a German botanist and co-founder of cell theory, along with Theodor Schwann and Rudolf Virchow.

a Spanish virtuoso pianist, composer, and conductor. He is one of the foremost composers of the Post-Romantic era.

a prolific British mathematician who worked mostly on algebra. He helped found the modern British school of pure mathematics.

an English composer. He is best known for the song "A-Hunting We Will Go" composed for a 1777 production of The Beggar's Opera, which has since become popular as a folk song and a nursery rhyme.

an English metaphysical poet, satirist and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1659 and 1678.

a Russian and Soviet novelist and playwright who managed to create penetrating works discussing post-revolutionary social conditions without running afoul of official Soviet style.