Stephen Hawking was a renowned physicist and author who overcame amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) to make groundbreaking contributions to the fields of cosmology and physics. He had a normal childhood but was later diagnosed with ALS, a neurodegenerative disease. Despite his illness, he completed his PhD at Cambridge and had a successful career, making predictions about black holes and the origin of the universe. Hawking worked diligently throughout his life to advance scientific knowledge.