a German knight, scholar, poet and satirist, who later became a follower of Martin Luther and a Protestant reformer.

a British civil engineer responsible for the design of bridges, canals, harbours and lighthouses.[1] He was also a capable mechanical engineer and an eminent physicist

a Swedish Romantic composer. He made his living as an orthopedist became more appreciated as a composer after his death than he had been in his lifetime.

a French author, poet, and statesman who was instrumental in the foundation of the Second Republic and the continuation of the Tricolore as the flag of France

a Swedish physicist conducted significant research in electricity and caloric theory

a German chemist and recipient of the 1910 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on alicyclic compounds.