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English novelist, literary critic, and essayist known for exploring social class and humanism in works like 'A Room with a View' and 'A Passage to India'

Russian avant-garde artist and art theorist, founder of Suprematism, who pioneered abstract painting in the 20th century

Indian poet, politician, and independence activist who served as the first Governor of United Provinces and the first Indian woman president of the Indian National Congress

German-born theoretical physicist best known for developing the theory of relativity and the mass–energy equivalence formula E = mc2

German chancellor and statesman who stabilized the Mark as Minister of Finance and served as Ambassador to the United States

British physicist known for his Nobel Prize-winning work on thermionic emission and the discovery of Richardson's law

Ukrainian military leader and politician who led the Ukrainian People's Republic during the Ukrainian War of Independence

Emperor of Japan from 1912-1926 who presided over the Taishō democracy era and Japan's emergence as a modern world power

Austrian composer, author, and socialite who became a fixture of Vienna's fin de siècle cultural scene, known for her classical Lieder and biographical works

American actress known as "The First Lady of the American Theatre," who starred on stage and screen for six decades and supported Actors' Equity

Mexican revolutionary and guerrilla leader who championed land reform and inspired the Zapatismo movement

American birth control activist and nurse who founded Planned Parenthood and championed women's reproductive rights

German Chancellor, diplomat, and military officer remembered for his significant political influence and role in the early 20th-century German government

German physicist who won the 1914 Nobel Prize for discovering X-ray diffraction by crystals, founding modern crystallography

Russian Marxist revolutionary, central figure in the October Revolution and Russian Civil War, whose ideas founded Trotskyism

American humorist, actor, and social commentator known for his folksy wit, political satire, and the famous line, "I never met a man I didn't like"

Indian spiritual teacher, writer, and philosopher known for his profound wisdom as a Hindu sage and jivanmukta, guiding seekers through self-inquiry

German-Swiss artist and university teacher known for his highly individual style influenced by expressionism, cubism, and surrealism