Born and died in 1768

French writer, politician, and diplomat who shaped 19th-century Romantic literature and served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and ambassador to several European nations

French mathematician and physicist known for Fourier series, Fourier analysis, and the discovery of the greenhouse effect

Elder brother of Napoleon Bonaparte; King of Naples (1806–08) and Spain (1808–13); French statesman, lawyer, diplomat who emigrated to the United States

British politician who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain and was a leading Whig statesman throughout the 18th century