Name: Rosalind Franklin

Famous For: Biophysicist and X-ray crystallographer who helped discover the shape of DNA. Later scientists used her findings to create the DNA model we now know in 1953. She is known as one of the first big name female scientist which was difficult in her time.

Jobs: Chemist & Scientist

Birth Date: 25 July 1920

Death Date: 16 April 1958 (age 38)

Quote: “In my view, all that is necessary for faith is the belief that by doing our best we shall succeed in our aims: the improvement of mankind.”