Scientists from New York (state)

American theoretical physicist (1918–1988)

American astrophysicist, cosmologist and author (1934–1996)

James Dewey Watson was an American molecular biologist, geneticist, and zoologist. In 1953, he and Francis Crick co-authored an academic paper in Nature proposing the double helix structure of the DNA molecule, building on research by Rosalind Franklin and Raymond Gosling. In 1962, Watson, Crick, and Maurice Wilkins were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for their discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material".

American computer scientist, co-inventor of the Unix operating system and the C programming language

American scientist and cytogeneticist

German-born American physicist

American physicist, former United States Secretary of Energy, Nobel laureate

American theoretical physicist (1918–1994)

American theoretical physicist

American theoretical physicist

American physicist

American physicist (1918–1998)

American physicist

American physician, geneticist and Nobel prize winner (1925–2011)

American physicist (1931-2019)

American scientist (1914-2006)

American biologist and historian of science (1941–2002)

physicist and Nobel Prize winner from the United States

Jewish-Polish biochemist

American molecular biologist

Nobel laureate organic and inorganic chemist and Holocaust child survivor (born 1937)

American molecular biologist (1925–2008)

American astronomer (1877–1957)

American physicist

American computer scientist (1932–2020)

American mineralogist, scientist and zoologist (1813-1895)

American physician and astronomer (1837–1882)

American paleontologist (1831–1899)

American computer scientist and Internet pioneer

American billionaire heir and businessman (1940–2019)

American physicist (1930-2017)

Canadian-born American physician and medical researcher

American astronomer

American scientist, inventor and women's rights activist (1819–1888)

American botanist (1810–1888)

American computer scientist (1945–2020)

American computer scientist and electrical engineer (1938–2024)

American neuroendocrinology researcher (b. 1957)

American author and producer

American futurist noted for his views on nature of thermonuclear war (1922–1983)

American paleontologist and 4th Secretary of the Smithsonian (1850-1927)

American surgeon widely credited as the inventor of the Heimlich maneuver (1920-2016)

American physicist (1906-1968)

American astronomer (1866–1952)

American physicist (1904–1996)

Nigerian professor, chemist, and inventor

American physicist and astronaut

American astrophysicist (1927–2020)

American physician (1901-1963)

American botanist (1724-1766)

American geneticist (1921–2007)

American activist and astronomer, Ph.D. Harvard University 1956 (1925–2011)

American ornithologist, birdwatcher, and nature writer (1863 – 1948)

physicist working on string theory (1954–2018)

U.S. zoologist and botanist (1869–1956)

American chemist (1948–1997)

American astronomer (1844–1921)

American physicist (1911-2011)

American electrical engineer (1907–1985)

American paleontologist (1894-1973)