a French inventor, usually credited with the invention of photography.

a German playwright, poet, and philosopher. During the last seventeen years of his life (1788–1805), he developed a friendship with the already famous and influential Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

an English portrait and landscape painter, draughtsman, and printmaker

a Spanish romantic painter and printmaker. He is considered the most important Spanish artist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

an English chemist who worked with Sir William Ramsay in the discovery of xenon, neon and krypton.

an English poet and dramatist and member of the Scriblerus Club. He is best remembered for The Beggar's Opera (1728), a ballad opera