People — FLAPSS

Alice Waters

Chef, restaurateur and food activist

9 answers United States b. 1944

Amartya Sen

Economist and philosopher; laureate of the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences, 1998

3 answers India b. 1933

Anne Enright

Novelist and short-story writer

8 answers Ireland b. 1962

Annie Proulx

Novelist and short-story writer

2 answers United States b. 1935

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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Bong Joon-ho

Film director and screenwriter

4 answers South Korea b. 1969

Charlie Munger

Vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, 1978–2023

12 answers United States b. 1924

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Novelist and essayist

6 answers Nigeria b. 1977

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

Daniel Kahneman

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

3 answers Israel / United States 1934–2024

David Hockney

Painter, draughtsman, printmaker and photographer

4 answers United Kingdom b. 1937

Eleanor Roosevelt

First Lady of the United States 1933–1945; United States Delegate to the United Nations General Assembly 1945–1952; Chair of the UN Commission on Human Rights 1946–1951

4 answers United States 1884–1962

Elinor Ostrom

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

3 answers United States 1933–2012

Elizabeth Blackburn

Molecular biologist; Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine, 2009

2 answers Australia / United States b. 1948

Elmore Leonard

Novelist and screenwriter

7 answers United States 1925–2013

Esther Duflo

Development economist; laureate of the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences, 2019

1 answer France / United States b. 1972

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

Geoff Dyer

Essayist and novelist

3 answers United Kingdom b. 1958

Halla Tómasdóttir

Co-founder of Auður Capital; President of Iceland from 2024

2 answers Iceland b. 1968

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Hilary Mantel

Novelist and critic

4 answers United Kingdom 1952–2022

Howard Marks

Co-founder and co-chairman of Oaktree Capital Management

2 answers United States b. 1946

Jacqueline Novogratz

Founder and chief executive of Acumen

2 answers United States b. 1961

Jennifer Doudna

Biochemist; Nobel laureate in Chemistry, 2020

2 answers United States b. 1964

Jocelyn Bell Burnell

Radio astronomer; discoverer of pulsars

10 answers United Kingdom b. 1943

John C. Bogle

Founder of The Vanguard Group, 1974

2 answers United States b. 1929

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

Lee Kuan Yew

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

3 answers Singapore 1923–2015

Malala Yousafzai

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

10 answers Pakistan b. 1997

Marina Abramović

Performance artist

16 answers Serbia b. 1946

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

Mikhail Gorbachev

General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union 1985–1991; President of the Soviet Union 1990–1991

3 answers Soviet Union / Russia 1931–2022

Muhammad Yunus

Founder of Grameen Bank; Nobel Peace Prize laureate, 2006

3 answers Bangladesh b. 1940

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

Patti Smith

Musician, poet and photographer

6 answers United States b. 1946

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Ricardo Semler

Chief executive and later chairman of Semco Partners, Brazil

4 answers Brazil b. 1959

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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

Ronald Reagan

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

4 answers United States 1911–2004

Sarah Waters

Novelist

4 answers United Kingdom

Shinya Yamanaka

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

13 answers Japan b. 1962

Sonia Sotomayor

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 2009–present

2 answers United States b. 1954

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

Tony Elumelu

Chairman of Heirs Holdings and of the United Bank for Africa

1 answer Nigeria b. 1963

Ursula K. Le Guin

Novelist, poet and essayist

3 answers United States 1929–2018

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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