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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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Ali Abbasi

@aliabbasi

Lifetime learner

8 answers Bay Area, US

Alice Waters

Chef, restaurateur and food activist

9 answers United States b. 1944

Andre Geim

Condensed matter physicist; Nobel laureate in Physics, 2010

2 answers Russia / Netherlands / United Kingdom b. 1958

Andy Murray

British professional tennis player, 2005–2024

4 answers United Kingdom b. 1987

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

Bill Gates

Co-founder of Microsoft; co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

3 answers United States b. 1955

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Bong Joon-ho

Film director and screenwriter

4 answers South Korea b. 1969

Bozoma Saint John

Marketing executive; former chief marketing officer of Netflix

7 answers United States

Cathy Freeman

Australian sprinter, 1990–2003

4 answers Australia b. 1973

Charlie Munger

Vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, 1978–2023

12 answers United States b. 1924

Chris Hoy

British track cyclist, 1994–2013

11 answers United Kingdom b. 1976

David Hockney

Painter, draughtsman, printmaker and photographer

4 answers United Kingdom b. 1937

David Vélez

Co-founder and chief executive of Nubank

20 answers Colombia

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Derek Sivers

Founder of CD Baby; author of Anything You Want

12 answers United States

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

Edmund Hillary

Mountaineer and explorer; first ascent of Everest, 1953

20 answers New Zealand 1919–2008

Elmore Leonard

Novelist and screenwriter

7 answers United States 1925–2013

Frances Arnold

Chemical engineer; Nobel laureate in Chemistry, 2018

3 answers United States b. 1956

Haruki Murakami

Novelist, short-story writer and translator

4 answers Japan b. 1949

Jennifer Doudna

Biochemist; Nobel laureate in Chemistry, 2020

2 answers United States b. 1964

John Lewis

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

16 answers United States 1940–2020

Joyce Carol Oates

Novelist, short story writer and essayist

9 answers United States b. 1938

Kazuo Ishiguro

Novelist and screenwriter; Nobel laureate in Literature, 2017

9 answers United Kingdom b. 1954

Lynsey Addario

Photojournalist and war photographer; Pulitzer Prize winner, 2009

5 answers United States b. 1973

Malala Yousafzai

Education campaigner; co-founder of the Malala Fund; United Nations Messenger of Peace

10 answers Pakistan b. 1997

Malcolm Gladwell

Staff writer at The New Yorker; author of The Tipping Point and Outliers

6 answers Canada b. 1963

Mario Molina

Atmospheric chemist; Nobel laureate in Chemistry, 1995

17 answers Mexico 1943–2020

Megan Rapinoe

United States international footballer, 2006–2023

6 answers United States b. 1985

Mellody Hobson

Co-chief executive and president of Ariel Investments

17 answers United States b. 1969

Neil Gaiman

Author of fiction, comics and screenplays

10 answers United Kingdom b. 1960

Patti Smith

Musician, poet and photographer

6 answers United States b. 1946

Rafael Nadal

Spanish professional tennis player, 2001–2024

8 answers Spain b. 1986

Ralph Nader

Lawyer and consumer advocate; author of Unsafe at Any Speed

4 answers United States b. 1934

Roger Federer

Swiss professional tennis player, 1998–2022

3 answers Switzerland b. 1981

Ronald Reagan

40th President of the United States, 1981–1989; Governor of California 1967–1975

4 answers United States 1911–2004

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

Serena Williams

United States professional tennis player, 1995–2022

13 answers United States b. 1981

Shinya Yamanaka

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

13 answers Japan b. 1962

Simone Biles

United States artistic gymnast

13 answers United States b. 1997

Steve Jobs

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

27 answers United States 1955–2011

Toni Morrison

Novelist and editor; Nobel laureate in Literature, 1993

6 answers United States

Warren Buffett

Chairman and chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway, 1970–2025

22 answers United States b. 1930

Willem Kolff

Physician and inventor; builder of the first practical artificial kidney

5 answers Netherlands 1911–2009

Winston Churchill

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

21 answers United Kingdom 1874–1965

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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