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Wilhelm Reich
Austrian-American psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, sex educator and sociologist (1897–1957)

MrBeast
James Stephen "Jimmy" Donaldson (born May 7, 1998), better known as MrBeast, is an American YouTuber, media personality, philanthropist, and businessman. The founder of Beast Industries, a conglomerate that holds various media channels, MrBeast Burger, Feastables, Lunchly and more, he produces high-paced YouTube videos built around elaborate challenges and grandiose philanthropic efforts, that are noted for their high production values. With more than 474 million subscribers, his main channel is the most subscribed on YouTube. He also is the third most followed account on TikTok.

Pedro Pascal
José Pedro Balmaceda Pascal is a Chilean and American actor. Known for his portrayals of parental figures, he has starred in television series and blockbuster films. His accolades include an Actor Award, in addition to nominations for a Golden Globe Award and four Primetime Emmy Awards. Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2023.

William Gibson
American-Canadian speculative fiction writer (born 1948)
Joseph Heller
American writer
Leó Szilárd
Hungarian-American Jewish physicist and inventor (1898–1964)

Moby
Richard Melville Hall (born September 11, 1965), known professionally as Moby, is an American musician, songwriter and animal rights activist. He has sold 20 million records worldwide. AllMusic considers him to be "among the most important dance music figures of the early 1990s, helping bring dance music to a mainstream audience both in the United States and the United Kingdom".

H. L. Mencken
American journalist and writer (1880–1956)
Jim Peebles
Canadian-American astronomer & Nobel Laureate in Physics
Percival Lowell
American astronomer (1855-1916)
Tom Waits
American singer-songwriter and actor (born 1949)
Stephen Jay Gould
American biologist and historian of science (1941–2002)

Billy Bob Thornton
Billy Bob Thornton is an American actor, filmmaker, screenwriter, and singer-songwriter. He received international attention after writing, directing and starring in the independent drama film Sling Blade (1996), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. For his role in A Simple Plan (1998), he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Cecilia Helena Payne Gaposchkin
British-born American astronomer
Aaron Copland
American composer, composition teacher, writer, and conductor (1900-1990)
Thorstein Veblen
American economist and sociologist (1857–1929)
Lynn Margulis
American evolutionary biologist (1938–2011)

Murray Rothbard
American economist (1926–1995)

Rudolph A. Marcus
Canadian chemist

Lee de Forest
American inventor (1873–1961)
Emily Deschanel
American actress, television producer, and film producer
Mike Dirnt
American rock musician, member of Green Day
George Pólya
Hungarian mathematician (1887-1985)
Robert Green Ingersoll
American lawyer, orator, and politician (1833-1899)

Burt Bacharach
American pianist, composer, producer (1928–2023)
Raymond Kurzweil
American computer scientist, author, entrepreneur, futurist and inventor (born 1948)
Louis C.K.
American comedian, actor, and filmmaker (born 1967)
Thomas Eakins
American painter (1844–1916)

Jim Jones
American cult leader (1931–1978)

Harlow Shapley
American astronomer (1885-1972)
Sarah Silverman
American comedian, actress, and writer
Robert Noyce
American businessman and engineer (1927–1990)

Brian Greene
American physicist

David Bohm
American theoretical physicist

Stone Cold Steve Austin
American professional wrestler and actor
Emile Berliner
German-born American inventor (1851–1929)
William Friedkin
American director and producer (1935–2023)
Larry Niven
American writer (born 1938)

Richard Wright
American novelist and poet (1908–1960)
Clarence Darrow
American lawyer and leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union (1857-1938)

Winsor McCay
American cartoonist and animator
Bernard Malamud
American author (1914–1986)

Vince Gilligan
George Vincent Gilligan Jr. is an American screenwriter and filmmaker. He became widely known as the creator, showrunner, and executive producer of the AMC crime series Breaking Bad (2008–2013) and its spin-off prequel series Better Call Saul (2015–2022). He has received numerous accolades, including four Primetime Emmy Awards, six Writers Guild of America Awards, two Critics' Choice Television Awards, two Producers Guild of America Awards, a Directors Guild of America Award, and a BAFTA Television Award.

Bill Bryson
American-British author (born 1951)
Florence Welch
English musician, singer and songwriter

Bill Nye
American science educator, comedian, television host, actor, writer, scientist and mechanical engineer

Artie Lange
American comedian

Rob Van Dam
American professional wrestler and actor (born 1970)

Robert Anton Wilson
American author, futurist, and agnostic mystic (1932-2007)
Zack de la Rocha
American singer, rapper and activist (born 1970)

Finneas O'Connell
American musician and actor (born 1997)
Michael Shermer
American science writer

Gaylord Simpson
American paleontologist (1902–1984)

Andy Weir
Andy Weir is an American novelist. His 2011 novel The Martian was adapted into the 2015 film of the same name directed by Ridley Scott. He received the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 2016. His 2021 novel Project Hail Mary was a finalist for the 2022 Hugo Award for Best Novel, and has also been adapted into a film, released in March 2026.
Paul Bowles
American composer and writer (1910–1999)
George Lincoln Rockwell
American founder of the American Nazi Party (1918–1967)
Tom Lehrer
American musician and mathematician (1928–2025)

Charlie Day
American actor, writer and producer (born 1976)

Neil Peart
Canadian-American drummer (1952–2020)
Charles Proteus Steinmetz
Prussian-American mathematician, electrical engineer (1865–1923)