Born on January 27

An Austrian composer of the 18th century, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) is considered one of the greatest composers in the history of music. A child prodigy, he composed more than 600 works spanning every musical genre and stands as the ultimate embodiment of the Classical style.

French diplomat and explorer (1766–1834), he participated in the La Pérouse expedition as an interpreter and was the only member to return to Europe before the shipwreck. He crossed Siberia to bring the expedition's logbooks back to Paris.

Teuira Henry was a Tahitian historian, linguist and ethnologist. She is famous for having compiled and translated the oral traditions, myths and knowledge of ancient Polynesia, notably in her major work “Ancient Tahiti”.

Beatrice Tinsley is a New Zealand astronomer and cosmologist of British origin, a pioneer in the study of galaxy evolution. Her work transformed our understanding of how galaxies form and age over the course of the Universe's history.

Dancer and choreographer of Latvian origin, considered one of the greatest classical dancers of the 20th century. Trained at the Vaganova school in Leningrad, he defected to the West in 1974 and became a major figure in American ballet, before turning to contemporary dance, theater, and film.