Felix Nadar (1820-1910) was a French portrait photographer whose subjects included some very prominent people indeed. His real name was Gaspard-Félix Tournachon.
Auguste Rodin, 1893
Charles Baudelaire, 1855
Charles Baudelaire
Equestrienne Selika Lazevski in riding habit, 1891
Claude Monet, 1899
Gustave Dore
Geneviève Lantelme
George Sand
Guy de Maupassant, 1888
Louis Pasteur, 1895