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14 answers b. 1960
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Adam Peaty
British swimmer; Olympic champion 2016 and 2021
6 answers United Kingdom b. 1994
AH
9 answers b. 1981
Alex Honnold
Rock climber; first person to free solo El Capitan
2 answers United States b. 1985
AL
13 answers b. 1995
8 answers Bay Area, US
Alice Waters
Chef, restaurateur and food activist
9 answers United States b. 1944
AB
9 answers b. 1958
AO
12 answers b. 1968
AR
12 answers b. 1963
AP
13 answers b. 1943
Barack Obama
44th President of the United States, 2009–2017; United States Senator from Illinois 2005–2008
22 answers United States b. 1961
BG
21 answers b. 1975
BO
11 answers b. 1959
BC
13 answers b. 1969
Bozoma Saint John
Marketing executive; former chief marketing officer of Netflix
7 answers United States
BC
12 answers b. 1981
CC
13 answers b. 1944
Chris Hoy
British track cyclist, 1994–2013
11 answers United Kingdom b. 1976
CH
11 answers b. 1953
CR
9 answers b. 1979
David Vélez
Co-founder and chief executive of Nubank
20 answers Colombia
DO
11 answers b. 1979
DS
Derek Sivers
Founder of CD Baby; author of Anything You Want
12 answers United States
DK
16 answers b. 1971
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
DB
10 answers b. 1993
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
ED
13 answers b. 1993
EF
14 answers b. 1963
FA
8 answers b. 1965
FB
14 answers b. 1934
GF
13 answers b. 1985
GN
8 answers b. 1963
GC
13 answers b. 1950
GP
18 answers b. 1972
HY
11 answers b. 1990
HS
12 answers b. 1984
HS
11 answers b. 1985
IV
14 answers b. 1974
IA
13 answers b. 1942
JD
11 answers b. 1973
JH
11 answers b. 1962
Jimmy Carter
39th President of the United States, 1977–1981; Governor of Georgia 1971–1975
10 answers United States 1924–2024
John Lewis
U.S. Representative from Georgia, 1987–2020; Chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee 1963–1966
16 answers United States 1940–2020
Kazuo Ishiguro
Novelist and screenwriter; Nobel laureate in Literature, 2017
9 answers United Kingdom b. 1954
Kurt Vonnegut
Novelist and essayist
2 answers United States 1922–2007
Malcolm Gladwell
Staff writer at The New Yorker; author of The Tipping Point and Outliers
6 answers Canada b. 1963
Marina Abramović
Performance artist
16 answers Serbia b. 1946
Neil Gaiman
Author of fiction, comics and screenplays
10 answers United Kingdom b. 1960
Oliver Sacks
Neurologist and writer
10 answers United Kingdom 1933–2015
Rosa Parks
Civil-rights activist
9 answers United States 1913–2005
Serena Williams
United States professional tennis player, 1995–2022
13 answers United States b. 1981
Simone Biles
United States artistic gymnast
13 answers United States b. 1997
Sonny Rollins
Jazz tenor saxophonist and composer
5 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
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
Zadie Smith
Novelist and essayist
7 answers United Kingdom b. 1975
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