a German-born British astronomer, whose most significant contributions to astronomy were the discoveries of several comets, including the comet 35P/Herschel–Rigollet, which bears her name.

a French writer, poet, aristocrat, journalist and pioneering aviator. He is best remembered for his novella The Little Prince (Le Petit Prince) and for his lyrical aviation writings

a French poet, journalist, and novelist with several best-sellers. Ironic and skeptical, he was considered in his day the ideal French man of letters

a Belgian chemist, industrialist and philanthropist.

a Swiss-born Italian pharmacologist best known for his discovery in 1937 of antihistamines, which block the neurotransmitter histamine and are used in allergy medication.

a French artist. He began his study of art at the age of eleven at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, under the guidance of Constant Montald, and later he studied in Paris.