Born and died in 1814

Inventeur, musicien et facteur d'instruments belge qui a inventé le saxophone et redessiné la clarinette basse, parmi d'autres innovations musicales

Peintre français connu pour ses représentations empathiques de paysans et fondateur de l'école de Barbizon, qui a également exploré les paysages purs en fin de carrière

Swedish physicist and astronomer, recognized as a founder of spectroscopy and known for his work on the solar spectrum

American industrialist and inventor who established Colt's Patent Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company and made the mass production of revolvers commercially viable

Russian revolutionary anarchist and political philosopher, known for his foundational influence on anarchism and collectivist anarchist tendencies throughout Russia and Europe

Ukrainian poet and artist who founded modern Ukrainian literature and language, and whose collection 'Kobzar' is a cornerstone of Slavic culture

Architecte et auteur français visionnaire, célèbre pour la restauration méticuleuse de monuments médiévaux emblématiques à travers la France, y compris Notre-Dame de Paris

American Founding Father and politician who signed the Declaration of Independence, championed the Bill of Rights, and whose name is linked to "gerrymandering"

Impératrice consort des Français, Queen of Italy, et mécène dévouée des arts qui a façonné le paysage culturel du First French Empire

German philosopher and founding figure of German idealism, who built upon the theoretical and ethical writings of Immanuel Kant

French writer and botanist, best known for his romantic novel <i>Paul et Virginie</i> and his philosophical writings on nature