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American architect known as a "father of skyscrapers" and "father of modernism" for his innovative designs and the phrase "form follows function"

28th president of the United States, leader during World War I, and architect of the League of Nations

Bohemian writer and novelist from Prague whose works, including The Metamorphosis and The Trial, are known for their blend of realism and the fantastique, giving rise to the term 'Kafkaesque'

Russian revolutionary and politician who founded the Soviet Union and led the October Revolution, establishing the world's first communist state

French composer, organist, pianist, and teacher whose elegant musical style shaped 20th-century classical music, known for his Requiem and Pavane

English-American playwright and author best known for the beloved children's novels *Little Lord Fauntleroy*, *A Little Princess*, and *The Secret Garden*

Swiss writer, poet, and theologian awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1919 for his epic <i>Olympian Spring</i>

Polish-British novelist and master prose stylist who enriched English literature with his unique global perspective and psychological depth

French writer, poet, and literary critic, known for his ironic and skeptical style, who won the 1921 Nobel Prize in Literature and was considered the ideal French man of letters