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Russian and American pianist celebrated for his dazzling virtuosity and emotionally charged performances

American geneticist who, with Edward Tatum, discovered the "One gene-one enzyme hypothesis," revealing how genes control biochemical events

American singer, actor, and multimedia star who recorded over 1,600 songs and starred in more than 70 feature films

Japanese association football player who represented the Japan national team

Japanese association football player who represented the Japan national team

Japanese association football player born in Hyōgo Prefecture, active in the early 20th century

Soviet Armenian composer, conductor, and politician recognized as one of the leading Soviet composers

Russian mathematician and computer scientist who pioneered modern probability theory, algorithmic information theory, and made fundamental contributions to topology, functional analysis, and classical mechanics

Dutch economist and university teacher who was awarded the first Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1969 and is considered a founding father of econometrics

Pioneering English aircraft pilot and the first woman to fly solo from London to Australia

Kenyan-British paleoanthropologist and archaeologist whose work at Olduvai Gorge proved humans evolved in Africa, inspiring future generations of scholars

Dutch-German actor, singer, and entertainer known for his exceptionally long career, performing until the age of 108 and maintaining popularity for decades in the German-speaking world

Swedish biochemist and Nobel laureate recognized for his groundbreaking discoveries concerning the nature and mode of action of oxidation enzymes

Japanese film director and screenwriter known for his poignant explorations of family dynamics and intergenerational relationships in films like Late Spring, Tokyo Story, and An Autumn Afternoon

French novelist, poet, critic, editor, screenwriter, and co-founder of Oulipo, celebrated for his wit and cynical humor

Australian neurophysiologist and philosopher who won the 1963 Nobel Prize for his work on the synapse and ionic mechanisms in nerve cell membranes

Malaysian statesman who served as the first Prime Minister of Malaysia and led the country to independence from British rule

Turkish admiral, diplomat, and politician who served as the 6th President of the Republic of Turkey

King of Norway from 1957 to 1991, known as the 'People's King' for his down-to-earth manner and leadership during World War II

Italian chemist who, with Karl Ziegler, developed catalysts for producing high-strength, ordered plastics like isotactic polypropylene, earning them a Nobel Prize

Norwegian American physical chemist and theoretical physicist, Nobel laureate for his reciprocal relations in irreversible thermodynamics

German biochemist who won the 1939 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his groundbreaking work on sex hormones and discovered the first sex pheromone

British writer and journalist known for his satirical novels and travel books, including 'Brideshead Revisited' and 'Decline and Fall'

British physicist and Nobel laureate who discovered the pion and developed the photographic method for studying nuclear processes