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Ferdinand Porsche

18751951

Austrian-born German automotive engineer and inventor, founder of Porsche AG, known for the Volkswagen Beetle, Lohner-Porsche, and Auto Union racing cars

Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim

18671951

Finnish military leader and statesman who served as regent, commander-in-chief during World War II, and president of Finland

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André Gide

18691951

French author and 1947 Nobel Prize winner whose 50+ books explored human psychology with fearless honesty

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Ludwig Wittgenstein

18891951

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

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Philippe Pétain

18561951

French military and political leader who commanded the French Army in World War I and later led Vichy France during World War II

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Liaquat Ali Khan

18951951

Pakistan's first Prime Minister who consolidated the new nation from 1947 until his assassination in 1951

Arnold Sommerfeld

18681951

German theoretical physicist who pioneered developments in atomic and quantum physics and mentored a new generation of scientists

Arnold Schoenberg

18741951

Austrian-Jewish American composer and theorist who revolutionized classical music through developing variation and the emancipation of the dissonance