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Swedish painter, illustrator, and graphic artist known for his idyllic watercolors of family life and contributions to the Arts and Crafts movement

Swedish king remembered for attempting to reconcile the Lutheran Church of Sweden with the Catholic Church

King of Hungary, Poland, and Croatia known as Louis the Great, who expanded the influence of his kingdoms across Central Europe

Chinese political figure and former actress, known as the wife of Mao Zedong and a leader of the Gang of Four during the Cultural Revolution

British comedian, actor, writer, and musician best known for 'The Benny Hill Show', merging slapstick, burlesque, and innuendo

Italian actor, director, and screenwriter, widely known as Il Mattatore, who left a lasting mark on cinema and theatre

Armenian, Soviet, Russian actor and pedagogue known for his extensive work in film and theater

Unorthodox Scottish psychiatrist and New Left thinker known for his extensive writings on mental illness, particularly psychosis and schizophrenia

Australian microbiologist and Nobel laureate who, with Barry Marshall, discovered *Helicobacter pylori* and its role in gastritis and peptic ulcer disease

Italian statesman and diplomat, known as "Premier of Victory" for his leadership during World War I and his role at the Paris Peace Conference

Legendary English association football player, known as "The Wizard of Dribble," who was knighted while still playing and was the first winner of both the European Footballer of the Year and the Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year awards

Spanish anarcho-syndicalist militant, leading figure in the CNT and FAI, and key participant in the Spanish Revolution of 1936

Japanese animator, director, producer, and co-founder of Studio Ghibli, widely recognized for his critically acclaimed animated feature films

Political activist and Islamic ideologist who founded Islamic Modernism and advocated Pan-Islamic unity

Belgian-American cell biologist and Nobel laureate who developed cell fractionation, identified key cell organelles, and was the first to use the electron microscope in biology

King of Sweden who led the nation during the Second Northern War, greatly enlarging the Swedish Empire and initiating the Swedish Caroline era

British Olympic medalist, politician, Cabinet minister, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate known for his tireless campaign for disarmament

Brazilian aviation pioneer, scientist, inventor, balloonist, and aircraft pilot who designed and flew the first powered airships and contributed to early heavier-than-air flight

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

Finnish and Swedish neurophysiologist and Nobel laureate whose discoveries illuminated the primary physiological and chemical visual processes in the eye

German economist and mathematician who won the 1994 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his pioneering analysis of equilibria in the theory of non-cooperative games, also known for work in bounded rationality and experimental economics

Colombian painter and sculptor known for 'Boterismo,' a signature style depicting figures in large, exaggerated volume, representing political criticism or humor

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

Italian racing automobile driver who became the first Formula One World Drivers' Champion in 1950 with Alfa Romeo, winning five Grands Prix across seven seasons