| Famous for | Featured figure |
|---|
| Botanist and taxonomist who established the binomial system for naming species | |
| Flag officer in the British Navy who lost an arm and eyesight in his right eye during the Napoleonic Wars | |
| Communist revolutionary leader. Saigon was renamed after him | |
| Writer of fairy tales such as 'The Little Mermaid' and 'The Snow Queen' | |
| Military leader who liberated Venezuela and Peru (among other South American states) from Spanish rule | |
| Composer of the Karelia suite and several other pieces based on the Kalevala | |
| Engineer for whom the SI unit of power is named | |
| Star of silent and talkie films such as Grand Hotel and Camille | |
| Great Khan of the Mongol Empire | |
| Son of Akhenaten and pharaoh of Egypt whose tomb was rediscovered in 1922 by Howard Carter | |
| Wartime leader who said, 'We will fight them on the beaches' | |
| Inventor of the lightning rod and signer of US Declaration of Independence | |
| First Prime Minister of Canada | |
| Author and lady-in-waiting at Heian court who wrote 'The Tale of Genji', considered the first modern novel | |
| Soviet composer of Gayane, featuring the famous piece, 'Sabre Dance' | |
| Quaker reformer who campaigned for humane treatment of prisoners | |
| Children's author famous for writing the Pippi Longstocking series | |
| Modernist architect and urban planner who designed the city of Chandigarh | |
