For his work on an application of the CM-2 massively-parallel computer, he won the Gordon Bell Prize. Philip Emeagwali: 190īorn in Akure, Nigeria, in 1954, Emeagwali is a computer scientist. Thomas Young: 185-200īorn in 1773 in Milverton, Young is known for his contributions to various fields, including language, Egyptology, and physiology. He’s famous for postulating the theory that a fermion can be its own antiparticle. Italian physicist Majorana was born in 1906 in Catania. He’s known as one of India’s greatest mathematicians and made significant contributions to elliptic functions, the analytical theory of numbers, and infinite series. Ramanujan was born in 1887 in Erode, India. Gottfried Leibniz: 182-205īorn in 1646 in Leipzig, Germany, Leibniz was a polymath who developed the modern notation for differential and integral calculus. He’s best known for his artwork, but he also made several scientific discoveries. Leonardo da Vinci: 180-210ĭa Vinci was born in 1452 in Anchiano, Italy. A famous utilitarian philosopher, he’s best known for his works System of Logic, On Liberty, and Utilitarianism. Mill was born in London, England, in 1806. He’s considered the father of modern science. Considered the greatest mathematician of the 18th Century, Euler made significant contributions to the field. Leonhard Euler: 180-200Įuler was born in Basel, Swiss Confederacy, in 1707. She was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize and the first person to win the Nobel Prize twice.
Marie Curie: 180-200Ĭurie was born in 1867 in Warsaw. He is a politician who has served as the governor of New Hampshire and White House Chief of Staff. As Queen of Egypt, she was heavily involved in influencing Roman politics. Cleopatra: 180Ĭleopatra was born in 69 BC in Alexandria, Egypt.
She was the first female mathematician to have work well recorded. Hypatia was born between 350 and 370 AD in Alexandria. Judit Polgar: 170īorn in 1979 in Budapest, Polgar is a chess grandmaster and considered the best female chess player. He first attended university at the age of ten with no previous schooling. Jacob Barnett: 170īarnett was born in Indianapolis in 1998. His best-known work is Heaven and Hell, a book on the afterlife. Philosopher, scientist, and theologist, Swedenborg was born in 1688 in Stockholm. With one of the highest IQs ever, he was the creator of the Tesla coil. Tesla was born in 1856 in Smiljan, modern-day Croatia. He was the first person to create a universe model with the sun at the center. Nicolaus Copernicus: 160-200Ĭopernicus was born in 1473 in Toruń, Poland.
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