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George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr.



George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr.


George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr. was an American engineer. He is most famous for creating the original Ferris Wheel for the 1893 Chicago World's Columbian Exposition.
BornFebruary 14, 1859, Galesburg
DiedNovember 22, 1896, Pittsburgh









  


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Bachendri pal

Bachendri Pal

Bachendri Pal is an Indian mountaineer, the first Indian woman to climb Mount Everest. Wikipedia

Born1954


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Sree Narayana Guru


Narayana Guru
N?r?yana Guru, also seen as Sree N?r?yana Guru Swami, was a Hindu saint, sadhu and social reformer of India. Wikipedia
BornAugust 20, 1856, Chempazhanthy
DiedSeptember 20, 1928, Madras Presidency

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Kumaranasan


N. Kumaran Asan, also known as Mahakavi Kumaran Asan, was one of the triumvirate poets of Kerala, South India. He was also a philosopher, a social reformer and a disciple of Sree Narayana Guru.
Born1873
Died1924

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Sarojini Naidu



Sarojini Naidu, also known by the sobriquet The Nightingale of India, was a child prodigy, Indian independence activist and poet. Naidu was one of the framers of the Indian Constitution. 

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Aparna Sen









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Annie besant






Annie Besant was a prominent British socialist, Theosophist, women's rights activist, writer and orator and supporter of Irish and Indian self-rule. She was married at 19 to Frank Besant but separated from him over religious differences. 
Born: October 1, 1847, Clapham
Died: September 20, 1933, Adyar
Spouse: Frank Besant (m. 1867–1873)


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Valentina Tereshkova

Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova is a retired Soviet cosmonaut and the first woman to have flown in space, having been selected from more than four hundred applicants and five finalists to pilot Vostok 6 on 16 June 1963.Wikipedia

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Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, AM is an Indian cricketer widely acknowledged as the greatest living batsman, and second only to Don Bradman in the all time greatest list in Test cricket. 
BornApril 24, 1973 (age 39), Mumbai
Height1.65 m
Salary2.1 million USD (2012)
AwardsArjuna awardRajiv Gandhi Khel RatnaPadma Vibhushan

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Tim Berners Lee

Tim Berners-Lee


Sir Timothy John "Tim" Berners-Lee, OM, KBE, FRS, FREng, FRSA, also known as "TimBL", is a British computer scientist, best known as the inventor of the World Wide Web. 
BornJune 8, 1955 (age 57), London
AwardsMacArthur FellowshipCharles Stark Draper PrizeMarconi PrizeMountbatten MedalPresident's Medal


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VINTON CERF

Vint Cerf

Vinton Gray "Vint" Cerf is an American computer scientist, who is recognized as one of "the fathers of the Internet", sharing this title with American computer scientist Bob Kahn. 
BornJune 23, 1943 (age 69), New Haven
AwardsTuring AwardNational Medal of TechnologyMore



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