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Jewish writer and playwright known for his Yiddish stories, including those that inspired Fiddler on the Roof

American outlaw and gunfighter of the Old West known for his involvement in the Lincoln County War and links to multiple murders

American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer who significantly shaped progressive education and pragmatic thought in the first half of the twentieth century

Austrian writer and poet who played a key role in the genesis of early modernism in Vienna

British physician, writer, and social reformer who pioneered the study of human sexuality and influenced psychoanalysis with concepts like narcissism and autoeroticism

44th President of Mexico who led the Constitutionalist faction during the Mexican Revolution and played a key role in drafting the 1917 Constitution

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

Russian physicist, engineer, and inventor known for being one of the first to invent a radio receiving device

French philosopher and Nobel laureate known for his influential ideas in analytic and continental philosophy

British novelist and children's writer best known for the classic "The Wind in the Willows"

French lawyer and statesman who served as President of France from 1920 to 1924 and Prime Minister in 1920, sparking a pivotal debate on socialist involvement in bourgeois governments

Officier d'artillerie français dont la condamnation injuste pour espionnage a déclenché l'historique affaire Dreyfus, révélant l'antisémitisme et l'erreur judiciaire en France

Peintre post-impressionniste français qui a développé les techniques révolutionnaires du chromoluminarisme et du pointillisme

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

Swedish scientist, Nobel laureate in Chemistry, and one of the founders of physical chemistry, known for his electrolytic theory of dissociation

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

French physicist and chemist, Nobel laureate for pioneering work on radioactivity with Marie Curie

Norwegian novelist and Nobel laureate whose work spanned over 70 years, recognized for his psychological depth and varied narrative perspectives

British writer and physician best known for creating the iconic detective Sherlock Holmes and pioneering speculative fiction with The Lost World