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Filipino nationalist, writer, and polymath who became a national hero for advocating political reforms against Spanish colonial rule through his influential literary works such as Noli me tangere and Ang "Filibusterismo".

American author and abolitionist known for Uncle Tom's Cabin, which influenced the anti-slavery movement

British painter and illustrator, co-founder of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and renowned for works such as Ophelia and Christ in the House of His Parents

French physicist, astronomer, and photographer who accurately measured the speed of light and conducted the Fizeau experiment

Norwegian linguist, poet, and philologist who created Nynorsk, one of Norway's official written languages

British textile artist, author, and socialist who revived traditional textile arts and helped establish the modern fantasy genre

French poet, writer, critic, and translator who was a paramount exponent of fin de siècle poetry, associated with the Symbolist, Parnassianist, and Decadent movements

Swedish chemist and inventor known for inventing dynamite and establishing the Nobel Prizes