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Napoleon
Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was Emperor of the French from 18 May 1804 until his first abdication in 1814, with a brief restoration during the Hundred Days in 1815. He rose to prominence as a general during the French Revolution and led a series of military campaigns across Europe and North Africa during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. As a statesman, he implemented numerous legal and administrative reforms in France and Europe.
Victor Hugo
French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician (1802–1885)
Voltaire
François-Marie Arouet (; 21 November 169430 May 1778), known by his pen name Voltaire (, ; ), was a French Enlightenment writer, philosopher (philosophe), satirist, and historian. Famous for his wit and his criticism of Christianity (especially of the Catholic Church) and of slavery, Voltaire was an advocate of freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and separation of church and state.
Jules Verne
French writer (1828–1905)
Maximilien Robespierre
French revolutionary lawyer and politician (1758–1794)
Pierre-Simon Laplace
French mathematician and astronomer (1749–1827)
Nicolas Carnot
French physicist, the "father of thermodynamics" (1796–1832)
Camille Saint-Saëns
French composer, organist, conductor and pianist (1835–1921)
Olympe de Gouges
French playwright and political activist (1748–1793)
Constantin-François Chassebœuf
French philosopher, historian, orientalist, and politician (1757-1820)
Louis Marie de La Révellière-Lépeaux
French politician (1753-1824)