Arts and Music

• Auguste Rodin (born 1840, died 1917)

  French sculptor.

  • Created the marble statue The Kiss (see list of Impressionist Artists)

Leadership

• Auguste M.F. Beernaert (born 1829, died 1912)

  Belgian prime minister and peace activist.

  • 1909 Nobel Prize winner for Peace (see list of Nobel Peace Prize Winners)
• Auguste Marmont (born 1774, died 1852)

  French marshal.

  • Named Duc de Raguse by Napoleon (see list of Generals of the Napoleonic Wars)

Science and Philosophy

• Auguste Comte (born 1798, died 1857)

  French mathematician and philosopher.

  • Coined the term ''''sociology''''; founded Positivism (see list of Philosophers)
• Auguste Lumière (born 1862, died 1954)

  French scientist and pioneer cinematographer.

  • With his brother Jean, invented a color photography process and a movie camera (see list of Engineers & Inventors)

Stage and Screen

• Auguste Lumière (born 1862, died 1954)

  French scientist and pioneer cinematographer.

  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Picture (see list of Movie Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)