Born and died in 1945

British rock musician, composer, singer, and bassist, best known as the founder, lead vocalist, and primary songwriter of the iconic heavy metal band Motörhead

American actor best known for his role as Philip Banks in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and as the voice of Shredder

German association football player and coach, widely regarded as one of the greatest goalscorers in history, who won the FIFA World Cup, UEFA Champions League, and Ballon d'Or

American television personality, screenwriter, and producer best known for showcasing California's history, culture, and people through his distinctive television programs like California's Gold

German professional football player, manager, and official, nicknamed 'der Kaiser,' who invented the modern sweeper role and is regarded as one of the sport's greatest figures

Romanian football player and manager known for his extensive career in both roles, leaving a significant mark on the sport

Japanese association football player and coach who proudly played for the Japan national team

American baseball player and manager best known for his ten seasons as a second baseman with the Los Angeles Dodgers, winning the 1981 World Series

American astrophysicist and cosmologist who shared the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering the black body form and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation

Jamaican reggae musician, composer, singer, songwriter, and guitarist who pioneered reggae and became a global cultural and Rastafarian icon

Malian politician who served as President of Mali, Prime Minister, and President of the National Assembly, guiding the nation's governance for decades

Bosnian Croat general, engineer, and politician convicted by the ICTY for war crimes during the 1992–1994 Croat–Bosniak War

American novelist and journalist of the naturalist school, celebrated for works like Sister Carrie and An American Tragedy, exploring characters and situations resembling studies of nature

American evolutionary biologist and geneticist who won the Nobel Prize for his discoveries on the role of chromosomes in heredity

British chemist and physicist who won the 1922 Nobel Prize for his mass spectrograph, which led to the discovery of isotopes in non-radioactive elements and the enunciation of the whole-number rule

German field marshal and military officer who commanded Army Group Mackensen during World War I

German Nazi politician and head of the German Labour Front, also a writer, chemist, and aircraft pilot, indicted for war crimes

Norwegian politician and military officer who headed the puppet government of Norway during the country's occupation by Nazi Germany during World War II

French politician who served as Prime Minister during both the Third Republic and Vichy France, later tried and executed for Nazi collaboration during World War II

Austro-Hungarian author and critic, renowned for creating "Bambi, a Life in the Woods," adapted into the classic Disney film

Hungarian composer, pianist, and ethnomusicologist who integrated folk music with avant-garde styles, becoming one of the 20th century's most important classical figures

German physicist, inventor of the Geiger counter, and co-discoverer of the atomic nucleus

Austrian composer and conductor, a leading figure of the Second Viennese School, known for his modernist atonal and twelve-tone music

Austrian-Bohemian writer known for powerful novels like The Forty Days of Musa Dagh and The Song of Bernadette, bridging diverse cultures and faiths