Public Figures & Cultural Luminaries
Filterable archive covering centuries of intellectual, artistic, and moral contributions to the human story.
Shiv Chopra
Shiv Darshan Lal Chopra, commonly known as Shiv Chopra, was a Canadian microbiologist and human rights activist. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.
Baldev Raj
Baldev Raj was an Indian scientist and director of the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) in Kalpakkam, India.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.
John Young
John Watts Young was an American astronaut, naval officer and aviator, test pilot, and aeronautical engineer. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.
Thomas Bopp
Thomas Joel Bopp was an American amateur astronomer. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.
Harold R. Kaufman
Harold R. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.
Dr. Abderrahmane Hadj-Salah
(ุนุจุฏ ุงูุฑุญู
ู ุญุงุฌ ุตุงูุญ)
Pioneering linguist universally revered as the 'Father of Modern Arabic Linguistics', creator of the neo-Khalilian linguistic theory and President of the Algerian Academy of Arabic Language.
Erwin Obermair
Erwin Obermair was an Electrician, Austrian amateur astronomer and co-discoverer of asteroids.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.
Walter Benz
Walter Benz was a German mathematician, an expert in geometry.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.
Nikolay Neprimerov
Nikolay Neprimerov was a Doctor of Technical Sciences and professor of physics at the Kazan State University. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.
Alan Drysdall
Alan Roy Drysdall was an English geologist who worked in southern Africa. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.
Oliver Smithies
Oliver Smithies was a British-American geneticist and physical biochemist. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.
Renรฉ Thomas
Renรฉ Thomas (14 May 1928 - 9 January 2017 was a Belgian scientist. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.
Ann Savage
Ann Savage (1947โ2017) was a distinguished United Kingdom public figure recognized for outstanding contributions in sciences.
Jacques F. Benders
Jacobus Franciscus (Jacques) Benders was a Dutch mathematician and emeritus Professor of Operations Research at the Eindhoven University of Technology. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.
Eli Zelkha
Elias "Eli" Zelkha was an Iranian-American entrepreneur, venture capitalist and professor. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.
Roger Parsons
Roger Parsons was a British chemist (electrochemist).. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.
Gerald E. McClearn
Gerald "Jerry" McClearn was an American behavior geneticist and professor emeritus of health and human development and biobehavioral health at the Pennsylvania State University.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.
Spartak Belyaev
Spartak Timofeyevich Belyaev was a Soviet and Russian theoretical physicist who was awarded a Lomonosov Gold Medal.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.