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| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Christian Anfinsen |
Chemist |
26-Mar-1916 |
14-May-1995 |
Protein structure and folding |
| George Beadle |
Scientist |
22-Oct-1903 |
9-Jun-1989 |
One gene, one enzyme theory |
| Johnny Bench |
Baseball |
7-Dec-1947 |
|
Hall of Fame catcher |
| Paul Berg |
Chemist |
30-Jun-1926 |
|
Pioneer in recombinant DNA |
| Elizabeth H. Blackburn |
Scientist |
26-Nov-1948 |
|
Co-Discoverer of telomerase |
| Kathleen Blanco |
Politician |
15-Dec-1942 |
|
Governor of Louisiana |
| Erma Bombeck |
Columnist |
21-Feb-1927 |
22-Apr-1996 |
The Grass is Always Greener |
| Rudy Boschwitz |
Business |
7-Nov-1930 |
|
US Senator from Minnesota, 1978-91 |
| Kirbyjon H. Caldwell |
Religion |
c. 1954 |
|
Windsor Village United Methodist Church |
| Doyle E. Carlton |
Politician |
6-Jul-1885 |
25-Oct-1972 |
Governor of Florida, 1929-33 |
| Kimberly A. Casiano |
Business |
21-Dec-1957 |
|
President of Casiano Communications, 1994-2009 |
| Thomas R. Cech |
Chemist |
8-Dec-1947 |
|
Proved enzyme role of RNA |
| Erwin Chargaff |
Biologist |
11-Aug-1905 |
20-Jun-2002 |
Biochemist at Columbia University |
| Sue Bell Cobb |
Judge |
1956 |
|
Alabama Chief Justice |
| Stanley Cohen |
Scientist |
17-Nov-1922 |
|
Nerve and skin cell growth factors |
| Stanley N. Cohen |
Biologist |
17-Feb-1935 |
|
Recombinant DNA |
| Joan Crawford |
Actor |
23-Mar-1905 |
10-May-1977 |
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? |
| Len Dawson |
Football |
20-Jun-1935 |
|
KC Chiefs Quarterback |
| Charles Easley |
Judge |
c. 1950 |
|
Justice, Mississippi Supreme Court |
| Doris F. Fisher |
Business |
1932 |
|
Co-Founder of The Gap |
| J. Michael Fitzpatrick |
Business |
c. 1946 |
|
President of Rohm and Haas, 1999-2005 |
| Martin Frost |
Politician |
1-Jan-1942 |
|
Congressman from Texas, 1979-2005 |
| Walter Gilbert |
Chemist |
21-Mar-1932 |
|
Sequencing techniques for DNA |
| Newt Gingrich |
Politician |
17-Jun-1943 |
|
Speaker of the House, 1995-99 |
| Lindsey Graham |
Politician |
9-Jul-1955 |
|
US Senator from South Carolina |
| Jeb Hensarling |
Politician |
29-May-1957 |
|
Congressman, Texas 5th |
| Robert W. Holley |
Scientist |
28-Jan-1922 |
11-Feb-1993 |
RNA's role in protein synthesis |
| Sherrill W. Hudson |
Business |
c. 1943 |
|
CEO of TECO Energy |
| Brenda LaGrange Johnson |
Business |
? |
|
US Ambassador to Jamaica |
| Gladys Knight |
Singer |
28-May-1944 |
|
Lords dominion over The Pips |
| Brian Krolicki |
Politician |
31-Dec-1960 |
|
Lt. Governor of Nevada |
| Patti LaBelle |
Singer |
24-May-1944 |
|
Lady Marmalade |
| Bert Lance |
Government |
3-Jun-1931 |
15-Aug-2013 |
OMB Director, 1977 |
| James A. Lash |
Business |
4-May-1944 |
|
Manchester Principal LLC |
| Albert Lasker |
Business |
1-May-1880 |
30-May-1952 |
Advertising executive and medical research patron |
| Mary Lasker |
Activist |
30-Nov-1900 |
21-Feb-1994 |
Health care advocate |
| Boyce F. Martin, Jr. |
Judge |
23-Oct-1935 |
|
6th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| John Mendelsohn |
Biologist |
31-Aug-1936 |
|
Cancer researcher |
| Lee Meriwether |
Actor |
27-May-1935 |
|
Miss America 1955 |
| Bob Miller |
Politician |
30-Mar-1945 |
|
Governor of Nevada, 1989-99 |
| Claude B. Nielsen |
Business |
c. 1951 |
|
Coca-Cola Bottling Company United |
| Marshall W. Nirenberg |
Scientist |
10-Apr-1927 |
15-Jan-2010 |
RNA's role in protein synthesis |
| Queen Noor |
Royalty |
23-Aug-1951 |
|
Queen of Jordan |
| Gregory Peck |
Actor |
5-Apr-1916 |
12-Jun-2003 |
To Kill A Mockingbird |
| Matthew Perkins |
Business |
23-Nov-1911 |
31-Dec-1990 |
Founder of Perkins Restaurant and Bakery |
| Patrick S. Pittard |
Business |
c. 1945 |
|
CEO of Heidrick & Struggles, 1997-2002 |
| Wolfgang Puck |
Chef |
8-Jul-1949 |
|
Spago restaurant |
| Monroe Rathbone |
Business |
1-Mar-1900 |
2-Aug-1976 |
Formed Exxon |
| Harry Reid |
Politician |
2-Dec-1939 |
|
US Senate Minority Leader |
| George E. Sangmeister |
Politician |
16-Feb-1931 |
7-Oct-2007 |
Congressman from Illinois, 1989-95 |
| Glenn S. Schafer |
Business |
c. 1949 |
|
President of Pacific Life, 1995-2005 |
| Manuel N. Stamatakis |
Business |
c. 1948 |
|
Capital Management Enterprises |
| Wendell M. Stanley |
Chemist |
16-Aug-1904 |
15-Jun-1971 |
First to crystallize a virus |
| Edward Tatum |
Scientist |
14-Dec-1909 |
7-Nov-1975 |
One gene, one enzyme theory |
| Howard M. Temin |
Scientist |
10-Dec-1934 |
9-Feb-1994 |
Tumor viruses and host genetics |
| Robert I. Toll |
Business |
c. 1941 |
|
Co-Founder of Toll Brothers |
| Harold E. Varmus |
Scientist |
18-Dec-1939 |
|
Genetic causes of cancer |
| Andrew von Eschenbach |
Government |
30-Oct-1941 |
|
FDA Commissioner, 2005-09 |
| William J. White |
Business |
c. 1939 |
|
CEO of Bell & Howell, 1993-97 |
