Born and died in 1959

American actor known for his versatile roles across numerous film genres, grossing billions worldwide

American track and field athlete known as Flo-Jo, who set world records in the 100m and 200m sprints in 1988 and was famous for her eclectic personal style

Japanese video game programmer and businessman who served as the fourth president of Nintendo, broadening the appeal of video games with a focus on fun and accessibility

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

Courageous Irish investigative journalist whose murder while reporting on organized crime led to national outrage and significant legal reforms

Saudi Shia Sheikh, human rights defender, and Islamic jurist from Al-Awamiyah whose execution in 2016 sparked international condemnation

Native Hawaiian singer known as Braddah IZ, whose soulful voice and ukulele playing brought Hawaiian music to the world, most famously with his medley of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World"

French actor known for his influential roles in 32 films and his outspoken communist views, prominent in the poetic realism movement

Brazilian composer, conductor, and multi-instrumentalist known for integrating Brazilian folk music with classical forms, creating over 2,000 works that made him a globally recognized South American composer

Scottish physicist and meteorologist who invented the cloud chamber and won the 1927 Nobel Prize in Physics

Cuban revolutionary fighter, military officer, and politician, a key figure in the Cuban Revolution

American army officer and statesman who served as Chief of Staff during WWII, Secretary of State, and architect of the Marshall Plan, earning the Nobel Peace Prize

Australian actor known for his romantic swashbuckler roles during the Golden Age of Hollywood

Italy's first President and a distinguished jurist, politician, and journalist who guided the nation through its transition to a republic after World War II

Iconic American jazz and swing music singer known as "Lady Day" whose vocal style inspired new phrasing and tempo in popular music

German artist known for his iconic caricatural drawings of 1920s Berlin life and his prominent role in Berlin Dada and New Objectivity

French polymath, writer, and jazz musician known for his avant-garde novels and controversial works published under the pseudonym Vernon Sullivan

American actress known as "The First Lady of the American Theatre," who starred on stage and screen for six decades and supported Actors' Equity

German chemist who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1928 for his research into the constitution of sterols and their connection with vitamins