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Galileo Galilei

Feb 15, 1564

Galileo Galilei, often known mononymously as Galileo, was an Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who played a major role in the Scientific Revolution.

Issac Newton

Sep 25, 1642

Sir Isaac Newton PRS MP was an English physicist and mathematician who is widely regarded as one of the most influential scientists of all time and as a key figure in the scientific revolution.

Gottfried Leibniz

Jul 1, 1646

Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz was a German mathematician and philosopher. He occupies a prominent place in the history of mathematics and the history of philosophy.

Thomas Edison

Feb 11, 1847

Thomas Alva Edison was an American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and a long-lasting, practical electric light bulb.

Frank Lloyd Wright

Jun 8, 1867

Frank Lloyd Wright was an American architect, interior designer, writer and educator, who designed more than 1000 structures and completed 532 works.

Mahatma Gandhi

Oct 2, 1869

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was the preeminent leader of Indian nationalism in British-ruled India. Employing non-violent civil disobedience, Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world.

Albert Einstein

Mar 14, 1879

Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the general theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics

Pablo Picasso

Oct 25, 1881

Pablo Ruiz y Picasso, known as Pablo Picasso was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer who spent most of his adult life in France.

Martha Graham

May 11, 1894

Martha Graham was an American modern dancer and choreographer whose influence on dance has been compared with the influence Picasso had on the modern visual arts, Stravinsky had on music, or Frank Lloyd Wright had on architecture.

Buckminster Fuller

Jul 12, 1895

Richard Buckminster "Bucky" Fuller was an American architect, systems theorist, author, designer, inventor, and futurist. Fuller published more than 30 books, coining or popularizing terms such as "Spaceship Earth", ephemeralization, and synergetic

Amelia Earhart

Jul 24, 1897

Amelia Mary Earhart was an American aviation pioneer and author. Earhart was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She received the U.S. Distinguished Flying Cross for this record.

Alfred Hitchcock

Aug 13, 1899

Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE was an English film director and producer. He pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres

Bernt Balchen

Oct 23, 1899

Bernt Balchen was a pioneer polar aviator, navigator, aircraft mechanical engineer and military leader.

Maria Callas

Dec 2, 1923

Maria Callas, Commendatore OMRI was an American-born Greek soprano and one of the most renowned and influential opera singers of the 20th century. Critics praised her bel canto technique, wide-ranging voice and dramatic gifts

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Jan 15, 1929

Martin Luther King, Jr. was an American clergyman, activist, and leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience.

Yoko Ono

Feb 18, 1933

Yoko Ono is a Japanese artist and peace activist, known for her work in avant-garde art, music and filmmaking and for her 1969–1980 marriage to John Lennon. Ono brought feminism to the forefront in her music

Jim Henson

Sep 24, 1936

James Maury "Jim" Henson was an American puppeteer, screenwriter, film director and producer, best known as the creator of The Muppets.

Ted Turner

Nov 19, 1938

Robert Edward "Ted" Turner III is an American media mogul. As a businessman, he is known as founder of the cable news network CNN, the first 24-hour cable news channel.

John Lennon

Oct 9, 1940

John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE was an English musician, singer and songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as a founder member of the Beatles, the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed band in the history of popular music.

Bob Dylan

Mar 24, 1941

Bob Dylan is an American musician, singer-songwriter, artist, and writer. He has been an influential figure in popular music and culture for more than five decades.

Muhammad Ali

Jan 17, 1942

Muhammad Ali is an American former professional boxer, generally considered among the greatest heavyweights in the sport's history.

Richard Branson

Jul 18, 1950

Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson is an English business magnate and investor. He is best known as the founder of Virgin Group of more than 400 companies. His first business venture was a magazine called Student at the age of 16.