1900 දී උපන්නේ කවුද

Japanese diplomat who, during World War II, defied orders to issue transit visas, saving thousands of Jewish refugees from the Holocaust

Japanese association football player who represented the Japan national team

Spanish-Mexican filmmaker renowned for avant-garde surrealist cinema that blended dreamlike imagery with sharp political and social commentary

German philosopher of the continental tradition best known for his magnum opus on hermeneutics, Truth and Method

French poet and screenwriter whose popular poems are taught in schools and whose screenplays shaped the poetic realist film movement

German-American social psychologist, psychoanalyst, and humanistic philosopher known for his contributions to critical theory and insights into human freedom and society

French chemist and physicist who won the 1935 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering induced radioactivity

Greek poet, diplomat, and Nobel laureate whose eminent lyrical writing reflected the Hellenic world of culture

German-born American composer renowned for "The Threepenny Opera" and contributions to both European and American musical theater, driven by the ideal of socially useful music

Austrian–Swiss theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate who discovered the Exclusion Principle, fundamentally advancing quantum mechanics and the understanding of matter's structure.

Hungarian writer, poet, and journalist known for his insightful novels and memoirs

Korean independence activist, politician, writer, and journalist who was a main leader of the communist movement during Japan's colonial rule

German lawyer, Nazi politician, and General Governor of Nazi occupied Poland, convicted war criminal and Holocaust perpetrator

Iranian political revolutionary, Shia cleric, and first Supreme Leader of Iran who led the Iranian Revolution and established the Islamic republic

Thai prime minister, lawyer, and statesman who led Khana Ratsadon and co-founded major national institutions like the University of Moral and Political Sciences and the Bank of Thailand

British-born American astronomer and astrophysicist whose foundational work on stellar composition and variable stars shaped modern astrophysics

French writer, aviator, and poet known for the beloved novella The Little Prince and his adventurous life as a pilot and journalist

British statesman and naval officer who served as Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia Command, and oversaw India's independence as its last Viceroy and first Governor-General

German Nazi Party official, head of the Nazi Party Chancellery, and private secretary to Adolf Hitler, known for his role as a Holocaust perpetrator and war criminal

Nobel Prize-winning Hungarian-British physicist and inventor recognized for his pioneering invention and development of the holographic method

Swedish writer and Nobel laureate known for his groundbreaking novels and narrative art in the service of freedom

Japanese association football player who represented his nation on the Japan national team, helping to establish the sport in the early 20th century

German-British biochemist who discovered the citric acid cycle, also known as the Krebs cycle, a key process in cellular respiration

Indian diplomat, politician, and freedom fighter who was the first woman and only Indian to serve as President of the UN General Assembly, and also Governor of Maharashtra

Queen consort of the United Kingdom and Dominions from 1936 to 1952, and the last Empress of India, officially known as Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother after her husband King George VI's passing

Eighth and longest-serving President of Finland, lawyer, politician, and journalist who dominated Finnish politics for over three decades

Finnish and Swedish neurophysiologist and Nobel laureate whose discoveries illuminated the primary physiological and chemical visual processes in the eye

Swedish poet and novelist acclaimed for her evocative poetry and the internationally recognized dystopian novel Kallocain

German SS officer and commandant of Auschwitz, convicted and executed for war crimes and his role in the Holocaust