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British Nobel laureate in Chemistry, known for pioneering inorganic chemistry and homogeneous transition metal catalysis, particularly his work on organometallic sandwich compounds

American jazz singer known as the "First Lady of Song" and "Queen of Jazz" whose purity of tone and scat singing revolutionized vocal music

Russian-American poet, essayist, and Nobel Prize laureate known for an authorship imbued with clarity of thought and poetic intensity

Japanese association football player who represented the Japan national team

First President of Nigeria and a driving force behind the country's independence, widely regarded as the father of Nigerian nationalism

Japanese association football player and coach who represented his country on the national team

Canadian-American economist and Nobel Laureate known for the Vickrey auction, congestion pricing, and contributions to public economics and incentive theory

Australian-British novelist, actress, and journalist best known as the creator of the Mary Poppins series of books

Sixth President of India and a long-serving politician who held key offices including Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh and Speaker of the Lok Sabha

British-American actress known for portraying dignified women and being a top box-office draw during Hollywood's Golden Age

American dancer, actor, director, and choreographer known for his energetic style and pioneering 'dance for the common man'

American rapper and actor known for his influential music, powerful lyrics, and acting career, becoming one of the best-selling music artists worldwide

Afghan physician, diplomat, and politician who served as the 5th President of Afghanistan and General Secretary of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan

Courageous Irish investigative journalist whose murder while reporting on organized crime led to national outrage and significant legal reforms

Soviet Armenian astrophysicist and science administrator, widely regarded as the founder of theoretical astrophysics in the Soviet Union

English physicist who won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1977 for his theoretical investigations into the electronic structure of magnetic and disordered systems

Polish-Swiss chemist and Nobel laureate, recognized for his isolation of cortisone, which revolutionized medical treatments

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

Bulgarian psychic and mystic known for her attributed foresight and healing abilities, who lived much of her life blind in the Belasica mountains

French novelist, playwright, screenwriter, and experimental filmmaker known for <i>Hiroshima mon amour</i> and her unique narrative style

Prolific Hungarian mathematician known for solving numerous open problems in discrete mathematics, graph theory, and number theory

American stage and film actress who became one of the few major stars to work freelance during Hollywood's studio era

Greek Nobel laureate, poet, and art critic known for defining romantic modernism and his monumental work *Axion Esti*