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French New Wave director known for his psychologically astute thrillers often depicting the darker side of bourgeois life with a signature detached observation

American historian, playwright, and activist known for challenging traditional historical narratives and advocating for civil rights

American filmmaker known for directing iconic comedies like the Pink Panther series and Breakfast at Tiffany's, as well as powerful dramas

American biochemist and geneticist who broke the genetic code, revealing how DNA directs protein synthesis

American analytical chemist and Nobel laureate who developed electrospray ionization, a key technique for analyzing large molecules

American actress, visual artist, and activist known for her early film roles and her celebrated comeback in <i>Titanic</i>

American actor, comedian, and television director, best known as the high-profile child star Arnold Jackson in the late 1970s and 1980s sitcom Diff'rent Strokes

American stage and film actress who won an Academy Award, Golden Globe, and Tony, celebrated for roles in 'Hud,' 'The Day the Earth Stood Still,' and 'Breakfast at Tiffany's'

American actor, filmmaker, photographer, and visual artist known as a key figure of the New Hollywood era

American actor known for a six-decade career in over 100 films, achieving peak popularity in the 1950s and early 1960s, and also serving as a writer, military officer, and painter

American author known for his seminal 1951 novel, The Catcher in the Rye, and his acclaimed short stories

Australian dramatic coloratura soprano known for revitalizing the bel canto repertoire in classical opera

Japanese association football player who represented his country on the national team

First Lady of Poland and economist who dedicated her life to public service alongside her husband, President Lech Kaczyński

Versatile British and American actress and writer, recognized for her extensive career in film, television, and theatre, as well as her literary works.

American heavy metal singer, composer, musician, and songwriter known for fronting bands like Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Dio, and Heaven & Hell

American singer, actress, dancer, and activist whose career spanned over seventy years across film, television, and theater

American actress known for her roles as Julia Sugarbaker on Designing Women and Randi King on Family Law

Soviet and Russian poet, writer, lyricist, painter, and printmaker known for his influential work during the Khrushchev Thaw

British fashion designer and couturier known for founding his eponymous label and his influential tenure at Givenchy, recipient of multiple Designer of the Year awards

Lithuanian politician who served as the first democratically elected president of post-Soviet Lithuania and later as Prime Minister

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

Scottish physician and pharmacologist who shared the Nobel Prize for Medicine for developing propranolol and cimetidine through rational drug design

Soviet and Russian poet, short story writer, and translator known as 'the voice of the epoch' in Russia