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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

Frank Whittle, Engineers
Frank Whittle
Engineers
Ivan Sutherland, Computer scientists
Ivan Sutherland
Computer scientists
Yann Le Cun, Computer scientists
Yann Le Cun
Computer scientists
Bob Kahn, Computer scientists
Bob Kahn
Computer scientists
Judea Pearl, Computer scientists
Judea Pearl
Computer scientists
Yoshua Bengio, Computer scientists
Yoshua Bengio
Computer scientists
Fei-Fei Li, Computer scientists
Fei-Fei Li
Computer scientists
Andrew Y. Ng, Computer scientists
Andrew Y. Ng
Computer scientists
Fazlur Khan, Engineers
Fazlur Khan
Engineers
Ilya Sutskever, Computer scientists
Ilya Sutskever
Computer scientists
Orville Wright, Inventors
Orville Wright
Inventors
Wilbur Wright, Inventors
Wilbur Wright
Inventors
Zinhor Nasri, Business & industry
Zinhor Nasri
Tajik programmer and entrepreneur