People

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Albie Sachs

Anti-apartheid lawyer; Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa

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3 answers South Africa b. 1935

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Alex Honnold

Rock climber; first person to free solo El Capitan

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2 answers United States b. 1985

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Alexis Ohanian

Co-founder of Reddit; founder of Seven Seven Six

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1 answer United States b. 1983

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Amartya Sen

Economist and philosopher; laureate of the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences, 1998

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3 answers India b. 1933

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Amy Tan

Novelist; author of The Joy Luck Club

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3 answers United States b. 1952

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Andrew Ng

Co-founder of Coursera and of Google Brain; founder of DeepLearning.AI

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2 answers United States b. 1976

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Anthony Kennedy

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1988–2018

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1 answer United States b. 1936

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Bill Gates

Co-founder of Microsoft; co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

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3 answers United States b. 1955

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Brian Koppelman

Screenwriter and showrunner; co-writer of Rounders, co-creator of Billions

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1 answer United States b. 1966

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Dan Harris

Broadcast journalist; author of 10% Happier

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1 answer United States b. 1971

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David Heinemeier Hansson

Creator of Ruby on Rails; chief technology officer of 37signals

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2 answers Denmark

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Desmond Tutu

Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town; chair of South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission; Nobel Peace Prize, 1984

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22 answers South Africa 1931–2021

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Edmund Hillary

Mountaineer and explorer; first ascent of Everest, 1953

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20 answers New Zealand 1919–2008

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Elie Wiesel

Writer and human rights advocate; Nobel Peace Prize laureate, 1986

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5 answers United States 1928–2016

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Frances Arnold

Chemical engineer; Nobel laureate in Chemistry, 2018

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3 answers United States b. 1956

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Hilary Mantel

Novelist and critic

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4 answers United Kingdom 1952–2022

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Jack Dee

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8 answers b. 1961

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Jason Portnoy

Investor; early finance executive at PayPal and Palantir

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1 answer United States

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Jim Loehr

Performance psychologist; co-founder of the Human Performance Institute

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1 answer United States

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Jimmy Carter

39th President of the United States, 1977–1981; Governor of Georgia 1971–1975

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9 answers United States 1924–2024

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John Lewis

U.S. Representative from Georgia, 1987–2020; Chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee 1963–1966

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16 answers United States 1940–2020

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John Vervaeke

Professor of psychology and cognitive science at the University of Toronto

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1 answer Canada

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Katalin Karikó

Biochemist; Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine, 2023

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2 answers Hungary / United States b. 1955

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Kazuo Ishiguro

Novelist and screenwriter; Nobel laureate in Literature, 2017

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9 answers United Kingdom b. 1954

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Keith Black

Neurosurgeon; chair of neurosurgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

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3 answers United States b. 1957

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Margaret Thatcher

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1979–1990; Leader of the Conservative Party 1975–1990; MP for Finchley 1959–1992

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3 answers United Kingdom 1925–2013

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Michael Gervais

Performance psychologist; host of the Finding Mastery podcast

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2 answers United States

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Neil Gaiman

Author of fiction, comics and screenplays

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10 answers United Kingdom b. 1960

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Oliver Sacks

Neurologist and writer

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10 answers United Kingdom 1933–2015

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Pete Adeney

Writer of the early-retirement blog Mr. Money Mustache

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1 answer United States

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Rana el Kaliouby

Computer scientist; co-founder of Affectiva

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1 answer Egypt

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Ricardo Semler

Chief executive and later chairman of Semco Partners, Brazil

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3 answers Brazil b. 1959

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Rita Levi-Montalcini

Neurobiologist; Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine, 1986

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2 answers Italy 1909–2012

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Satya Nadella

Chief executive of Microsoft

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2 answers United States b. 1967

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Sebastian Junger

War correspondent and author; co-director of the documentary Restrepo

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2 answers United States b. 1962

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Shinya Yamanaka

Stem cell biologist; Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine, 2012

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5 answers Japan b. 1962

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Suzanne Farrell

Ballerina and ballet master; répétiteur for the Balanchine Trust

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5 answers United States b. 1945

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Sylvia Earle

Marine biologist and oceanographer; first woman to serve as Chief Scientist of NOAA

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3 answers United States b. 1935

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Tim O'Reilly

Founder and chief executive of O'Reilly Media

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1 answer United States b. 1954

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Tu Youyou

Pharmaceutical chemist; Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine, 2015

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3 answers China b. 1930

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Wendy Kopp

Founder of Teach For America; chief executive of Teach For All

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4 answers United States b. 1967

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Whitney Cummings

Comedian and writer; co-creator of 2 Broke Girls

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2 answers United States b. 1982

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Winston Churchill

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1940–1945 and 1951–1955; Member of Parliament 1900–1964

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21 answers United Kingdom 1874–1965

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Yehuda Amichai

Poet

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2 answers Israel 1924–2000

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