Paul Verlaine18441896French poet, writer, critic, and translator who was a paramount exponent of fin de siècle poetry, associated with the Symbolist, Parnassianist, and Decadent movements
John Everett Millais18291896British 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
Ivar Andreas Aasen18131896Norwegian linguist, poet, and philologist who created Nynorsk, one of Norway's official written languages
Hippolyte Fizeau18191896French physicist, astronomer, and photographer who accurately measured the speed of light and conducted the Fizeau experiment
William Morris18341896British textile artist, author, and socialist who revived traditional textile arts and helped establish the modern fantasy genre
Alfred Nobel18331896Svensk kemist och uppfinnare, känd för att ha uppfunnit dynamit och instiftat Nobelprisen