a French mathematician and physicist born in Auxerre and best known for initiating the investigation of Fourier series, which eventually developed into Fourier analysis and harmonic analysis,

a Dutch scientist. He was a professor in Duisburg, Utrecht, and Leiden, where he held positions in mathematics, philosophy, medicine, and astronomy

a French sculptor, best known for the Departure of the Volunteers. His work often expressed patriotic themes, as well as the transition from neo-classicism to romanticism.

a Polish poet, dramatist, essayist, publicist, translator and political activist. He is regarded as national poet in Poland, Lithuania and Belarus.

a Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, philosopher and journalist. His literary works explore the human condition in the troubled political, and social atmospheres of 19th-century Russia

a German-born British astronomer and composer. Discoverer of Uranus. This was the first planet to be discovered since antiquity, and Herschel became famous overnight.