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French writer known for his influential play Ubu Roi and for coining the philosophical concept of 'pataphysics

American inventor who developed the Audion triode vacuum tube, fundamentally enabling modern radio and long-distance telephony

American writer celebrated for her evocative novels of life on the Great Plains, including My Ántonia and O Pioneers!

Russian composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor, known for his expressive Romantic classical music and unparalleled skill at the piano

Finnish politician and 4th President of Finland who guided the nation through the Winter War and became the first president to resign and the only one to die in office

Russian opera singer, actor, and author celebrated for his deep bass voice and pioneering naturalistic acting in opera

Jewish-German pharmacologist and neuroscientist who discovered chemical transmission of nerve impulses, sharing the 1936 Nobel Prize

Brazilian aviation pioneer, scientist, inventor, balloonist, and aircraft pilot who designed and flew the first powered airships and contributed to early heavier-than-air flight

English philosopher and university teacher who, alongside Bertrand Russell and Ludwig Wittgenstein, initiated analytic philosophy

Swedish biochemist and Nobel laureate known for his investigations on the fermentation of sugar and enzymes

French poet, essayist, and editor who blended socialism and nationalism with his Catholic faith, tragically killed in World War I

French lawyer and sports executive who served as the longest-running president of FIFA and founded key association football institutions

French surgeon and biologist, Nobel laureate for vascular suturing, pioneer of organ transplantation and tissue culture

French Carmelite nun and Doctor of the Church who developed the "Little Way" spirituality and wrote the influential "Story of a Soul"

French novelist, author, and woman of letters best known for her novella *Gigi* and extensive contributions to journalism, playwriting, and screenwriting

French author, poet, and political activist known for his influential World War I novel, "Under Fire," which helped define the Lost Generation movement