Born and died in 1940

Japanese association football player and coach who played for the Japan national team

12th president of Pakistan, also served as Governor of Sindh, known for his career as a politician and entrepreneur

Hong Kong–American martial artist, actor, and filmmaker who founded Jeet Kune Do and became the first global Chinese film star

Brazilian footballer, actor, and politician widely regarded as one of the greatest players in history, holding a Guinness World Record for goals and named Athlete of the Century

Distinguished Irish-English actor known for his extensive stage, film, and television career, including his BAFTA-winning performances and knighthood for services to drama

British musician, songwriter, and peace activist, widely known as a founder of The Beatles and for his iconic solo album Imagine

Serbian actress known for her extensive career in film, television, and theatre, and for her role in The Dark Side of the Sun

Afghan politician, pedagogue, and university teacher who served as the sixth President of Afghanistan from 1992 to 1996, and again in 2001

Fourth President of Indonesia, Islamic leader, and founder of the National Awakening Party (PKB)

Uruguayan writer and journalist known as a literary giant of the Latin American left and global soccer's pre-eminent man of letters

American musician, one half of the celebrated soft rock duo Seals & Crofts, known for his distinctive melodic contributions

Japanese association football player remembered for his contributions to the sport in Japan

American novelist, essayist, and short story writer best known for his depictions of the Jazz Age

British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, known for his foreign policy of appeasement and leading the nation into World War II

Spanish writer, lawyer, and politician who served as Prime Minister and the last President of the Second Spanish Republic, renowned as the father of the Republic during the Spanish Civil War

Austrian Nobel laureate and psychiatrist recognized for malariotherapy in treating dementia paralytica

British physicist who discovered the electron and received the 1906 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the conduction of electricity by gases

Russian Marxist revolutionary, central figure in the October Revolution and Russian Civil War, whose ideas founded Trotskyism

German-Swiss artist and university teacher known for his highly individual style influenced by expressionism, cubism, and surrealism

British biochemist who shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his investigations into the fermentation of sugar and fermentative enzymes, and a key figure in the establishment of the Biochemical Society and Journal

Swedish writer, poet, and painter, Nobel laureate in Literature in 1916, known for works celebrating Swedish history and life

Russian-born American anarchist, writer, and political philosopher who influenced anarchist thought and advocated for women's rights and pacifism

Pioneering Swedish writer, Nobel laureate, and first woman member of the Swedish Academy, known for her imaginative novels and children's literature

Russian author, playwright, and satirist known for the posthumously published novel The Master and Margarita