Russia

Finnish President, teacher, and diplomat, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2008 for his vital efforts in resolving international conflicts

Prolific French playwright, filmmaker, and actor, known for his 115 plays and significant contributions to boulevard theatre

Soviet and Russian chess grandmaster and electrical engineer who held five world titles and pioneered computer chess

Russian chess grandmaster and the tenth World Chess Champion, known for his elegant style and historic matches against Tigran Petrosian and Bobby Fischer

Soviet ballet dancer and choreographer widely regarded as the greatest male ballet dancer of the 20th century

Soviet and Russian politician who served as the first President of Russia from 1991 to 1999

Russian physicist, liberal statesman, and politician known for his role in post-Soviet economic reforms and as an outspoken critic of Vladimir Putin

Russian-born American actor, photographer, and musician renowned for his Academy Award-winning portrayal of King Mongkut in <em>The King and I</em> and his distinctive shaved head

Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter, and film theorist celebrated for his spiritual and metaphysical films with slow pacing and dreamlike imagery

German physicist and Nobel laureate who formulated Wien's displacement law, calculating blackbody emission