Hverjir fæddust árið 1901

Emperor of Japan from 1926 to 1989, the longest-reigning in Japanese history, overseeing WWII and the postwar economic miracle, and a dedicated zoologist and marine biologist

French psychoanalyst and writer who significantly impacted continental philosophy, cultural theory, and the practice of psychoanalysis

The first President of Indonesia and a noted politician and art collector who led the nation from 1945 to 1967

French artist, painter, and sculptor known for founding the art brut movement and challenging traditional aesthetics

Italian film director and actor who pioneered neorealist cinema with masterworks like "Bicycle Thieves"

Italian poet, translator, and literary critic, awarded the 1959 Nobel Prize in Literature for his powerful lyrical poetry

Italian–American physicist known as the 'architect of the nuclear age' who created the world's first artificial nuclear reactor and won the 1938 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work with neutron irradiation and slow neutrons

Swiss sculptor, painter, writer, and illustrator known for his attenuated figures that explored existential and phenomenological debates

Turkish communist poet, playwright, and novelist whose lyrical work earned him international acclaim despite periods of imprisonment and exile

King of the Belgians who navigated the tumultuous period of World War II and was known for his passions as a photographer and naturalist

French novelist, art theorist, and statesman who won the Prix Goncourt for La Condition Humaine and served as France's first cultural affairs minister under Charles de Gaulle