a Croatian scientist. He worked most of his life in Switzerland, and received eight doctor honoris causa in science, medicine, and law

a French painter, sculptor, chess player, and writer whose work is associated with Cubism, Dada, and conceptual art.

a German playwright. His work, which often criticizes bourgeois attitudes, is considered to anticipate expressionism and was influential in the development of epic theatre.

a French novelist, journalist and politician. Spending some time in Italy, he became a figure in French literature with the release of his work The Cult of the Self in 1888.

a Swedish writer, historian, poet, romantic critic of political economy, philosopher, and composer. His writings served to promote Swedish National Romanticism.

a Russian novelist known for writing about life and fate of Don Cossacks during the Russian Revolution primarily in his most famous novel, And Quiet Flows the Don.