a British engineer and physicist, born in Belfast, and older brother of William Thomson (Lord Kelvin).

an Italian mathematician and glottologist. The author of over 200 books and papers, he was a founder of mathematical logic and set theory, to which he contributed much notation.

a Hungarian radiochemist recognized for his key role in the development of radioactive tracers to study chemical processes such as in the metabolism of animals

a German writer notable for exploring and depicting the moral experience of the Second World War.

a French microbiologist and Nobel laureate of Russian-Polish origin.

a Belgian painter and printmaker, an important influence on expressionism and surrealism who lived in Ostend for most of his life. He was associated with the artistic group Les XX.