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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 — 39 of 960 profiles worth meeting shown here.

39 people, A–Z Back to the directory
Amy Tan

Novelist; author of The Joy Luck Club

5 answers United States b. 1952

Andrew Young

Civil rights leader, US Ambassador to the United Nations, Mayor of Atlanta

7 answers United States b. 1932

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

DA
Diana Athill

Editor and memoirist

7 answers United Kingdom 1917–2019

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Freddie Hubbard

Jazz trumpeter and composer

3 answers United States 1938–2008

GH
Geoffrey Hinton

Computer scientist; Nobel laureate in Physics, 2024

2 answers United Kingdom / Canada b. 1947

HM
Henry Marsh

Neurosurgeon and writer

10 answers United Kingdom b. 1950

Pete Rozelle

Commissioner of the National Football League, 1960–1989

6 answers United States 1926–1996

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Robert Reich

Economist; U.S. Secretary of Labor, 1993–1997

1 answer United States b. 1946

Stephen Sondheim

Composer and lyricist for the musical theatre

7 answers 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

Susan Wojcicki

Chief executive of YouTube; Google's first marketing manager

3 answers United States

Tadao Ando

Architect; Pritzker Prize laureate, 1995

5 answers Japan

Toni Morrison

Novelist and editor; Nobel laureate in Literature, 1993

6 answers United States

Yaa Gyasi

Novelist

7 answers Ghana / United States