a Belgian Symbolist poet and novelist.

a French painter. He was a brilliant depicter of light comedy which reflected the manners of French society during the regency of the Duke of Orleans and, later, early reign of King Louis XV.

a French artist, painter, sculptor and co-founder of Fauvism with Henri Matisse

a German mechanical engineer and inventor after whom the Wankel engine was named.

a Czech writer, playwright and critic. He has become best known for his science fiction, including his play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots, 1920), which introduced the word robot.

a French dramatist. He is best remembered today for his development, along with Eugène Scribe, of the well-made play.