French writer, aviator, and poet known for the beloved novella The Little Prince and his adventurous life as a pilot and journalist

Shah of Iran from 1925 to 1941 and founder of the Pahlavi Dynasty, who rose from an army officer to become a prominent politician and monarch

English physicist and Nobel laureate who discovered characteristic X-rays

British astrophysicist, mathematician, and philosopher known for the Eddington limit, a fundamental concept in stellar luminosity and accretion

French surgeon and biologist, Nobel laureate for vascular suturing, pioneer of organ transplantation and tissue culture

French author and Nobel laureate known for his lofty idealism, compassionate portrayals of human beings, and diverse contributions as a writer, teacher, and musicologist

Pioneer of abstraction in Western art, known for his avant-garde painting and art theory