Notable people

Soviet-Azerbaijani singer

Ethiopian long distance track athlete

President of Montenegro since 2023

Kosovar writer

Brazilian photographer (1944–2025)

Ukrainian chess player

Czech female tennis player

tallest living human

Serbian basketball player

49th Imam of Nizari Isma'ilism Muslims

117th pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church (1923–2012)

Chinese inventor, novelist and philosopher (1895–1976)

molecular biologist, neuroscientist, and Nobel laureate 2021

Israeli-American violinist and conductor (born 1945)

Queen of Portugal (r. 1826–1828; 1834–1853)

Lithuanian swimmer

German naturalist, ethnologist, travel writer, journalist, and revolutionary (1754-1794)

16th and current Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia & 6th and current Sultan of Pahang

Jamaican athletics competitor

First Lady of Syrian Arab Republic (2000-2024)

British-Cypriot economist

American athlete

Ukrainian folk art painter (1909–1997)

Iranian lawyer and human right activist

Turkish-American economist and receiver of the 2024 Nobel Prize in economic sciences (born 1967)

Irish writer

Irish poet, short story writer, novelist, and playwright (1923-1964)

Belarusian biathlete and coach

Empress Consort of Iran (1921–2013)

Saudi Arabian activist