Steve Jobs (1955-2011)

His abrasive style meant he was often difficult to work with but his eye for a desirable product made Apple one of the planet's most recognised brands.

Steven Paul Jobs was born in San Francisco on 24 Feb 1955, the son of two unmarried university students, Joanne Schieble and Syrian born Abdulfattah Jandali.

His parents gave him up for adoption and he was taken in by a working class Californian couple Paul & Clara Jobs.

Isaac Newton (1643 - 1727)

Godfrey Kneller's 1689 portrait of Isaac Newton (age 46)
Born	25 December 1642 [NS: 4 January 1643] Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth Lincolnshire, England
Died	20 March 1727 (aged 84) [NS: 31 March 1727][1] Kensington, Middlesex, England
Residence	England
Nationality	English
Fields	Physics, mathematics, astronomy, natural philosophy, alchemy, Christian theology
Institutions	University of Cambridge Royal Society Royal Mint
Alma mater	Trinity College, Cambridge
Academic advisors	Isaac Barrow Benjamin Pulleyn
Notable students	Roger Cotes William Whiston
Known for	Newtonian mechanics Universal gravitation Infinitesimal calculus Optics Binomial series Newton's method Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica
Influences	Henry More Polish Brethren
Influenced	Nicolas Fatio de Duillier John Keill
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Notes His mother was Hannah Ayscough. His half-niece was Catherine Barton.

Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931)

Thomas Edison shook the world with his inventions, which changed the face of the world that was hundred years before to the world we are living in. Here are facts and information on the life of Thomas Edison.

Edison was born on February 11, 1847 in Milan, Ohio State in America to his parents Samuel Edison Jr. and Nancy Elliot Edison. He was the seventh child of his parents. Thomas spent seven years of his childhood in Milan before his family shifted to Port Huron in Michigan State where his father was appointed on a new job as a carpenter at Fort Gratiot in 1854.