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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 — 60 of 960 profiles worth meeting shown here.

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Alice Waters

Chef, restaurateur and food activist

9 answers United States b. 1944

Anne Enright

Novelist and short-story writer

8 answers Ireland b. 1962

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States, 2009–2017; United States Senator from Illinois 2005–2008

22 answers United States b. 1961

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Barbara Jordan

U.S. Representative from Texas, 1973–1979; Texas State Senator 1967–1973

1 answer United States 1936–1996

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Bong Joon-ho

Film director and screenwriter

4 answers South Korea b. 1969

Brian Eno

Composer, record producer and visual artist

4 answers United Kingdom b. 1948

Charlie Munger

Vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, 1978–2023

12 answers United States b. 1924

Corazon Aquino

President of the Philippines, 1986–1992

2 answers Philippines 1933–2009

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Dan Pallotta

Founder of Pallotta TeamWorks; founder of the Charity Defense Council

2 answers United States b. 1961

David Hare

Playwright and screenwriter

1 answer United Kingdom b. 1947

David Hockney

Painter, draughtsman, printmaker and photographer

4 answers United Kingdom b. 1937

Denis Mukwege

Gynaecological surgeon; Nobel Peace Prize laureate, 2018

2 answers Democratic Republic of the Congo b. 1955

Elinor Ostrom

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

3 answers United States 1933–2012

Elmore Leonard

Novelist and screenwriter

7 answers United States 1925–2013

Geoff Dyer

Essayist and novelist

3 answers United Kingdom b. 1958

Haruki Murakami

Novelist, short-story writer and translator

4 answers Japan b. 1949

Howard Marks

Co-founder and co-chairman of Oaktree Capital Management

2 answers United States b. 1946

Indra Nooyi

Chief executive of PepsiCo, 2006–2018

3 answers United States b. 1955

Jacinda Ardern

Prime Minister of New Zealand, 2017–2023; Leader of the Labour Party 2017–2023

3 answers New Zealand b. 1980

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Jamie Dimon

Chairman and chief executive of JPMorgan Chase from 2005

2 answers United States b. 1956

John Lewis

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

16 answers United States 1940–2020

Katalin Karikó

Biochemist; Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine, 2023

2 answers Hungary / United States b. 1955

Kazuo Ishiguro

Novelist and screenwriter; Nobel laureate in Literature, 2017

9 answers United Kingdom b. 1954

Lee Kuan Yew

Prime Minister of Singapore, 1959–1990; Senior Minister 1990–2004; Minister Mentor 2004–2011

3 answers Singapore 1923–2015

Li Na

Chinese professional tennis player, 1999–2014

3 answers China b. 1982

Mario Molina

Atmospheric chemist; Nobel laureate in Chemistry, 1995

17 answers Mexico 1943–2020

Maryam Mirzakhani

Mathematician; Fields Medallist, 2014

2 answers Iran / United States 1977–2017

Mellody Hobson

Co-chief executive and president of Ariel Investments

17 answers United States b. 1969

Muhammad Yunus

Founder of Grameen Bank; Nobel Peace Prize laureate, 2006

3 answers Bangladesh b. 1940

Neil Gaiman

Author of fiction, comics and screenplays

10 answers United Kingdom b. 1960

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Director-General of the World Trade Organization from 2021; Finance Minister of Nigeria, 2003–2006 and 2011–2015

2 answers Nigeria b. 1954

Nick Cave

Songwriter, musician and novelist

4 answers Australia b. 1957

Orhan Pamuk

Novelist; Nobel laureate in Literature, 2006

3 answers Turkey b. 1952

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Rahul Dravid

India Test and one-day international cricketer, 1996–2012; later India head coach

4 answers India b. 1973

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Richard Feynman

Theoretical physicist; Nobel laureate in Physics, 1965

20 answers United States 1918–1988

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Richard Hamming

Mathematician and computer scientist; Turing Award, 1968

4 answers United States 1915–1998

Roger Penrose

Mathematical physicist; Nobel laureate in Physics, 2020

2 answers United Kingdom b. 1931

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1993–2020; Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit 1980–1993

4 answers United States 1933–2020

Ryuichi Sakamoto

Composer, pianist and record producer

4 answers Japan 1952–2023

Shinya Yamanaka

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

13 answers Japan b. 1962

Siya Kolisi

South Africa international rugby union flanker and captain

4 answers South Africa b. 1991

Tadao Ando

Architect; Pritzker Prize laureate, 1995

5 answers Japan

Terence Tao

Mathematician; Fields Medallist, 2006

3 answers Australia / United States

Theodore Roosevelt

26th President of the United States, 1901–1909; Governor of New York 1899–1900; Assistant Secretary of the Navy 1897–1898

7 answers United States

Tu Youyou

Pharmaceutical chemist; Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine, 2015

3 answers China b. 1930

Warren Buffett

Chairman and chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway, 1970–2025

22 answers United States b. 1930

Winston Churchill

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

21 answers United Kingdom 1874–1965

Wisława Szymborska

Poet and essayist; Nobel laureate in Literature, 1996

3 answers Poland 1923–2012

Yaa Gyasi

Novelist

7 answers Ghana / United States

Yo-Yo Ma

Cellist

9 answers France / United States b. 1955

Zadie Smith

Novelist and essayist

7 answers United Kingdom b. 1975

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