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Kate Sheppard

1848 – 1934

Won the world's first national women's vote in 1893.

New Zealand·Peace · History

Ernest Rutherford

1871 – 1937

Found the atomic nucleus and split the atom.

New Zealand·Physics · ChemistryNobelFull profile

Howard Florey

1898 – 1968

Turned penicillin from curiosity into mass-manufactured medicine.

Australia·MedicineNobel

Macfarlane Burnet

1899 – 1985

Acquired immune tolerance, the basis of transplantation.

Australia·Medicine · BiologyNobel