French humanist photographer considered a master of candid photography and pioneer of street photography, known for his concept of 'the decisive moment'

French writer known for her romantic novels, especially "Bonjour Tristesse," written when she was a teenager

French philosopher who developed deconstruction and transformed contemporary philosophical thought through innovative textual analysis

New Zealand-born English physicist and biologist whose X-ray diffraction studies were instrumental in the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA and its role in genetic information transfer

Swedish author and journalist who created the internationally bestselling Millennium crime trilogy, published posthumously starting in 2005

Indian Prime Minister and statesman known for initiating India's transformative economic liberalization reforms in the 1990s