Arts and Music

• Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (born 1827, died 1875)

  French sculptor.

  • Created The Dance (see list of Artists of the Romantic Period)

Leadership

• Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte (born 1763, died 1844)

  French soldier who rose to the rank of marshal. Adopted by the Swedish royal house, he reigned as Charles XIV from 1818-44.

  • Appointed to Sweden''s throne upon Napoleon''s recommendation, he led Swedish forces against the emperor at Leipzig (see list of Generals of the Napoleonic Wars)

Science and Philosophy

• Jean-Baptiste Perrin (born 1870, died 1942)

  French physicist who studied the motion of particles suspended in a liquid.

  • 1926 Nobel Prize winner in Physics (see list of Winners of the Nobel Prize for Physics)