Jamal al-Din al-Afghani18381897Political activist and Islamic ideologist who founded Islamic Modernism and advocated Pan-Islamic unity
Ōkuma Shigenobu18381922Japanese statesman who served as Prime Minister twice, founded Waseda University, and was a key advocate for Western science and parliamentary democracy during Japan's Meiji and Taishō eras
John Muir18381914Scottish-American naturalist, writer, and early advocate for wilderness preservation, widely known as the 'Father of the National Parks'
Georges Bizet18381875Compositeur français, connu pour la popularité durable de son opéra Carmen et d'autres œuvres orchestrales de l'ère romantique