Marvin Minsky (born August 9, 1927) U.S. cognitive scientist specializing in artificial intelligence – The Emotion Machine: Commonsense Thinking, Artificial Intelligence, and the Future of the Human Mind 2007
Read more about Minsky's research into how machines could be smart here
Watch Marvin Minsky talk about artificial intelligence
here
Tove Jansson (born August 9, 1914) Swedish-Finnish children’s book author (Moomintrolls series)
Jean Piaget (born August 9, 1896) Swiss philosopher and developmental psychologist – The Moral Judgment of the Child (1932)
Read about Jean Piaget at https://piaget.org/about-piaget/
Jean Piaget speaking in French
here
Izaak Walton (born August 9, 1593) British writer – The Compleat Angler (1653)