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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

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
Fred Hoyle, Astronomers
Fred Hoyle
Astronomers
Bernard Arnault, Business & industry
Bernard Arnault
Business & industry
Mark Shuttleworth, Business & industry
Mark Shuttleworth
South African entrepreneur
Andrew Wiles, Mathematicians
Andrew Wiles
Mathematicians
Chelsea Manning, Activists & reformers
Chelsea Manning
American whistleblower
Caroline Herschel, Astronomers
Caroline Herschel
Astronomers
John McCarthy, Mathematicians
John McCarthy
American computer scientist
Sundar Pichai, Computer scientists
Sundar Pichai
Indian-American business executive
Bjarne Stroustrup, Computer scientists
Bjarne Stroustrup
Danish computer scientist
Shigeru Miyamoto, Computer scientists
Shigeru Miyamoto
Japanese video game designer
Marvin Minsky, Mathematicians
Marvin Minsky
American computer scientist
Igor Sikorsky, Engineers
Igor Sikorsky
Engineers
Sheryl Sandberg, Business & industry
Sheryl Sandberg
American technology executive
Ferdinand Porsche, Engineers
Ferdinand Porsche
Engineers
Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Astronomers
Jocelyn Bell Burnell
Astronomers
Nicolaus Otto, Engineers
Nicolaus Otto
Engineers