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Czech-born novelist and essayist who diagnosed how communism ruptured the unity of European culture
The sister of Martin Luther King Jr was an author, professor and campaigner in her own right
A charming but exacting ‘jobber’ who brought together risk-takers to invest in future innovators
He sparked a revolution in the way financial markets are understood
‘Case 1’ in the study of the condition, he advanced understanding of it, while living a full and quiet life
With more than 2mn clues to his name, he was known as the ‘Mozart’ of the puzzle community
As an actor, she ruled the screen — and as an MP, she was fearless in criticism of the leader she had helped elect
The novelist was the last conjuror of a now vanished America
Media mogul inescapably linked to economic decline and sometimes woeful standards of public life
Having spent two decades passing US secrets to Moscow, he created the worst intelligence failure in FBI history
As chief executive he successfully overhauled Diageo’s portfolio and was a towering figure in the drinks industry
Nobel Prize winner who discovered the cause of cervical cancer in humans
He was deeply committed to shaping financial regulation but came under heavy criticism for his efforts to co-operate with industry
He went on to pursue a career in Hollywood and championed civil rights — but the sports star also had a dark history of violence against women
Her hugely popular songs expressed her belief that, with enough will, people could do anything
The British novelist whose swagger and love of literary pyrotechnics produced dazzling, sardonic prose
A master model-builder who took on the Keynesians and reinvented his discipline
A ferocious networker who endeared himself to multiple generations of politicians, and built a sprawling global empire
The charismatic soprano flourished in the postwar years and battled discrimination on the way
He was the architect of IMF-backed progress subsequently reversed by Erdoğan
The executive who transformed the pharmaceuticals company then known as Glaxo into a global industry leader
The scholar, who overcame many personal setbacks, produced groundbreaking work on Indian and Soviet industrial policy
He parlayed his fame into passionate advocacy for the US civil rights movement
One of the great City characters, he righted both Citigroup and Lloyds during his six-decade career
An unmatched provocateur, whose most famous invention, Dame Edna, was a masterwork of snobbery, hypocrisy and an ebulliently monstrous ego
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