Sándor Petőfi18231849Hungarian poet and liberal revolutionary, considered Hungary's national poet and key figure of the 1848 revolution, author of the inspiring 'Nemzeti dal'
Ernest Renan18231892French philosopher, writer, historian, and Orientalist known for his scholarship on Semitic languages and early Christianity, and theories on nationalism
Schuyler Colfax18231885American journalist, businessman, and politician who served as the 17th Vice President of the United States and the 25th Speaker of the House of Representatives
Alexander Ostrovsky18231886Russian playwright who almost single-handedly created a Russian national repertoire and defined the Russian realistic period