a Finnish chemist, physicist and mineralogist. Gadolin discovered a "new earth" containing the first rare-earth compound yttrium, which was later determined to be a chemical element

a German Humanist scholar, mineralogist generally referred to as the Father of Mineralogy.

a French sculptor, generally considered the founder of modern sculpture. He was schooled traditionally and took a craftsman-like approach to his work.

a Swedish chemist and metallurgist who discovered manganese in 1774

a Norwegian composer and pianist. He is widely considered one of the main Romantic era composers, and his music is part of the standard classical repertoire worldwide

a Swedish chemist and Nobel laureate for his research on colloids and proteins using the ultracentrifuge