a French poet, dramatist and diplomat. He was most famous for his verse dramas, which often convey his devout Catholicism

a German painter. A member of the Nazarene movement, he also made four etchings

a Polish-Swiss chemist and the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate (1950), which was awarded for his work on the isolation of cortisone.

a Danish-French painter who made contributions to both Impressionism and Post-Impressionism

a German mathematician, theoretical physicist and philosopher

an English physicist and radio astronomer. With the targeted application of radar technology for astronomical research, he laid the basis for the development of radio astronomy.