American neuroscientist and author. Self-published debut novel Still Alice, about a Harvard University professor who suffers early onset Alzheimer's disease. The book was adapted into a film & won the Best Actress Oscar for Julianne Moore
German astrophysicist. He was awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize for physics 'for the discovery of a supermassive compact object at the centre of our galaxy', which he shared with Andrea Ghez and Roger Penrose
Is a centenarian and is a Canadian psychologist and educator. She was the first woman Chancellor of the University of Western Ontario from 1992 to 1996
American astronomer and professor. In 2020, she became the fourth woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics, sharing one half of the prize with Reinhard Genzel (the other half of the prize being awarded to Roger Penrose)
American paleontologist (born: 1946) whose research focuses on vertebrate paleontology, especially the Paleocene-Eocene eras. He is an expert on the evolution of primates and whales
Roboticists Matthew Godden of Shadow Robot Co. in England led the assembly of the bionic man from prosthetic body parts and artificial organs donated by laboratories around the world/First Fully Bionic Man Walks, Talks and Breathes
Theoretical physicist; worked at Manhattan Project; friend of Robert Oppenheimer; then working at Caltech (whose president he became) with Enrico Fermi + Edward Teller; spearheaded development of the 10-m-telescope at Keck Observatory, HI
American materials scientist and solid-state physicist. In 2019, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and, at 97 years old, became the oldest Nobel laureate in history
June 28, 1955 American ufologist and retired physician who founded the Center for the Study of Extraterrestrial Intelligence (CSETI) and the Disclosure Project
American computer scientist, inventor, and entrepreneur
co-founded Siri Inc., which created the Siri intelligent personal assistant and knowledge navigator
British developmental biologist.In 2012, he and Shinya Yamanaka were awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for the discovery that mature cells can be converted to stem cells
Frederick Duncan Michael Haldane FRS (born 14 September 1951) is a British physicist. He won the 2016 Nobel prize for physics with David J. Thouless and John Michael Kosterlitz
Computer scientist, systems engineer/Director of Software Engineering Division of MIT Instrumentation Laboratory, which developed on-board flight software for Apollo space program. Her team's work prevented abort of Apollo 11 moon landing
Chemist, William 'Butch' Hanford (1908-1996) is best-known for his development of the modern system of making multipurpose material polyurethane. This method is responsible for manufacturing many of the plastics used within today's society
Author, scientist and public health advocate whose research exposed the Flint water crisis. Her book What the Eyes Don't See, was named 1 of the NY Times 100 most notable books of the year. Founded the Pediatric Public Health Initiative
Professor of economics. In 2013, he was awarded the The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel - Nobel Prize in Economics, jointly with Robert J. Shiller and Eugene Fama
Chinese engineer, scientist and supercentenarian. He is a pioneer in the field of food science and industrial fermentation and has contributed to food industry development in China through nearly 8 decades of work
American astronomer, author, and writer who was the first person to convince the mainstream science that the Earth had once been hit by a planet sized body (Thea), creating both the moon and the Earth's 23° tilt. He also has an asteroid named after hi
Leading German oceanographer and climate modeller. He is Professor Emeritus at the University of Hamburg and former Director of the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology. He was awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics
British born marine engineer and submarine designer.He also designed the one-man microsubmersible Mantis, which he himself piloted in the James Bond film 'For Your Eyes Only'. As late as 2007, he held the world solo dive record of 3,000 feet (910 m)
Killam professor of Medical Genetics at the University of British Columbia and Canada Research Chair in Human Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Hayden is best known for his research in Huntington disease (HD)
American chemist noted for the discovery and development of the Heck reaction, which uses palladium to catalyze organic chemical reactions. Nobel Prize in Chemistry o2010
Scottish molecular biologist and biophysicist and pioneer in the field of electron microscopy of biological molecules. He shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2017 with Jacques Dubochet and Joachim Frank
American paleontologist known for the discovery of a Tyrannosaurus rex in South Dakota on August 12, 1990 largest specimen of a T. rex found and one of the most complete skeletons
(born 1950) is an American astronomer and ufologist. UFO historian Jerome Clark calls him 'one of the most skilled investigators in the history of UFO research.' He was the main investigator for the Center for UFO Studies (CUFOS)
December 25, 1904 - March 3, 1999/Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1971 for contributions to the knowledge of electronic structure & geometry of molecules, particularly free radicals'. Herzberg's main work concerned atomic & molecular spectroscopy
(born 31 January 1917), is an archaeologist and academic. He was Director of the British School of Archaeology at Athens from 1954 to 1962, and led the excavations at Knossos from 1957 to 1961. He turned 100 in January 2017
Young chemist when her husband, Don Hornig, was personally asked by George Kistiakowsky to come to Los Alamos to work on a secret project. At first she worked on plutonium chemistry, then the explosives group. A witness to the Trinity test
American physicist (Born: 1914) in the early days of nuclear physics and elementary particle research. In the fall of 1940 he was hired to help on adapting and using the cyclotron to separate isotopes of uranium for the atomic bomb project
(born August 10, 1942) is an American historian and retired Associate Professor of History at Temple University specializing in 20th-century American history. Jacobs is a prominent figure in ufology
Professor of earth and planetary science and of astronomy at the University of California, Berkeley. He is best known for his work on the composition of the Earth and the behavior of materials under high temperatures and pressures
David Clifford Jewitt (born 1958) is a British-American astronomer who studies the Solar System, especially its minor bodies.He is best known for being the first person (along with Jane Luu) to discover a body beyond Pluto in the Kuiper belt
'Hidden Figure' African-American physicist and mathematician who made contributions to the US aeronautics and space programs with early application of digital electronic computers at NASA
NASA Apollo Engineer, born 1942. Flight Controller for the EMU (Space Suit) through Apollo 13. Helped design, analyze, and test the suits. NASA medical requirements led to his doctorate and career as a Seattle OB-GYN
Won the 2010 Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine and the 2020 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences. He was awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
American Nobel Laureate who is professor of medicine. He is a 2019 Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine with Peter J. Ratcliffe and Gregg L. Semenza
Japanese physicist, known for neutrino experiments at the Kamiokande and its successor Super-Kamiokande. In 2015, he received the Nobel Prize in Physics jointly with Arthur B. McDonald
Coordinating lead author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for their report, Climate Change 2007, assessing man-made global warming
Hungarian - American biochemist who specializes in RNA - mediated mechanisms, particularly in vitro - transcribed mRNA for protein therapies. 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine along with Drew Weissman
Austrian-born American theoretical chemist. Received the 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, together with Michael Levitt and Arieh Warshel for 'the development of multiscale models for complex chemical systems'
Canadian engineer whose achievements include designing the first digital game-playing machine, and the world's first automated traffic signalling system
Alan Curtis Kay (born May 17, 1940) is an American computer scientist. He has been elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Royal Society of Arts. He is best known for his pioneering work
One of the captains of the 1981 North Carolina Tar Heel that reached the NCAA finals - was a chemistry major and attended medical school after graduation.
Indian-American Biochemist (1922-2011), 1968 Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine for his work with Nucleic Acids. Honored on 2018-1-9 with a Google Doodle on his 96th birthdate
Former Chief of Public Information and Public Affairs Officer for NASA. Named 'the Voice of NASA' as he was the voice of launch control for every mission from Gemini 4 to Apollo 15 including Apollo 11
American biologist, professor of entomology and zoology, and sexologist who, in 1947, founded the Institute for Sex Research at Indiana U. Best known for writing Sexual Behavior in the Human Male (1948), as well as the Kinsey scale
Ukrainian-American scientist born November 18, 1900. Leader of X Division at 'Manhattan Project', later President Dwight D. Eisenhower's Science Advisor.
(born 1918) is a retired Israeli scientist and the highest ranking Soviet spy ever caught in Israel. The case of Klingberg is regarded one of the most destructive spy scandals in the history of the State of Israel
'Procet Manhattan' (Trinity); worked on the RaLa Experiment at Los Alamos, which was crucial to developing the spherical implosion necessary for the plutonium bomb
NASA scientist and leader in the design of several robotic deep-space planetary missions.He is also an author, game developer, lecturer,photographer and environmentalist
ABMA/NASA. Joined the Werner von Braun rocket team in 1959. Worked on Mercury, Apollo, Skylab, and Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. Manning a console in the Firing Room for most of the Apollo launches, including Apollo 7 through 13
Professor of physics at Brown University and the son of biochemist Hans Kosterlitz. He was awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in physics along with David Thouless and Duncan Haldane for work on condensed matter physics
Hungarian-Austrian physicist working in attosecond science. In 2023, jointly with Pierre Agostini and Anne L'Huillier, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics
American development economist. In 2019 he was jointly awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics, together with Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo, 'for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty.'
Daughter of Russian mineralogist Leonid Kulik, best known for his expedition to investigate the Tunguska event, the largest impact event in history, which had occurred on June 30, 1908
French physicist, and professor of atomic physics at Lund University in Sweden. In 2023, jointly with Pierre Agostini and Ferenc Krausz, she won the Nobel Prize in Physics
Computer scientist, author, hardware engineer, and game programmer, known for writing books about game development. Author of multiple books on computer programming and game design, including Windows Game Programming for Dummies
Swedish chemist , battery inventor & entrepreneur/PhD in inorganic chemistry , founded battery company Boston Power, Founder & owner of the company until 2012. Now she & her husband Per started a new business together, it's called Cloteam
Inductee Inventor Hall of Fame; revolutionized biomedical technology through the development of a controlled drug delivery system; one of history's most prolific inventors in medicine
Civil rights figure, born 1937. First integrated class of a Tennessee public school, 1955. Later, did local sit-ins. Career developing lasers, semiconductors and fiber optics. Saw Eisenhower at Union Station during a DC trip in the 1950s
American physician-scientist best known for his work with G protein-coupled receptors, for which, with Brian Kobilka, he was awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize for Chemistry
Physics professor who has investigated crop circles for more than a decade in the UK and USA. He is a member of the Michigan Chapter of the Mutual UFO Network
Manhattan Project scientist, born 1921. Harvard chemistry grad recruited to work at the Manhattan Project's Oak Ridge facility to help enrich Uranium 235, used in the Hiroshima bomb. Continued his work into the Cold War era
American Astronomer and planetary scientist specializing in planetary dynamics. He currently works at the Southwest Research Institute, U.S.A. and studies planetary orbits and their evolution through solar system history
American-British-Israeli biophysicist and a professor. Received the 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, together with Martin Karplus and Arieh Warshel for "the development of multiscale models for complex chemical systems"
(Born July 9,1920) received his Ph.D. from the University of Maryland in 1947. His thesis was on the discharge mechanism of Geiger'Müller counters. Liebson received a US Navy award for developing the first equipment used to identify enemy radar.
Swedish scientist specialising in cancer research.In 2015, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry jointly with American chemist Paul L. Modrich and Turkish chemist Aziz Sancar for mechanistic studies of DNA repair
Retired engineer/oilman (Born: 1948) who was part of the team who found the the first 'black gold' in the North Sea in 1970. Lives in Aberdeen, Scotland, UK. Also known as Rob 'Swede' Lingard
American paleontologist and Sterling Professor at Yale University who is largely remembered now for championing a Pre-NeoDarwinian Synthesis view of evolution
Michigan State Professor leads a team created this thing called a transparent luminescent solar concentrator (TLSC), which employs organic salts to absorb wavelengths of light that are already invisible to the human eye/Solar Collector
Writer best known for his books about parapsychology (Born: 1935) He also investigated the Enfield Poltergeist, as recorded in This House is Haunted (1980). He also collaborated with Uri Geller on The Geller Effect (1986)
Chief of staff at the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic's National Academy of Sciences and 'The secret hero of Chernobyl' who saved thousands of lives stopping radioactive waste seeping into rivers. He is now 69 and lives in Russia
American virologist. Along with Michael Houghton and Harvey J. Alter, he was awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 'for the discovery of Hepatitis C virus'
American aeronautical engineer & founder of AeroVironment & designer of human-powered aircraft that won the first Kremer prize. He devoted his life to developing more efficient transportation vehicles that could 'Do more wit
Scottish-born chemist and the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry at Princeton University. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 2021
* 1933 in Karlsruhe, German electrical engineer who in the 1960s developed a trackball control similar to the later computer mouse at Telefunken. Douglas Engelbart is usually considered the inventor of the mouse
American theoretical physicist, academic, and author. He has taught physics at the University of Connecticut since 1975. He is best known for his scientific position on the possibility of time travel
Japanese-American meteorologist and climatologist who pioneered the use of computers to simulate global climate change and natural climate variations. He was awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics
Swiss astrophysicist and professor emeritus at the University of Geneva's Department of Astronomy. He is co - laureate of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics along with Jim Peebles and Didier Queloz
Co-inventor of popular drugs in tetrahydropyridimine family such as pyrantel, morantel & oxantel. Drugs commonly used for the treatment of intestinal parasitic worms, most popularly in veterinary fields for pin, round, and heart worms
Former president and COO and a director of Freeport-McMoRan Copper and Gold. Member of the National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum, the American Mining Congress, and the Montana Tech Foundation
American chemist, born 1933. Served as the Launch and Flight Weather Officer for the first US satellite, Explorer I in 1958. Made the call to it for two days to avoid high upper winds. Worked on the 1st Intercontinental ballistic missile. Also a champion
Danish chemist was awarded one third of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, jointly with Carolyn R. Bertozzi and Karl Barry Sharpless, 'for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry'
(Born September 22, 1918) is an American entomologist born in Pasadena, California. He is a leading expert on bees, his magnus opus being The Bees of the World
American economist, winner of the 2020 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics, together with Robert B. Wilson, 'for improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats
French research scientist. He is known for having discovered the function of the thymus and for the identification, in mammalian species of the two major subsets of lymphocytes (T cells and B cells) and their function
(born July 15, 1918, née Brenda Langford) is a British-Canadian neuropsychologist who has contributed to the research on various topics in the field of clinical neuropsychology, sometimes referred to as 'the founder of neuropsychology'
English video game designer and programmer who often goes by the name Yak. He is the founder of software house Llamasoft and has created dozens of games during his career, which began in 1981 with games for the ZX80
Author of several bestselling works of fiction and nonfiction for both children and adults. He is a contributing editor at Popular Science and an award-winning science writer
American physicist born November 7, 1915; group leader at Project Manhattan (Trinity); transported the plutonium core of Trinity to test site in an old Plymouth car
Norwegian psychologist and neuroscientist. She shared the Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2014, together with her husband Edvard and John O'Keefe
French scientist and pioneer in the field of electrical engineering and lasers and Nobel laureate. Along with Donna Strickland and Arthur Ashkin, he won the Nobel Prize in Physics
Cancer physician, researcher & assistant professor at Columbia University. Mukherjee is also the author of The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, winner of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize in general nonfiction, and The Laws of Medicine
American game producer and designer. He created the 1980 adventure game The Prisoner, produced the 1995 adaptation I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream, and developed Heroes of Might and Magic III and Heroes of Might and Magic IV
Astrophysicist. He discovered the first Black Hole in 1971. He found out that the bright X-ray source Cygnus X-1 was a binary system, with a giant blue star orbiting a dark object, which he realised had to be a black hole
(born 31 October 1943) is an Indian space scientist and a former Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation, and Secretary to the Department of Space, Government of India
Mathematician, Professor at Princeton U, Nobel Prize Winner in Economics - 1994 - for game theory, Subject of the Academy Award winning film, 'A Beautiful Mind' starring Russell Crowe as Nash
American inventor and microscopist (Born: 1915) He invented the shadow X-ray microscope and is one of the founders of the Microscopy Society of America