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António de Oliveira Salazar

António de Oliveira Salazar

18891970

Portuguese statesman, economist, and academic who served as Prime Minister from 1932 to 1968, establishing the Estado Novo regime, one of modern Europe's longest-lived authoritarian dictatorships

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Ludwig Wittgenstein

18891951

Austrian philosopher and logician known for his work in logic, philosophy of mathematics, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of language

Paul Karrer

Paul Karrer

18891971

Swiss chemist and biochemist who shared the 1937 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his investigations on carotenoids, flavins, and vitamins A and B2

Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler

18891945

Austrian-born German politician, dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945, main instigator of World War II, and central figure in the perpetration of the Holocaust

Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin

18891977

English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who created the iconic screen persona of the Tramp, becoming a worldwide legend of the silent film era and one of cinema's most important figures

Arnold J. Toynbee

Arnold J. Toynbee

18891975

English historian and philosopher who studied civilizations and served as Director of Studies at Chatham House, producing 34 volumes on international affairs

Gabriela Mistral

Gabriela Mistral

18891957

Chilean poet, diplomat, and educator who became the first Latin American author to receive a Nobel Prize in Literature for her powerful lyric poetry

July

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Jean Cocteau

Jean Cocteau

18891963

A visionary French writer, filmmaker, poet, and designer, Jean Cocteau was a leading avant-garde artist of the 20th century, renowned for his diverse contributions across film, literature, and visual arts

September

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Martin Heidegger

Martin Heidegger

18891976

German philosopher who fundamentally shaped phenomenology, hermeneutics, and existentialism, influencing theology and humanities

October

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Carl von Ossietzky

Carl von Ossietzky

18891938

German journalist, author, and pacifist who received the 1935 Nobel Peace Prize for exposing clandestine German rearmament

November

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Edgar Douglas Adrian

Edgar Douglas Adrian

18891977

English electrophysiologist and Nobel laureate whose research clarified the function of neurons and provided evidence for the all-or-none law of nerves

Jawaharlal Nehru

Jawaharlal Nehru

18891964

Indian anti-colonial nationalist, statesman, and first Prime Minister of India, who promoted democracy, secularism, and non-alignment on the global stage

December

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Gabriel Marcel

Gabriel Marcel

18891973

French philosopher, playwright, music critic, and leading Christian existentialist known for his "philosophy of existence" and critique of technologically dehumanizing society