Marie CURIE was a famous scientist who made groundbreaking discoveries in the field of radioactivity. She was born in Poland in 1867 and moved to France in 1891, where she studied at the Sorbonne. She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903, and later won a second Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1911. She is remembered for her pioneering work in the field of radiation and its effects on the human body.