| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Edgar Adrian |
Scientist |
30-Nov-1889 |
4-Aug-1977 |
Electricity within nerve cells |
| Cornelius Agrippa |
Magician |
14-Sep-1486 |
18-Feb-1535 |
Three Books of Occult Philosophy |
| Ernst F. W. Alexanderson |
Inventor |
25-Jan-1878 |
14-May-1975 |
Developed radio and television at GE and RCA |
| Zhores I. Alferov |
Scientist |
15-Mar-1930 |
|
Developed solar cells for the Sputnik program |
| Alois Alzheimer |
Doctor |
14-Jun-1864 |
19-Dec-1915 |
Alzheimer's Disease |
| Werner Arber |
Scientist |
3-Jun-1929 |
|
Restriction enzymes (DNA cleavage) |
| Aristotle |
Philosopher |
384 BC |
322 BC |
Politics |
| Richard Axel |
Scientist |
2-Jul-1946 |
|
Odorant receptors and olfactory organization |
| Joseph Babinski |
Doctor |
17-Nov-1857 |
29-Oct-1932 |
The Babinski sign |
| Leo Baekeland |
Scientist |
14-Nov-1863 |
23-Feb-1944 |
Father of plastics |
| Bruce Bagemihl |
Scientist |
? |
|
Biological Exuberance |
| Frederick G. Banting |
Scientist |
14-Nov-1891 |
21-Feb-1941 |
Discovered insulin |
| Françoise Barré-Sinoussi |
Scientist |
30-Jul-1947 |
|
Co-Discoverer of HIV |
| Bill Bass |
Scientist |
30-Aug-1928 |
|
Human decomposition |
| George Beadle |
Scientist |
22-Oct-1903 |
9-Jun-1989 |
One gene, one enzyme theory |
| William Beebe |
Scientist |
29-Jul-1877 |
4-Jun-1962 |
Ocean explorer |
| Georg von Békésy |
Scientist |
3-Jun-1899 |
13-Jun-1972 |
Mechanism of cochlear stimulation |
| Baruj Benacerraf |
Scientist |
29-Oct-1920 |
2-Aug-2011 |
Gene control of HLA antigens |
| Hans Berger |
Physicist |
21-May-1873 |
1-Jun-1941 |
Electroencephalogram |
| Sune K. Bergström |
Scientist |
10-Jan-1916 |
15-Aug-2004 |
Prostaglandins |
| Clarence Birdseye |
Scientist |
9-Dec-1886 |
7-Oct-1956 |
Frozen and dried food, wrapped in cellophane |
| J. Michael Bishop |
Scientist |
22-Feb-1936 |
|
Genetic causes of cancer |
| James W. Black |
Scientist |
14-Jun-1924 |
22-Mar-2010 |
Propranolol and cimetidine |
| Elizabeth H. Blackburn |
Scientist |
26-Nov-1948 |
|
Co-Discoverer of telomerase |
| Susan Blackmore |
Author |
29-Jul-1951 |
|
The Meme Machine |
| Günter Blobel |
Scientist |
21-May-1936 |
|
Protein signaling in cells |
| Konrad Bloch |
Scientist |
21-Jan-1912 |
15-Oct-2000 |
Cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism |
| Baruch S. Blumberg |
Scientist |
28-Jul-1925 |
5-Apr-2011 |
Hepatitis B vaccine |
| Jules Bordet |
Scientist |
13-Jun-1870 |
6-Apr-1961 |
Researched antibodies and antigens |
| Norman Borlaug |
Scientist |
25-Mar-1914 |
12-Sep-2009 |
Engineered disease-resistant wheat |
| Daniel Bovet |
Scientist |
23-Mar-1907 |
8-Apr-1992 |
Anti-histamines, muscle relaxants, sulfanilamide |
| Sydney Brenner |
Scientist |
13-Jan-1927 |
|
Genetic regulation of organ development |
| Fred Brooks |
Computer Programmer |
19-Apr-1931 |
|
Father of the IBM System 360 |
| Rodney Brooks |
Scientist |
30-Dec-1954 |
|
Robotics and artificial intelligence researcher |
| Giordano Bruno |
Scientist |
1548 |
17-Feb-1600 |
Heretic cosmologist |
| Frank Macfarlane Burnet |
Scientist |
3-Sep-1899 |
31-Aug-1985 |
Acquired immunological tolerance |
| Vannevar Bush |
Scientist |
11-Mar-1890 |
30-Jun-1974 |
Pre-internet visionary |
| Guy Stewart Callendar |
Scientist |
9-Feb-1898 |
3-Oct-1964 |
Callendar Effect |
| Walter Bradford Cannon |
Scientist |
19-Oct-1871 |
1-Oct-1945 |
Fight or flight response |
| Mario Capecchi |
Scientist |
6-Oct-1937 |
|
Knock-out mice |
| Arvid Carlsson |
Scientist |
25-Jan-1923 |
|
Signal transduction in the nervous system |
| Rachel Carson |
Scientist |
27-May-1907 |
14-Apr-1964 |
Mother of the environmental movement |
| Vint Cerf |
Scientist |
23-Jun-1943 |
|
Co-Designed Internet's TCP-IP protocol |
| Ana María Cetto |
Scientist |
1946 |
|
Mexican physicist |
| Ernst B. Chain |
Scientist |
19-Jun-1906 |
12-Aug-1979 |
Isolated penicillin |
| Ananda M. Chakrabarty |
Scientist |
4-Apr-1938 |
|
Oil-eating bacteria |
| Martin Chalfie |
Scientist |
1947 |
|
Green Fluorescent Protein |
| Jule Charney |
Scientist |
1-Jan-1917 |
16-Jun-1981 |
Quasi-gesotrophic theory |
| Walter Christaller |
Scientist |
21-Apr-1893 |
9-Mar-1969 |
Central Place Theory |
| Leon Chua |
Scientist |
28-Jun-1936 |
|
Hypothesized the memristor |
| Aaron Ciechanover |
Scientist |
1-Oct-1947 |
|
Ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation |
| A. J. Clark |
Scientist |
19-Aug-1885 |
30-Jul-1941 |
Drug responses |
| Albert Claude |
Scientist |
23-Aug-1899 |
22-May-1983 |
Microstructure of the cell |
| Stanley Cohen |
Scientist |
17-Nov-1922 |
|
Nerve and skin cell growth factors |
| Francis Collins |
Scientist |
14-Apr-1950 |
|
Human Genome Project |
| Carl Cori |
Scientist |
5-Dec-1896 |
20-Oct-1984 |
Catalytic conversion of glycogen |
| Gerty Cori |
Scientist |
15-Aug-1896 |
26-Oct-1957 |
Catalytic conversion of glycogen |
| Alan Cottrell |
Scientist |
17-Jul-1919 |
15-Feb-2012 |
Metallurgist at Cambridge |
| André F. Cournand |
Scientist |
24-Sep-1895 |
19-Feb-1988 |
Cardiac catheterization |
| Francis Crick |
Scientist |
8-Jun-1916 |
28-Jul-2004 |
Co-Discoverer of the structure of DNA |
| Heidi Cullen |
TV Personality |
c. 1971 |
|
The Climate Code |
| Jan Czochralski |
Scientist |
23-Oct-1885 |
22-Apr-1953 |
Czochralski Process |
| Leonardo Da Vinci |
Artist |
15-Apr-1452 |
2-May-1519 |
Mona Lisa, The Last Supper |
| Henry Dale |
Scientist |
9-Jun-1875 |
23-Jul-1968 |
Acetylcholine as a neurotransmitter |
| Henrik Dam |
Scientist |
21-Feb-1895 |
Apr-1976 |
Discovered Vitamin K |
| Jean Dausset |
Scientist |
19-Oct-1916 |
6-Jun-2009 |
Recognition of HLA antigens |
| Raymond Davis, Jr. |
Scientist |
14-Oct-1914 |
31-May-2006 |
Detected solar neutrinos |
| Max Delbrück |
Scientist |
4-Sep-1906 |
10-Mar-1981 |
Molecular structure of viral genes (phages) |
| Dorothy Denning |
Scientist |
12-Aug-1945 |
|
Professor, interest in encryption |
| Jared Diamond |
Scientist |
10-Sep-1937 |
|
Collapse of societies |
| Whitfield Diffie |
Scientist |
5-Jun-1944 |
|
Invented public key cryptography |
| Kenelm Digby |
Scientist |
11-Jul-1603 |
11-Jun-1665 |
Founding member of the Royal Society |
| Jeremiah Dixon |
Astronomer |
7-Aug-1733 |
22-Jan-1777 |
Mason-Dixon Line |
| T. G. Dobzhansky |
Scientist |
25-Jan-1900 |
18-Dec-1975 |
Genetics and the Origin of Species |
| Alphonse Dochez |
Doctor |
21-Apr-1882 |
30-Jun-1964 |
Scarlet fever, pneumonia, common cold |
| E. C. Dodds |
Scientist |
13-Oct-1899 |
16-Dec-1973 |
Diethylstilbestrol |
| Peter C. Doherty |
Scientist |
15-Oct-1940 |
|
T-cells and antigens |
| Edward A. Doisy |
Scientist |
3-Nov-1893 |
23-Oct-1986 |
Chemical structure of Vitamin K |
| Gerhard Domagk |
Scientist |
30-Oct-1895 |
24-Apr-1964 |
Sulfa drugs for strep, stapf infections |
| K. Eric Drexler |
Scientist |
25-Apr-1955 |
|
Nanotechnology primer Engines of Creation |
| Renato Dulbecco |
Scientist |
22-Feb-1914 |
20-Feb-2012 |
Tumor viruses and host genetics |
| Christian de Duve |
Scientist |
2-Oct-1917 |
|
Microstructure of the cell |
| John Eccles |
Scientist |
27-Jan-1903 |
2-May-1997 |
Membrane potential of nerves |
| Gerald M. Edelman |
Scientist |
1-Jul-1929 |
|
Chemical structure of antibodies |
| Robert G. Edwards |
Scientist |
27-Sep-1925 |
|
In vitro fertilization |
| Paul Ehrlich |
Doctor |
14-Mar-1854 |
20-Aug-1915 |
Father of chemotherapy |
| Paul R. Ehrlich |
Scientist |
29-May-1932 |
|
The Population Bomb |
| Christiaan Eijkman |
Scientist |
11-Aug-1858 |
5-Nov-1930 |
Research led to discovery of vitamins |
| Willem Einthoven |
Scientist |
21-May-1860 |
28-Sep-1927 |
Invented the electrocardiograph |
| Gertrude B. Elion |
Scientist |
23-Jan-1918 |
21-Feb-1999 |
Developed medicines for leukemia, herpes, AIDS |
| Charles Elton |
Scientist |
29-Mar-1900 |
1-May-1991 |
Animal Ecology |
| John F. Enders |
Scientist |
10-Feb-1897 |
8-Sep-1985 |
Cultured the polio virus |
| Joseph Erlanger |
Scientist |
5-Jan-1874 |
5-Dec-1965 |
Nerve conduction |
| James Pollard Espy |
Scientist |
9-May-1785 |
24-Jan-1860 |
The Philosophy of Storms |
| Ulf von Euler |
Scientist |
7-Feb-1905 |
9-Mar-1983 |
Neurotransmitters, norepinephrine and prostaglandins |
| Bartolomeo Eustachi |
Scientist |
c. 1500 |
27-Aug-1574 |
Anatomist |
| Martin Evans |
Scientist |
1-Jan-1941 |
|
Embryonic stem cells |
| Max Faget |
Scientist |
26-Aug-1921 |
9-Oct-2004 |
Designer of NASA spacecraft |
| Oliver La Farge |
Author |
19-Dec-1901 |
2-Aug-1963 |
Laughing Boy |
| Johannes Fibiger |
Scientist |
23-Apr-1867 |
30-Jan-1928 |
Caused cancer in lab rats |
| Andrew Z. Fire |
Scientist |
27-Apr-1959 |
|
RNA interference |
| Edmond H. Fischer |
Scientist |
6-Apr-1920 |
|
Protein phosphorylation |
| Alexander Fleming |
Scientist |
6-Aug-1881 |
11-Mar-1955 |
Discovered penicillin |
| Howard Florey |
Scientist |
24-Sep-1898 |
21-Feb-1968 |
Isolated penicillin |
| Robert Fludd |
Scientist |
1574 |
8-Sep-1637 |
Cosmologist and hermetic philosopher |
| Charles Fort |
Scientist |
6-Aug-1874 |
3-May-1932 |
Prophet of the Unexplained |
| Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier |
Mathematician |
21-Mar-1768 |
16-May-1830 |
Fourier series |
| Benjamin Franklin |
Diplomat |
17-Jan-1706 |
17-Apr-1790 |
American founding father |
| T. R. Fraser |
Scientist |
5-Feb-1841 |
4-Jan-1920 |
Made poison and venom into medicine |
| Elizebeth Friedman |
Scientist |
26-Aug-1892 |
31-Oct-1980 |
America's first female cryptanalyst |
| William Friedman |
Scientist |
24-Sep-1891 |
12-Nov-1969 |
Cryptography pioneer |
| Robert F. Furchgott |
Scientist |
4-Jun-1916 |
19-May-2009 |
Nitric oxide as a cardiovascular signal |
| John H. Gaddum |
Scientist |
31-Mar-1900 |
30-Jun-1965 |
Drug antagonism |
| D. Carleton Gajdusek |
Scientist |
9-Sep-1923 |
12-Dec-2008 |
Kuru (slow virus infections) |
| Herbert S. Gasser |
Scientist |
5-Jul-1888 |
11-May-1963 |
Nerve conduction |
| Carl Friedrich Gauss |
Mathematician |
30-Apr-1777 |
23-Feb-1855 |
Perhaps the greatest German mathematician |
| Michael Gershon |
Scientist |
c. 1936 |
|
Gut neurobiology |
| Alfred G. Gilman |
Scientist |
1-Jul-1941 |
|
G-protein cell signal transmission |
| Robert Goddard |
Scientist |
5-Oct-1882 |
10-Aug-1945 |
Father of modern rocketry |
| Thomas Gold |
Scientist |
22-May-1920 |
22-Jun-2004 |
Certain that oil is not a fossil fuel |
| Joseph L. Goldstein |
Scientist |
18-Apr-1940 |
|
Hypercholesterolemia and cell metabolism |
| Camillo Golgi |
Scientist |
7-Jul-1843 |
21-Jan-1926 |
Structure of the nervous system |
| Ragnar Granit |
Scientist |
30-Oct-1900 |
31-Mar-1990 |
Physiology of the retina |
| Brian Greene |
Author |
9-Feb-1963 |
|
The Elegant Universe |
| Susan Greenfield |
Scientist |
1-Oct-1950 |
|
Brain Story |
| Paul Greengard |
Scientist |
11-Dec-1925 |
|
Signal transduction in the nervous system |
| Carol W. Greider |
Scientist |
15-Apr-1961 |
|
Co-Discoverer of telomerase |
| Virgil Griffith |
Computer Programmer |
6-Mar-1983 |
|
Author of WikiScanner |
| Amiram Grinvald |
Scientist |
c. 1949 |
|
High-resolution optical imaging |
| Roger Guillemin |
Scientist |
11-Jan-1924 |
|
Hypothalamic hormones (brain peptides) |
| Stephen Hales |
Scientist |
7-Sep-1677 |
4-Jan-1761 |
Statical Essays |
| James E. Hansen |
Scientist |
29-Mar-1941 |
|
Greenhouse effect and global warming |
| Haldan K. Hartline |
Scientist |
22-Dec-1903 |
17-Mar-1983 |
Physiology of the retina |
| Leland H. Hartwell |
Scientist |
30-Oct-1939 |
|
Regulators of cell cycle |
| Steven Hatfill |
Scientist |
24-Oct-1953 |
|
US biowarfare researcher |
| Harald zur Hausen |
Scientist |
11-Mar-1936 |
|
Papilloma virus |
| Norman G. Heatley |
Scientist |
10-Jan-1911 |
5-Jan-2004 |
Isolated penicillin |
| Oliver Heaviside |
Engineer |
18-May-1850 |
3-Feb-1925 |
Kennelly-Heaviside layer |
| Philip S. Hench |
Scientist |
28-Feb-1896 |
30-Mar-1965 |
Adrenocortical hormones |
| Alfred D. Hershey |
Scientist |
4-Dec-1908 |
22-May-1997 |
Molecular structure of viral genes |
| Avram Hershko |
Scientist |
31-Dec-1937 |
|
Ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation |
| Walter Hess |
Scientist |
17-Mar-1881 |
12-Aug-1973 |
Brain mapping, neurophysiological methods |
| Corneille Heymans |
Scientist |
28-Mar-1892 |
18-Jul-1968 |
Aortic and carotid chemoreceptors |
| Archibald V. Hill |
Scientist |
26-Sep-1886 |
3-Jun-1977 |
Studied muscles and nerves |
| Peter B. Hirsch |
Scientist |
16-Jan-1925 |
|
Electron microscopy in metallurgy |
| George H. Hitchings |
Scientist |
18-Apr-1905 |
27-Feb-1998 |
Developed medicines for leukemia, herpes, arthritis |
| Alan L. Hodgkin |
Scientist |
5-Feb-1914 |
20-Dec-1998 |
Electrical impulses in nerves |
| Robert W. Holley |
Scientist |
28-Jan-1922 |
11-Feb-1993 |
RNA's role in protein synthesis |
| Robert Hooke |
Scientist |
18-Jul-1635 |
3-Mar-1703 |
Law of Elasticity, microscopist |
| Frederick Hopkins |
Scientist |
20-Jun-1861 |
16-May-1947 |
Discovered vitamins |
| H. Robert Horvitz |
Scientist |
8-May-1947 |
|
Genetic regulation of organ development |
| Bernardo Houssay |
Scientist |
10-Apr-1887 |
21-Sep-1971 |
Pituitary hormones in sugar metabolism |
| Tsien Hsue-shen |
Scientist |
11-Dec-1911 |
31-Oct-2009 |
Founder of Chinese space program |
| David H. Hubel |
Scientist |
27-Feb-1926 |
|
Neurophysiology of vision |
| Charles B. Huggins |
Scientist |
22-Sep-1901 |
12-Jan-1997 |
Hormonal treatment of prostate and breast cancers |
| Tim Hunt |
Scientist |
19-Feb-1943 |
|
Regulators of cell cycle |
| Andrew F. Huxley |
Scientist |
22-Nov-1917 |
30-May-2012 |
Electrical impulses in nerves |
| Thomas Henry Huxley |
Scientist |
24-May-1825 |
29-Jun-1895 |
Debated Wilberforce over evolution |
| Jamie Hyneman |
TV Personality |
25-Sep-1956 |
|
Mustachioed host of MythBusters |
| Louis J. Ignarro |
Scientist |
31-May-1941 |
|
Nitric oxide as a cardiovascular signal |
| Bruce Ivins |
Biologist |
22-Apr-1946 |
29-Jul-2008 |
Anthrax researcher and suspect |
| Henry B. Jackson |
Military |
21-Jan-1855 |
14-Dec-1929 |
Radio telegraphy |
| J. Hughlings Jackson |
Doctor |
4-Apr-1835 |
7-Oct-1911 |
Father of British neurology |
| François Jacob |
Scientist |
17-Jun-1920 |
|
Operon theory of genetic control |
| Niels K. Jerne |
Scientist |
23-Dec-1911 |
7-Oct-1994 |
Immune theory (anti-antibody) |
| Miriam E. John |
Scientist |
c. 1948 |
|
VP at Sandia, 1999-2006 |
| Joseph M. Juran |
Scientist |
24-Dec-1904 |
28-Feb-2008 |
The Pareto Principle |
| Robert E. Kahn |
Scientist |
23-Dec-1938 |
|
Co-Inventor, Internet's TCP-IP protocol |
| A. P. J. Kalam |
Scientist |
15-Oct-1931 |
|
11th President of India 2002-07 |
| Eric R. Kandel |
Scientist |
7-Nov-1929 |
|
Signal transduction in the nervous system |
| Charles K. Kao |
Scientist |
4-Nov-1933 |
|
Fiber optics |
| Bernard Katz |
Scientist |
26-Mar-1911 |
20-Apr-2003 |
Neurotransmitters and the pineal gland |
| Edward C. Kendall |
Scientist |
8-Sep-1886 |
4-May-1972 |
Adrenocortical hormones |
| Warwick Kerr |
Scientist |
9-Sep-1922 |
|
Introduced african bees to South America |
| Ancel Keys |
Scientist |
26-Jan-1904 |
20-Nov-2004 |
Nutritionist, created the K ration |
| H. Gobind Khorana |
Scientist |
9-Jan-1922 |
9-Nov-2011 |
RNA's role in protein synthesis |
| Alfred Kinsey |
Scientist |
23-Jun-1894 |
25-Aug-1956 |
Researched human sexual behavior |
| Athanasius Kircher |
Scientist |
2-May-1601 |
28-Nov-1680 |
Master of a Hundred Arts |
| Billy Klüver |
Scientist |
13-Nov-1927 |
11-Jan-2004 |
The Mr. Fix-It of kinetic art |
| Georges J.F. Köhler |
Scientist |
17-Apr-1946 |
1-Mar-1995 |
Hybridoma technique (monoclonal antibodies) |
| Willem Johan Kolff |
Scientist |
14-Feb-1911 |
11-Feb-2009 |
Artificial kidney, artificial heart |
| Arthur Kornberg |
Scientist |
3-Mar-1918 |
26-Oct-2007 |
Synthesized DNA |
| Roger D. Kornberg |
Scientist |
24-Apr-1947 |
|
Molecular basis of eukaryotic transcription |
| Albrecht Kossel |
Scientist |
16-Sep-1853 |
5-Jul-1927 |
Chemistry of tissues and cells |
| Edwin G. Krebs |
Scientist |
6-Jun-1918 |
21-Dec-2009 |
Protein phosphorylation |
| Hans Krebs |
Scientist |
25-Apr-1900 |
22-Nov-1981 |
Tricarboxylic acid cycle |
| August Krogh |
Scientist |
15-Nov-1874 |
13-Sep-1949 |
Discovered how capillaries regulate oxygen |
| Karl Landsteiner |
Scientist |
14-Jun-1868 |
26-Jun-1943 |
Discovered blood typing |
| Jaron Lanier |
Scientist |
3-May-1960 |
|
Coined the term "virtual reality" |
| Paul C. Lauterbur |
Scientist |
6-May-1929 |
27-Mar-2007 |
Magnetic resonance imaging |
| Alphonse Laveran |
Doctor |
18-Jun-1845 |
18-May-1922 |
Found the parasite that causes malaria |
| Henry C. Lee |
Scientist |
22-Nov-1938 |
|
Prominent criminologist |
| Wen Ho Lee |
Victim |
21-Dec-1939 |
|
Allegedly spied for China |
| Anton van Leeuwenhoek |
Scientist |
24-Oct-1632 |
26-Aug-1723 |
Master of the Microscope |
| Rita Levi-Montalcini |
Scientist |
22-Apr-1909 |
|
Nerve and skin cell growth factors |
| Edward B. Lewis |
Scientist |
20-May-1918 |
21-Jul-2004 |
Drosophila researcher, Nobel laureate |
| John C. Lilly |
Scientist |
6-Jan-1915 |
30-Sep-2001 |
Human-dolphin communication |
| Fritz Lipmann |
Scientist |
12-Jun-1899 |
24-Jul-1986 |
Carbohydrate oxidation |
| Otto Loewi |
Scientist |
3-Jun-1873 |
25-Dec-1961 |
Acetylcholine as a neurotransmitter |
| Edward Lorenz |
Scientist |
23-May-1917 |
16-Apr-2008 |
Chaos theory |
| James Lovelock |
Scientist |
26-Jul-1919 |
|
The Gaia Theory |
| Auguste Lumière |
Inventor |
19-Oct-1862 |
10-Apr-1954 |
Co-Inventor of motion pictures |
| André Lwoff |
Scientist |
8-May-1902 |
30-Sep-1994 |
Operon theory of genetic control |
| Feodor Lynen |
Scientist |
6-Apr-1911 |
6-Aug-1979 |
Cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism |
| Trofim Lysenko |
Scientist |
29-Sep-1898 |
20-Nov-1976 |
Dazzled Stalin with false genetic theory |
| John Macleod |
Scientist |
6-Sep-1876 |
16-Mar-1935 |
Helped discover insulin |
| William J. Madia |
Scientist |
c. 1948 |
|
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center |
| Peter Mansfield |
Scientist |
9-Oct-1933 |
|
Magnetic resonance imaging |
| Guglielmo Marconi |
Scientist |
25-Apr-1874 |
20-Jul-1937 |
Inventor of radio |
| Edme Mariotte |
Scientist |
c. 1620 |
12-May-1684 |
Discovered eye's blind spot |
| Barry J. Marshall |
Doctor |
30-Sep-1951 |
|
H. pylori bacteria causes ulcers |
| Charles Mason |
Astronomer |
Apr-1728 |
25-Oct-1786 |
Mason-Dixon Line |
| William Masters |
Scientist |
27-Dec-1915 |
16-Feb-2001 |
Human Sexual Response |
| Matthew Fontaine Maury |
Military |
14-Jan-1806 |
1-Feb-1873 |
Father of modern oceanography |
| James J. McCarthy |
Scientist |
? |
|
President of AAAS |
| Barbara McClintock |
Scientist |
16-Jun-1902 |
2-Sep-1992 |
Discovered transposable genes |
| Victor A. McKusick |
Scientist |
21-Oct-1921 |
22-Jul-2008 |
Father of medical genetics |
| Ilya Mechnikov |
Scientist |
16-May-1845 |
16-Jul-1916 |
Researched the immune system |
| Edward Mellanby |
Doctor |
8-Apr-1884 |
30-Jan-1955 |
Rickets |
| Craig C. Mello |
Scientist |
19-Oct-1960 |
|
RNA interference |
| Gregor Mendel |
Scientist |
22-Jul-1822 |
6-Jan-1884 |
Discovered the laws of inheritance |
| Ralph Merkle |
Scientist |
2-Feb-1952 |
|
Public key cryptographer |
| Otto Meyerhof |
Scientist |
12-Apr-1884 |
6-Oct-1951 |
Glycogen-lactic acid cycle |
| César Milstein |
Scientist |
8-Oct-1927 |
24-Mar-2002 |
Hybridoma technique (monoclonal antibodies) |
| Oskar Minkowski |
Doctor |
13-Jan-1858 |
18-Jul-1931 |
Linked pancreas to diabetes |
| Marvin Minsky |
Scientist |
9-Aug-1927 |
|
Father of Artificial Intelligence |
| Paul Mockapetris |
Scientist |
18-Nov-1948 |
|
Inventor, Internet Domain Name System |
| Egas Moniz |
Scientist |
29-Nov-1874 |
13-Dec-1955 |
Pre-frontal lobotomy and cerebral arteriography |
| Jacques Monod |
Scientist |
9-Feb-1910 |
31-May-1976 |
Operon theory of genetic control |
| Luc Montagnier |
Scientist |
18-Aug-1932 |
|
Co-Discoverer of HIV |
| Maria Montessori |
Educator |
31-Aug-1870 |
6-May-1952 |
Founder of Montessori Education Method |
| Thomas H. Morgan |
Scientist |
25-Sep-1866 |
4-Dec-1945 |
Fruit fly chromosomes and heredity |
| Hermann J. Muller |
Scientist |
21-Dec-1890 |
5-Apr-1967 |
Genetic effects of radiation |
| Paul H. Müller |
Scientist |
12-Jan-1899 |
12-Oct-1965 |
Synthesized DDT |
| Ferid Murad |
Scientist |
14-Sep-1936 |
|
Nitric oxide as a cardiovascular signal |
| William P. Murphy |
Scientist |
6-Feb-1892 |
9-Oct-1987 |
Liver therapy for pernicious anemia |
| Joseph E. Murray |
Doctor |
1-Apr-1919 |
|
Kidney transplants |
| Daniel Nathans |
Scientist |
30-Oct-1928 |
16-Nov-1999 |
Restriction enzymes (DNA cleavage) |
| Erwin Neher |
Scientist |
20-Mar-1944 |
|
Cellular ion channels |
| Charles Nicolle |
Scientist |
21-Sep-1866 |
28-Feb-1936 |
Found that lice transmit typhus |
| Marshall W. Nirenberg |
Scientist |
10-Apr-1927 |
15-Jan-2010 |
RNA's role in protein synthesis |
| Paul Nurse |
Scientist |
25-Jan-1949 |
|
Regulators of cell cycle |
| Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard |
Scientist |
20-Oct-1942 |
|
Embryonic development of fruit flies |
| Severo Ochoa |
Scientist |
24-Sep-1905 |
1-Nov-1993 |
Synthesized RNA |
| John Boyd Orr |
Scientist |
23-Sep-1880 |
25-Jun-1971 |
Nutritionist, Nobel Prize recipient |
| Albert S. Osborn |
Scientist |
1858 |
1946 |
Questioned Documents |
| Humphry Osmond |
Doctor |
1-Jul-1917 |
6-Feb-2004 |
LSD proponent, turned on Aldous Huxley |
| George Pake |
Scientist |
1-Apr-1924 |
4-Mar-2004 |
First director of Xerox PARC |
| George E. Palade |
Scientist |
19-Nov-1912 |
7-Oct-2008 |
Microstructure of the cell |
| George Papanicolaou |
Scientist |
13-May-1883 |
19-Feb-1962 |
Pap smear |
| Bradford W. Parkinson |
Engineer |
16-Feb-1935 |
|
Global Positioning System |
| Jack Parsons |
Scientist |
2-Oct-1914 |
17-Jul-1952 |
Satanic rocket scientist |
| Ivan Pavlov |
Scientist |
14-Sep-1849 |
27-Feb-1936 |
Conditioned reflexes |
| Ken Perlin |
Scientist |
c. 1957 |
|
Perlin noise |
| Laurence J. Peter |
Scientist |
16-Sep-1919 |
12-Jan-1990 |
The Peter Principle |
| Gregory Pincus |
Scientist |
9-Apr-1903 |
22-Aug-1967 |
Inventor of oral contraceptives |
| Giambattista della Porta |
Scientist |
c. 1538 |
4-Feb-1615 |
Magia Naturalis |
| Rodney R. Porter |
Scientist |
8-Oct-1917 |
6-Sep-1985 |
Chemical structure of antibodies |
| Jon Postel |
Scientist |
6-Aug-1943 |
16-Oct-1998 |
Creator of the Internet's RFC system |
| Bill Proenza |
Scientist |
c. 1945 |
|
Director, National Hurricane Center, 2007 |
| Joseph Proudman |
Mathematician |
30-Dec-1888 |
26-Jun-1975 |
Tidal currents |
| Stanley B. Prusiner |
Scientist |
28-May-1942 |
|
Prions |
| Daniel R. Raichel |
Scientist |
1935 |
22-Dec-2006 |
Acoustics expert |
| Venkatraman Ramakrishnan |
Scientist |
1952 |
|
Ribosomes |
| Santiago Ramón y Cajal |
Doctor |
1-May-1852 |
17-Oct-1934 |
Structure of the nervous system |
| R. E. Raspe |
Author |
1737 |
1794 |
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen |
| Orville Redenbacher |
Scientist |
16-Jul-1907 |
19-Sep-1995 |
Popcorn maker |
| Walter Reed |
Scientist |
13-Sep-1851 |
22-Nov-1902 |
Proved mosquitos spread Yellow Fever |
| Wilhelm Reich |
Scientist |
24-Mar-1897 |
3-Nov-1957 |
Founder of Orgonomy |
| Tadeus Reichstein |
Scientist |
20-Jul-1897 |
1-Aug-1996 |
Adrenocortical hormones |
| Joseph Banks Rhine |
Paranormal |
29-Sep-1885 |
20-Feb-1980 |
Father of modern parapsychology |
| Dickinson W. Richards |
Scientist |
30-Oct-1895 |
23-Feb-1973 |
Cardiac catheterization |
| Charles Richet |
Scientist |
26-Aug-1850 |
4-Dec-1935 |
Studied anaphylaxis and ectoplasm |
| Charles Richter |
Scientist |
26-Apr-1900 |
30-Sep-1985 |
Groundbreaking seismologist |
| Frederick C. Robbins |
Scientist |
25-Aug-1916 |
4-Aug-2003 |
Cultured the polio virus |
| Larry Roberts |
Scientist |
c. 1937 |
|
Principal architect, ARPANET |
| Richard J. Roberts |
Scientist |
6-Sep-1943 |
|
Eukaryotic (split) genes |
| Martin Rodbell |
Scientist |
1-Dec-1925 |
7-Dec-1998 |
G-protein cell signal transmission |
| Irwin Rose |
Scientist |
16-Jul-1926 |
|
Ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation |
| Ronald Ross |
Scientist |
13-May-1857 |
16-Sep-1932 |
Discovered malaria parasite in mosquitoes |
| Peyton Rous |
Scientist |
5-Oct-1879 |
16-Feb-1970 |
Blood banks and carcinogenic viruses |
| Aviel Rubin |
Computer Programmer |
8-Nov-1967 |
|
Computer security expert at Johns Hopkins |
| Benjamin Count Rumford |
Scientist |
26-Mar-1753 |
21-Aug-1814 |
Established the Rumford Medal |
| Burt Rutan |
Scientist |
17-Jun-1943 |
|
Homebrew aircraft guru |
| Bert Sakmann |
Scientist |
12-Jun-1942 |
|
Cellular ion channels |
| Jonas Salk |
Scientist |
28-Oct-1914 |
23-Jun-1995 |
Discoverer of the first polio vaccine |
| Bengt I. Samuelsson |
Scientist |
21-May-1934 |
|
Prostaglandins |
| Adam Savage |
TV Personality |
15-Jul-1967 |
|
Goateed host of MythBusters |
| Andrew V. Schally |
Scientist |
30-Nov-1926 |
|
Hypothalamic hormones (brain peptides) |
| Béla Schick |
Doctor |
16-Jul-1877 |
6-Dec-1967 |
Schick test for diphtheria |
| Theodor Schwann |
Scientist |
7-Dec-1810 |
11-Jan-1882 |
Cell Theorist |
| Wilbur Scoville |
Scientist |
1865 |
1942 |
Scoville heat units |
| Claude Shannon |
Scientist |
30-Apr-1916 |
24-Feb-2001 |
Pioneer in information theory |
| Werner von Siemens |
Business |
13-Dec-1816 |
6-Dec-1892 |
Founder of Siemens AG |
| Jens C. Skou |
Scientist |
8-Oct-1918 |
|
ATPase researcher |
| George E. Smith |
Scientist |
10-May-1930 |
|
Digital photography |
| Hamilton O. Smith |
Scientist |
23-Aug-1931 |
|
Restriction enzymes (DNA cleavage) |
| Theobald Smith |
Scientist |
31-Jul-1859 |
10-Dec-1934 |
Infectious and parasitic diseases |
| Oliver Smithies |
Scientist |
23-Jun-1925 |
|
Knock-out mice |
| George D. Snell |
Scientist |
19-Dec-1903 |
6-Jun-1996 |
Recognition of HLA antigens |
| Hans Spemann |
Scientist |
27-Jun-1869 |
9-Sep-1941 |
Experimental embryology |
| Percy Spencer |
Scientist |
19-Jul-1894 |
8-Sep-1970 |
Invented the microwave oven |
| Roger W. Sperry |
Scientist |
20-Aug-1913 |
17-Apr-1994 |
"Split brain" hemispheric neurophysiology |
| John P. Stapp |
Scientist |
11-Jul-1910 |
13-Nov-1999 |
Rocket sled pioneer |
| Thomas A. Steitz |
Scientist |
23-Aug-1940 |
|
Ribosomes |
| Patrick Steptoe |
Doctor |
9-Jun-1913 |
21-Mar-1988 |
In vitro fertilization |
| Ian Stewart |
Mathematician |
24-Sep-1945 |
|
Catastrophe theory |
| Marie Stopes |
Scientist |
15-Oct-1880 |
2-Oct-1958 |
Scientist and birth control advocate |
| John E. Sulston |
Scientist |
27-Mar-1942 |
|
Genetic regulation of organ development |
| Earl W. Sutherland, Jr. |
Scientist |
19-Nov-1915 |
9-Mar-1974 |
Hormones mechanisms (cyclic AMP) |
| George James Symons |
Scientist |
6-Aug-1838 |
10-Mar-1900 |
Meteorologist, British Rainfall |
| Albert Szent-Györgyi |
Scientist |
16-Sep-1893 |
22-Oct-1986 |
Vitamins C and B2 |
| Jack W. Szostak |
Scientist |
9-Nov-1952 |
|
First artificial chromosome |
| Edward Tatum |
Scientist |
14-Dec-1909 |
7-Nov-1975 |
One gene, one enzyme theory |
| Bernardino Telesio |
Philosopher |
1509 |
Oct-1588 |
De Rerum Natura |
| Howard M. Temin |
Scientist |
10-Dec-1934 |
9-Feb-1994 |
Tumor viruses and host genetics |
| Frederick Terman |
Scientist |
7-Jun-1900 |
19-Dec-1982 |
Stanford Research Park |
| Max Theiler |
Scientist |
30-Jan-1899 |
11-Aug-1972 |
Yellow fever vaccination |
| Hugo Theorell |
Scientist |
6-Jul-1903 |
15-Aug-1982 |
Oxidation enzymes |
| E. Donnall Thomas |
Scientist |
15-Mar-1920 |
|
Bone marrow transplants |
| Lonnie Thompson |
Scientist |
1-Jul-1948 |
|
Paleoclimatologist, glaciologist |
| Sebastian Thrun |
Scientist |
1967 |
|
Stanford AI Laboratory |
| Susumu Tonegawa |
Scientist |
6-Sep-1939 |
|
Antibody production and diversity |
| Evangelista Torricelli |
Mathematician |
15-Oct-1608 |
25-Oct-1647 |
Inventor of the barometer |
| Edward Troughton |
Inventor |
Oct-1753 |
12-Jun-1835 |
Early scientific instruments |
| Roger Y. Tsien |
Scientist |
1-Feb-1952 |
|
Green Fluorescent Protein |
| Konstantin E. Tsiolkovsky |
Scientist |
17-Sep-1857 |
19-Sep-1935 |
Astronautics and rocket dynamics pioneer |
| Murray Turoff |
Scientist |
13-Feb-1936 |
|
Computer conferencing and instant messaging |
| John R. Vane |
Scientist |
29-Mar-1927 |
19-Nov-2004 |
Prostaglandins |
| Harold E. Varmus |
Scientist |
18-Dec-1939 |
|
Genetic causes of cancer |
| Wernher von Braun |
Scientist |
23-Mar-1912 |
16-Jun-1977 |
German-American rocket scientist |
| John von Neumann |
Mathematician |
28-Dec-1903 |
8-Feb-1957 |
Computing pioneer, inventor of Game Theory |
| Julius Wagner-Jauregg |
Psychiatrist |
7-Mar-1857 |
27-Sep-1940 |
Cured syphilis with malaria, pioneered shock therapy |
| Selman A. Waksman |
Scientist |
22-Jul-1888 |
16-Aug-1973 |
Streptomycin and other antibiotics |
| Otto Warburg |
Scientist |
8-Oct-1883 |
1-Aug-1970 |
Effect of oxygen on cancer |
| J. Robin Warren |
Doctor |
11-Jun-1937 |
|
H. pylori bacteria causes ulcers |
| James Watson |
Scientist |
6-Apr-1928 |
|
Co-Discoverer of DNA |
| Alfred Wegener |
Scientist |
1-Nov-1880 |
Nov-1930 |
Continental drift |
| William H. Welch |
Scientist |
8-Apr-1850 |
30-Apr-1934 |
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine |
| Thomas H. Weller |
Scientist |
15-Jun-1915 |
23-Aug-2008 |
Cultured the polio virus |
| Horace Wells |
Scientist |
21-Jan-1815 |
24-Jan-1848 |
Nitrous oxide as a surgical anesthetic |
| George H. Whipple |
Scientist |
28-Aug-1878 |
2-Feb-1976 |
Bile, hemoglobin, and the liver |
| Eric F. Wieschaus |
Scientist |
8-Jun-1947 |
|
Embryonic development of fruit flies |
| Torsten N. Wiesel |
Scientist |
3-Jun-1924 |
|
Neurophysiology of vision |
| Jeffrey Wigand |
Scientist |
17-Dec-1942 |
|
Tobacco industry whistleblower |
| John Wilkins |
Author |
1614 |
19-Nov-1672 |
Essay towards a Real Character |
| Terry Winograd |
Scientist |
24-Feb-1946 |
|
Understanding Natural Language |
| Jerry M. Woodall |
Inventor |
c. 1938 |
|
Inventor of the red LED |
| Joan B. Woodard |
Scientist |
c. 1951 |
|
EVP at Sandia National Laboratories |
| Herbert O. Yardley |
Scientist |
13-Apr-1889 |
7-Aug-1958 |
U.S. cryptographer during WWI |
| Ada E. Yonath |
Scientist |
22-Jun-1939 |
|
Cryocrystallography |
| William D. Young |
Scientist |
c. 1944 |
|
Monogram Biosciences |
| Eliezer Yudkowsky |
Scientist |
11-Sep-1979 |
|
Co-Founder, Singularity Institute |
| Rolf M. Zinkernagel |
Scientist |
6-Jan-1944 |
|
T-cells and antigens |
| Hans Zinsser |
Scientist |
17-Nov-1878 |
4-Sep-1940 |
Typhus vaccine |
