Born on April 11

French painter and miniaturist of the 18th century, she was one of only two women admitted to the Académie royale de peinture in 1783. Official portraitist to the Mesdames de France, she rivaled Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun and campaigned for women's access to artistic institutions.

British mathematician born in 1953, famous for proving Fermat's Last Theorem in 1994 after seven years of secret work. His proof, published in 1995, solved a problem that had been open for 358 years.

Sati is a contemporary Lithuanian singer. She is part of the Baltic music scene, bringing Lithuanian musical culture to the international stage.