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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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A.J. Jacobs

Journalist and author of The Year of Living Biblically

1 answer United States

Ahmed Zewail

Chemist; Nobel laureate in Chemistry, 1999

4 answers Egypt / United States 1946–2016

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Ann Miura-Ko

Co-founding partner of Floodgate; lecturer at Stanford University

1 answer United States

Anne Enright

Novelist and short-story writer

8 answers Ireland b. 1962

Bill Gurley

General partner at Benchmark Capital

2 answers United States b. 1966

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BJ Miller

Palliative care physician; founder of the Zen Hospice Project guest house programme

1 answer United States

Brian Chesky

Co-founder and chief executive of Airbnb

3 answers United States b. 1981

Charlie Munger

Vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, 1978–2023

12 answers United States b. 1924

Cheryl Strayed

Author of Wild and Tiny Beautiful Things

1 answer United States b. 1968

Chris Hoy

British track cyclist, 1994–2013

11 answers United Kingdom b. 1976

Dan Carter

New Zealand international rugby union fly-half, 2003–2015

2 answers New Zealand b. 1982

Daniel Kahneman

Psychologist; laureate of the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences, 2002

3 answers Israel / United States 1934–2024

David Vélez

Co-founder and chief executive of Nubank

20 answers Colombia

Debbie Millman

Designer; host of Design Matters; founder of the SVA branding programme

4 answers United States

Demis Hassabis

Co-founder and chief executive of Google DeepMind; Nobel laureate in Chemistry

1 answer United Kingdom b. 1976

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Derek Sivers

Founder of CD Baby; author of Anything You Want

12 answers United States

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Elizabeth Iro

Nurse and midwife; first Chief Nursing Officer of the World Health Organization, 2017–2022

1 answer Cook Islands

Frederick Douglass

Abolitionist, orator, newspaper editor and U.S. diplomat; U.S. Marshal for the District of Columbia 1877–1881; U.S. Minister Resident to Haiti 1889–1891

2 answers United States 1818–1895

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Graham Duncan

Investor; co-founder of East Rock Capital

3 answers United States

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Hiroshi Mikitani

Founder, chairman and chief executive of Rakuten

2 answers Japan b. 1965

Howard Schultz

Chief executive of Starbucks, 1987–2000, 2008–2017 and 2022–2023

2 answers United States b. 1953

Indra Nooyi

Chief executive of PepsiCo, 2006–2018

3 answers United States b. 1955

J.K. Rowling

Novelist and screenwriter

3 answers United Kingdom b. 1965

Jerrod Carmichael

Stand-up comedian; creator of The Carmichael Show

1 answer United States b. 1987

John Lewis

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

16 answers United States 1940–2020

Katie Taylor

Irish professional boxer; Olympic champion 2012

3 answers Ireland b. 1986

Kobe Bryant

United States basketball player, Los Angeles Lakers, 1996–2016

2 answers United States b. 1978

Larry King

Broadcaster; host of Larry King Live on CNN, 1985–2010

3 answers United States 1933–2021

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Lewis Hamilton

British Formula One driver

2 answers United Kingdom b. 1985

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M. Sanjayan

Conservation scientist; chief executive of Conservation International

2 answers United States

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

Mellody Hobson

Co-chief executive and president of Ariel Investments

17 answers United States b. 1969

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Neil Sheehan

War correspondent and author; Pulitzer Prize winner, 1989

2 answers United States 1936–2021

Nicholas McCarthy

Concert pianist; the first one-handed pianist to graduate from the Royal College of Music

1 answer United Kingdom

Phil Keoghan

Television presenter; host of The Amazing Race

2 answers New Zealand b. 1967

Reid Hoffman

Co-founder of LinkedIn; partner at Greylock Partners

5 answers United States b. 1967

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Richard Feynman

Theoretical physicist; Nobel laureate in Physics, 1965

20 answers United States 1918–1988

Roger Federer

Swiss professional tennis player, 1998–2022

3 answers Switzerland b. 1981

Sachin Tendulkar

India Test and one-day international cricketer, 1989–2013

2 answers India b. 1973

Sebastian Junger

War correspondent and author; co-director of the documentary Restrepo

3 answers United States b. 1962

Shinya Yamanaka

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

13 answers Japan b. 1962

Soman Chainani

Novelist and screenwriter; author of The School for Good and Evil

3 answers United States

Svante Pääbo

Geneticist; Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine, 2022

1 answer Sweden / Germany b. 1955

Tadao Ando

Architect; Pritzker Prize laureate, 1995

5 answers Japan

Tanni Grey-Thompson

British wheelchair racer, 1988–2007; member of the House of Lords

5 answers United Kingdom

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Wangari Maathai

Founder of the Green Belt Movement; Member of Parliament for Tetu, Kenya, 2002–2007; Assistant Minister for Environment and Natural Resources 2003–2005

3 answers Kenya 1940–2011

Warren Buffett

Chairman and chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway, 1970–2025

22 answers United States b. 1930

Yaa Gyasi

Novelist

7 answers Ghana / United States

Yves Bonnefoy

Poet, essayist and translator

2 answers France 1923–2016

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