a Belarusian painter who made a major contribution to the expressionist movement while living and working in Paris.

a French Post-Impressionist painter and writer, who had artistic friendships with Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin and Eugène Boch, and at a later time, Paul Cézanne.

a French painter who studied and rose to prominence in Italy before being summoned by Louis XIII to serve as Premier peintre du Roi in France.

a British surgeon, medical scientist, experimental pathologist and a pioneer of antiseptic surgery and preventative medicine.

an Italian composer of the Neapolitan School. Along with other composers mainly in the Holy Roman Empire and France, he was responsible for certain operatic reforms

a French writer whose works have been translated into many languages and is one of the most widely read French authors