Urbain Le Verrier18111877French astronomer and mathematician best known for mathematically predicting the existence and precise location of the planet Neptune
Théophile Gautier18111872French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and influential art and literary critic whose extensive works spanned various genres and forms, including visual arts and photography
Évariste Galois18111832French mathematician who solved the 350-year-old problem of polynomial solvability by radicals, foundational to Galois theory and group theory