1. Marie Curie
Birthday: 07 November 1867
Born In: Warsaw, Poland
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Died On: 04 July 1934
Famous As: The First Woman to Win a Nobel Prize
Polish and naturalized-French physicist and chemist Marie Curie is known for her pioneering research on radioactivity. The first woman to win a Nobel Prize, she developed the theory of "radioactivity" and discovered techniques for isolating radioactive isotopes. She also did radiological work at field hospitals during World War I.