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Victor Hugo

French writer

Jean Le Rond d’Alembert

French mathematician and philosopher

Alphonse de Lamartine

French poet, historian, and statesman

Georges Duby

French scholar

Jacques de Lacretelle

French novelist

Gaston Paris

French philologist

János, Count Mailáth

Hungarian author

Guy de Maupassant

French writer

Jean-Paul Marat

French politician, physician, and journalist

Théophile Gautier

French author

Joseph Liouville

French mathematician

Simone de Beauvoir

French writer

Theodore Beza

French theologian

André Breton

French poet

Jules Laforgue

French poet

Vincent Of Beauvais

French scholar

Remy de Gourmont

French author

Hélène Cixous

French author

Jehan Bodel

French writer

René Schickele

German writer