Christian Doppler was an Austrian mathematician and physicist best known for articulating a principle known as the 'Doppler effect.'

• Scientist, Mathematician, Physicist
  (1803–1853)

Arthur Schopenhauer was a German philosopher best known for his book The World as Will and Representation, and for his pessimistic views of human nature.

• Philosopher, Journalist
  (1788–1860)

Christian Bale is an Academy Award-winning actor who has starred in such films as 'American Psycho,' 'The Fighter' and Christopher Nolan's 'Batman' trilogy.

• Film Actor
  (1974–)

Influential German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) is known for his writings on good and evil, the end of religion in modern society and the concept of a "super-man."

• Scholar, Philosopher
  (1844–1900)

A favorite among the likes of Kanye West and Natalie Portman, you, too, can own Christian Dior...on your coffee table. The 256-page book, produced with the House of Dior, covers the history of the fashion house starting with Dior himself in 1947.

• Fashion Designer
  (1905–c. 1957)

Rudolf Virchow was a 19th century German pathologist and politician known for his significant findings in social medicine.

• Academic, Scientist, Biologist, Doctor
  (1821–1902)

Christian Brando was the eldest son of Hollywood legend Marlon Brando. He was convicted of voluntary manslaughter for killing his half-sister’s boyfriend.

• Artist, Murderer
  (1958–2008)

German philosopher Friedrich von Schelling explored the concept of freedom in his 1809 book, Of Human Freedom. Immanuel Kant largely inspired his work.

• Philosopher
  (1775–1854)