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Who Discovered Pi?

You can thank this Greek mathematician for your annual Pi Day celebration.

By Tyler Piccotti

Nobel Prize Winners

Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein

Alexander Fleming

Alexander Fleming

Gertrude B. Elion

Gertrude B. Elion

Ernest Rutherford

Ernest Rutherford

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Galileo - Mini Biography

Italian scientist and scholar Galileo's pioneering observations laid the foundation for modern physics and astronomy. He also constructed a telescope and supported the Copernican theory, which supports a sun-centered solar system.

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Philosophers

John Locke

John Locke

Thomas Hobbes

Thomas Hobbes

SocratesCirca 430 BC, Greek philosopher Socrates (c. 470 - 399 BC). (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Socrates

Plato

Plato

Economists

Adam Smith

Adam Smith

Karl Marz

Karl Marx

Sadie Tanner Mossell AlexanderSadie Tanner Mossell Alexander, 1954. (Photo by Afro American Newspapers/Gado/Getty Images)

Sadie Alexander

John Stuart Mill

John Stuart Mill

Theologians

Roger Williams

Roger Williams

Sir Thomas More

Thomas More

Saint Thomas Aquinas

Saint Thomas Aquinas

Martin Luther

Martin Luther

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Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan

Anne Sullivan Found 'the Fire of a Purpose' Through Teaching Helen Keller

Keller and her "miracle worker" started out as pupil and teacher, but their relationship blossomed into one of lifelong support.

By Sara Kettler

More Scholars & Educators

Historian Carter G. Woodson (Original Caption) Carter Goodwin Woodson (1875-1950), African-American historian, is shown in a head and shoulders portrait.

Carter G. Woodson

Friedrich Nietzsche

Friedrich Nietzsche

Horace Mann

Horace Mann

Immanuel Kant

Immanuel Kant

Maria Montessori

Maria Montessori

Cornel West

Cornel West

Cesare Beccaria

Cesare Beccaria

Alain LeRoy Locke

Alain LeRoy Locke

Arturo Alfonso Schomburg

Arturo Alfonso Schomburg

Niccolò Machiavelli

Niccolò Machiavelli

Rene Descartes

René Descartes

Blaise Pascal

Blaise Pascal