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J. Robert Oppenheimer was an American theoretical physicist who served as the director of the Manhattan Project's Los Alamos Laboratory during World War II. He is often called the "father of the atomic bomb" for his role in overseeing the development of the first nuclear weapons.

Swedish economist (1898–1987)

Canadian-American economist and diplomat (1908–2006)

American economist (1918–2002)

American historian, social critic, and public intellectual (1917–2007)

American politician and diplomat (1924–1985)

American lawyer and presidential adviser (1928–2010)

Puerto Rican politician (1898–1980)

American politician (1871–1937)

American politician

American diplomat (1895-1971)

American economist

American politician (1942-2024)

American counter-terrorism expert; former National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure Protection and Counter-terrorism for the United States

French geographer (1915–1994)

American sociologist

American journalist and professor

American civil rights lawyer (1918–2000)

Chairman, Tennessee Valley Authority and Atomic Energy Commission.

American historian (1949–2019)

American civil servant (1894-1983)

American economist

American politician (1933–2023)

President of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

American labor leader (1928–1997)