Marie Curie, née Maria Sklodowska, was born in Warsaw on November 7, 1867. She died July 4th 1934.
I could read about this Polish-born French scientist, famous for her work on radioactivity and twice a winner of the Nobel Prize. for. hours! I have referenced her in several of my blog posts already. With Henri Becquerel and her husband, Pierre Curie, she was awarded the 1903 Nobel Prize for Physics. She was later the sole winner of the 1911 Nobel Prize for Chemistry.