Born and died in 1933

Italian germanist, medievalist, translator, and writer known for her historical novels and academic contributions

American actor and comedian best known for his spontaneous humor and iconic characters on The Carol Burnett Show, and his roles in McHale's Navy and as Dorf

Dutch climatologist and Nobel laureate known for his work on atmospheric ozone and popularizing the term 'Anthropocene'

Polish composer, conductor, and pedagogue known for his visionary contributions to contemporary classical music, including 'Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima' and the 'St Luke Passion'

Iranian revolutionary, sociologist, writer, and scholar of Islam known as one of the most influential intellectuals of the 20th century and an ideologue of the Islamic Revolution

American television and radio host known for his distinctive interviewing style on CNN's <em>Larry King Live</em> and other programs, conducting over 50,000 interviews

Japanese association football player who represented the Japan national team

Iraqi politician who served as the 6th president of Iraq and president of the Governing Council

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

British composer and conductor widely celebrated for crafting iconic film scores, particularly for the James Bond series

Brazilian association football player known as 'Garrincha' who, despite physical challenges, became one of the greatest dribblers of all time and led Brazil to two World Cup titles

Spanish footballer known as the "Gale of the Cantabrian Sea" and voted the greatest Spanish footballer of the 20th century

German symbolist poet and translator known for leading the George-Kreis literary circle and founding Blätter für die Kunst

British socialist, theosophist, and women's rights activist who became the first female president of the Indian National Congress in 1917

Austrian and Czech architect, influential theorist, and critic of Art Nouveau who sparked the Vienna Secession movement and postmodernism

Argentine lawyer, politician, and author who served as President of the Republic and championed the Sáenz Peña Law, leading to Argentina's first democratically elected presidency

German Marxist theorist, communist activist, and tireless advocate for women's rights

Greek-Egyptian poet and journalist known for his distinctive style, considered a major figure in modern Greek and Western poetry

English novelist and playwright who won the 1932 Nobel Prize in Literature for The Forsyte Saga and related trilogies

The 30th President of the United States, known as "Silent Cal," who served from 1923 to 1929 and was a prominent Republican lawyer and small-government conservative

German Chancellor and jurist who navigated the nation through the occupation of the Ruhr and the onset of hyperinflation from 1922 to 1923