American professional tennis player, activist, author, educator, and campaigner for civil rights and racial equality.
Most significant French composer of his generation and a noted conductor and music theorist.
Nobel Prize winning Chinese theoretical physicist and founder of the Institute for Theoretical Physics.
American historian at the University of Chicago and twelfth Librarian of the United States Congress.
American mathematician, environmental lobbyist and professor of atmospheric and oceanic sciences.
English environmentalist specializing in biodiversity and also noted for his work on environmental refugees.