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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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Philosophy & Religion25
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Notable people

Johannes Vermeer, Painters
Johannes Vermeer
Painters
Jeff Bezos, Computer scientists
Jeff Bezos
American entrepreneur
Georg Cantor, Mathematicians
Georg Cantor
Mathematicians
Rosalind Franklin, Chemists
Rosalind Franklin
British chemist
Charles Babbage, Mathematicians
Charles Babbage
English mathematician and inventor
William Herschel, Astronomers
William Herschel
German-born British astronomer
Robert Boyle, Physicists
Robert Boyle
Anglo-Irish chemist
Jean Le Rond d'Alembert, Philosophers
Jean Le Rond d'Alembert
French mathematician and philosopher
Pierre de Fermat, Mathematicians
Pierre de Fermat
Mathematicians
Caravaggio, Painters
Caravaggio
Painters
John Dalton, Physicists
John Dalton
English chemist and physicist
Arthur Miller, Playwrights
Arthur Miller
Playwrights
Linus Pauling, Chemists
Linus Pauling
American chemist
Andrei Sakharov, Physicists
Andrei Sakharov
Soviet physicist
Carl Benz, Engineers
Carl Benz
Engineers
Anaxagoras, Mathematicians
Anaxagoras
Pre-Socratic Greek philosopher
Heinrich Hertz, Physicists
Heinrich Hertz
German physicist
Kurt Gödel, Mathematicians
Kurt Gödel
Austrian-American logician
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