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Thomas Edison
American inventor and businessman (1847–1931)
John Forbes Nash
American mathematician and economist (1928–2015)
Edward Teller
Hungarian-American Jewish nuclear physicist (1908–2003)
Carol Greider
American molecular biologist
Dian Fossey
American zoologist, gorilla researcher (1932–1985)
Annie Jump Cannonn
American astronomer (1863-1941)
Ruth Benedict
American anthropologist and folklorologist (1887-1948)
Eric Allin Cornell
American physicist, professor (born 1961)
Henrietta Swan Leavitt
American astronomer and human calculator (1868–1921)
Pete Conrad
American astronaut and lunar explorer (1930–1999)
William Howard Stein
American biochemist (1911–1980)
Temple Grandin
American doctor of animal science, author, and autism activist
John Wesley Powell
American geologist (1834-1902)
Charles Proteus Steinmetz
Prussian-American mathematician, electrical engineer (1865–1923)
Milton H. Erickson
American psychiatrist (1901–1980)
Helen B. Taussig
Jewish-American cardiologist (1898-1986)
Patch Adams
American physician, activist, diplomat and author
Bruce Perens
American computer scientist
Jack Horner
American paleontologist (born 1946 )
Ann Bancroft
American explorer
George Rogers Clark
American surveyor, soldier, and militia officer (1752–1818)
Amy Cuddy
American psychologist
Paul Douglas
American politician and economist (1892–1976)
George M. Church
geneticist, molecular engineer, chemist
Meredith Eaton
American actress
Hugh Herr
American bioengineer
Andrew Solomon
American journalist
Alfred Rehder
German-American professor of botany (1863-1949)
Elliot Aronson
American psychologist
John Porter East
American politician (1931-1986)
David Gelernter
American computer scientist (born 1955)
Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard
American academic administrator (1809–1889)
Linda Laubenstein
American physicien and medical researcher on AIDS
Lauretta Bender
American neuropsychiatrist (1897–1987)
Henry Gilman
American chemist (1893-1986)
Abraham Nemeth
American mathematician (1918–2013)
Wanda Díaz-Merced
American astrophysicist
Beck Weathers
American writer
Aziza Baccouche
American physicist and science filmmaker (1976-2021)
Catharine Furbish
American botanist and scientific illustrator (1834-1931)
Larry Wos
American mathematician
Reginald Golledge
Australian-born American geographer (1937-2009)
William Lindsay Brandon
American medical doctor, politician and soldier
Louis B. Rosenberg
American engineer, computer scientist, writer, and inventor
Caryn Navy
American mathematician and computer scientist
T. V. Raman
Indian computer scientist
Dawn Prince-Hughes
American anthropologist, primatologist, demonology
Cheri Blauwet
American wheelchair racer
Jacob Bolotin
American physician (1888-1924)
Lynika Strozier
American biologist
Eugene Landy
American psychologist (1934–2006)
Mathew Carey Lea
American chemist
James V. McConnell
American biologist (1925-1990)
Charles Epstein
American geneticist