a Czech writer, humorist, satirist, journalist, bohemian and anarchist. He is best known for his novel The Fate of the Good Soldier Švejk during the World War

aviation pioneers, balloonists and paper manufacturers from the commune Annonay in Ardèche, France.

a Hungarian-British electrical engineer and physicist, most notable for inventing holography

an Italian playwright and librettist from the Republic of Venice. His works include some of Italy's most famous and best-loved plays

a major Danish poet, librettist, critic, and comic writer.

a British geologist who served as director-general of the British Geological Survey. He is noted for investigating and describing the Silurian, Devonian and Permian systems.