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

British economist, writer, and Nobel laureate recognized for his influential theories on the nature of the firm and transaction costs, especially from his long tenure at the University of Chicago Law School

Romani-Belgian/French jazz guitarist and composer, hailed as one of Europe's first major jazz talents and a founder of gypsy jazz

British actor, novelist, and military personnel known for his debonair screen presence and acclaimed performances, earning an Academy Award and two Golden Globe Awards

Italian association football player and manager, widely regarded as one of the best players of the 20th century and a two-time World Cup winner who captained Italy to glory

German-born actress who became the first person to win multiple Academy Awards and first to win back-to-back Oscars

German computer scientist and engineer known as the inventor and father of the modern computer, creating the world's first programmable computer, the Z3

Polish resistance fighter and clinical nurse specialist who, as head of the children's section of Żegota, rescued approximately 2,500 Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II

French playwright, screenwriter, and director known for his powerful dramas like 'Antigone' and exploring themes of integrity and moral compromise

French biologist, biochemist, and Nobel laureate known for his discoveries concerning genetic control of enzyme and virus synthesis, and his work on the operon model

Indian-American theoretical physicist who won the 1983 Nobel Prize for his mathematical studies of stellar evolution and discovered the Chandrasekhar limit

American physicist and inventor who, with his team at Bell Labs, discovered the transistor effect and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics

French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker, and author who co-invented the Aqua-Lung and pioneered underwater documentaries

British chemist and crystallographer who advanced X-ray crystallography for biomolecules and was awarded the 1964 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Japanese filmmaker who directed 30 feature films with a bold, dynamic style that bridged Eastern and Western cinema, becoming one of history's most influential directors

Albanian-Indian Catholic nun and missionary who founded the Missionaries of Charity and received the Nobel Peace Prize for her work with suffering humanity