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Theodor Svedberg

Theodor Svedberg

18841971

Swedish chemist and Nobel laureate known for developing the ultracentrifuge and his pioneering research on colloids and proteins

Vincent Auriol

Vincent Auriol

18841966

16th President of the French Republic, lawyer, politician, and French resistance fighter who led France from 1947 to 1954, overseeing its entry into the Council of Europe and NATO

Rudolf Bultmann

Rudolf Bultmann

18841976

German Lutheran theologian and New Testament professor who advocated for an existentialist interpretation of the New Testament and was a major figure in 20th-century biblical studies

Rómulo Gallegos

Rómulo Gallegos

18841969

Venezuelan novelist and the first freely elected president of Venezuela, celebrated for his literary works like "Doña Bárbara"