Scientists
The minds that decoded nature's laws.
records written
Modern era
Ruud Lubbers
May 7, 1939 – February 14, 2018
Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1982 to 1994
Contemporary era
Isa Mustafa
b. May 15, 1951
Kosovo Albanian politician (born 1951)
Contemporary era
Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah
b. October 10, 1955
Kuwaiti royal and politician (born 1955)
Contemporary era
Almazbek Atambaev
b. September 17, 1956
4th President of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan
Contemporary era
Raimonds Vējonis
b. June 15, 1966
Ninth president of Latvia
Contemporary era
Valdis Zatlers
b. March 22, 1955
President of Latvia
Modern era
Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga
b. December 1, 1937
6th President of Latvia
Contemporary era
Laimdota Straujuma
b. February 24, 1951
12th Prime Minister of Latvia (born 1951)
Contemporary era
Valdis Dombrovskis
b. August 5, 1971
11th Prime Minister of Latvia
Contemporary era
Tammam Salam
b. May 13, 1945
President of Lebanon (2014–2016), Prime Minister of Lebanon (2014–2016)
Modern era
Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein
August 16, 1906 – November 13, 1989
Prince of Liechtenstein (1938-1989)
Contemporary era
Dalia Grybauskaitė
b. March 1, 1956
President of Lithuania fom 2009 to 2019 (born 1956)
Contemporary era
Rimantas Šadžius
b. October 8, 1960
Lithuanian politician
Contemporary era
Ingrida Šimonytė
b. November 15, 1974
Prime Minister of the Republic of Lithuania
Modern era
Pierre Werner
December 29, 1913 – June 24, 2002
Luxembourgish politician (1913-2002), Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1959-1974, 1979-1984)
Contemporary era
Hery Rajaonarimampianina
b. November 6, 1958
5th President of Madagascar from 2014 to 2018
Contemporary era
Christian Ntsay
b. March 27, 1961
Malagasy politician
Modern era
Roger Kolo
b. September 3, 1943
Malagasy Prime Minister
Modern era
Bingu wa Mutharika
February 24, 1934 – April 5, 2012
Malawi politician and economist (1934-2012)
Modern era
Mahathir Mohamad
b. July 10, 1925
Prime Minister of Malaysia from 1981 to 2003 and 2018 to 2020
Contemporary era
Boubou Cisse
b. 1974
Malian politician
Modern era
Eddie Fenech Adami
b. February 7, 1934
Maltese politician
Contemporary era
Lawrence Gonzi
b. July 1, 1953
Maltese politician
Contemporary era
Ameenah Gurib-Fakim
b. October 17, 1959
Scientist and president of Mauritius
Modern era
Vicente Fox
b. July 2, 1942
62th president of Mexico
Contemporary era
Igor Dodon
b. February 18, 1975
5th President of Moldova from 2016 until 2020
Contemporary era
Marian Lupu
b. June 20, 1966
Moldovan politician
Contemporary era
Eugen Osmochescu
b. July 31, 1972
Moldovan economist and politician
Contemporary era
Alexandru Munteanu
b. January 20, 1964
Moldovan economist, former Prime Minister of the Republic of Moldova
Contemporary era
Natalia Gavrilița
b. September 21, 1977
Moldovan economist and politician
Contemporary era
Serge Telle
b. May 5, 1955
French civil servant, Minister of State of Monaco from 2016 to 2020
Contemporary era
Momir Bulatović
September 21, 1956 – June 30, 2019
Former President of Montenegro (1956-2019)
Contemporary era
Igor Lukšić
b. June 14, 1976
Politician from Montenegro
Medieval era
Mahavira
800 CE – 875 CE
Mathematician
Medieval era
Hildegard of Bingen
1098 – September 17, 1179
German Benedictine abbess, polymath, mystic and Doctor of Church (1098–1179)
Modern era
Isaac Asimov
January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992
American writer and biochemist (1920–1992)
Ancient era
Aristotle
384 BCE – 322 BCE
Greek philosopher and polymath, tutor of Alexander, father of formal logic
Ancient era
Thales of Miletus
c. 650 BCE – 548 BCE
Ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician
Ancient era
Pythagoras
c. 550 BCE – c. 490 BCE
Greek mathematician and mystic of number and harmony
Ancient era
Heraclitus
535 BCE – c. 470 BCE
Greek philosopher (late 6th/early 5th-century BC)
Ancient era
Democritus
c. 460 BCE – c. 360 BCE
Greek philosopher (c. 460–c. 370 BC)
Ancient era
Hippocrates
460 BCE – 370 BCE
Greek physician called the father of medicine
Ancient era
Euclid
b. c. 333 BCE
Ancient Greek mathematician (fl. 300 BC)
Ancient era
Archimedes
287 BCE – 212 BCE
Greatest mathematician of antiquity, pioneer of mechanics and hydrostatics
Ancient era
Eratosthenes
276 BCE – 194 BCE
Greek mathematician, geographer, poet, astronomer, librarian and music theorist
Ancient era
Claudius Ptolemy
100 CE – 170 CE
2nd-century Roman mathematician, astronomer, geographer
Ancient era
Galen
c. 200 CE – c. 300 CE
2nd-century Greek physician, surgeon and philosopher
Ancient era
Hypatia
360 CE – 415 CE
Alexandrian mathematician and philosopher, martyr of ancient learning
Ancient era
Chanakya
375 BCE – 283 BCE
Ancient Indian teacher and strategist who authored the foundational manual on political economy
Ancient era
Aryabhata
476 CE – 550 CE
Pioneer astronomer who formulated zero, quadratic rules, and earth's rotation.
Modern era
William Wallace
July 3, 1860 – December 16, 1940
Scottish composer and writer (1860-1940)
Early Modern era
Alexander Hamilton
January 11, 1757 – July 12, 1804
American Founding Father and statesman (1755/1757–1804)
Modern era
Margaret Thatcher
October 13, 1925 – April 8, 2013
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990
Contemporary era
Angela Merkel
b. July 17, 1954
Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021 (born 1954)
Modern era
Vladimir Lenin
April 10, 1870 – January 21, 1924
Founding leader of the Soviet Union (1870–1924)
Modern era
Mikhail Gorbachev
March 2, 1931 – August 30, 2022
Leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991 (1931–2022)
Modern era
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
October 31, 1875 – December 15, 1950
Indian barrister, leader of the Indian National Congress and founding father of the Republic of India (1875-1950)
Modern era
B. R. Ambedkar
April 14, 1891 – December 6, 1956
Indian polymath, philosopher, and social reformer (1891–1956)
Modern era
Sun Yat-sen
November 12, 1866 – March 12, 1925
Chinese politician, physician, and revolutionary (1866–1925)
Modern era
Che Guevara
June 14, 1928 – October 9, 1967
Argentine Marxist revolutionary (1928–1967)