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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

Andrey Kolmogorov, Mathematicians
Andrey Kolmogorov
Soviet mathematician
J. P. Morgan, Business & industry
J. P. Morgan
Business & industry
Max Euwe, Mathematicians
Max Euwe
Dutch chess champion
Steve Ballmer, Business & industry
Steve Ballmer
American businessman
Ahmed Zewail, Chemists
Ahmed Zewail
Chemists
Larry Ellison, Business & industry
Larry Ellison
American entrepreneur
George Stephenson, Inventors
George Stephenson
Inventors
Norbert Wiener, Mathematicians
Norbert Wiener
American mathematician
Alfred Marshall, Economists
Alfred Marshall
Economists
Douglas Engelbart, Computer scientists
Douglas Engelbart
Computer scientists
Cai Lun, Inventors
Cai Lun
Inventors
Armen Sarkissian, Political leaders
Armen Sarkissian
President of Armenia
Joseph Schumpeter, Economists
Joseph Schumpeter
Economists
Vera Rubin, Astronomers
Vera Rubin
Astronomers
August Kekulé, Chemists
August Kekulé
Chemists
Claude Shannon, Mathematicians
Claude Shannon
American mathematician and engineer
Geoffrey Hinton, Computer scientists
Geoffrey Hinton
British-Canadian computer scientist
Herbert Simon, Economists
Herbert Simon
American economist
Konrad Zuse, Inventors
Konrad Zuse
German engineer and inventor
Mark Shuttleworth, Business & industry
Mark Shuttleworth
South African entrepreneur
Fred Hoyle, Astronomers
Fred Hoyle
Astronomers
Bernard Arnault, Business & industry
Bernard Arnault
Business & industry
Andrew Wiles, Mathematicians
Andrew Wiles
Mathematicians
Chelsea Manning, Activists & reformers
Chelsea Manning
American whistleblower