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French artist known for her wax sculptures and for founding the Madame Tussauds wax museum in London, capturing historical figures and the drama of her times

French revolutionary and journalist known as Gracchus Babeuf, who championed the poor and called for the abolition of private property

Finnish chemist, physicist, and mineralogist known for discovering yttrium and founding Finnish chemistry research

Italian Classical and Romantic composer, conductor, and music educator whose operas and sacred music were highly praised by contemporaries like Beethoven and Rossini

French army officer, writer, and composer known for creating La Marseillaise, the national anthem of France

French early socialist theorist who developed influential ideas about industrial society and scientific social organization

Japanese ukiyo-e artist, painter, and printmaker known for The Great Wave off Kanagawa and influencing European Impressionists