American video game designer, programmer, and producer. He is best known for being the creator of early games from several different genres, including pioneering simulation game Utopia for Intellivision in 1981
French Egyptologist and scientist who published a theory stating that the stones of the Great Pyramid where not carved stone but mostly a form of limestone concrete
English author and biomedical gerontologist. He is the author of The Mitochondrial Free Radical Theory of Aging (1999) and co-author of Ending Aging (2007)
Inventor Hall of Fame inductee; holds three of the nine original IBM patents upon which the IBM PC personal computers were based including bus control means for peripheral processing devices
British and American economist. In 2015, he was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare
US Politician, Maryland (1822-82) Medical doctor, then into politics as a Whig, then a Democrat. Senator, 1877-79. Gave stirring speech to re-open investigation of controversial R.B. Hayes election, but unsuccessful
American mathematician and former professional magician and poker player. He teaches statistics at Stanford University. He is particularly known for tackling mathematical problems involving randomness
An American invertebrate paleontologist who became known for his discovery in 1909 of well-preserved fossils in the Burgess Shale of British Columbia, Canada; Secretary of the Smithsonian (1907-1927)
American biochemist known for her pioneering work in CRISPR gene editing, for which she won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry along with Emmanuelle Charpentier
American astronomer who is best known as one of the pioneers in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, including the founding of SETI, mounting the first attempts at detecting extraterrestrial communications in 1961
(born October 14, 1917) is a Canadian educator known for teaching computer classes at the age of 101. Manitoba Teachers? Society honoured Dryden in their magazine's March issue. City of Winnipeg presented her with a Community Service Award
French American economist. She shared the 2019 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences with Abhijit Banerjee and Michael Kremer, 'for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty'
Assisted discovery of H2 receptor class of drugs, cimetidine, which inhibits production of stomach acid. Cimetidine is commonly used to treat acid reflux and stomach ulcers to this day. Inducted National Inventors HOF 1990
Engineer 1st working American gasoline-powered car & co-founder of Duryea Motor Wagon Company. In Springfield Charles & his brother Frank produced & road-tested America's 1st gasoline-powered car
One of Russia's most notable specialists in the investigation of unidentified flying objects. He works as a coordinator at The Science and Research center Kosmopoisk (Search of Cosmos), Russia
American economist. Dybvig was awarded the 2022 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, jointly with Douglas Diamond and Ben Bernanke, 'for research on banks and financial crises'