Pierre Beaumarchais17321799French playwright, diplomat, and polymath best known for his influential Figaro plays, including The Marriage of Figaro and The Barber of Seville
Joseph Haydn17321809Austrian composer known as the "Father of the Symphony" and "Father of the String Quartet"
Jean-Honoré Fragonard17321806French painter and printmaker known for his exuberant late Rococo style, producing over 550 paintings with an atmosphere of intimacy and veiled eroticism