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

First Astronomer Royal

a French poet, playwright, novelist, designer, filmmaker, visual artist and critic. He was one of the foremost creatives of the surrealist, avant-garde, and Dadaist movements

an English poet and dramatist and member of the Scriblerus Club. He is best remembered for The Beggar's Opera (1728), a ballad opera

a French Orientalist and Semitic scholar, expert of Semitic languages and civilizations, historian of religion, philologist, philosopher, biblical scholar, and critic.

an English artist. He is best known for his semi-abstract monumental bronze sculptures which are located around the world as public works of art.