The Great Inside
The Great Inside
Explore Great Minds
Browse the people in The Great Inside by era, region, and trait.
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34 people
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AL
Ada Lovelace
mathematician · 19th Century
1815–1852
AK
Akira Kurosawa
film director · 20th Century
1910–1998
AT
Alan Turing
mathematician · 20th Century
1912–1954
BF
Benjamin Franklin
statesman · Early Modern
1706–1790
BL
Bruce Lee
martial artist · 20th Century
1940–1973
CC
Coco Chanel
fashion designer · 20th Century
1883–1971
C
Confucius
philosopher · Ancient
551 BCE–479 BCE
FK
Frida Kahlo
painter · 20th Century
1907–1954
GK
Genghis Khan
military leader · Medieval
1162–1227
HM
Hayao Miyazaki
animator · Contemporary
b. 1941
IK
Ibn Khaldun
historian · Medieval
1332–1406
Ja
Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
poet · Medieval
1207–1273
JG
Jane Goodall
primatologist · Contemporary
b. 1934
Leonardo da Vinci
painter · Early Modern
1452–1519
Lv
Ludwig van Beethoven
composer · 19th Century
1770–1827
MG
Mahatma Gandhi
political leader · 20th Century
1869–1948
MY
Malala Yousafzai
activist · Contemporary
b. 1997
MC
Marie Curie
physicist · 19th Century
1867–1934
NM
Nelson Mandela
political leader · Contemporary
1918–2013
NT
Nikola Tesla
inventor · 19th Century
1856–1943
OW
Oprah Winfrey
media executive · Contemporary
b. 1954
RF
Richard Feynman
physicist · 20th Century
1918–1988
RF
Rosalind Franklin
chemist · 20th Century
1920–1958
SW
Serena Williams
athlete · Contemporary
b. 1981
SB
Simone Biles
athlete · Contemporary
b. 1997
S
Socrates
philosopher · Ancient
470 BCE–399 BCE
SR
Srinivasa Ramanujan
mathematician · 20th Century
1887–1920
SJ
Steve Jobs
entrepreneur · Contemporary
1955–2011
TM
Toni Morrison
writer · Contemporary
1931–2019
WM
Wangari Maathai
environmentalist · Contemporary
1940–2011
WB
Warren Buffett
investor · Contemporary
b. 1930
WA
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
composer · Early Modern
1756–1791
YK
Yayoi Kusama
artist · Contemporary
b. 1929
YS
Yi Sun-sin
naval commander · Early Modern
1545–1598
