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French writer whose works explored the natural world of Provence and the complexities of human nature, best known for The Man who Planted Trees

American photojournalist whose images captured the human face of the Great Depression and Japanese American internment

American stage and film actor renowned for his intense preparation and transformative performances

American law enforcement administrator who directed the FBI for nearly five decades, shaping its early crime-fighting and intelligence operations

American baseball player and cultural icon, known as "the Bambino" and "the Sultan of Swat"

American architect, systems theorist, author, inventor, and futurist who coined 'Spaceship Earth' and designed the Dymaxion Car

American actor, comedian, and director known as "The Great Stone Face" for his pioneering physical comedy and inventive stunts in silent films

13th Prime Minister of Canada who led the Progressive Conservative party to three election victories

Chinese writer, linguist, and inventor known for pioneering humorous prose, bridging Eastern and Western cultures, and his innovative Chinese typewriter

Spanish footballer, coach, and administrator who served as Real Madrid's president for over 34 years, profoundly shaping its history

Mexican revolutionary, army officer, and politician who served as the 51st president of Mexico and implemented massive land reform and oil industry expropriation

German and American composer, music theorist, teacher, violist, and conductor known for advocating the Neue Sachlichkeit style and compositions like "Mathis der Maler" and "Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber"

Canadian-born American chemist who won the 1949 Nobel Prize for pioneering research on matter at extremely low temperatures

Austrian-British psychoanalyst who was a co-founder of psychoanalytic child psychology and a significant non-fiction writer

Israeli politician, Prime Minister, and a founder of the Israeli Labor Party who led the nation through significant periods

Pakistan's first Prime Minister who consolidated the new nation from 1947 until his assassination in 1951

Albanian statesman who served as the nation's prime minister, president, and only king, guiding Albania from 1922 to 1939

German composer and music educator known for the cantata Carmina Burana and his influential Schulwerk concepts in children's music education

German philosopher and sociologist known for developing critical theory and his leadership of the Institute for Social Research, associated with the Frankfurt School.

French novelist, playwright, and filmmaker known for his mastery across multiple literary and cinematic genres

Finnish chemist and professor awarded the 1945 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his research and inventions in agricultural and nutrition chemistry, especially for his fodder preservation method

Spanish Republican leader and communist politician renowned for her powerful '¡No Pasarán!' slogan during the Spanish Civil War

German bacteriologist and pathologist who received the Nobel Prize for discovering prontosil's antibacterial effects

German writer, soldier, and philosopher known for his World War I memoir Storm of Steel and his later philosophical critiques of modernity