Born and died in 1954

Scottish politician, economist, and autobiographer best known as First Minister of Scotland and leader of the Scottish National Party and the Alba Party

American actor celebrated for his intense and charismatic performances in films like "Goodfellas" and "Field of Dreams"

American blues guitarist, composer, and singer-songwriter, known for his iconic work with Double Trouble and revitalizing the blues genre

Japanese statesman and politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan for two terms, becoming the longest-serving prime minister in Japanese history

Turkish-Armenian journalist, editor-in-chief of Agos, and human rights defender who championed Turkish–Armenian reconciliation

Swedish author and journalist who created the internationally bestselling Millennium crime trilogy, published posthumously starting in 2005

Venezuelan politician and military officer who served as president of Venezuela from 1999 to 2013, leading the Fifth Republic Movement and later the United Socialist Party of Venezuela

First Israeli astronaut and fighter pilot who served on the Space Shuttle Columbia's final mission, STS-107

Srpski muzičar, kompozitor, preduzetnik i TV ličnost, poznat po radu sa Slatkim grehom i osnivač Zvezda Granda

Canadian professional wrestler, judoka, and actor known for his charismatic and often controversial presence in the ring and on screen

American actor known for his roles as Lewis Skolnick in the Revenge of the Nerds films and Sam McGuire in the Disney series Lizzie McGuire, as well as a composer and film producer

Colombian singer and co-founder of Binomio de Oro de América, a major representative of vallenato music popular in Colombia, Mexico, and Venezuela

Italian–American physicist known as the 'architect of the nuclear age' who created the world's first artificial nuclear reactor and won the 1938 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work with neutron irradiation and slow neutrons

French visual artist known for his pioneering use of color and fluid draughtsmanship

Brazilian lawyer and politician who served as president 1930-1945 and 1951-1954, transforming the nation through modernization and reform

Italian politician and statesman, founder of the Christian Democratic Party, and Prime Minister of Italy for eight successive coalition governments from 1945 to 1953

French novelist, author, and woman of letters best known for her novella *Gigi* and extensive contributions to journalism, playwriting, and screenwriting

Spanish writer, Nobel Prize laureate, and one of the foremost dramatists of the 20th century

Mexican painter known for her autobiographical portraits, self-portraits, and works exploring identity, gender, and pain through a blend of realism and fantasy

English computer scientist and cryptographer widely considered the father of theoretical computer science, known for formalizing computation with the Turing machine

Hungarian-American war photographer and photojournalist, widely considered the greatest combat and adventure photographer in history, known for his fearless documentation of 20th-century conflicts

German general and military theorist who pioneered blitzkrieg tactics and developed modern tank warfare concepts

German chemist and Nobel laureate known for co-developing the Diels–Alder reaction, a crucial method for synthesizing cyclic organic compounds