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English novelist, dramatist, and judge known for pioneering the traditional English novel and founding London's first professional police force, the Bow Street Runners

German theoretical physicist whose discovery of energy quanta earned him the 1918 Nobel Prize in Physics and laid the foundation for quantum theory

Genevan-French author, philosopher, and political theorist known for her influential literary works and her moderate stance during the French Revolution and Napoleonic era

Russian-American novelist, poet, translator, and entomologist known for his influential literary works and scientific research

The 15th President of the United States, a lawyer, politician, and diplomat who served from 1857 to 1861

American lawyer and politician who served as the 37th President of the United States, known for his foreign policy initiatives and domestic reforms

U.S. poet and Nobel laureate recognized for her unmistakable poetic voice and austere beauty in exploring individual existence

German chemist, principal founder of organic chemistry, and father of the fertilizer industry who revolutionized laboratory teaching methods and developed beef extracts

German philosopher and central thinker of the Enlightenment whose systematic works in epistemology, metaphysics, logic, ethics, and aesthetics significantly influenced modern Western philosophy

Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright celebrated as the author of Don Quixote, considered the first modern novel and a central work in world literature

Russian revolutionary and politician who founded the Soviet Union and led the October Revolution, establishing the world's first communist state

English physician, natural philosopher, abolitionist, and poet known for works like 'Zoonomia' and 'The Loves of Plants'

14th Ottoman Sultan known for ending royal fratricide and commissioning Istanbul's iconic Blue Mosque

German racing driver and the only Formula One World Drivers' Champion to be awarded the title posthumously

American political scientist, author, and adviser known for his influential 'Clash of Civilizations' theory and work on political order

American physician, pharmacist, chemist, biochemist, and pharmacologist who shared the 1988 Nobel Prize for discoveries in drug treatment and chemotherapy

19th-century French Symbolist painter and sculptor, known for his allegorical and mythological works, considered a master of Symbolism

Danish author and short story writer known for her works under the pen name Isak Dinesen, including 'Den afrikanske farm'

Russian playwright who almost single-handedly created a Russian national repertoire and defined the Russian realistic period

British economist and politician, known for his theories on rent, wages, and international trade, recognized as a foundational classical economist

Mexican writer, philosopher, playwright, and poet, known as 'The Tenth Muse' and 'The Mexican Phoenix'

The world's first woman to be elected prime minister, who served Sri Lanka for three terms

American financier, banker, and art collector who dominated Wall Street throughout the Gilded Age, creating industrial giants like General Electric and U.S. Steel

American polymath, statesman, and Founding Father who drafted and signed the Declaration of Independence, and was the first postmaster general