7) Raoul Wallenberg He is credited with saving somewhere in the ballpark of 100,000 Hungarian Jews in six months. Born: 4 August 1912, Lidingö, Sweden Died: Possibly, 17 July 1947, Moscow, Soviet Union (Present-day Moscow, Russia) During the second half of World War II Raoul was working as a diplomat for his native Sweden in…
7) Mileva Marić Fun Fact, number seven is my favorite number so I reserved this spot just for her!! Born: 19 December 1875, Serbian Controlled Ottoman Empire (Present-day Titel, Serbia) Died: 4 August 1948, Zurich, Switzerland Mileva was a mathematician and while nobody can definitively prove which pieces, she helped her husband (you know, that…
6) Marie Skłodowska Curie Yes, that’s her real, full name, and no she never dropped it–Western Media did, #polishpride (Quick note, I’m not Polish but if you need someone new to watch on YouTube I highly recommend the Meme Mom herself Karolina Żebrowska !) Anyway, back to Marie Born: 7 November 1867, Warsaw, Russian Controlled Poland…
6) August Landmesser If Only We Could All be This Brave Born: 24 May 1910, Moorrege, German Empire (Present-day Moorrege, Germany) Died: 14 October 1944, Yugoslavia (Present-day Croatia) August was a man married to a Jewish woman–in Nazi Germany. Today he is most remembered for the powerful photograph in which he refused to perform the…
5) Nettie Stevens Geneticist Who Worked on the Theory of Sex Determination Born: 7 July 1861, Cavendish, Vermont, United States of America Died: 4 May 1912, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America Geneticist and one of two scientists who theorized sex determination by chromosomes (the other was a guy and they discovered the idea at…
5) Bayard Rustin Civil Rights Activist and LGBT+ Icon Born: 17 March 1912, West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America Died: 24 August 1978, Manhattan, New York, United States of America Civil Rights Icon who is now also remembered as an LGBT+ Icon. He designed the March on Washington and many other Civil Rights activities…
4) Paul Rusesabinga Human Rights Activist in his native Rwanda Born: 15 June 1954, Ruanda-Urundi (Present-day Rwanda and Burundi) Paul is a Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient for his heroic actions in saving 1,268 refugees during the Rwandan Genocide. He was able to do so because at the time (in 1994) he was the manager…
4) Hertha Ayrton Inventor and Electrical Engineer Born: 28 April 1854, Portsea, United Kingdom Died: 23 August 1923, Lancing, United Kingdom Inventor and scientist who became the first woman to ever be proposed as a fellow to the Royal Society (in 1902). She was denied on the basis that she was a married woman and…
3: Specialist Fourth Class Joseph LaPointe Jr Medal of Honor Recipient and Conscientious Objector Born: 2 July 1948, Dayton, Ohio Died: 2 June 1969, Vietnam He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in Vietnam. Joseph enlisted as a Conscientious Objector in 1968 and served as a medic. When he was stationed…
“The Analytical Engine weaves algebraic patterns just as the Jacquard-loom weaves flowers and leaves.” 3) Ada, Countess of Lovelace Computer Programmer Who Lived Nearly 100 Years Before Computers Were Actually Invented Born: 10 December 1815, London, United Kingdom Died: 27 November 1852, London, United Kingdom Computer programmer and daughter of famed poet Lord Byron (Ada…