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American chess player and theoretician acknowledged as the world's greatest chess master during his brief career, whose advanced style was far ahead of his time

Czech composer, music theorist, and folklorist known for his original, modern musical style inspired by Moravian and Slavic folk music

Dutch statesman and revolt leader who initiated the Eighty Years' War and is known as the Father of the Fatherland

Argentine lawyer, politician, and author who served as President of the Republic and championed the Sáenz Peña Law, leading to Argentina's first democratically elected presidency

Icelandic actor and singer best known for portraying Robbie Rotten in the children's television series LazyTown

Serbian-American engineer and inventor known for his foundational work on the alternating current (AC) electricity supply system

American feminist, writer, artist, and lecturer who championed women's rights, economic independence, and social reform through works like "The Yellow Wallpaper" and "Women and Economics"

American singer and actress known for hit songs like "Gloria" and "Self Control," and her powerful vocal performances

American actor, photographer, and poet, widely known for his memorable roles in films by Quentin Tarantino such as Reservoir Dogs and Kill Bill

American heavy metal singer, composer, musician, and songwriter known for fronting bands like Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Dio, and Heaven & Hell

Bohemian writer and novelist from Prague whose works, including The Metamorphosis and The Trial, are known for their blend of realism and the fantastique, giving rise to the term 'Kafkaesque'

The 35th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and an author, Mehmed V reigned as a constitutional monarch during a period of intense political change and war

English physicist and hereditary peer, Nobel laureate known for the discovery of argon and gas density investigations

French author, physician, and poet known for the Salavin series and his election to the Académie française

American singer and poet, best known as the lead vocalist and primary lyricist of the iconic rock band The Doors

American actress best known for her film portrayals of women based on true stories

American singer, actress, dancer, and activist whose career spanned over seventy years across film, television, and theater

American biochemist and Nobel laureate recognized for his fundamental studies of nucleic acids and pioneering work in recombinant-DNA technology

Russian writer and Futurist poet celebrated for his linguistic innovations and experimental approach to literature

American Nobel laureate and environmental chemist known for discovering that chlorofluorocarbons contribute to ozone depletion

Austro-Hungarian politician and heir presumptive whose assassination in Sarajevo directly triggered World War I

Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer whose political philosophy influenced the Age of Enlightenment, the French Revolution, and modern political, economic, and educational thought

Italian Nobel laureate, dramatist, novelist, short story writer, and poet known for his influential plays and revival of dramatic and scenic art

Flemish cartographer and geographer known for creating the first modern atlas, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, and a founder of the Netherlandish school of cartography