Born and died in 1968

Czech tennis player and coach, Wimbledon singles champion, former world No. 1 in doubles, and a three-time Olympic medalist

Spanish footballer and esteemed manager known for his dedicated contributions to professional football

British actress celebrated for her commanding stage presence in roles like Lady Macbeth and Medea, and for her unforgettable film performances including Narcissa Malfoy in the Harry Potter series and Clair Dowar in Skyfall

American business executive and former CEO of YouTube, known for her early role at Google and spearheading the acquisition and growth of YouTube

American actor, comedian, and television director, best known as the high-profile child star Arnold Jackson in the late 1970s and 1980s sitcom Diff'rent Strokes

American singer-songwriter and only child of Elvis Presley who found her own artistic voice and dedicated herself to humanitarian causes

Norwegian lawyer, politician, and diplomat who served as the first Secretary-General of the United Nations

Bohemian-Israeli author, composer, and journalist notable for preserving and promoting the works of Franz Kafka and championing composer Leoš Janáček

American writer and novelist, Nobel laureate known for realistic and imaginative writings with keen social perception

Swiss Protestant theologian known for his commentary The Epistle to the Romans, his resistance to Nazism with the Barmen Declaration, and his vast Church Dogmatics

English children's writer, one of the best-selling and most prolific authors of all time, translated into ninety languages

American writer, muckraker journalist, and political activist known for 'The Jungle' and winning the 1943 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

Austrian-Swedish physicist instrumental in the discovery of nuclear fission

French American artist, inventor, and chess player who significantly influenced the avant-garde movement, known for his revolutionary readymades and diverse artistic pursuits

Italian saint, priest, stigmatist, and mystic venerated in the Catholic Church whose feast day is celebrated on 23 September

Soviet and American theoretical physicist and cosmologist who championed the Big Bang theory and popularized science

English pharmacologist and Nobel laureate who, with Otto Loewi, discovered the chemical transmission of nerve impulses through acetylcholine

Belgian physiologist and Nobel Laureate who discovered the sinus and aortic mechanisms regulating respiration