American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist widely regarded as the 'King of Pop' who broke racial barriers and redefined visual performance in music

Gabonese politician who served as president of Gabon for 42 years, from 1967 until his death in 2009, making him one of Africa's longest-serving leaders

South Korean president and Nobel Peace Prize winner who championed democracy and inter-Korean reconciliation

11th President of the Philippines and leader of the 1986 People Power Revolution, known as the 'Mother of Democracy' for establishing the current democratic Fifth Philippine Republic

Belgian-born French anthropologist and ethnologist whose work was key in the development of structuralism and structural anthropology

Russian theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate known for pioneering contributions to the theory of superconductors and superfluids

Fourth President of Indonesia, Islamic leader, and founder of the National Awakening Party (PKB)