a French geologist known to geologists in connection with his theory of the origin of mountain ranges

an Italian novelist, poet, short story writer, translator, literary critic, and essayist. He is often referred to as one of the most influential Italian writers of his time.

a Spanish painter born in Madrid who lived and worked in France for most of his active period. Closely connected to the artistic genre Cubism, his works are among the movement's most distinctive

a French scholar and polymath whose work was important to the development of engineering, mathematics, statistics, physics, astronomy, and philosophy.

a French inventor, physicist and professor at the Institut Catholique de Paris. He is primarily known for his early involvement in wireless telegraphy

a logician, mathematician, and philosopher. Considered along with Aristotle and Gottlob Frege to be one of the most significant logicians in history,