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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

Arthur Miller, Playwrights
Arthur Miller
Playwrights
Linus Pauling, Chemists
Linus Pauling
American chemist
Carl Benz, Engineers
Carl Benz
Engineers
Andrei Sakharov, Physicists
Andrei Sakharov
Soviet physicist
Anaxagoras, Mathematicians
Anaxagoras
Pre-Socratic Greek philosopher
Kurt Gödel, Mathematicians
Kurt Gödel
Austrian-American logician
Heinrich Hertz, Physicists
Heinrich Hertz
German physicist
Larry Sanger, Philosophers
Larry Sanger
American Internet entrepreneur
Andrew Carnegie, Business & industry
Andrew Carnegie
Business & industry
Friedrich Hayek, Economists
Friedrich Hayek
Economists
Antoine Henri Becquerel, Physicists
Antoine Henri Becquerel
French physicist
Anaximander, Philosophers
Anaximander
Pre-Socratic Greek philosopher
Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck, Biologists
Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck
Biologists
Al-Biruni, Philosophers
Al-Biruni
Persian polymath
James Watson, Biologists
James Watson
American molecular biologist
Bernhard Riemann, Mathematicians
Bernhard Riemann
German mathematician
Irène Joliot-Curie, Physicists
Irène Joliot-Curie
French physicist and chemist
Srinivasa Ramanujan, Mathematicians
Srinivasa Ramanujan
Mathematicians
Mikhail Lomonosov, Astronomers
Mikhail Lomonosov
Russian polymath
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Biologists
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Dutch microbiologist
Wernher von Braun, Physicists
Wernher von Braun
German-American rocket engineer
Alfred Russel Wallace, Biologists
Alfred Russel Wallace
Biologists
Ibn al-Haytham, Mathematicians
Ibn al-Haytham
Arab polymath
Amartya Sen, Economists
Amartya Sen
Economists