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From the top of my head, I would name Okular. No other FOSS pdf reader is as complete and easy to use.
Calibre.
I use both Okular and Calibre and as far as my usage goes, both of them fall into different niches. I find Okular excellent for reading/examining PDF's from the file manager. Calibre, on the other hand, is what I use to organize my e-books. I even tried using it to synchronize my collection from my desktop to my phone (though that didn't go well, and I ended up just using Syncthing for that).
I use Calibre-web on a home server for this. It's a web interface for a Calibre library that has an option to send a book to Kindle (via the Kindle email address), and it also has an OPDS server that can be used with good ebook reader apps like Moon+ Reader.
I actually forgot what I tried to use, but IIRC it's a Calibre add-on that allows me to mark the books I'd sync to my phone. I think it kinda worked, but for my purposes, it's way too much work. Well, way too much work as opposed to just copying the books Iโ want on my phone to a special folder which is then seamlessly synched via Synchthing when I connect to my home wifi.
I use okular as my primary image viewer as well. I love the middle mouse drag to zoom.