a Russian and Soviet novelist and playwright who managed to create penetrating works discussing post-revolutionary social conditions without running afoul of official Soviet style.

a German astronomer remembered for his work on sunspots

a Dutch botanist, chemist, Christian humanist, and physician, regarded as the founder of the modern academic hospital and is sometimes referred to as "the father of physiology,"

a French symbolist painter, printmaker, draughtsman and pastellist.

an Italian astronomer and science historian.

a German Army artillery officer and rocket engineer