- Pierre Curie - French physicist and chemist, he won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903 for his research on radioactivity.
- Marie Curie - Polish physicist and chemist, she won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903 for her research on radioactivity and the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1911 for her discovery of the elements polonium and radium.
- Sigmund Freud - Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist, he founded the psychoanalytic school of thought.
- Henry Ford - American automobile manufacturer, he founded the Ford Motor Company.
- John Dewey - American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer, he was a leader of the progressive movement.
- Bertrand Russell - British philosopher, mathematician, logician, and social activist, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1950 for his work on logic.
- Theodore Roosevelt - American statesman, soldier, and conservationist, he was the 26th President of the United States.
- Woodrow Wilson - American statesman and historian, he was the 28th President of the United States.
- William Butler Yeats - Irish poet and playwright, he won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923.
- Rabindranath Tagore - Indian poet, writer, and philosopher, he won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913.