a Dutch-American theoretical physicist. Electron spin Ornstein–Uhlenbeck process Quantum Boltzmann equation

a Danish zoologist, specializing in "Insecta". He is considered one of the most important entomologists of the 18th century,

a Spanish Baroque lyric poet and Catholic priest. Góngora and his lifelong rival, Francisco de Quevedo, are widely considered the most prominent Spanish poets of all time

a German dramatist and novelist.

a British neoclassical architect, interior designer and furniture designer. He was the son of William Adam (1689–1748), Scotland's foremost architect of the time, and trained under him

a Hungarian-born German physicist and the winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1905 for his work on cathode rays and the discovery of many of their properties