Occupation: Actress and Activist
Emma Watson is a British actress, model, and activist. She rose to prominence playing Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter film series. In addition to her acting career, Watson is known for her advocacy work, particularly for women's rights and gender equality.
Occupation: Entrepreneur and Innovator
Elon Musk is a business magnate, industrial designer, and engineer. He is the founder, CEO, and chief engineer of SpaceX; early investor, CEO, and product architect of Tesla, Inc.; founder of The Boring Company; co-founder of Neuralink; and co-founder and initial co-chairman of OpenAI.
Occupation: Activist and Author
Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest Nobel Prize laureate. She is known for her activism for girls' education in her native Swat Valley in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, northwest Pakistan, where the local Taliban had at times banned girls from attending school.
Occupation: Theoretical Physicist and Author
Stephen Hawking was a British theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author who, at the time of his death, was director of research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge. He was known for his work on black holes, the big bang, and quantum mechanics.
Occupation: Media Executive and Philanthropist
Oprah Winfrey is an American talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and philanthropist. She is best known for her talk show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, which was the highest-rated television program of its kind in history and was nationally syndicated from 1986 to 2011.
Occupation: Anti-Apartheid Revolutionary and President
Nelson Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader, and philanthropist who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the country's first black head of state and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election.
Occupation: Physicist and Chemist
Marie Curie was a Polish and naturalized-French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person and the only woman to win the Nobel prize in two different fields.
Occupation: Polymath and Inventor
Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian polymath whose areas of interest included invention, painting, sculpting, architecture, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, writing, history, and cartography.
Occupation: Lawyer and Author
Michelle Obama is an American lawyer and author who was the first lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017. She is married to the 44th president of the United States, Barack Obama, and was the first African-American first lady.
Occupation: Basketball Player and Entrepreneur
Michael Jordan, also known by his initials MJ, is a retired professional basketball player and businessman. He is widely considered one of the greatest basketball players of all time. Jordan played 15 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Chicago Bulls and the Washington Wizards.