Born and died in 1941

American Baptist minister, civil rights leader, politician, and founder of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition who advocated for human and LGBTQ rights

Hungarian footballer and manager, "The Emperor," who was named European Footballer of the Year in 1967 and described as one of the most elegant footballers of all time

Yugoslav and Serbian politician who served as president of Serbia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, known for his role in the Yugoslav Wars and being the first sitting head of state charged with war crimes

German film, theater, and voice actor known for his extensive work across stage, screen, and voice performances

Visionary Polish film director and screenwriter known for Dekalog, The Double Life of Veronique, and the Three Colours trilogy

English composer, pianist, and Hammond organ player who co-founded Deep Purple and pioneered the fusion of classical music with hard rock

British drummer for The Rolling Stones and acclaimed jazz musician

American baseball player and legendary manager who recorded six 100-win seasons and was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame

Bosnian association football player, coach, and sports official, known as one of the greatest and most influential football managers from the former Yugoslavia

Turkish Muslim scholar, preacher, and intellectual who led the global Gülen movement, establishing a vast network of schools and advocating a unique theological perspective embracing democratic modernity.

English association football legend and captain of the 1966 FIFA World Cup-winning England team

British fashion designer, activist, and businessperson who largely brought modern punk and new wave fashions into the mainstream

French painter who co-founded the Orphism movement, revolutionizing modern art through bold use of color and geometric abstraction

German embryologist who won the 1935 Nobel Prize for discovering embryonic induction and organizer effects that became foundational to modern developmental biology and cloning research

French chemist who won the 1912 Nobel Prize for developing catalytic hydrogenation methods that transformed organic chemistry

British archaeologist who pioneered the study of Bronze Age Aegean civilizations and established modern archaeological methods

Polish pianist, composer, and statesman who was crucial in securing international recognition for the Second Polish Republic

The last German Emperor and King of Prussia, reigning from 1888 to 1918, who was also an author, painter, and art collector

The seventh monarch of the Chakri dynasty and the last King of Siam under the absolute monarchy who reigned until his abdication in 1935

Scottish social anthropologist and folklorist known for his influential work on mythology and comparative religion, particularly "The Golden Bough"

Swedish poet and novelist acclaimed for her evocative poetry and the internationally recognized dystopian novel Kallocain

English modernist writer and novelist known for pioneering stream of consciousness narration and her influential works such as Mrs. Dalloway and A Room of One's Own

English modernist writer who pioneered stream of consciousness narration and authored influential 20th-century works

King of Spain from birth to 1931, known as "El Africano" for his support of African colonial expansion, whose 45-year reign ended with the establishment of the Second Spanish Republic