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Discover the people who shaped the world — and the extraordinary stories that inspire us to shape what comes next.

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Notable people

Susan B. Anthony, Activists & reformers
Susan B. Anthony
Activists & reformers
Jöns Jacob Berzelius, Chemists
Jöns Jacob Berzelius
Chemists
Ludwig Boltzmann, Physicists
Ludwig Boltzmann
Physicists
Louis Braille, Inventors
Louis Braille
Inventors
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Jurists & legal scholars
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Jurists & legal scholars
Paul Allen, Inventors
Paul Allen
American businessman and investor
Pavel Durov, Computer scientists
Pavel Durov
Russian technology entrepreneur
Justus von Liebig, Chemists
Justus von Liebig
Chemists
Grace Hopper, Mathematicians
Grace Hopper
American computer scientist
Hipparchus, Astronomers
Hipparchus
Astronomers
Satyendra Nath Bose, Physicists
Satyendra Nath Bose
Physicists
Edsger W. Dijkstra, Mathematicians
Edsger W. Dijkstra
Dutch computer scientist
Benoit Mandelbrot, Mathematicians
Benoit Mandelbrot
French-American mathematician
Sergei Korolev, Engineers
Sergei Korolev
Engineers
Emmeline Pankhurst, Activists & reformers
Emmeline Pankhurst
Activists & reformers
Georges Lemaître, Astronomers
Georges Lemaître
Astronomers
Robert Bunsen, Chemists
Robert Bunsen
Chemists
Tim Cook, Business & industry
Tim Cook
American business executive
Carlos Slim, Business & industry
Carlos Slim
Mexican business magnate
Jack Kilby, Inventors
Jack Kilby
American electrical engineer
Al-Shafi'i, Jurists & legal scholars
Al-Shafi'i
Jurists & legal scholars
Ulugh Beg, Astronomers
Ulugh Beg
Astronomers
Katherine Johnson, Computer scientists
Katherine Johnson
American mathematician
Glenn Theodore Seaborg, Chemists
Glenn Theodore Seaborg
Chemists