an English obstetrician, geologist and paleontologist. His attempts to reconstruct the structure and life of Iguanodon began the scientific study of dinosaurs

a Soviet mathematician who contributed to the mathematics of probability theory, topology, intuitionistic logic and many other fields

a Nobel Prize-winning Austrian physicist with Irish citizenship who developed a number of fundamental results in quantum theory

a Florentine physician, philosopher and botanist classified plants according to their fruits and seeds, rather than alphabetically or by medicinal properties

a French painter and lithographer best known for his flower paintings and group portraits of Parisian artists and writers.

a British novelist, author and illustrator. He is known for his satirical works, particularly his 1848 novel Vanity Fair, a panoramic portrait of British society