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Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist best known for developing the theory of relativity. Einstein also made important contributions to quantum theory. His mass–energy equivalence formula E = mc2, which arises from special relativity, has been called "the world's most famous equation". He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics for "his services to theoretical physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect".

Ludwig Wittgenstein
Austrian philosopher and logician (1889–1951)

Gustav Mahler
Austrian late-Romantic composer (1860–1911)

Carl Sagan
American astrophysicist, cosmologist and author (1934–1996)
Milton Friedman
American economist and statistician (1912–2006)

J. Robert Oppenheimer
J. Robert Oppenheimer was an American theoretical physicist who served as the director of the Manhattan Project's Los Alamos Laboratory during World War II. He is often called the "father of the atomic bomb" for his role in overseeing the development of the first nuclear weapons.
Karl Popper
Austrian-British philosopher of science and social and política e falsificationism and for criticism of Plato, Hegel and Marx as totalitarian opponents of open society (1902-1994)
Hannah Arendt
German-American political theorist and philosopher (1906–1975)
Émile Durkheim
French sociologist (1858–1917)
Ariel Sharon
Prime Minister of Israel from 2001 to 2006

Yizhak Rabin
Israeli politician, statesman and general (1922–1995)
Daniel Radcliffe
Daniel Jacob Radcliffe is an English actor best known for portraying the title character in all eight films of the Harry Potter film series from 2001 to 2011.

Arthur Miller
American playwright and essayist (1915–2005)
Rosalind Franklin
British chemist, biophysicist, and X-ray crystallographer (1920–1958)
Albert A. Michelson
American physicist (1852–1931)
Elie Wiesel
Romanian-born American writer, professor, political activist, Nobel laureate, and Holocaust survivor (1928-2016)
Stan Lee
American comic book writer, editor, publisher, and producer (1922–2018)

Zac Efron
Zachary David Alexander Efron is an American actor. Efron began acting professionally in the early 2000s and rose to prominence as a teen idol for his leading role as Troy Bolton in the High School Musical film series (2006–2008). During this time, he also starred in the musical film Hairspray (2007) and the comedy film 17 Again (2009).

Murray Gell-Mann
American physicist (1929–2019)
Dennis Gabor
Nobel Prize-winning physicist and inventor of holography

Heinz Fischer
Austrian politician (SPÖ), 8th president of Austria (born 1938)

Paul Erdős
Hungarian mathematician (1913–1996)
Neil Gaiman
English writer (born 1960)
Edward Teller
Hungarian-American Jewish nuclear physicist (1908–2003)
Isaiah Berlin
Russo-British-Latvian Jewish social and political theorist, philosopher and historian of ideas (1909–1997)
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American mathematician, scientist in cybernetics and artificial intelligence (1894–1964)
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Polish-Jewish educator and physician (1878–1942)
John Key
Prime Minister of New Zealand from 2008 to 2016

Arthur Rubinstein
Polish-American classical pianist (1887-1982)
Betty Friedan
American feminist writer and activist (1921–2006)

Irving Berlin
American composer and lyricist (1888–1989)

Wilhelm Reich
Austrian-American psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, sex educator and sociologist (1897–1957)

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

Joseph Heller
American writer

Richard Dreyfuss
American actor
Stephen Jay Gould
American biologist and historian of science (1941–2002)
Alexandre Millerand
French lawyer and statesman (1859–1943)
Stanisław Ulam
Polish-American mathematician

Aaron Copland
American composer, composition teacher, writer, and conductor (1900-1990)

Joseph Rotblat
Polish-born British-naturalised physicist

Lynn Margulis
American evolutionary biologist (1938–2011)

Murray Rothbard
American economist (1926–1995)
Bruno Kreisky
Austrian diplomat and chancellor (1911–1990)

Burt Bacharach
American pianist, composer, producer (1928–2023)
Raymond Kurzweil
American computer scientist, author, entrepreneur, futurist and inventor (born 1948)

Sarah Silverman
American comedian, actress, and writer

David Bohm
American theoretical physicist

Brian Greene
American physicist
Emile Berliner
German-born American inventor (1851–1929)
William Friedkin
American director and producer (1935–2023)

André Weil
French mathematician (1906-1998)
Bernard Malamud
American author (1914–1986)
Ze'ev Jabotinsky
Russian Jewish poet, founder of Revisionist Zionist movement (1880–1940)

Max Nordau
Zionist leader, physician, author, and social critic (1849–1923)

Jacob Bronowski
Polish-born British mathematician (1908–1974)
Tom Lehrer
American musician and mathematician (1928–2025)

Studs Terkel
American author, historian and broadcaster (1912-2008)

Hans Hahn
Austrian mathematician (1879–1934)

Roland Joffé
English and French film/television director and producer
Ralph Asher Alpher
American cosmologist (1921–2007)