Gustav Eiffel. We all know what he is famous for - but did you know he built a railway station in Chile, a gasworks in Bolivia and a lighthouse in Estonia?
Hypatia. The oldest known female mathematician. Lived in Egypt in the 4th century. I wonder what mathematicians actually did in those days?
Bhasa. A 3rd/4th century Indian playwright. His plays sometimes showed scenes of physical violence, against the traditions of the Natya Shastra.
Christine de Pizan. An early feminist, she was in a way a "court writer" to France's Charles VI. She especially espoused the virtues of Charles' Queen Isabeau and Louis VIII's Queen Blanche in her writings.
Niccolo Machiavelli. Wrote a five act comedy La Mandragola. Not what he is more usually remembered for. Maybe he thought politicians were all comical.
Liliʻuokalani. A Hawaiian songwriter. She was also the last sovereign monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom, before its overthrow in 1893.
Stephanie Kwolek. The inventor of Kevlar.
Civilization VI. "Just a game"
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