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

Compositeur, pianiste, chef allemand au dynamisme rythmique et aux textures contrapuntiques expressives du Romantisme médian

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

King of Spain known as 'the Desired' then 'the Criminal King', whose reign saw the loss of most of Spain's American colonies and deep political division

Inventeur et photographe français qui a développé l'héliographie et créé la plus ancienne photographie de scène réelle encore existante au monde

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