Born and died in 1961

German politician, lawyer, and writer who served as Foreign Minister and Vice-Chancellor of Germany, notable as the first openly gay person in these roles

American actor best known for his award-winning portrayal of Tony Soprano in HBO's The Sopranos, a performance regarded as one of television history's greatest

American marine science educator and artist best known for creating the animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants

Thai singer and actor, famously known as the "Queen of Luk Thung" for her celebrated contributions to Thai country music

American country music singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor known for his extensive discography and charismatic performances

Member of the British royal family and Princess of Wales, known for her humanitarian activism, glamour, and enduring global popularity

Russian mercenary leader, oligarch, and entrepreneur who led the Wagner Group and owned catering businesses that served the Kremlin

American anthropologist and anarchist known for influential works on debt, bureaucracy, and his role in the Occupy movement

Jewish-German pharmacologist and neuroscientist who discovered chemical transmission of nerve impulses, sharing the 1936 Nobel Prize

Italian politician, economist, and banker who served as President of Italy and is recognized as a founding father of the Italian Republic

Swedish diplomat and economist who served as the second Secretary-General of the United Nations and was posthumously awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

Turkish politician who served as Prime Minister from 1950 to 1960, co-founded the Democrat Party, and oversaw Turkey's admission to NATO in 1952

American physicist and Nobel laureate who invented high-pressure apparatus and contributed to the philosophy of science

American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist celebrated for his economical style and adventurous life, winner of the 1954 Nobel Prize in Literature

French novelist, polemicist, and physician, Louis-Ferdinand Céline was known for his innovative literary style rooted in working-class speech and his pessimistic depiction of the human condition

American inventor who developed the Audion triode vacuum tube, fundamentally enabling modern radio and long-distance telephony

Swiss psychiatrist, psychotherapist, and psychologist who founded analytical psychology and developed the concept of archetypes

American actor known for his strong, silent screen persona and two Academy Awards for Best Actor

French phenomenological philosopher, art theorist, and aesthetician known for his work on perception and human experience, and co-founder of Les Temps modernes

Albanian statesman who served as the nation's prime minister, president, and only king, guiding Albania from 1922 to 1939