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David Bowie
Singer, songwriter and actor
Dennis Ritchie
Computer scientist; creator of C and co-creator of Unix, 1941–2011
Denzel Washington
A career connecting commanding screen roles with the theatre.
Desmond Tutu
Anglican archbishop and anti-apartheid campaigner
Dev Patel
Actor and filmmaker
Dorothy Hodgkin
Chemist, crystallographer and Nobel laureate, 1910–1994
Dua Lipa
Singer-songwriter
Ed Sheeran
Singer-songwriter
Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant
Duchess of Brabant; heir to the Belgian throne
Elon Musk
Tesla CEO and co-founder; SpaceX founder and CEO
Elton John
Singer, composer and pianist
Emma Stone
Comic timing and increasingly unconventional screen characters.
Empress Masako
Empress consort of Japan
Enrico Fermi
Theoretical and experimental physicist
Ernest Hemingway
Novelist, short-story writer and journalist, 1899–1961
Ernest Rutherford
Experimental physicist
Felipe VI
King of Spain
Frank Lloyd Wright
Architect and designer, 1867–1959
Franz Kafka
German-language writer, 1883–1924
Frédéric Chopin
Composer, pianist and teacher
Frederik X
King of Denmark
Frida Kahlo
Painter, 1907–1954
Fumihito, Crown Prince Akishino
Crown Prince Akishino; imperial heir
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Novelist and journalist, 1821–1881
Gabriel García Márquez
Novelist and journalist, 1927–2014
Galileo Galilei
Astronomer, mathematician and natural philosopher, 1564–1642
George Clooney
Television recognition followed by acting, directing and producing.
George Orwell
Novelist, essayist and journalist, 1903–1950
Georgia O’Keeffe
Painter and American modernist, 1887–1986
Giorgio Armani
Fashion designer and company co-founder, 1934–2025
Grace Hopper
Computer scientist and US Navy rear admiral, 1906–1992
Grand Duke Henri
Grand Duke of Luxembourg, 2000–2025; former sovereign
Guillaume, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
Grand Duke of Luxembourg
Haakon VIII
King of Norway
Haitham bin Tariq
Sultan of Oman
Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
King of Bahrain
Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum
Crown Prince of Dubai; UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence
Harald V
King of Norway, 1991–2026
Haruki Murakami
Novelist, short-story writer and translator
Hassanal Bolkiah
Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei; Prime Minister
Hermann Hesse
Novelist and poet
Hind bint Hamad Al Thani
Vice Chairperson of Qatar Foundation
Hussain Sajwani
DAMAC founder and chairman
Hussein, Crown Prince of Jordan
Crown Prince of Jordan
Idris Elba
Actor, producer and musician
Infanta Sofía
Infanta of Spain; member of the Spanish royal family
Ingrid Alexandra
Crown Princess of Norway
Isaac Newton
Mathematician and natural philosopher, 1643–1727
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