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American novelist, poet, essayist, and screenwriter known for works like "The New York Trilogy" and "Moon Palace", with books translated into over 40 languages

American mathematician and polymath known as the "father of information theory" who laid the foundations of the Information Age

Yugoslav novelist, poet, and diplomat who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1961 for his powerful writings on Bosnian history and human destinies

Pope of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 1691 to 1700

The 12th Emperor of Russia, known as Alexander the Liberator for abolishing serfdom in 1861

Holy Roman Emperor and sole ruler of the Habsburg monarchy, the first of the Habsburg-Lorraine dynasty and a notable military leader

The national Palestinian poet and author who wrote the Palestinian Declaration of Independence, known for his powerful poetry exploring themes of identity, exile, and the Palestinian experience

23rd President of the United States, author, lawyer, politician, and Union army Brigadegeneral

American women's rights activist, author, and civil rights advocate who was a leading figure in the women's suffrage movement

American actor and award-winner known for his versatile performances on stage and screen, including an Academy Award for Best Actor

American inventor and painter known for co-developing Morse code and the single-wire telegraph system, transforming global communication

German philosopher and mathematician known as the father of phenomenology, a school of thought he established

English poet and hymnodist renowned for works like 'Olney Hymns' and 'The Task'

English philosopher and political theorist who coined "survival of the fittest" and applied evolutionary principles to sociology and ethics

Russian army general of Baltic German origin and the last commander-in-chief of the White forces in Southern Russia during the Russian Civil War, known as the "Black Baron"

English writer and philosopher known for her advocacy of women's rights and considered a founding feminist philosopher

Italian Marxist philosopher, journalist, and politician who co-founded the Italian Communist Party and developed theories on cultural hegemony while imprisoned by fascists

German mathematician, educator, and historian known for his Erlangen Program, which unified geometries by their symmetry groups, and for his work in complex analysis and non-Euclidean geometry

Ghanaian politician, political theorist, and revolutionary who led Ghana to independence and championed Pan-Africanism

American philosopher, essayist, and poet who led the Transcendentalist movement, championing individualism and critical thinking

American military leader and 18th President of the United States who guided the Union Army to victory in the Civil War

Italian inventor and radio pioneer credited with developing the practical radio wave-based wireless telegraph system, sharing the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics

Russian Tsar and de facto regent of Russia who governed after the Rurik dynasty, preceding the Time of Troubles

Italian poet known for his epic work Gerusalemme liberata, depicting the First Crusade