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Some of the people on the record

Members who answer for themselves, verified candidates, and public figures whose documented words we keep on the record. A–Z sample, not a leaderboard — 35 of 960 profiles worth meeting shown here.

35 people, A–Z Back to the directory
Adam Gopnik

Staff writer at The New Yorker; essayist

3 answers United States b. 1956

Alain de Botton

Writer and philosopher; founder of The School of Life

2 answers Switzerland / United Kingdom b. 1969

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Ariel Rubinstein

Professor of economics at Tel Aviv University and New York University

1 answer Israel b. 1951

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Beth Breeze

Professor of Philanthropic Studies at the University of Kent

1 answer United Kingdom

Bill Nye

Science communicator and television presenter

2 answers United States b. 1955

David Nasaw

Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. Professor of History at the CUNY Graduate Center

1 answer United States b. 1945

David Vélez

Co-founder and chief executive of Nubank

20 answers Colombia

Desmond Tutu

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

20 answers South Africa 1931–2021

Fareed Zakaria

Journalist and author; host of CNN’s Fareed Zakaria GPS

2 answers India / United States b. 1964

Guy Raz

Radio journalist and podcast host

1 answer United States b. 1975

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Harry Sidebottom

Ancient historian and novelist; teaches ancient history at Oxford University

1 answer United Kingdom

Henry Rollins

Musician, writer and broadcaster

2 answers United States b. 1961

John Gray

Political philosopher; emeritus professor at the London School of Economics

1 answer United Kingdom b. 1948

John Lewis

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

16 answers United States 1940–2020

Kwame Anthony Appiah

Professor of philosophy and law at New York University

1 answer Ghana / United Kingdom / United States b. 1954

Lisa Randall

Professor of theoretical physics at Harvard University

2 answers United States b. 1962

Mario Molina

Atmospheric chemist; Nobel laureate in Chemistry, 1995

17 answers Mexico 1943–2020

Martha Nussbaum

Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics, University of Chicago

1 answer United States b. 1947

Massimo Pigliucci

K.D. Irani Professor of Philosophy at the City College of New York

1 answer Italy / United States b. 1964

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Myra Strober

Labor economist; professor at Stanford’s School of Education

1 answer United States

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Astrophysicist; director of the Hayden Planetarium

1 answer United States b. 1958

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Paul Thagard

Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Waterloo

1 answer Canada b. 1950

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Richard Feynman

Theoretical physicist; Nobel laureate in Physics, 1965

20 answers United States 1918–1988

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Richard White

Margaret Byrne Professor of American History, Emeritus, Stanford University

1 answer United States

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Richard Wolfson

Benjamin F. Wissler Professor of Physics at Middlebury College

1 answer United States

Shinya Yamanaka

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

13 answers Japan b. 1962

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Skye C. Cleary

Philosopher and author of Existentialism and Romantic Love

1 answer Australia / United States

Steve Jobs

Co-founder and chief executive of Apple; co-founder of NeXT; chief executive of Pixar

27 answers United States 1955–2011

Winston Churchill

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

21 answers United Kingdom 1874–1965