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French yé-yé and pop singer who won Eurovision in 1965 and had major hits like "Ella, elle l'a" through her collaboration with Michel Berger

Canadian physicist who won the 1990 Nobel Prize for experiments proving the existence of quarks inside protons and neutrons

Vietnamese politician and former police general who served as the 9th President of Vietnam

South African activist and politician known as the 'Mother of the Nation' for her anti-apartheid struggle and parliamentary service

Swedish business magnate, entrepreneur, and designer who founded IKEA and grew it into the world's largest furniture seller

Hong Kong-British-American physicist and electrical engineer who revolutionized telecommunications with his pioneering work in fiber optics, enabling the Internet and the World Wide Web

Indian actress and film producer cited as the "first female superstar" of Indian cinema, known for her versatile performances across Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam, and Kannada language films

Irish musician, singer, and principal songwriter known as the lead vocalist of the rock band The Cranberries, recognized for her distinctive mezzo-soprano voice and signature yodel

German physicist and Nobel laureate who co-discovered giant magnetoresistance, revolutionizing hard disk drive technology

Nobel Prize-winning Italian-American astrophysicist who pioneered the field of X-ray astronomy, discovering cosmic X-ray sources and teaching at Johns Hopkins University

Saudi journalist, dissident, author, columnist, and editor, known for his political writings and his tragic assassination

Italian film director and screenwriter, renowned for films like <em>The Last Emperor</em> and honored with an Academy Award, BAFTA, César, and multiple Golden Globes

Spanish operatic soprano and recording artist, celebrated as one of the greatest voices of the 20th century, with a six-decade career and three Grammy Awards

Swedish electronic music producer and DJ who brought EDM to mainstream radio and is regarded as one of the most successful artists in the genre

Czech-American film director who won two Academy Awards and created acclaimed films including "Amadeus" and "Hair" over a six-decade career

Indian statesman, poet, and journalist who served as Prime Minister from 1998-2004 and co-founded the Bharatiya Janata Party

Armenian-French singer, songwriter, actor, and diplomat known for his distinctive tenor voice and prolific output of over 1,200 recorded songs and 1,000 written songs

Trinidadian-British Nobel laureate writer known for uniting perceptive narrative and incorruptible scrutiny in works of fiction and nonfiction

British theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author known for his significant work on black holes and the origins of the universe