Sciences - Other
114 famous people found
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Jerry VLASAK
American animal rights activist and former trauma surgeon
1958 -
Ben CARSON
American politician, public servant, author and former neurosurgeon
1951 -
Jonas SALK
American medical researcher and virologist who discovered and developed one of the first successful polio vaccines
1914 - 1995 -
Neil deGrasse TYSON
American astrophysicist, author, and science communicator
1958 -
Robert F. SMITH
American billionaire businessman, philanthropist, chemical engineer, and investment banker
1962 -
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 -
Melville HATCH
American entomologist
1898 - 1988 -
Epes RANDOLPH
American civil engineer and businessman who constructed railroads in America's South, Ohio, Arizona, California, and Mexico
1856 - 1921 -
Maurice Garland FULTON
American historian and English professor
1877 - 1955 -
Florence VAN STRATEN
American aerological engineer known for advancing the science of naval meteorology during and after World War II
1913 - 1992 -
Robert JARVIK
American scientist, researcher, and entrepreneur known for his role in developing the Jarvik-7 artificial heart
1946 -
Bill NYE
American science communicator, television presenter, and mechanical engineer
1955 -
William Addams REITWIESNER
American genealogist who traced the ancestry of United States political figures, European royalty and celebrities
1954 - 2010 -
Will BAGLEY
American historian specializing in the history of the Western United States and the American Old West
1950 -
Edward JONES
American statistician, mostly known for being the "Jones" in the Dow Jones Industrial Average
1856 - 1920 -
William S. GRAY
American educator and literacy advocate
1885 - 1960 -
Frank BOYDEN
Headmaster of Deerfield Academy
1879 - 1972 -
Willis CARRIER
American engineer, best known for inventing modern air conditioning
1876 - 1950 -
Alice DEWEY
American anthropologist who studied Javanese society
1928 - 2017