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Raphael
Painter and architect, 1483–1520
Ratan Tata
Former Tata Sons chairman; industrialist, 1937–2024
Reed Hastings
Netflix co-founder; former CEO and chairman
Reema bint Bandar Al Saud
Saudi Ambassador to the United States
Rembrandt
Painter, etcher and draughtsman, 1606–1669
Richard Branson
Founder of Virgin Group
Richard Feynman
Theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate, 1918–1988
Rihanna
Singer & entrepreneur
Robert Downey Jr.
Character acting, franchise stardom and a major dramatic award.
Roger Federer
Tennis champion
Rosalind Franklin
Chemist and X-ray crystallographer, 1920–1958
Ryan Gosling
Actor and musician
Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah
Crown Prince of Kuwait; former prime minister
Sachin Tendulkar
Cricketer
Sade Adu
Singer and songwriter
Salma Hayek
Actress and film producer
Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
King of Saudi Arabia
Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa
Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Bahrain
Salman Rushdie
Novelist and memoirist
Salvador Dalí
Surrealist painter and multidisciplinary artist, 1904–1989
Samuel L. Jackson
A theatre-trained performer with a widely recognizable screen presence.
Sandra Bullock
A filmography moving between comedy, suspense and survival drama.
Sandra Oh
Actress and producer
Sara Blakely
SPANX founder; entrepreneur
Scarlett Johansson
An independent-film sensibility within a global screen career.
Serena Williams
Tennis champion & entrepreneur
Shah Rukh Khan
Actor & film producer
Shakira
Singer-songwriter & performer
Shania Twain
Singer and songwriter
Simone Biles
Artistic gymnast
Simone de Beauvoir
Philosopher, novelist and memoirist, 1908–1986
Song Kang-ho
Actor
Stéphanie, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
Grand Duchess consort of Luxembourg
Stephen Curry
Basketball player
Stephen Hawking
Theoretical physicist and cosmologist
Stephen King
Novelist and short-story writer
Steve Jobs
Apple co-founder and former CEO; entrepreneur, 1955–2011
Sting
Singer, songwriter and musician
Sultan Ibrahim of Malaysia
Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia; Sultan of Johor
Tahnoun bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Deputy Ruler of Abu Dhabi; UAE National Security Adviser
Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani
Amir of Qatar
Taylor Swift
Singer-songwriter
Theyazin bin Haitham
Crown Prince of Oman; Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs
Tilda Swinton
Actress and creative collaborator
Tim Berners-Lee
Computer scientist and inventor of the World Wide Web
Tom Hanks
Comedy, drama and the familiar voice behind an animated icon.
Toni Morrison
Novelist, editor and essayist
Tu Youyou
Pharmaceutical researcher and Nobel laureate
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