a German chemist. He was the discoverer of cadmium

a French novelist. Highly influential, he has been considered the leading exponent of literary realism in his country.

a German writer, philosopher, theologian, historian and journalist.

a French poet and screenwriter. His poems became and remain popular in the French-speaking world, particularly in schools.

a French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century.

a French chemist, best known for his works on organic analysis and synthesis, as well as the determination of atomic and molecular weights by measuring vapor densities