German actress and singer known for her magnetic, androgynous screen presence in films like "The Blue Angel" and "Morocco."
French biologist known for developing the germ theory of disease and inventing the pasteurization process.
Actor known for his roles in films like "Call Me by Your Name," "Dune" and "Lady Bird." Starred as Bob Dylan in "A Complete Unknown."
Shattering an almost 2,000-year-old glass ceiling, Regina Jonas becomes the first woman ordained as a rabbi. Few male colleagues would grant her the pulpit, but as many fled Germany during WWII, she stepped into the void. She died at Auschwitz.
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