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Queen consort of Great Britain and Ireland (1727–1737), wife of George II. An Enlightenment intellectual, she corresponded with Leibniz and actively supported Newton in the philosophical and scientific dispute between the two men. Regent on several occasions, she wielded major political influence over the British monarchy.

A general of the French Revolution, Marceau enlisted at 16 and became one of the youngest generals of the Republic. A hero of the pacification of the Vendée and the Rhine campaigns, he died in battle at 27 in 1796, embodying the ideal of the republican soldier.

Japanese writer of the early 20th century, a master of the short story. He drew on Japan's ancient tales to explore the ambiguity of truth and human psychology. A major figure of modern Japanese literature, he took his own life in 1927.

American computer scientist, Ken Thompson is the co-creator of the Unix operating system with Dennis Ritchie at Bell Labs in the 1970s. He also designed the B programming language, the ancestor of C, and co-developed the Go language.

Swiss psychiatrist and aeronaut born in 1958, Bertrand Piccard completed the first non-stop round-the-world balloon flight in 1999. He then became the driving force behind Solar Impulse, the solar-powered aircraft that completed the first fuel-free circumnavigation of the globe in 2015–2016.

Mary Kom is an Indian boxer born in 1983 in the state of Manipur. A six-time amateur world champion and Olympic bronze medalist in 2012, she became an icon of women's sport in India. Nicknamed "Magnificent Mary," she also serves as a member of parliament in the Rajya Sabha.