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American track and field athlete known as Flo-Jo, who set world records in the 100m and 200m sprints in 1988 and was famous for her eclectic personal style

American economist and Nobel laureate who revolutionized understanding of human capital and agricultural development

Peruvian-American writer and anthropologist known for his influential, albeit fabricated, books on shamanism and a mysterious life shrouded in controversy

American physicist who co-detected the neutrino, earning him the 1995 Nobel Prize in Physics

Japanese association football player who represented his country as a member of the Japan national team

Austrian musician and rapper known for international hits like "Rock Me Amadeus," bringing German-language music to global pop charts

Japanese association football player who represented the Japan national team

American astronaut, first American in space, and lunar explorer who walked on the Moon at age 47

Icelandic Nobel laureate Halldór Laxness, celebrated for his vivid epic power and renewal of the great narrative art of Iceland

American physician, pharmacist, chemist, biochemist, and pharmacologist who shared the 1988 Nobel Prize for discoveries in drug treatment and chemotherapy

Four-time Prime Minister and two-term President of Greece, a towering figure who shaped Greek politics for much of the latter half of the 20th century

Japanese association football player and coach who represented the Japan national team and contributed to the sport's development

English poet and children's writer who served as Poet Laureate and is considered one of the twentieth century's greatest writers

Indian politician and economist who served as acting Prime Minister of India twice and was awarded the Bharat Ratna for his dedicated service

English organic chemist and Nobel Prize laureate who pioneered the concept of conformation and its application in chemistry

English physiologist and biophysicist who, with Andrew Huxley and John Eccles, shared the 1963 Nobel Prize for discoveries concerning nerve cell membrane function

South African and American physicist who, despite not holding a scientific doctorate, won the 1979 Nobel Prize for his foundational work on X-ray computed tomography (CT)

French philosopher and literary theorist best known for his articulation of postmodernism and its impact on the human condition

Bosnian-Swiss Nobel laureate in Chemistry known for his pioneering research into the stereochemistry of organic molecules and reactions

Nobel laureate Japanese chemist who pioneered the frontier orbital theory for chemical reactions, explaining the roles of HOMO and LUMO

Bulgarian communist politician and statesperson who served as General Secretary of the Bulgarian Communist Party and de facto leader of the People's Republic of Bulgaria from 1956 to 1989, holding the record as the longest-serving non-royal ruler in Bulgarian history

German writer, soldier, and philosopher known for his World War I memoir Storm of Steel and his later philosophical critiques of modernity

Japanese actress, seiyū, and stage actor known for iconic roles in films like "Godzilla" (1954) and "The Mysterians" (1959)

French actor, theatre director, painter, and sculptor, renowned as Jean Cocteau's muse and a major post-war film star, recognized for his contributions to French cinema