Gifts for person fans

Know someone who loves person? Pick their favourite topic for gift ideas, with a fact to share when they open it.

• Ada Lovelace

  Ada Lovelace predicted that computers could do more than just calculate numbers – a remarkably prescient idea for her time.

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• Ai Weiwei

  Ai Weiwei's sunflower seeds, a massive installation, were actually made by thousands of Chinese artisans.

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• Alan Turing

  Alan Turing helped design a sophisticated electromechanical machine to break the German Enigma code, but he also designed a chess-playing machine using only relays and other basic components, decades before digital computers were widely available.

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• Albert Einstein

  Albert Einstein never wore socks.

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• Alexander Graham Bell

  Alexander Graham Bell never had a telephone in his study.

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• Alexander the Great

  Alexander the Great never lost a battle.

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• Angela Merkel

  Angela Merkel holds a Doctorate in Physical Chemistry.

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• Aristotle

  Aristotle believed that the brain was a cooling system for the heart, not the center of intelligence.

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• Artists and Writers

  Many famous artists and writers suffered from mental illness, with conditions like depression and bipolar disorder being disproportionately represented.

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• Bill Gates

  Bill Gates's first programming job was creating a payroll program for his high school.

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• Charles Darwin

  Charles Darwin was offered the position of Bishop of Canterbury but turned it down.

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• Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

  Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's TED Talk, "The Danger of a Single Story," is one of the most viewed TED Talks of all time.

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• Confucius

  Confucius never actually wrote anything himself; his teachings were recorded by his disciples after his death.

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• Crazy Horse

  Crazy Horse never signed a treaty with the U.S. government.

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• Dalai Lama

  The Dalai Lama is a vegetarian.

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• David Attenborough

  David Attenborough's younger brother, Richard Attenborough, was a highly acclaimed actor and director.

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• Desmond Tutu

  Desmond Tutu was a qualified teacher before becoming a priest.

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• Edward Snowden

  Edward Snowden's disclosures were initially leaked to journalists Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras through a secure method involving flash drives and encrypted communications.

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• Elie Wiesel

  Elie Wiesel was fluent in several languages, including Yiddish, Hebrew, French, and English.

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• Franklin D Roosevelt

  Franklin D. Roosevelt was the only U.S. president to serve more than two terms.

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• Frederick Douglass

  Frederick Douglass was a master of disguise and used several aliases to escape slavery and evade recapture.

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• George Washington

  George Washington was a skilled surveyor before he became President.

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• Guru Nanak

  Guru Nanak, despite his spiritual significance, was also a skilled businessman in his early life.

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• Harriet Tubman

  Harriet Tubman was also a skilled herbalist and used her knowledge of plants for medicine and to treat illnesses on the Underground Railroad.

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