Born and died in 1833

Swedish chemist and inventor known for inventing dynamite and establishing the Nobel Prizes

23rd President of the United States, author, lawyer, politician, and Union army Brigadegeneral

American lawyer, orator, and politician known as "the Great Agnostic" who championed free thought and agnosticism

German composer, pianist, and conductor known for his rhythmic vitality and expressive contrapuntal textures within the mid-Romantic period

Swiss activist, politician, economist, journalist, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate recognized for his directorship of the Bern Peace Bureau

King of Spain who reigned through early 19th-century political changes, known first as el Deseado and later as el Rey Felón

French inventor and photographer who developed heliography and created the world's oldest surviving photograph of a real-world scene

French mathematician known for Legendre polynomials, the method of least squares, and contributions to number theory