Born and died in 1824

French writer and dramatist best known for the romantic novel <em>La Dame aux Camélias</em> and its adaptation into Verdi's <em>La traviata</em>

French painter and sculptor celebrated for his academic historical and Orientalist works, and an influential teacher to generations of artists

British astronomer and astrophysicist who pioneered astronomical spectroscopy with his wife, Margaret, expanding our understanding of the universe

Confederate general during the American Civil War, celebrated for his tactical command and steadfastness on the battlefield

The first constitutional emperor of Mexico, known for his leadership in achieving national independence and his work as a military personnel, politician, and vexillologist

French moralist and essayist known for his posthumously published aphoristic <i>Pensées</i>

French painter and lithographer, a key pioneer of the Romantic movement best known for 'The Raft of the Medusa'