On November 7, 1867, Maria Salomea Skłodowska, better known to the world as Marie Curie, was born in Warsaw, Poland. 
Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel prize and the first scientist to win in different categories. 
Her pioneering work in radioactivity led to the discovery of polonium and radium. 

Diploma of Nobel Prize in Physics, Pierre and Marie Curie 1903

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Nobel Prize Diploma 1911

Marie Skłodowska was born in Warsaw, Poland, to a family of teachers who believed strongly in education. She moved to Paris to continue her studies and there met Pierre Curie, who became both her husband and colleague in the field of radioactivity. The couple later shared the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics. Marie was widowed in 1906, but continued the couple’s work and went on to become the first person ever to be awarded two Nobel Prizes. During World War I, Curie organized mobile X-ray teams. The Curies’ daughter, Irene, was also jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry alongside her husband, Frederic Joliot.
Marie Curie – Facts – NobelPrize.org