a Swedish chemist and metallurgist who discovered manganese in 1774

a German mathematician who made important contributions to number theory, abstract algebra (particularly ring theory), and the axiomatic foundations of arithmetic.

a German author. He is best known for his 1669 picaresque novel Simplicius Simplicissimus (German: Der abenteuerliche Simplicissimus) and the accompanying Simplician Scriptures series.

a Hungarian-British electrical engineer and physicist, most notable for inventing holography

a Scottish chemist who proposed an early theory of chemical structure and bonding

a German-Danish painter and printmaker. He was one of the first oil painting and watercolor painters of the early 20th century to explore color.