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Croatian basketball player and shooting guard known for his success with European clubs Cibona and Real Madrid, and his pioneering role in the NBA starting in 1989

Swiss singer who won the first Eurovision Song Contest in 1956 and was known for her hit 'O mein Papa'

Polish politician, journalist, and trade unionist who served as the first non-communist Prime Minister of Poland since 1946

French-American artist known for large-scale sculpture and installation art, who explored themes of domesticity, sexuality, and the unconscious

Holy Roman Emperor who reigned from 1209 to 1218, navigating complex political struggles

Cuban-American singer and actor known as the 'Queen of Salsa,' celebrated for her vibrant performances and significant contributions to Latin music, selling over 30 million records worldwide

Italian association football player, screenwriter, and sporting director known for his prolific career as a striker

A titan of the British stage and screen, John Gielgud was an actor and director whose career spanned eight decades, becoming one of the "trinity" of actors who shaped 20th-century theatre

English organic chemist and Nobel Prize laureate who pioneered the concept of conformation and its application in chemistry

English philosopher and university teacher who, alongside Bertrand Russell and Ludwig Wittgenstein, initiated analytic philosophy

French actress known for portraying strong-willed, independent women with an earthiness and reality that endeared her to audiences

French mathematician known for Legendre polynomials, the method of least squares, and contributions to number theory

Swedish football manager celebrated for winning 18 club trophies across Sweden, Portugal, and Italy, including the UEFA Cup, and reaching the European Cup final

German American biochemist who received the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discoveries on cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism

Spanish football player and manager known for his extensive career on the field and in coaching

French philosopher, politician, and writer known for his work on materialist epistemology, his conversion to Islam, and controversial conviction for Holocaust denial

The last Ottoman caliph and a gifted painter, known for being the only caliph elected by the Grand National Assembly of Turkey and head of the Osmanoğlu family until his death in Paris

British theoretical chemist and physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for pioneering computational methods in quantum chemistry

Japanese educator and judoka who founded judo and introduced the dan ranking system and black and white belts, making it the first Japanese martial art to become an official Olympic sport

Soviet-Swiss chess grandmaster, author, and writer known as one of the strongest players never to have become World Chess Champion

American chemist and Nobel laureate recognized for developing the use of boron-containing compounds in organic synthesis

American poet and short-story writer known for meticulous observation and precise language, a Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner

Abkhazian politician who served as Prime Minister and later as the second President of Abkhazia, overseeing Russian recognition and the Russo-Georgian War

Acclaimed British actress and a member of the legendary Redgrave family, celebrated for her distinguished work across stage and film