a French novelist, journalist, playwright, the best-known practitioner of the literary school of naturalism, and an important contributor to the development of theatrical naturalism

a German-speaking Bohemian novelist, short-story writer and insurance officer, widely regarded as one of the major figures of 20th-century literature

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

a Belgian Symbolist poet and novelist.

a French poet, essayist, and editor. His two main philosophies were socialism and nationalism

a French physician, anatomist and anthropologist. He is best known for his research on Broca's area, a region of the frontal lobe, the first anatomical proof of localization of brain function