People — FLAPSS

Ahmed Zewail

Chemist; Nobel laureate in Chemistry, 1999

4 answers Egypt / United States 1946–2016

Akio Toyoda

President of Toyota Motor Corporation, 2009–2023; chairman from 2023

2 answers Japan b. 1956

Ali Abbasi

@aliabbasi

Lifetime learner

8 answers Bay Area, US

Angela Merkel

Chancellor of Germany, 2005–2021; Leader of the Christian Democratic Union 2000–2018

2 answers Germany b. 1954

Anne Enright

Novelist and short-story writer

8 answers Ireland b. 1962

Annie Proulx

Novelist and short-story writer

2 answers United States b. 1935

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States, 2009–2017; United States Senator from Illinois 2005–2008

22 answers United States b. 1961

Charlie Munger

Vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, 1978–2023

12 answers United States b. 1924

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Novelist and essayist

6 answers Nigeria b. 1977

Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard

Developmental biologist; Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine, 1995

12 answers Germany b. 1942

Dan Carter

New Zealand international rugby union fly-half, 2003–2015

2 answers New Zealand b. 1982

Denis Mukwege

Gynaecological surgeon; Nobel Peace Prize laureate, 2018

2 answers Democratic Republic of the Congo b. 1955

Eleanor Roosevelt

First Lady of the United States 1933–1945; United States Delegate to the United Nations General Assembly 1945–1952; Chair of the UN Commission on Human Rights 1946–1951

4 answers United States 1884–1962

Eliud Kipchoge

Kenyan marathon runner

5 answers Kenya b. 1984

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

President of Liberia, 2006–2018

4 answers Liberia b. 1938

FA

FLAPSS Admin

@admin

1 answer

Indra Nooyi

Chief executive of PepsiCo, 2006–2018

3 answers United States b. 1955

J.K. Rowling

Novelist and screenwriter

3 answers United Kingdom b. 1965

Jacinda Ardern

Prime Minister of New Zealand, 2017–2023; Leader of the Labour Party 2017–2023

3 answers New Zealand b. 1980

Jeanette Winterson

Novelist and essayist

3 answers United Kingdom b. 1959

Jimmy Carter

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

10 answers United States 1924–2024

John C. Bogle

Founder of The Vanguard Group, 1974

2 answers United States b. 1929

John Lewis

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

16 answers United States 1940–2020

John McCain

United States Senator from Arizona, 1987–2018; U.S. Representative 1983–1987; Republican nominee for President in 2008

1 answer United States 1936–2018

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

Founder and executive chairperson of Biocon

1 answer India b. 1953

Kofi Annan

Secretary-General of the United Nations, 1997–2006

1 answer Ghana 1938–2018

Lech Wałęsa

President of Poland, 1990–1995; co-founder and chairman of the Solidarity trade union

1 answer Poland b. 1943

Lee Kuan Yew

Prime Minister of Singapore, 1959–1990; Senior Minister 1990–2004; Minister Mentor 2004–2011

3 answers Singapore 1923–2015

Malala Yousafzai

Education campaigner; co-founder of the Malala Fund; United Nations Messenger of Peace

10 answers Pakistan b. 1997

Margaret Atwood

Novelist, poet and critic

2 answers Canada b. 1939

MT

Margaret Thatcher

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

3 answers United Kingdom 1925–2013

Marina Abramović

Performance artist

16 answers Serbia b. 1946

Mario Molina

Atmospheric chemist; Nobel laureate in Chemistry, 1995

17 answers Mexico 1943–2020

Martin Luther King Jr.

Baptist minister; President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference 1957–1968

1 answer United States 1929–1968

Mellody Hobson

Co-chief executive and president of Ariel Investments

17 answers United States b. 1969

Mikhail Gorbachev

General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union 1985–1991; President of the Soviet Union 1990–1991

3 answers Soviet Union / Russia 1931–2022

Muhammad Yunus

Founder of Grameen Bank; Nobel Peace Prize laureate, 2006

3 answers Bangladesh b. 1940

Naomi Osaka

Japanese professional tennis player

3 answers Japan b. 1997

Neil Gaiman

Author of fiction, comics and screenplays

10 answers United Kingdom b. 1960

Patti Smith

Musician, poet and photographer

6 answers United States b. 1946

PD

Peter Doherty

Veterinary surgeon and immunologist; Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine, 1996

4 answers Australia b. 1940

RD

Rahul Dravid

India Test and one-day international cricketer, 1996–2012; later India head coach

4 answers India b. 1973

Ratan Tata

Chairman of Tata Sons, 1991–2012

1 answer India b. 1937

RF

Richard Feynman

Theoretical physicist; Nobel laureate in Physics, 1965

20 answers United States 1918–1988

Richard Ford

Novelist and short-story writer

2 answers United States b. 1944

Roger Federer

Swiss professional tennis player, 1998–2022

3 answers Switzerland b. 1981

Ronald Reagan

40th President of the United States, 1981–1989; Governor of California 1967–1975

4 answers United States 1911–2004

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1993–2020; Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit 1980–1993

4 answers United States 1933–2020

Shinya Yamanaka

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

13 answers Japan b. 1962

Sonia Sotomayor

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 2009–present

2 answers United States b. 1954

Tadao Ando

Architect; Pritzker Prize laureate, 1995

5 answers Japan

Theodore Roosevelt

26th President of the United States, 1901–1909; Governor of New York 1899–1900; Assistant Secretary of the Navy 1897–1898

7 answers United States

Toni Morrison

Novelist and editor; Nobel laureate in Literature, 1993

6 answers United States

WM

Wangari Maathai

Founder of the Green Belt Movement; Member of Parliament for Tetu, Kenya, 2002–2007; Assistant Minister for Environment and Natural Resources 2003–2005

3 answers Kenya 1940–2011