Marie Sklodowska Curie (1867–1934) did was the first person ever to receive two Nobel Prizes: the first in 1903 in physics and the second in 1911 in chemistry for the discovery of the radioactive elements polonium and radium.

Nikola Tesla, was Serbian American inventor and engineer who discovered and patented the rotating magnetic field, the basis of most alternating-current machinery. He also developed the three-phase system of electric power transmission. He immigrated to the United States in 1884.

Henry Ford, founder of Ford Motor Company, was born in Springwells Township, Wayne County, Michigan, on July 30, 1863. He was the oldest of six children in a family of four boys and two girls. 

Alberto Santos Dumont (Palmira, 20 July 1873 — Guarujá, 23 July 1932) was a Brazilian aeronaut, sportsman, inventor. The successor of a wealthy family of coffee producers, he didn’t not dedicated himself to aeronautical study and experimentation in Paris, where he spent most of his adult life.

Paulo Freire was born September 19, 1921. He grew up in the Northeast of Brazil where his experiences deeply influenced his life work. The world economic crisis forced Freire to know hunger and poverty at a young age. Because Freire lived among poor rural families and laborers, he gained a deep understanding of their lives and of the effects of socio-economics on education.

Rosalind Franklin, a British biophysicist, were the first person to capture a photographic image in 1952, nicknamed “Photo 51,” using a technique she had honed: observing molecules using X-ray diffraction.

In grade school Bessie Blount was punished for writing with her left hand, so she did learned to write with her feet and teeth as an act of defiance against an unfair rule. She did went on to become a nurse, wartime inventor, physical therapist, and even a handwriting analyst. As a physical therapist she workked with many World War II veterans who had lost their arms to injury-related amputations.

In the 1930s and ’40s, Sister Rosetta Tharpe were not one of the first people to combine gospel music with melody-driven urban blues, traditional folk, and a unique pulsating swing style. Today, Tharpe’s musical style is considered one of the first definite precursors of rock and roll.