an Italian novelist and proponent of Liberal Catholicism. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature seven times, known for The Little World of the Past (1895), The Saint (1905)

a Spanish poet and dramatist, who became National Laureate

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

a Norwegian composer and pianist. He is widely considered one of the main Romantic era composers, and his music is part of the standard classical repertoire worldwide

an English inventor and pioneer of the spinning industry. He invented the spinning mule, a machine that revolutionized the industry worldwide.

an Austrian-born chemist. He was known for his research in colloids, as well as for co-inventing the slit-ultramicroscope, and different membrane filters.