Israeli general and politician who served as a commander of the Palmach, a general in the IDF, and briefly as Acting Prime Minister, also the first non-European-born Israeli to serve as Prime Minister

Austrian dramatic painter, writer, and poet known for intense expressionistic portraits and landscapes that shaped the Viennese Expressionist movement

Australian singer and lyricist, best known as the iconic frontman for the hard rock band AC/DC, renowned for his dynamic stage presence and powerful vocals

American track and field athlete and Olympic champion who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games

French philosopher, essayist, literary theorist, and semiotician whose work analyzed sign systems and influenced structuralism and post-structuralism

Polish Art Deco painter celebrated for her elegant portraits of aristocrats and highly stylized nudes

German-American social psychologist, psychoanalyst, and humanistic philosopher known for his contributions to critical theory and insights into human freedom and society

British filmmaker known as the "Master of Suspense" who directed over 50 feature films and hosted the iconic Alfred Hitchcock Presents television series

Cuban novelist, essayist, and musicologist who greatly influenced Latin American literature during its famous boom period

French existentialist philosopher, playwright, novelist, and political activist who famously refused the Nobel Prize in Literature

Italian writer and journalist, celebrated for his children's literature and recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Medal

British musician and lyricist, lead vocalist of Joy Division, known for albums Unknown Pleasures and Closer, a defining figure in rock music

Indian politician and labor activist who served as the 4th president of India and was awarded the Bharat Ratna

American novelist, artist, and essayist known for breaking literary forms with his semi-autobiographical and often controversial works like Tropic of Cancer

An iconic Indian playback singer celebrated for his unmatched versatility and ability to embody diverse emotions through his voice, earning him recognition as one of the greatest singers of the Indian subcontinent and influencing generations of musicians

British actor and comedian known for The Goon Show and Chief Inspector Clouseau in The Pink Panther series

German-American jurist and political scientist, a leading figure in 20th-century international relations theory and a founder of realism, author of Politics Among Nations

Japanese association football player who played for the Japan national team

American singer-songwriter who became a sensation in France with hits like "Les Champs-Élysées" and sold millions of records

Pakistani general, politician, and diplomat who served as the third president of Pakistan and fifth commander-in-chief of the Pakistan Army

English rock drummer known for his powerful, innovative drumming with Led Zeppelin, regarded as one of the greatest drummers in history

An influential Estonian poet, writer, translator, and journalist, known for 16 Nobel Prize in Literature nominations

Swiss psychologist and biologist known for his seminal theory of cognitive development and genetic epistemology

American physical chemist who developed radiocarbon dating, revolutionizing archaeology and palaeontology

American physicist and mathematician who won the Nobel Prize in Physics for his fundamental theoretical investigations of electronic magnetism in solids

Japanese association football player, manager, referee, and professor who played for and managed the Japan national team, deeply influencing the sport's development

American actress, singer, screenwriter, and writer known for her bold persona, distinctive contralto voice, and clever use of double entendres

American actor known as the 'King of Cool' whose antihero persona dominated the box office for two decades

Canadian educator, philosopher, and scholar known as "the father of media studies" for his groundbreaking work on media theory

German admiral and politician who served as Supreme Commander of the Navy during World War II and briefly as head of state of Nazi Germany in 1945

British musician, songwriter, and peace activist, widely known as a founder of The Beatles and for his iconic solo album Imagine

The only author to win the Prix Goncourt twice, Romain Gary was a French novelist, diplomat, film director, and military aviator, also known by his pen name Émile Ajar