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Avram Noam Chomsky is an American intellectual, philosopher, linguist, political activist, and social critic. Sometimes called "the father of modern linguistics", Chomsky is also a major figure in analytic philosophy and one of the founders of the field of cognitive science. He is a laureate professor of linguistics at the University of Arizona and an institute professor emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Among the most cited living authors, Chomsky has written more than 150 books on topics such as linguistics, war, and politics. In addition to his work in linguistics, since the 1960s, Chomsky has been an influential voice on the American Left as a consistent critic of the foreign policy of the United States, contemporary capitalism, and corporatocracy.

Italian–American physicist (1901–1954)

Turkish novelist, academic and Nobel laureate (born 1952)

American economist and statistician (1912–2006)

Vice President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1948)

South African writer (1923–2014)

German-American political theorist and philosopher (1906–1975)

Chilean poet, diplomat and educator (1889–1957)

Russian-American poet (1940-1996)

American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer (1859–1952)

German sociologist and psychoanalyst (1900–1980)

Romanian-born American writer, professor, political activist, Nobel laureate, and Holocaust survivor (1928-2016)

German philosopher, sociologist and theorist (1903–1969)

Hungarian composer and pianist (1881–1945)

German-born American theoretical physicist (1906-1972)

Saint Lucian–Trinidadian poet and playwright (1930–2017)

American anthropologist (1901-1978)

Iraqi British architect, designer and painter (1950–2016)

Japanese theoretical physicist (1907-1981)

American physicist (1929–2019)

Liberian peace activiste (born 1972)

Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1992 to 1996

American feminist gender studies philosopher (born 1956)

Palestinian-American professor (1935–2003)

Czech American director, screenwriter, and professor (1932–2018)

American lawyer and jurist (1933–2020)

American physicist (1898–1988)

German philosopher, sociologist, and political theorist (1898–1979)

Frank Owen Gehry was a Canadian and American architect and designer known for his postmodern designs and use of unconventional forms and materials. A number of his buildings, including his private residence in Santa Monica, California, have become attractions. His most famous works include the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in Spain, the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, and the Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris. These buildings are characterized by their sculptural, often undulating exteriors and innovative use of materials such as titanium and stainless steel.

20th-century American physicist

American economist, professor, and recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics

American biologist

Danish physicist (1922–2009)

American political scientist (1927–2008)

Serbian and French film director, screenwriter, writer, actor and musician

Mexican writer (1928–2012)

American biologist (1866–1945)

Chinese-American physicist (1926–2024)

American mathematician and physicist

American physical chemist

Polish-American diplomat and political scientist (1928–2017)

English writer and composer (1917–1993)

Bulgarian philosopher, psychoanalyst & academic

Estonian politician and diplomat, fourth president of Estonia (born 1953)

American physicist (1913–2008)

Austrian political economist (1883–1950)

American biochemist (1891-1987)

American physicist

American astrophysicist and cosmologist

American physical chemist

German-American physicist (1911-1993)

German-American anthropologist

American linguist and anthropologist (1884-1939)

German physicist

Hungarian-American Jewish physicist and inventor (1898–1964)

Egyptian feminist writer (1931–2021)

Russian linguist (1896–1982)

American economist (1930-2014)

Chinese-American physicist

American physicist