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German officer and fighter pilot, nicknamed Bubi, who achieved 352 aerial victories, becoming the most successful fighter ace in history

Celebrated British actor known for achieving the Triple Crown of Acting and his acclaimed Shakespearean performances

French-Italian fashion designer and grand couturier celebrated for his avant-garde Space Age designs and geometric styles

Hungarian philosopher of mathematics and science known for his methodology of scientific research programmes and thesis of the fallibility of mathematics

Italian actor, director, and screenwriter, widely known as Il Mattatore, who left a lasting mark on cinema and theatre

English comic novelist and critic who wrote Lucky Jim and over 20 satirical novels, knighted in 1990 for contributions to literature

Canadian-American sociologist, social psychologist, and writer, known for his influential theories on social interaction and the presentation of self in everyday life

Imperial Japanese Army officer known for continuing guerrilla warfare on Lubang Island for nearly three decades after World War II ended

American actress, singer, dancer, and vaudevillian known for her artistic range, strong contralto voice, and becoming a cultural icon across four decades

Indian actor and politician known for pioneering method acting and dominating Hindi cinema for decades

German physicist and Nobel laureate who co-developed the ion trap technique, enabling high precision measurement of the electron magnetic moment

French film director known for exploring consciousness, memory, and imagination through innovative narrative structures over a six-decade career

Czech long-distance runner nicknamed 'the Czech Locomotive' who won three gold medals at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, including a marathon he entered at the last minute

French actor known for his influential roles in 32 films and his outspoken communist views, prominent in the poetic realism movement

South African cardiac surgeon who performed the world's first human-to-human heart transplant operation

Indian-American molecular biologist who shared the 1968 Nobel Prize for interpreting the genetic code and its role in protein synthesis

Soviet physicist and educator who shared the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physics for his fundamental work in quantum electronics, leading to the development of laser and maser

Croatian politician and historian who became the first president of independent Croatia, serving from 1990 until his death in 1999

Chinese physicist and university teacher known for significant contributions to statistical mechanics, integrable systems, gauge theory, particle physics, and condensed matter physics

Italian filmmaker, poet, and intellectual who directed The Gospel According to St. Matthew and challenged social conventions through his multidisciplinary artistic work

Influential Catalan writer who coined "Països Catalans" and helped shape Valencian cultural identity during Spain's democratic transition

English actor and singer known for his deep voice and portrayal of iconic villains across a career spanning over 60 years, knighted for services to drama and charity

Israeli politician, statesman, and general who served two terms as Prime Minister of Israel and was the first prime minister born in the region of Palestine

Portuguese novelist, screenwriter, and Nobel laureate who crafted imaginative parables offering subversive perspectives on history and reality