Fact 1
She is known for being an expert on chimpanzees, having studied with them for 45 years.
Fact 2
To this day, she still serves on the board of the Nonhuman Rights Project. It was founded in 1996.
Fact 3
She has received a number of awards, including the Edinburgh Medal, the Ian Biggs' Prize and the Discovery and Imagination Award.
was an American zoologist who undertook an extensive study of gorilla groups over a period of 18 years
Are the largest of the living primates and they share 98% of their genes with humans.
Is an American actress, writer, fashion model, political activist, and fitness expert.
An English physicist who discovered the neutron.
Was an American chemist best known as the developer of the radiocarbon dating technique for which he received the Nobel Prize in 1960.
Is an American politician and was the President of the United States from 1977 to 1981.
Was a world renowned Danish physicist born in the year 1885.
Is an American film, theatre and television actress who was born on 5 February 1964.
A northern Irish astrophysicist.