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American writer and editor who won three Pulitzer Prizes for his poetry and biography of Abraham Lincoln, widely regarded as a major figure in contemporary literature

German aristocrat, military officer, and resistance fighter known for his attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler during Operation Valkyrie

Scotland's national poet and lyricist, celebrated worldwide for his works in the Scots language and his contributions to poetry and song

Ghanaian politician and legal scholar who served as the 11th President of Ghana from 2009 until his death in 2012, making him the first head of state to die in office

American tennis player, author, and military officer who became the first Black man to win singles titles at Wimbledon, the US Open, and the Australian Open

American jazz and traditional pop singer, actor, and painter, recipient of 20 Grammy Awards and founder of arts education initiatives

American composer, conductor, and bandleader known for his innovative film and television scores across nearly 50 years and over 200 productions

American physicist who shared the Nobel Prize for the discovery of the antiproton

American astronaut, first American in space, and lunar explorer who walked on the Moon at age 47

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