Public Figures & Cultural Luminaries
Filterable archive covering centuries of intellectual, artistic, and moral contributions to the human story.
Heinz Billing
Heinz Billing was a German physicist and computer scientist, widely considered a pioneer in the construction of computer systems and computer data storage, who built a prototype laser interferometric gravitational wave detector.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.
Robert Vallรฉe
Robert Vallรฉe was a French cyberneticist and mathematician. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.
Jewel Plummer Cobb
Jewel Plummer Cobb was an American biologist, cancer researcher, professor, dean, and academic administrator. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.
Vera Rubin
(Vera Florence Cooper Rubin)
Pioneering astronomer whose measurements of galaxy rotation rates provided the first robust empirical evidence for dark matter.
John Glenn
(John Herschel Glenn Jr.)
First American to orbit the Earth aboard Friendship 7 in 1962, U.S. Senator, and oldest person to fly in space at age 77.
Ahmed Zewail
(ุฃุญู
ุฏ ุญุณู ุฒููู)
Egyptian-American chemist revered as the 'father of femtochemistry' who used ultrafast lasers to film chemical bonds breaking and forming in real time.
John Murrell
John Norman Murrell FRS was a British theoretical chemist who played a leading role in revolutionising the UK's reputation for theoretical chemistry during the second half of the 20th century.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.
Wim Mook
Willem Gerrit "Wim" Mook was a Dutch isotope physicist.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.
Dmitry Shirkov
Dmitry Vasil'evich Shirkov was a Russian theoretical physicist, known for his contribution to quantum field theory and to the development of the renormalization group method.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.
Jerker Porath
Jerker Porath was a Swedish biochemist who invented several separation methods for biomolecules. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.
Robert M. Carter
Robert Merlin Carter was an English palaeontologist, stratigrapher and marine geologist. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.
Sir Kenneth Corfield
Sir Kenneth George Corfield was a British camera engineer and industrialist.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.
Abbas Bahri
Abbas Bahri was a Tunisian mathematician. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.
Lawrence H. Cohn
Lawrence H. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.
Robert D. Acland
Robert D. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.
Lev Nikolayevich Korolyov
Lev Nikolayevich Korolyov was a Soviet and Russian computer scientist, corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.
Rudolf Haag
Rudolf Haag was a German theoretical physicist, who mainly dealt with fundamental questions of quantum field theory. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.
Rลซsiลลก Mฤrtiลลก Freivalds
Rลซsiลลก Mฤrtiลลก Freivalds was a Latvian computer scientist and mathematician. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.