diff --git a/namesgenerator/names-generator.go b/namesgenerator/names-generator.go
index fc5e581..51873f8 100644
--- a/namesgenerator/names-generator.go
+++ b/namesgenerator/names-generator.go
@@ -109,6 +109,9 @@ var (
 		// Jean Bartik, born Betty Jean Jennings, was one of the original programmers for the ENIAC computer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Bartik
 		"bartik",
 
+		// Laura Bassi, the world's first female professor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Bassi
+		"bassi",
+
 		// Alexander Graham Bell - an eminent Scottish-born scientist, inventor, engineer and innovator who is credited with inventing the first practical telephone - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Graham_Bell
 		"bell",