the 11th president of the United States, serving from 1845 to 1849. He previously was the 13th speaker of the House of Representatives (1835–1839) and ninth governor of Tennessee (1839–1841).

a major figure of French romanticism, best known for his novellas and poems

a Scottish physicist and meteorologist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics for his invention of the cloud chamber.

a British sculptor and draughtsman, and a leading figure in British and European Neoclassicism

a French musician, best known as an organist and composer. He was born, and died, in Paris.

an Italian dramatist and poet, considered the "founder of Italian tragedy." He wrote nineteen tragedies, sonnets, satires, and a notable autobiography.