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French playwright and screenwriter known for his popular sentimental comedies that brought laughter and wistful melancholy to the stage

French composer and pianist celebrated for his blend of wit and profound spirituality in works like Dialogues des Carmélites and Mouvements perpétuels

American actress and silent film star known for her iconic performance in Sunset Boulevard

American actor and dancer known for his energetic performances, distinctive vocal style, and deadpan comic timing

American dancer, actor, and singer widely considered the "greatest popular-music dancer of all time" with a career spanning 76 years

American gangster and businessman who gained notoriety as the boss of the Chicago Outfit during the Prohibition era

Chinese writer, novelist, and playwright known for portraying urban life and using the Beijing dialect in works like Rickshaw Boy and Teahouse

Italian supercentenarian who was the world's oldest living person and the last verified individual born in the 1800s

German-American political philosopher and historian of political philosophy known for his interpretations of ancient and medieval thought, his account of classical natural right, and his influence on twentieth-century political theory by advocating for a return to classical understanding

American physicist and mathematician who won the Nobel Prize in Physics for his fundamental theoretical investigations of electronic magnetism in solids

French tennis player who dominated the sport in the 1920s, winning multiple Grand Slams and becoming the inaugural world No. 1

American jazz pianist, composer, and orchestra leader who shaped the sound of jazz, big band, and swing music for five decades

Russian-American novelist, poet, translator, and entomologist known for his influential literary works and scientific research

American film director and producer known for his skillful direction of comedies and literary adaptations at RKO and MGM

Pakistani politician, statesman, and military general who served as Pakistan's last governor-general and first president

Australian-British novelist, actress, and journalist best known as the creator of the Mary Poppins series of books

National poet of Bangladesh known for his powerful poetry, music, and advocacy for social justice and equality

German-American biochemist and Nobel laureate who co-discovered coenzyme A and elucidated its importance for intermediary metabolism

Influential Belgian politician and diplomat, known as 'Mr. Europe' for his leadership in founding the European Union and his service as Prime Minister of Belgium and NATO Secretary General

English playwright, composer, director, actor, and singer celebrated for his sharp wit, flamboyant style, and extensive contributions to stage, screen, and music

Algerian politician who was the first President of the Provisional Government of Algeria and the National Constitutional Assembly

Swiss chemist and physician who received the 1948 Nobel Prize for discovering the insecticidal properties of DDT, crucial for controlling malaria and yellow fever

Hungarian inventor known for patenting the first commercially successful modern ballpoint pen

Hungarian-American biophysicist known for his Nobel Prize-winning research on the physical mechanism of stimulation within the cochlea, unraveling the mysteries of human hearing