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American baseball player who broke Major League Baseball's color line in 1947 and became a leading voice in the civil rights movement

American surgeon and Nobel laureate known as the "father of transplantation" for performing the first successful human kidney transplant

American actor known for his intense villainous roles and distinctive features, earning an Oscar for <i>City Slickers</i>

American Nobel Prize-winning chemist who illuminated the nature of chemical bonding, especially in boranes, and later studied protein structures

American economist and Nobel Memorial Prize laureate known for developing public choice theory and its contractual and constitutional bases for economic and political decision-making

American actress known for her Academy Award-winning performances and her advocacy for mental health

American singer and jazz pianist who achieved widespread success with over 100 pop chart hits during a career spanning almost three decades

American folk singer, songwriter, and social activist who popularized folk music and championed civil rights, workers' rights, peace, and environmental causes

American author known for his seminal 1951 novel, The Catcher in the Rye, and his acclaimed short stories

Indian Prime Minister (1997-1998), diplomat, and independence activist known for his regional diplomacy approach in South Asia

78th Prime Minister of Japan who led the nation from 1991 to 1993

Spanish poet, writer, actor, historian, translator, and literary critic, known for her works exploring the history and culture of Cantabria

Italian cyclist known as Il Campionissimo, who won the Giro d'Italia five times and the Tour de France twice, excelling in climbing, time trialing, and sprinting

Indian novelist and poet who powerfully chronicled the human cost of the Partition of India and championed women's stories.

Rhodesian Prime Minister who led the predominantly white government's unilateral declaration of independence in 1965

English electrical engineer and physicist who co-developed X-ray computed tomography (CT), sharing the 1979 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine

English independent scientist and environmentalist best known for proposing the Gaia hypothesis, which postulates that the Earth functions as a self-regulating system

Chinese politician who served as Premier and General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, known for his political reforms and support during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests

British ballerina appointed prima ballerina assoluta of the Royal Ballet, known for her extraordinary career as a ballet dancer and performer

German politician who served as President of West Germany and led the Free Democratic Party (FDP)

British actor known for his intense performances and prolific career across more than 250 stage, film, and television roles

Irish-born British writer and philosopher known for her novels exploring morality, good and evil, and the unconscious, and winner of the Booker Prize

Italian politician and statesman who served as Prime Minister seven times and was a key figure in the First Republic