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Who was born in 1900

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Luis Buñuel

Luis Buñuel

19001983

Spanish-Mexican filmmaker renowned for avant-garde surrealist cinema that blended dreamlike imagery with sharp political and social commentary

Hans-Georg Gadamer

Hans-Georg Gadamer

19002002

German philosopher of the continental tradition best known for his magnum opus on hermeneutics, Truth and Method

Jacques Prévert

Jacques Prévert

19001977

French poet and screenwriter whose popular poems are taught in schools and whose screenplays shaped the poetic realist film movement

March

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Erich Fromm

Erich Fromm

19001980

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

Frédéric Joliot-Curie

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Wolfgang Pauli

19001958

Austrian–Swiss theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate who discovered the Exclusion Principle, fundamentally advancing quantum mechanics and the understanding of matter's structure.

May

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Hans Frank

Hans Frank

19001946

German lawyer, Nazi politician, and General Governor of Nazi occupied Poland, convicted war criminal and Holocaust perpetrator

Ruhollah Khomeini

June

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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

19001944

French writer, aviator, and poet known for the beloved novella The Little Prince and his adventurous life as a pilot and journalist

Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma

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Eyvind Johnson

Eyvind Johnson

19001976

Swedish writer and Nobel laureate known for his groundbreaking novels and narrative art in the service of freedom

August

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Hans Krebs

Hans Krebs

19001981

German-British biochemist who discovered the citric acid cycle, also known as the Krebs cycle, a key process in cellular respiration

Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother

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Urho Kekkonen

Urho Kekkonen

19001986

Eighth and longest-serving President of Finland, lawyer, politician, and journalist who dominated Finnish politics for over three decades

Frédéric Joliot-Curie

19001958

French chemist and physicist who won the 1935 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering induced radioactivity

Giorgos Seferis

Giorgos Seferis

19001971

Greek poet, diplomat, and Nobel laureate whose eminent lyrical writing reflected the Hellenic world of culture

Ruhollah Khomeini

19001989

Iranian political revolutionary, Shia cleric, and first Supreme Leader of Iran who led the Iranian Revolution and established the Islamic republic

Pridi Banomyong

Pridi Banomyong

19001983

Thai prime minister, lawyer, and statesman who led Khana Ratsadon and co-founded major national institutions like the University of Moral and Political Sciences and the Bank of Thailand

Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma

19001979

British statesman and naval officer who served as Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia Command, and oversaw India's independence as its last Viceroy and first Governor-General

Martin Bormann

Martin Bormann

19001945

German Nazi Party official, head of the Nazi Party Chancellery, and private secretary to Adolf Hitler, known for his role as a Holocaust perpetrator and war criminal

Dennis Gabor

Dennis Gabor

19001979

Nobel Prize-winning Hungarian-British physicist and inventor recognized for his pioneering invention and development of the holographic method

Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother

19002002

Queen consort of the United Kingdom and Dominions from 1936 to 1952, and the last Empress of India, officially known as Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother after her husband King George VI's passing