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A Japanese samurai and daimyo from a peasant background who rose to become the second "Great Unifier" of Japan and the most powerful man in his time, holding the esteemed titles of Kampaku and Taikō

Norwegian lawyer, politician, and diplomat who served as the first Secretary-General of the United Nations

German physicist and Nobel laureate who co-discovered giant magnetoresistance, revolutionizing hard disk drive technology

German theoretical physicist who pioneered developments in atomic and quantum physics and mentored a new generation of scientists

British textile artist, author, and socialist who revived traditional textile arts and helped establish the modern fantasy genre

Italian fashion designer and entrepreneur who founded the Armani luxury fashion house, renowned for minimalist, deconstructed silhouettes that redefined contemporary elegance and shaped celebrity style

French literary critic, historian, and philosopher, known for influencing naturalism and historicist criticism

Polish film director, screenwriter, and politician, recipient of an Honorary Oscar and Palme d'Or, known for his war film trilogy: A Generation, Kanał, and Ashes and Diamonds

British politician and barrister who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1908 to 1916, leading the last Liberal Party majority government

Finnish polymath who created the national epic Kalevala from traditional oral poetry and authored the first scientific text written in Finnish

14th Prime Minister of Canada, distinguished diplomat, scholar, and author of influential works on international relations

Pope of the Catholic Church and longest-reigning Avignon Pope, known for centralizing papal power and income, and for his theological writings

German mathematician, theoretical physicist, logician, and philosopher known for his association with the Göttingen tradition of mathematics

German politician and lawyer who served as Chancellor of West Germany, Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg, and President of the Bundesrat

Swiss chemist known for synthesizing LSD and isolating psilocybin, profoundly influencing pharmacology and our understanding of consciousness

French chemist and Nobel laureate who discovered the Grignard reagent, revolutionizing the synthesis of organic compounds

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