippines and leader of the 1986 People Power Revolution, known as the 'Mother of Democracy' for establishing the current democratic Fifth Philippine Republic

French writer and dramatist best known for the romantic novel <em>La Dame aux Camélias</em> and its adaptation into Verdi's <em>La traviata</em>

British actress known for her Academy Award-winning roles as Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind and Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire

Brazilian racing driver, businessperson, and philanthropist who won three Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles and held records for pole positions

Jewish German poet and playwright who received the 1966 Nobel Prize in Literature for her lyrical and dramatic interpretations of Israel's destiny

French naturalist, biologist, and soldier, known for pioneering the idea of biological evolution

Prolific Japanese author, playwright, actor, and political activist, known for "Confessions Of A Mask" and his dramatic final act

King and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia from 2005 to 2015, previously Crown Prince from 1982

British author who wrote beloved children's classics including Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Matilda, selling over 300 million books worldwide

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom who led the nation through the First World War, known for social reforms and negotiating the Irish Free State

Österr. Psychotherapeut und Gründer der Individualpsychologie, bekannt für den "Minderwertigkeitskomplex" mit Fokus auf Gemeinschaft und Sinn

Italian Nobel Laureate, playwright, actor, and political activist known for his satirical and improvised theatrical works that scourged authority and upheld the dignity of the downtrodden

King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 1910 to 1936, and a notable philatelist

Estonian teacher and linguist best known as the creator of Interlingue (Occidental), an international auxiliary language

Barrister, politician, and freedom fighter who founded Pakistan and served as its first governor-general

French chemist, physicist, and Nobel laureate who, with her husband, discovered induced radioactivity and advanced nuclear physics

King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions in 1936 who abdicated his throne later that year, becoming known as the Duke of Windsor

Colombian drug lord, narcoterrorist, and politician who founded and led the Medellín Cartel, known as the "King of Cocaine" and one of history's wealthiest criminals

Australian actor known for his versatility in 20 films, earning an Academy Award, BAFTA, and Golden Globe

Trinidadian-British Nobel laureate writer known for uniting perceptive narrative and incorruptible scrutiny in works of fiction and nonfiction