HONOR

"The Ig Nobel Prizes honor achievements that first make people laugh, and then make them think."

Official Website:
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Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Dan Ariely	Economist	29-Apr-1968		The Upside of Irrationality
Jacques Chirac	Head of State	29-Nov-1932		President of France, 1995-2007
Deepak Chopra	Author	22-Oct-1946		Ageless Body, Timeless Mind
Daryl Gates	Government	30-Aug-1926	16-Apr-2010	Chief of LAPD 1978-92
Andre Geim	Physicist	Oct-1958		Super-thin carbon physics
John Hagelin	Activist	9-Jun-1954		Natural Law Party
L. Ron Hubbard	Religion	13-Mar-1911	24-Jan-1986	Perpetrated Dianetics, Scientology
Nick Leeson	Business	25-Feb-1967		Caused collapse of Baring's Bank
Michael Milken	Business	4-Jul-1946		Convicted financial executive
Sun Myung Moon	Religion	6-Jan-1920		Head Moonie
Ron Popeil	Business	3-May-1935		Ginsu knives, Mr. Microphone
Dan Quayle	Politician	4-Feb-1947		Vice President under George H.W. Bush
John P. Stapp	Scientist	11-Jul-1910	13-Nov-1999	Rocket sled pioneer
Edward Teller	Physicist	15-Jan-1908	9-Sep-2003	Father of the Hydrogen Bomb
Atal Bihari Vajpayee	Head of State	25-Dec-1924		Prime Minister of India, 1998-2004
Jack Van Impe	Religion	9-Feb-1931		Televangelist
Erich von Däniken	Author	14-Apr-1935		Chariots of the Gods?

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