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An Indian film actor, producer, and director known as "The Greatest Showman of Indian Cinema" and "The Charlie Chaplin of Indian Cinema"

Austrian-American economist and philosopher known for his work in praxeology and as a steadfast defender of classical liberalism in the 20th century

Swedish German chemist, pharmacist, and pharmacologist who independently discovered oxygen

French Romantic composer known for the Organ Symphony, Carnival of the Animals, and opera Samson and Delilah

Spanish Baroque painter best known for his religious works and lively, realistic portraits of contemporary women and children, providing an extensive record of everyday life in 17th-century Seville

Brazilian writer, poet, and novelist known for his modernist works translated into 49 languages, depicting a Mestiço Brazil and nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature multiple times

Taiwanese ROC singer, television personality, and musician whose music transcended boundaries across Asia

French post-Impressionist painter who developed the revolutionary techniques of chromoluminarism and pointillism

Brazilian association football player regarded as one of the greatest players of all time and one of the greatest dribblers ever

King and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia from 1982 to 2005, and the eighth son of the kingdom's founder

French physicist and astronomer who invented the Foucault pendulum, measured the speed of light, discovered eddy currents, and named the gyroscope

French physicist, engineer, and the father of thermodynamics, known for his foundational work on the maximum efficiency of heat engines

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

King of France and the first monarch to adopt the title "King of France," significantly expanding the crown lands

Israeli military leader and politician who served as Chief of Staff during the 1956 Sinai War and Defense Minister during the 1967 Six-Day War, becoming a worldwide symbol of Israel

Iconic Italian singer-songwriter and musician, best known for 'L'Italiano' and his Eurovision win, selling over 100 million records globally

French poet, surrealist movement founder, writer, politician, artist, and French resistance fighter

Hungarian physician who pioneered antiseptic hand washing procedures and reduced maternal mortality from childbed fever by requiring healthcare workers to disinfect their hands

King of Sweden from 1697 to 1718 and a renowned military leader who was sometimes referred to as the fifth and last emperor of Sweden

French illustrator and painter known for his prolific wood-engravings illustrating classic literature like the Vulgate Bible and Dante's Divine Comedy

Nobel Prize-winning Italian-American astrophysicist who pioneered the field of X-ray astronomy, discovering cosmic X-ray sources and teaching at Johns Hopkins University

German politician who served as the first president of Germany from 1919 until his death in 1925, establishing democratic governance in a new republic

Deutscher jüdischer Existenzphilosoph, Theologe, Dialogphilosoph und Übersetzer der hebräischen Bibel

Swedish economist and sociologist who won the 1974 Nobel Prize for analyzing interdependence of economic, social and institutional phenomena