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Carlo Ridolfi (1594-1658) was a Venetian painter and Italian art historian. He is best known for his *Meraviglie dell'Arte*, a biographical collection of Venetian painters and a major source for the history of Italian painting.

An 18th-century French novelist, historian, and clergyman, Abbé Prévost is best known for his novel "Manon Lescaut" (1731), which is part of the French baccalauréat curriculum. His work embodies the tensions between religious morality and human passion that defined the era.

A French jurist and statesman, Portalis was the principal drafter of the Civil Code enacted in 1804, the cornerstone of modern French private law. As Minister of Religious Affairs under Napoleon, he also contributed to the Concordat of 1801, which regulated relations between the Church and the State.

French mathematician and philosopher (1776–1831), a pioneer in science at a time when women were excluded from it. She made contributions to number theory and elasticity, and corresponded with Gauss under a male pseudonym.

Russian composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor, one of the last great representatives of late Romanticism. After emigrating in the wake of the 1917 revolution, he continued his career in the United States, where he became one of the most famous pianists of his time.

2004 Nobel Peace Prize, Green Belt Movement, Kenyan

Bernard Stiegler (1952-2020) was a French philosopher and a major figure in the philosophy of technology. He analyzed how digital techniques and technologies shape the human mind, memory, and contemporary societies.