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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

James Prescott Joule, Physicists
James Prescott Joule
English physicist
Henri Poincaré, Mathematicians
Henri Poincaré
French mathematician
Pierre Curie, Physicists
Pierre Curie
French physicist
Guglielmo Marconi, Physicists
Guglielmo Marconi
Italian inventor
Claude Debussy, Composers
Claude Debussy
Composers
Antoine Lavoisier, Chemists
Antoine Lavoisier
French chemist
Arthur C. Clarke, Writers
Arthur C. Clarke
British science-fiction writer
Rosa Parks, Activists & reformers
Rosa Parks
Activists & reformers
Pierre-Simon Laplace, Mathematicians
Pierre-Simon Laplace
French mathematician and astronomer
Robert Koch, Biologists
Robert Koch
Biologists
Paul Dirac, Mathematicians
Paul Dirac
British theoretical physicist
Tycho Brahe, Astronomers
Tycho Brahe
Astronomers
John von Neumann, Mathematicians
John von Neumann
Hungarian-American mathematician
Coco Chanel, Business & industry
Coco Chanel
Business & industry
Jane Goodall, Biologists
Jane Goodall
Biologists
Max Born, Physicists
Max Born
German-British physicist
Christiaan Huygens, Astronomers
Christiaan Huygens
Dutch mathematician and astronomer
André-Marie Ampère, Physicists
André-Marie Ampère
French physicist and mathematician
Joseph John Thomson, Physicists
Joseph John Thomson
British physicist
Desmond Tutu, Activists & reformers
Desmond Tutu
Activists & reformers
Hendrik Lorentz, Physicists
Hendrik Lorentz
Dutch physicist
Alessandro Volta, Physicists
Alessandro Volta
Italian physicist
Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, Physicists
Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman
Indian physicist
Edward Snowden, Computer scientists
Edward Snowden
American whistleblower