People

Members who answer for themselves, verified candidates, and public figures whose documented answers we keep on the record. This page shows some of them and changes; everybody else is a search away. There is no most-followed list here on purpose.

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Ada Yonath

Structural biologist; Nobel laureate in Chemistry, 2009

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1 answer Israel b. 1939

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Ahmed Zewail

Chemist; Nobel laureate in Chemistry, 1999

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4 answers Egypt / United States 1946–2016

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Alan Shepard

Naval aviator and astronaut; the first American in space and the fifth person to walk on the Moon

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1 answer United States 1923–1998

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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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Andre Geim

Condensed matter physicist; Nobel laureate in Physics, 2010

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2 answers Russia / Netherlands / United Kingdom b. 1958

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Andrew Weil

Physician; founder of the Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona

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1 answer United States b. 1942

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Anthony Fauci

Physician and immunologist; director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 1984–2022

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2 answers United States b. 1940

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Bert Sakmann

Cell physiologist; Nobel laureate in physiology or medicine for the patch clamp technique

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1 answer Germany b. 1942

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BJ Miller

Palliative care physician; founder of the Zen Hospice Project guest house programme

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1 answer United States

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Charles H. Townes

Physicist; Nobel laureate in physics for the invention of the maser and laser

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3 answers United States 1915–2015

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Chris Young

Cook and inventor; co-author of Modernist Cuisine, co-founder of ChefSteps

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1 answer United States

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Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard

Developmental biologist; Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine, 1995

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4 answers Germany b. 1942

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Daniel Kahneman

Psychologist; laureate of the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences, 2002

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3 answers Israel / United States 1934–2024

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Denis Mukwege

Gynaecological surgeon; Nobel Peace Prize laureate, 2018

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2 answers Democratic Republic of the Congo b. 1955

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Denton Cooley

Cardiothoracic surgeon; founder of the Texas Heart Institute

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4 answers United States 1920–2016

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Elinor Ostrom

Political economist; laureate of the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences, 2009

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3 answers United States 1933–2012

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Elizabeth Blackburn

Molecular biologist; Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine, 2009

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2 answers Australia / United States b. 1948

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Elizabeth Iro

Nurse and midwife; first Chief Nursing Officer of the World Health Organization, 2017–2022

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1 answer Cook Islands

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Ellen Ochoa

Electrical engineer and astronaut; director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center, 2013–2018

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1 answer United States b. 1958

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Emmanuelle Charpentier

Microbiologist; Nobel laureate in Chemistry, 2020

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1 answer France b. 1968

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Esther Duflo

Development economist; laureate of the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences, 2019

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1 answer France / United States b. 1972

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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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Frederick Sanger

Biochemist; twice a Nobel laureate in Chemistry, 1958 and 1980

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2 answers United Kingdom 1918–2013

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George Schaller

Field biologist and conservationist; Wildlife Conservation Society

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1 answer United States b. 1933

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Gertrude B. Elion

Biochemist and pharmacologist; Nobel laureate in physiology or medicine

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3 answers United States 1918–1999

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Harold Kroto

Chemist; Nobel laureate in chemistry for the discovery of fullerenes

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1 answer United Kingdom 1939–2016

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Jennifer Doudna

Biochemist; Nobel laureate in Chemistry, 2020

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2 answers United States b. 1964

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Jocelyn Bell Burnell

Radio astronomer; discoverer of pulsars

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4 answers United Kingdom b. 1943

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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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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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Lee Berger

Palaeoanthropologist; University of the Witwatersrand

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1 answer South Africa b. 1965

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M. Sanjayan

Conservation scientist; chief executive of Conservation International

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1 answer United States

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Mario Molina

Atmospheric chemist; Nobel laureate in Chemistry, 1995

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16 answers Mexico 1943–2020

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Maryam Mirzakhani

Mathematician; Fields Medallist, 2014

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2 answers Iran / United States 1977–2017

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Matthew Walker

Neuroscientist; professor of neuroscience and psychology at the University of California, Berkeley

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1 answer United Kingdom

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Author and probability researcher; Distinguished Professor of Risk Engineering at NYU

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1 answer Lebanon b. 1960

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Nicolaas Bloembergen

Physicist; Nobel laureate in physics for work in laser spectroscopy

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1 answer Netherlands / United States 1920–2017

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Norman Borlaug

Plant pathologist and agronomist; Nobel Peace Prize, 1970

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3 answers United States 1914–2009

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Oliver Sacks

Neurologist and writer

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10 answers United Kingdom 1933–2015

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Paul Farmer

Physician and medical anthropologist; co-founder of Partners In Health

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4 answers United States 1959–2022

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Peter Doherty

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

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4 answers Australia b. 1940

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Richard Feynman

Theoretical physicist; Nobel laureate in Physics, 1965

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16 answers United States 1918–1988

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Richard Hamming

Mathematician and computer scientist; Turing Award, 1968

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4 answers United States 1915–1998

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Richard Leakey

Palaeoanthropologist and conservationist; head of the Kenya Wildlife Service

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2 answers Kenya 1944–2022

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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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Robert Ballard

Marine geologist and oceanographer; discoverer of the wreck of the Titanic

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1 answer United States b. 1942

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Robert J. Lefkowitz

Physician and biochemist; Nobel laureate in chemistry for work on G protein-coupled receptors

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3 answers United States b. 1943

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Robert S. Langer

Biomedical engineer; Institute Professor at MIT

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4 answers United States b. 1948

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Roger Penrose

Mathematical physicist; Nobel laureate in Physics, 2020

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2 answers United Kingdom b. 1931

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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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Svante Pääbo

Geneticist; Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine, 2022

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1 answer Sweden / Germany b. 1955

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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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Tenley Albright

Surgeon; Olympic figure-skating champion, 1956

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2 answers United States b. 1935

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Terence Tao

Mathematician; Fields Medallist, 2006

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2 answers Australia / United States b. 1975

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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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Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

Structural biologist; Nobel laureate in Chemistry, 2009

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3 answers India / United Kingdom b. 1952

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Werner Arber

Microbiologist; Nobel laureate in physiology or medicine for the discovery of restriction enzymes

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1 answer Switzerland b. 1929

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Willem Kolff

Physician and inventor; builder of the first practical artificial kidney

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5 answers Netherlands 1911–2009

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