Marie Curie
Marie Curie (1867-1934) was a Polish-born French physicist and chemist who pioneered research on radioactivity. Her remarkable achievements include:
- First woman to win a Nobel Prize
- First person and only woman to win Nobel Prizes in two different sciences
- Discovered two new elements: polonium and radium
- Developed mobile X-ray units during World War I
- Founded the Curie Institutes in Paris and Warsaw