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One of America's Founding Fathers, Franklin was a writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, and political philosopher.

American memoirist, poet, and civil rights activist, best known for her series of seven autobiographies.

German composer and pianist, one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music.

Prolific and influential composer of the Classical period, known for his operas, symphonies, and chamber music.

English naturalist whose theory of evolution by natural selection became the foundation of modern evolutionary studies.

German-speaking Bohemian novelist and short-story writer, widely regarded as one of the major figures of 20th-century literature.

Spanish painter, sculptor, and co-founder of Cubism, one of the most influential artists of the 20th century.

French Romantic writer, best known for Les Misérables and The Hunchback of Notre-Dame.

English writer and social critic, creator of some of the world's best-known fictional characters.

Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for treating psychopathology.

German philosopher and one of the central Enlightenment thinkers, known for his work in epistemology and ethics.

German novelist, short story writer, and essayist, winner of the 1929 Nobel Prize in Literature.

English poet and intellectual, best known for his epic poem Paradise Lost.

French novelist and playwright, regarded as one of the founders of realism in European literature.

Anglo-American poet, regarded as one of the greatest writers of the 20th century.

Russian composer of the Romantic period, known for his ballets and symphonies.