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Austrian-American director and actor known for his uncompromising vision in silent films like Greed and his later roles, including Max von Mayerling in Sunset Boulevard

American naval officer and aviator who pioneered polar exploration by air and led expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic

American comic actor, one half of the legendary Laurel and Hardy comedy duo, known for his unique expressions and physical humor

American writer whose iconic 'Little House' series chronicled her childhood as a pioneer on the American frontier

American politician and senator from Wisconsin known for his anti-communist campaign during the Cold War, which led to the term "McCarthyism"

American chemist and physicist awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his investigations in surface chemistry

Austro-Hungarian-American biochemist, physician, and Nobel laureate who discovered the course of the catalytic conversion of glycogen, becoming the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Belgian painter, architect, and interior designer, known as a co-founder of Art Nouveau and a decisive influence on German Jugendstil architecture and design

Japanese karateka, founder of Shotokan karate, and "father of modern karate" who introduced the art to mainland Japan

Seventh President of the Philippines, respected military officer, and politician known for his commitment to public service

German Nobel laureate in Chemistry known for his investigations of the constitution of the bile acids and related substances

British prehistorian archaeologist who specialised in European prehistory and pioneered Marxist archaeology, author of twenty-six books including Man makes himself

Italian writer, war correspondent, and diplomat best known for his impactful novels <em>Kaputt</em> and <em>The Skin</em>

English crime writer, playwright, essayist, and Christian writer known for the Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries and her translations of Dante

American actor, screenwriter, and film producer renowned as an American cultural icon and the greatest male star of classic American cinema

German expressionist novelist, physician, and essayist known for Berlin Alexanderplatz and his contributions to German literary modernism

Sicilian Prince and writer best known for his posthumously published novel, <em>The Leopard</em>, which chronicles the decline of the aristocracy

Romanian sculptor, painter, and photographer considered the patriarch of modern sculpture and a pioneer of modernism, known for his clean geometrical lines and cultural influences

Hungarian admiral and statesman who served as Regent of the Kingdom of Hungary from 1920 to 1944 during the interwar period and most of World War II

Italian conductor and music director known for his perfectionism, eidetic memory, and influential radio and television broadcasts that brought classical music to a wide audience

Austrian-American psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, sex educator, and sociologist known for his radical theories and influential works like <em>The Mass Psychology of Fascism</em>

King of Norway for nearly 52 years, from 1905 until his death in 1957

Prolific French playwright, filmmaker, and actor, known for his 115 plays and significant contributions to boulevard theatre

German experimental physicist who developed the coincidence method, earning him a shared Nobel Prize in Physics in 1954