Russia

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

Russian-Soviet writer, screenwriter, and novelist known for his works in science fiction and historical fiction, including 'Zolotoj Kljuchik' and 'Petr Pervyj'

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

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

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

Soviet academic, historian, ethnologist, and philosopher known for his unorthodox theories of ethnogenesis and as an exponent of Eurasianism

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

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

Russian composer, conductor, and pianist who became a central figure in 20th-century modernist music and whose works like <em>Le Sacre du printemps</em> redefined classical and ballet genres

Russian mathematician and computer scientist who pioneered modern probability theory, algorithmic information theory, and made fundamental contributions to topology, functional analysis, and classical mechanics

Soviet-Swiss chess grandmaster, author, and writer known as one of the strongest players never to have become World Chess Champion