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134 famous people found
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Merlin TUTTLE
American ecologist, conservationist, and wildlife photographer who has specialized in bat ecology
1941 -
Gary K. MICHELSON
American billionaire businessman, orthopedic spinal surgeon, inventor, and philanthropist
1949 -
Jonas SALK
American medical researcher and virologist who discovered and developed one of the first successful polio vaccines
1914 - 1995 -
Robert MERCER
American computer scientist, former co-CEO of the hedge fund company Renaissance Technologies
1946 -
John B. SIMPSON
American scientist specializing in neuroendocrinology, physiology, and behavior, 14th President of the University of Buffalo
1947 -
Edmund MONTGOMERY
Scottish-American philosopher, scientist and physician
1835 - 1911 -
Epes RANDOLPH
American civil engineer and businessman who constructed railroads in America's South, Ohio, Arizona, California, and Mexico
1856 - 1921 -
Alexander John CHANDLER
American veterinary surgeon, founder of Chandler, Arizona
1859 - 1950 -
Fred C. KOCH
American chemical engineer and entrepreneur
1900 - 1967 -
Florence VAN STRATEN
American aerological engineer known for advancing the science of naval meteorology during and after World War II
1913 - 1992 -
Charles Burleigh PURVIS
American physician
1842 - 1929 -
Robert JARVIK
American scientist, researcher, and entrepreneur known for his role in developing the Jarvik-7 artificial heart
1946 -
John Forbes NASH JR.
American mathematician
1928 - 2015 -
Edward JONES
American statistician, mostly known for being the "Jones" in the Dow Jones Industrial Average
1856 - 1920 -
Will BAGLEY
American historian specializing in the history of the Western United States and the American Old West
1950 -
Willis CARRIER
American engineer, best known for inventing modern air conditioning
1876 - 1950 -
Alice DEWEY
American anthropologist who studied Javanese society
1928 - 2017 -
Will CROWTHER
American computer programmer and caver, best known as the co-creator of Colossal Cave Adventure
1936 -
Hudson MAXIM
American inventor and chemist who invented a variety of explosives, including smokeless gunpowder
1853 - 1927 -
Nathaniel WYETH
American mechanical engineer and inventor
1911 - 1990