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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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Ada Yonath

Structural biologist; Nobel laureate in Chemistry, 2009

1 answer Israel b. 1939

Ahmed Zewail

Chemist; Nobel laureate in Chemistry, 1999

4 answers Egypt / United States 1946–2016

Alan Shepard

Naval aviator and astronaut; the first American in space and the fifth person to walk on the Moon

1 answer United States 1923–1998

Amartya Sen

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

3 answers India b. 1933

Andre Geim

Condensed matter physicist; Nobel laureate in Physics, 2010

2 answers Russia / Netherlands / United Kingdom b. 1958

Andrew Weil

Physician; founder of the Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona

2 answers United States b. 1942

Anthony Fauci

Physician and immunologist; director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 1984–2022

2 answers United States b. 1940

Bert Sakmann

Cell physiologist; Nobel laureate in physiology or medicine for the patch clamp technique

1 answer Germany b. 1942

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BJ Miller

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

1 answer United States

Charles H. Townes

Physicist; Nobel laureate in physics for the invention of the maser and laser

3 answers United States 1915–2015

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Chris Young

Cook and inventor; co-author of Modernist Cuisine, co-founder of ChefSteps

2 answers United States

Daniel Kahneman

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

3 answers Israel / United States 1934–2024

Denis Mukwege

Gynaecological surgeon; Nobel Peace Prize laureate, 2018

2 answers Democratic Republic of the Congo b. 1955

Denton Cooley

Cardiothoracic surgeon; founder of the Texas Heart Institute

4 answers United States 1920–2016

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

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Elizabeth Iro

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

1 answer Cook Islands

Ellen Ochoa

Electrical engineer and astronaut; director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center, 2013–2018

1 answer United States b. 1958

Esther Duflo

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

1 answer France / United States b. 1972

Frances Arnold

Chemical engineer; Nobel laureate in Chemistry, 2018

3 answers United States b. 1956

Frederick Sanger

Biochemist; twice a Nobel laureate in Chemistry, 1958 and 1980

2 answers United Kingdom 1918–2013

George Schaller

Field biologist and conservationist; Wildlife Conservation Society

1 answer United States b. 1933

Gertrude B. Elion

Biochemist and pharmacologist; Nobel laureate in physiology or medicine

3 answers United States 1918–1999

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Harold Kroto

Chemist; Nobel laureate in chemistry for the discovery of fullerenes

1 answer United Kingdom 1939–2016

Jennifer Doudna

Biochemist; Nobel laureate in Chemistry, 2020

2 answers United States b. 1964

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John Vervaeke

Professor of psychology and cognitive science at the University of Toronto

1 answer Canada

Katalin Karikó

Biochemist; Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine, 2023

2 answers Hungary / United States b. 1955

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Keith Black

Neurosurgeon; chair of neurosurgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

3 answers United States b. 1957

Lee Berger

Palaeoanthropologist; University of the Witwatersrand

1 answer South Africa b. 1965

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M. Sanjayan

Conservation scientist; chief executive of Conservation International

2 answers United States

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

Matthew Walker

Neuroscientist; professor of neuroscience and psychology at the University of California, Berkeley

1 answer United Kingdom

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Author and probability researcher; Distinguished Professor of Risk Engineering at NYU

1 answer Lebanon b. 1960

Nicolaas Bloembergen

Physicist; Nobel laureate in physics for work in laser spectroscopy

1 answer Netherlands / United States 1920–2017

Norman Borlaug

Plant pathologist and agronomist; Nobel Peace Prize, 1970

3 answers United States 1914–2009

Oliver Sacks

Neurologist and writer

10 answers United Kingdom 1933–2015

Paul Farmer

Physician and medical anthropologist; co-founder of Partners In Health

4 answers United States 1959–2022

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Peter Doherty

Veterinary surgeon and immunologist; Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine, 1996

4 answers Australia b. 1940

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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

Richard Leakey

Palaeoanthropologist and conservationist; head of the Kenya Wildlife Service

2 answers Kenya 1944–2022

Rita Levi-Montalcini

Neurobiologist; Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine, 1986

2 answers Italy 1909–2012

Robert Ballard

Marine geologist and oceanographer; discoverer of the wreck of the Titanic

1 answer United States b. 1942

Robert J. Lefkowitz

Physician and biochemist; Nobel laureate in chemistry for work on G protein-coupled receptors

3 answers United States b. 1943

Robert S. Langer

Biomedical engineer; Institute Professor at MIT

4 answers United States b. 1948

Roger Penrose

Mathematical physicist; Nobel laureate in Physics, 2020

2 answers United Kingdom b. 1931

Shinya Yamanaka

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

13 answers Japan b. 1962

Svante Pääbo

Geneticist; Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine, 2022

1 answer Sweden / Germany b. 1955

Sylvia Earle

Marine biologist and oceanographer; first woman to serve as Chief Scientist of NOAA

4 answers United States

Tenley Albright

Surgeon; Olympic figure-skating champion, 1956

2 answers United States b. 1935

Terence Tao

Mathematician; Fields Medallist, 2006

3 answers Australia / United States

Tu Youyou

Pharmaceutical chemist; Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine, 2015

3 answers China b. 1930

Werner Arber

Microbiologist; Nobel laureate in physiology or medicine for the discovery of restriction enzymes

1 answer Switzerland b. 1929

Willem Kolff

Physician and inventor; builder of the first practical artificial kidney

5 answers Netherlands 1911–2009

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