a Russian writer and thinker known as the "father of Russian socialism" and one of the main fathers of agrarian populism

an iconic French author. He laid the foundations for a new literary genre, the fairy tale, "The Sleeping Beauty", "Little Red Riding Hood", "Cinderella", "Puss in Boots", "Bluebeard"

a French artist and photographer, recognized for his invention of the eponymous daguerreotype process of photography.

a French physicist, mathematician and lay catholic who was one of the founders of the science of classical electromagnetism, which he referred to as "electrodynamics".

a French poet and writer and the founder of the Unanimism literary movement.

an English novelist and poet of the Victorian era. At first his focus was poetry, influenced by John Keats among others, but he gradually established a reputation as a novelist