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American pediatrician and virologist who received the Nobel Prize for his foundational work on the poliovirus

American philosopher, diplomat, and educator who led Columbia University for over four decades and won the Nobel Peace Prize

American sociologist and critical thinker who challenged academia to engage with power and society, influencing the New Left

French physician and musician who invented the stethoscope, revolutionizing medical diagnosis

American chemist and geneticist who, with Martha Chase, confirmed DNA as the genetic material, earning a Nobel Prize for his work on bacteriophages

American baseball player who broke Major League Baseball's color line in 1947 and became a leading voice in the civil rights movement

American anthropologist and social theorist known for his ethnography of the Iroquois and theories on kinship and social evolution

American businessman who transformed McDonald's from a small restaurant chain into a global fast-food corporation and owned the San Diego Padres

American economist who pioneered computer models for economic forecasting and received the Nobel Memorial Prize for his work

French Marxist theorist and filmmaker whose ideas on "the spectacle" profoundly influenced the 1968 Paris Uprising

French lawyer and politician who, as President, navigated the Dreyfus Affair and initiated the Entente Cordiale

French immunologist who discovered the HLA system, revolutionizing organ transplantation and genetic research, and founded the CEPH

French film composer and jazz pianist known for scores like The Umbrellas of Cherbourg and the Oscar-winning song 'The Windmills of Your Mind'

French novelist and Oulipo member known for ingenious wordplay and exploring absence through structural constraints like the lipogram

French actor known for his extraordinary versatility across a 70-year career, working with acclaimed directors from Buñuel to Godard, and celebrated for his unique and enduring presence

French chemist and politician who synthesized organic compounds from inorganic substances, challenging vitalism, and envisioned synthesized food for the future

French singer-songwriter and poet celebrated for his elegant, witty, and often rebellious songs accompanied by his guitar

American singer-songwriter who became a sensation in France with hits like "Les Champs-Élysées" and sold millions of records

American science fiction and fantasy writer best known for The Chronicles of Amber series and for weaving mythology into his stories

American biologist and Nobel laureate who unraveled the chemistry of vision and courageously advocated for peace and human rights.

French writer known for his influential play Ubu Roi and for coining the philosophical concept of 'pataphysics

French novelist and journalist best known as the creator of the gentleman thief Arsène Lupin

French political economist and diplomat regarded as a chief architect of European unity and a founding father of the European Union

French aviator, engineer, and inventor known for making the first aeroplane flight across the English Channel and pioneering modern aircraft controls