American writer and Scientology founder who authored Dianetics and established a global religious movement

German artist, teacher, and theorist who pioneered Performance Art and integrated humanism and sociology into his works

American actress best known for It's a Wonderful Life and her eponymous television show, who was also an Academy Award winner and peace activist

Celebrated Mexican writer, screenwriter, and photographer best known for the novel Pedro Páramo and the collection El Llano en llamas, deeply influencing Latin American literature

English-American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter known for "Goodbye to Berlin" and his contributions to gay fiction

Swedish politician and statesman who served as Prime Minister of Sweden for two terms, leading the Social Democratic Party

Indian spiritual philosopher, mystic, speaker, and writer who rejected the role of World Teacher to advocate for individual inquiry and a radical transformation of mankind

American writer, journalist, and photographer, best known for the seminal science fiction novel Dune and its five sequels

Swedish sociologist and diplomat who won the 1982 Nobel Peace Prize for her leadership in international disarmament efforts

American actor and dancer known for his energetic performances, distinctive vocal style, and deadpan comic timing

Welsh-American actor and film director, known for his Academy Award-winning performance in 'The Lost Weekend' and his versatile career across comedies and dramas

American socialite whose marriage intention to Prince Edward led to his abdication as King of the United Kingdom

Austrian-American director, producer, and actor who helmed over 35 feature films and was a significant influence in Hollywood for five decades

Romanian-American historian of religion, philosopher, and writer known for his theories on hierophanies and the eternal return, shaping religious studies paradigms

French novelist, playwright, poet, and political activist known for works like The Thief's Journal and The Balcony

French existentialist philosopher and feminist activist who wrote the influential work "The Second Sex" and helped launch modern feminist theory

American physicist who won the Nobel Prize for his theory on the asymmetrical shapes of atomic nuclei

Nepalese-Indian Sherpa mountaineer who, with Edmund Hillary, was the first confirmed to reach the summit of Mount Everest

Argentine writer, essayist, poet, and translator known for his profound short stories like Ficciones and El Aleph, which explored themes of labyrinths, infinity, and dreams, and significantly influenced magical realism and philosophical literature

American jazz clarinetist and bandleader known as the "King of Swing," who broke racial barriers and brought jazz to Carnegie Hall

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

German-American biochemist and Nobel laureate who co-discovered coenzyme A and elucidated its importance for intermediary metabolism

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

English sculptor renowned for his semi-abstract monumental bronze sculptures and influential graphic works displayed worldwide

Turkish politician and economist who served as the 3rd President of the Republic of Turkey from 1950 to 1960 and Prime Minister from 1937 to 1939

American bass guitarist who brought a groundbreaking lead bass style and unique musicianship to Metallica

American physicist and chemist who developed the molecular orbital theory, a cornerstone of modern chemistry, earning him the Nobel Prize.

American biochemist who received the Nobel Prize for his discovery of vitamin K and its chemical structure

Hungarian biochemist, Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine (1937), credited with isolating vitamin C and discovering components of the citric acid cycle

Mozambican politician and revolutionary who served as the first President of Mozambique from 1975 until his death in a plane crash in 1986

Japanese association football player who played for the Japan national team

British-American actor known for his debonair style, comic timing, and defining presence as a leading man during the Golden Age of Hollywood, earning him an Academy Honorary Award and ranking as the second-greatest male star by the AFI

British statesman and Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1963, known for his pragmatism, wit, and unflappability

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

British-American actress known for a long career in theatre, film, and television as a stage, television, and film actor