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American blues musician whose distinctive electric guitar style and driving boogie rhythms captivated audiences for decades, earning him multiple Grammy Awards

President of South Vietnam from 1967 to 1975, navigating the nation through the critical final years of the Vietnam War

American physicist who developed neutron scattering, a technique for mapping atomic structures, sharing the 1994 Nobel Prize in Physics

American novelist and essayist who connected the Beat Generation with the hippies, most famous for 'One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest'

American scholar, computer scientist, economist, and psychologist known for pioneering research into decision-making, bounded rationality, and satisficing, and a recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences

American actor celebrated for his versatile performances in both comedic and dramatic roles, often portraying an anxious everyman with remarkable depth and receiving numerous accolades including two Academy Awards and five Golden Globe Awards

Japanese association football player who represented his nation on the field and later coached future generations

Japanese association football player who represented his country on the Japan national team

A Greek-French avant-garde composer, architect, and engineer who synthesized mathematics, architecture, and music, known for his stochastic music and pioneering work in electroacoustic compositions

Brazilian footballer and coach who played in three FIFA World Cups, winning two

American mathematician and polymath known as the "father of information theory" who laid the foundations of the Information Age

Indian writer and novelist renowned for creating the fictional South Indian town of Malgudi, a key figure in early Indian literature in English

Australian cricketer, known as "the Don," who achieved the greatest Test batting average of 99.94, widely acknowledged as the greatest batsman of all time

Turkey's first female combat pilot and a global aviation pioneer who became the world's first female fighter pilot at age 23

American R&B singer, actress, and model known for redefining contemporary R&B, pop, and hip hop

Italian lawyer, politician, and university professor who served as the 6th President of Italy from 1971 to 1978

South African cardiac surgeon who performed the world's first human-to-human heart transplant operation

British astronomer, astrophysicist, and writer known for co-formulating the theory of stellar nucleosynthesis, explaining the formation of elements within stars

Soviet physicist and educator who shared the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physics for his fundamental work in quantum electronics, leading to the development of laser and maser

Brazilian writer, poet, and novelist known for his modernist works translated into 49 languages, depicting a Mestiço Brazil and nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature multiple times

Mexican and American actor who won two Academy Awards and appeared in over 100 films, television shows, and stage productions, known for his passionate character portrayals

Finnish children's writer, illustrator, painter, and comic strip author, best known as the creator of the Moomins and for her distinctive art style

First president of Senegal, renowned poet, cultural theorist, and French resistance fighter

English musician, lead guitarist of the Beatles, and solo artist known for integrating non-Western musical influences