a Nobel Prize-winning British chemist who advanced the technique of X-ray crystallography which became essential for structural biology

an English poet, novelist and essayist whose work concentrated on themes of social injustice and the class struggle.

a French poet and critic. He was a major French symbolist poet, and his work anticipated and inspired several revolutionary artistic schools of the early 20th century

a French visual artist, known for both his use of colour and his fluid and original draughtsmanship. He was a draughtsman, printmaker, and sculptor, but is known primarily as a painter.

an Italian physician, naturalist, biologist, and poet. He is referred to as the "founder of experimental biology", and as the "father of modern parasitology".

a German composer, pianist, organist, conductor, and academic teacher.