JP
Judit Polgár
Hungarian chess player
b. 1976age 50Living
The only woman ever to break into chess's world top 10, reaching a peak rating of 2735 and holding the No. 1 women's ranking for 26 consecutive years. At 15, she became the youngest grandmaster in history at the time, breaking Bobby Fischer's record. She beat eleven current or former world champions over her career, including a 2002 win over Garry Kasparov — the only time a woman has defeated a reigning world No. 1.