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American writer whose Southern Gothic stories explored faith, morality, and the grotesque, often through the lens of grace and violence

American molecular biologist who won the Nobel Prize for discovering bacterial conjugation and championed exobiology

American film director known for his revisionist Westerns and explicit action sequences

American actor and decorated military officer known for his Academy Award-winning performance in "Cool Hand Luke" and his roles in the "Airport" and "Naked Gun" film series

American talk show host and comedian best known for hosting The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson for 30 years

American actor best known for his iconic villainous roles in spaghetti Westerns like The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

American actor whose raw, method-driven performances in films like In the Heat of the Night and The Pawnbroker made him one of Hollywood's most compelling character actors

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

American physician, geneticist, and Nobel Prize winner who identified the hepatitis B virus and contributed to its vaccine development

American actor, a prominent figure in the Golden Age of Hollywood and a courageous HIV/AIDS activist

American filmmaker known for directing subversive and satirical films with overlapping dialogue and ensemble casts

American theoretical physicist who received the 2005 Nobel Prize in Physics for his contribution to the quantum theory of optical coherence

American engineer and inventor best known for founding human-computer interaction and inventing the computer mouse

American actor celebrated for his versatile performances in both comedic and dramatic roles, often portraying an anxious everyman with remarkable depth and receiving numerous accolades including two Academy Awards and five Golden Globe Awards

American writer and public intellectual known for his cynical epigrammatic wit and critiques of social and sexual norms

American actor known for a six-decade career in over 100 films, achieving peak popularity in the 1950s and early 1960s, and also serving as a writer, military officer, and painter

American actor celebrated for his iconic portrayal of Mark Twain and extensive career across stage, film, and television

American Black rights activist, Muslim minister, and human rights defender celebrated for his pursuit of racial justice during the civil rights movement

Japanese association football player who represented the Japan national team

Brazilian association football player and coach, a two-time FIFA World Cup winner with Brazil in 1958 and 1962, known for his innovative play as a left-back

German architect and structural engineer known for pioneering lightweight tensile and membrane structures, including the iconic roof of the 1972 Munich Olympic Stadium

First Lady of the United States, wife of President George H. W. Bush, mother of President George W. Bush, and founder of the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy

American comedian, actor, and artist known for his improvisational genius and extensive career in film, television, and stand-up, earning Grammy and Emmy awards

American actor, filmmaker, racecar driver, and philanthropist, recipient of an Academy Award and multiple Golden Globe Awards