https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noam_Chomsky
Avram Noam Chomsky (born December 7, 1928) is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, logician, political commentator, social justice activist, and anarcho-syndicalist advocate. Sometimes described as the "father of modern linguistics," Chomsky is also a major figure in analytic philosophy. He has spent most of his career at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he is Institute Professor Emeritus, and is the author of more than 100 books. In a 2005 poll that asked readers of Foreign Policy and Prospect magazines to vote for "the top five public intellectuals" in the world, Chomsky ranked first.