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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam speaking at a lectern in 2010

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Aerospace scientist · 1931–2015 Scientists & Inventors

Abdul Sattar Edhi

Abdul Sattar Edhi Humanitarian · 1928–2016 Political & Public Figures

Abdus Salam Theoretical physicist · 1926–1996 Scientists & Inventors

Abraham Lincoln, portrait by Alexander Gardner

Abraham Lincoln President of the United States · 1809–1865 Political & Public Figures

Watercolour portrait of Ada Lovelace by Alfred Edward Chalon

Ada Lovelace Mathematician and writer · 1815–1852 Scientists & Inventors

Alan Turing in 1951

Alan Turing Mathematician · 1912–1954 Scientists & Inventors

Albert Einstein during a lecture in Vienna in 1921

Albert Einstein Theoretical physicist · 1879–1955 Scientists & Inventors

Marble portrait head of Alexander the Great, c. 320 BCE, J. Paul Getty Museum

Alexander the Great King of Macedonia · 356–323 BCE Historical Figures

Babar Azam in a Pakistan training shirt and cap speaking to the media at The Oval in 2018

Babar Azam Cricketer · b. 1994 Athletes & Sports

Barack Obama, official portrait

Barack Obama Former President of the United States · b. 1961 Political & Public Figures

Photograph of Benazir Bhutto, Prime Minister of Pakistan, speaking to the press in 1989

Benazir Bhutto Politician · 1953–2007 Political & Public Figures

Bill Gates at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, January 2012

Bill Gates Software developer and entrepreneur · b. 1955 Entrepreneurs & Business Leaders

Portrait photograph of Charles Darwin in old age, with a long white beard

Charles Darwin Naturalist · 1809–1882 Scientists & Inventors

Photograph of Charles Dickens by Jeremiah Gurney, 1867

Charles Dickens Novelist · 1812–1870 Writers & Authors

Charlie Chaplin as the Little Tramp, photographed in 1915

Charlie Chaplin Actor and filmmaker · 1889–1977 Actors & Filmmakers

Marble bust of Cleopatra VII, c. 40–30 BCE, Altes Museum, Berlin

Cleopatra VII Queen of Egypt · 69–30 BCE Historical Figures

Cristiano Ronaldo with Portugal in 2018

Cristiano Ronaldo Footballer · b. 1985 Athletes & Sports

Elon Musk at the Royal Society in London

Elon Musk Entrepreneur · b. 1971 Entrepreneurs & Business Leaders

Faiz Ahmed Faiz reading a book, in a black-and-white photograph

Faiz Ahmed Faiz Poet · 1911–1984 Writers & Authors

Portrait photograph of Frida Kahlo in 1932, facing the camera, wearing a shawl and earrings

Frida Kahlo Painter · 1907–1954 Musicians & Artists

Imran Khan, Prime Minister of Pakistan, in Islamabad in September 2018

Imran Khan Cricketer and politician · b. 1952 Athletes & Sports

Portrait of Sir Isaac Newton, painted by Sir Godfrey Kneller in 1689

Isaac Newton Mathematician and physicist · 1643–1727 Scientists & Inventors

Jack Ma speaking at the World Economic Forum in Tianjin in 2008

Jack Ma Entrepreneur · b. 1964 Entrepreneurs & Business Leaders

Historical Ottoman-era painting of Rumi, seated in a dark robe and tall cap

Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi Poet and Sufi mystic · 1207–1273 Writers & Authors

Watercolor portrait of Jane Austen by her sister Cassandra Austen, c. 1810

Jane Austen Novelist · 1775–1817 Writers & Authors

Jeff Bezos at the Amazon Spheres grand opening in Seattle, January 2018

Jeff Bezos Entrepreneur and investor · b. 1964 Entrepreneurs & Business Leaders

Larry Page speaking at the European Parliament in 2009

Larry Page Computer scientist and entrepreneur · b. 1973 Entrepreneurs & Business Leaders

Colour photograph of Leo Tolstoy seated in a wicker chair at Yasnaya Polyana, by Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, 23 May 1908

Leo Tolstoy Writer · 1828–1910 Writers & Authors

Presumed self-portrait of Leonardo da Vinci, red chalk drawing, Royal Library, Turin

Leonardo da Vinci Artist and inventor · 1452–1519 Musicians & Artists

Leonardo DiCaprio at the Cannes Film Festival in 2019

Leonardo DiCaprio Actor · b. 1974 Actors & Filmmakers

Lionel Messi with Argentina at the 2018 FIFA World Cup

Lionel Messi Footballer · b. 1987 Athletes & Sports

Ludwig van Beethoven, portrait by Joseph Karl Stieler, 1820

Ludwig van Beethoven Composer · 1770–1827 Musicians & Artists

Mahatma Gandhi smiling in 1942

Mahatma Gandhi Political leader · 1869–1948 Political & Public Figures

Malala Yousafzai in 2015

Malala Yousafzai Education activist · b. 1997 Political & Public Figures

Marie Curie, photographed around 1920

Marie Curie Physicist and chemist · 1867–1934 Scientists & Inventors

Photograph of Mark Twain by A. F. Bradley, New York, 1907

Mark Twain Writer · 1835–1910 Writers & Authors

Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder, chairman and CEO of Meta Platforms, in 2025

Mark Zuckerberg Technology executive · b. 1984 Entrepreneurs & Business Leaders

Meryl Streep in December 2018

Meryl Streep Actor · b. 1949 Actors & Filmmakers

Muhammad Ali, arms crossed, in a black-and-white studio portrait from 1962

Muhammad Ali Professional boxer · 1942–2016 Athletes & Sports

Official studio portrait of Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Muhammad Ali Jinnah Barrister and statesman · 1876–1948 Political & Public Figures

Muhammad Iqbal seated in a garden chair, photographed in 1935

Muhammad Iqbal Poet and philosopher · 1877–1938 Writers & Authors

Nelson Mandela in 1962

Nelson Mandela Political leader · 1918–2013 Political & Public Figures

Portrait of Nikola Tesla, around 1890, photographed by Napoleon Sarony

Nikola Tesla Inventor and electrical engineer · 1856–1943 Scientists & Inventors

Photograph of Oprah Winfrey in 2004, smiling at a birthday celebration in Los Angeles

Oprah Winfrey Media executive · b. 1954 Entrepreneurs & Business Leaders

Pelé in the Brazil national team shirt

Pelé Footballer · 1940–2022 Athletes & Sports

Portrait photograph of Rabindranath Tagore in 1909, a bearded man in a dark robe

Rabindranath Tagore Poet and writer · 1861–1941 Writers & Authors

Photograph of Rosa Parks being fingerprinted in Montgomery, Alabama, on 22 February 1956

Rosa Parks Civil rights activist · 1913–2005 Political & Public Figures

Photograph of Rosalind Franklin with a microscope in 1955

Rosalind Franklin Scientist · 1920–1958 Scientists & Inventors

Sachin Tendulkar batting in India colours during a warm-up at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in 2008

Sachin Tendulkar Cricketer · b. 1973 Athletes & Sports

Satya Nadella, chairman and chief executive of Microsoft, in 2017

Satya Nadella Technology executive · b. 1967 Entrepreneurs & Business Leaders

Sergey Brin speaking at a TED conference in 2010

Sergey Brin Computer scientist and entrepreneur · b. 1973 Entrepreneurs & Business Leaders

Shah Rukh Khan speaking on stage at TED2017

Shah Rukh Khan Actor · b. 1965 Actors & Filmmakers

Stephen Hawking giving a lecture for NASA's 50th anniversary in 2008

Stephen Hawking Theoretical physicist · 1942–2018 Scientists & Inventors

Steve Jobs with the original Macintosh computer in January 1984

Steve Jobs Entrepreneur and inventor · 1955–2011 Entrepreneurs & Business Leaders

Steven Spielberg at San Diego Comic-Con, 2017, by Gage Skidmore

Steven Spielberg Film director · b. 1946 Actors & Filmmakers

Sundar Pichai, chief executive of Google and Alphabet, in 2023

Sundar Pichai Technology executive · b. 1972 Entrepreneurs & Business Leaders

Thomas Edison, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing front, circa 1922

Thomas Edison Inventor · 1847–1931 Scientists & Inventors

Portrait photograph of Wasim Akram, a Pakistani cricketer with long dark hair and glasses

Wasim Akram Cricketer · b. 1966 Athletes & Sports

The Chandos portrait of William Shakespeare, an oil painting attributed to John Taylor, c. 1610

William Shakespeare Playwright and poet · 1564–1616 Writers & Authors

Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill Prime Minister of the United Kingdom · 1874–1965 Political & Public Figures

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