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Austrian-American actress and co-inventor of an early technique for spread spectrum communications and frequency hopping

French mathematician who solved the 350-year-old problem of polynomial solvability by radicals, foundational to Galois theory and group theory

French theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate known for postulating the wave nature of electrons and all matter, a foundational concept in quantum mechanics

Soviet and Russian small arms designer renowned for creating the AK-47 assault rifle and its subsequent improvements

French physicist, engineer, and military officer known for Coulomb's law, describing electrostatic attraction and repulsion, and for pioneering work in friction and soil mechanics

Brazilian architect known for designing civic buildings for Brasília and his influential exploration of reinforced concrete aesthetics

Indian Bengali philosopher, yogi, poet, and nationalist who advocated for India's independence and formulated the spiritual path of Integral Yoga

Armenian-French singer, songwriter, actor, and diplomat known for his distinctive tenor voice and prolific output of over 1,200 recorded songs and 1,000 written songs

Scottish novelist and playwright, best remembered as the creator of Peter Pan

French author, moralist, and memoirist known for his Maximes, which offered profound and often cynical insights into human conduct and virtue

English poet and playwright renowned for his dramatic monologues, characterization, and challenging vocabulary

Eighth President of Iran, politician, qadi, and Islamic jurist who served from 2021 until his death in 2024

Italian nationalist activist, politician, journalist, and philosopher widely known as the "Prophet of Italian Nationalism" for his work in unifying Italy

Former President of India, Finance Minister, and recipient of the Bharat Ratna

First Premier of the People's Republic of China who served for 26 years, helping consolidate state control, form foreign policy, and develop the Chinese economy

Hungarian-German physicist who won the 1905 Nobel Prize for his groundbreaking work on cathode rays and the photoelectric effect

French statesman who served as Prime Minister twice, notably guiding the nation through the First World War and advocating for significant reforms

English mathematician and philosopher who created process philosophy, influencing fields from ecology to economics

Belgian-born French anthropologist and ethnologist whose work was key in the development of structuralism and structural anthropology

English physicist who discovered the neutron in 1932, received the Nobel Prize, and led the British team on the Manhattan Project

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

Canadian American film actress and producer, pioneering Hollywood's silent era as "America's Sweetheart" and the "Queen of the Movies," who became Hollywood's first millionaire and defined the ingénue archetype

Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter, and film theorist celebrated for his spiritual and metaphysical films with slow pacing and dreamlike imagery

Former General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and President of China, who served as the fourth paramount leader and core leader of the third generation of Chinese leadership