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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
David Alter
Inventor
3-Dec-1807 18-Sep-1881 Almost discovered spectroscopy
Jacobo Arbenz
Head of State
14-Sep-1913 27-Jan-1971 President of Guatemala, 1951-54
Werner Arber
Scientist
3-Jun-1929   Restriction enzymes (DNA cleavage)
Marcus Bachmann
Religion
c. 1955   Husband of Rep. Michele Bachmann
Adolph Bandelier
Anthropologist
6-Aug-1840 18-Mar-1914 Native cultures of the American southwest
Felix Bloch
Physicist
23-Oct-1905 10-Sep-1983 Nuclear magnetic resonance
Daniel Bovet
Scientist
23-Mar-1907 8-Apr-1992 Anti-histamines, muscle relaxants, sulfanilamide
Anthony G. Brown
Politician
21-Nov-1961   Lt. Governor of Maryland
Warren Burger
Judge
17-Sep-1907 25-Jun-1995 US Chief Justice, 1969-86
Louis Chevrolet
Auto Racing
25-Dec-1878 6-Jun-1941 Designed the first Chevrolet
William W. Coblentz
Astronomer
20-Nov-1873 15-Sep-1962 Infrared spectroscopy
Paul Dirac
Physicist
8-Aug-1902 20-Oct-1984 The Principles of Quantum Mechanics
Billie Dove
Actor
14-May-1903 31-Dec-1997 The Black Pirate
Augustus Egg
Painter
2-May-1816 26-Mar-1863 Life and Death of Buckingham
Richard R. Ernst
Chemist
14-Aug-1933   NMR spectroscopy
Hans von Euler-Chelpin
Chemist
15-Feb-1873 7-Nov-1964 Enzymes of sugar fermentation
Minnesota Fats
Sports Figure
19-Jan-1913 15-Jan-1996 Billiards opponent of Willie Mosconi
Bobby Fischer
Chess Player
9-Mar-1943 18-Jan-2008 Eccentric chess grandmaster
Henry Clay Frick
Business
19-Dec-1849 2-Dec-1919 Robber baron, Johnstown flood
Jean-Luc Godard
Film Director
3-Dec-1930   Vivre sa Vie
Daniel Guggenheim
Business
9-Jul-1856 28-Sep-1930 Mining magnate
Meyer Guggenheim
Business
1-Feb-1828 15-Mar-1905 Patriarch of Guggenheim fortune
Peggy Guggenheim
Socialite
26-Aug-1898 23-Dec-1979 Renowned art collector
Charles Édouard Guillaume
Physicist
15-Feb-1861 13-Jun-1938 Invented alloys Invar and Elinvar
Gary Gygax
Inventor
27-Jul-1938 4-Mar-2008 Co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons
Brion Gysin
Artist
19-Jan-1916 13-Jul-1986 Inventor of the Dreamachine
Lewis B. Hershey
Military
12-Sep-1893 20-May-1977 Director of Selective Service System
Milton Hershey
Business
13-Sep-1857 13-Oct-1945 Founder of Hershey's
Stanley Hiller, Jr.
Inventor
15-Nov-1924 20-Apr-2006 Helicopter designer
Arthur Honegger
Composer
10-Mar-1892 27-Nov-1955 Pacific 231
J. Edgar Hoover
Government
1-Jan-1895 2-May-1972 Director of the FBI, 1924-72
Franz Humer
Business
1-Jul-1946   Chairman of Roche
Theophilus Van Kannel
Inventor
1841 24-Dec-1919 Revolving door
Paul Karrer
Chemist
21-Apr-1889 18-Jun-1971 Synthesized vitamins A, B2, E, and K
Néstor Kirchner
Head of State
25-Feb-1950 27-Oct-2010 President of Argentina, 2003-07
Theodor Kocher
Doctor
25-Aug-1841 27-Jul-1917 Thyroid surgeon
S. S. Kresge
Business
31-Jul-1867 18-Oct-1966 Founder of K-Mart
Cyndi Lauper
Singer/Songwriter
22-Jun-1953   Girls Just Want To Have Fun
Karina Lombard
Actor
21-Jan-1964   The L Word
Jean-Paul Marat
Activist
24-May-1743 13-Jul-1793 French revolutionary
Robert B. Meyner
Politician
3-Jul-1908 27-May-1990 Governor of New Jersey, 1954-62
Max Miedinger
Typographer
24-Dec-1910 8-Mar-1980 Designed the Helvetica typeface
Grover Norquist
Activist
19-Oct-1956   Washington lobbyist, anti-tax crusader
Auguste Piccard
Physicist
28-Jan-1884 24-Mar-1962 First man in the stratosphere
Jean Piccard
Aviator
28-Jan-1884 28-Jan-1963 Extreme balloonist
Elizabeth Clare Prophet
Religion
8-Apr-1939 15-Oct-2009 Church Universal and Triumphant
Maurice Ravel
Composer
7-Mar-1875 28-Dec-1937 Bolero
Eddie Rickenbacker
Aviator
8-Oct-1890 23-Jul-1973 Flying ace shot down 22 planes in WWI
Martin Ritt
Film Director
2-Mar-1914 8-Dec-1990 The Long Hot Summer
Peter Mark Roget
Author
18-Jan-1779 12-Sep-1869 Roget's Thesaurus
Maximilian Schell
Actor
8-Dec-1930   Judgment at Nuremberg
Walter Schottky
Physicist
23-Jul-1886 4-Mar-1976 Solid-state physics and electronics
Barbet Schroeder
Film Director
26-Apr-1941   Murder by Numbers
Jerome Smucker
Business
5-Dec-1858 19-Mar-1948 Founder of J. M. Smucker Company
Marlin Stutzman
Politician
31-Aug-1976   Congressman, Indiana 3rd
Chesley Sullenberger
Aviator
23-Jan-1951   Landed Flight 1549 on the Hudson River
Louis Sullivan
Architect
3-Sep-1856 14-Apr-1924 Early skyscraper architect
John Augustus Sutter
Explorer
15-Feb-1803 18-Jun-1880 California gold rush
Max Theiler
Scientist
30-Jan-1899 11-Aug-1972 Yellow fever vaccination
Indira Varma
Actor
14-May-1973   Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love
Steven T. Walther
Government
c. 1943   US FEC Commissioner
William Wirt
Attorney
8-Nov-1772 18-Feb-1834 US Attorney General, 1817-29
Renée Zellweger
Actor
25-Apr-1969   Bridget Jones' Diary
Fritz Zwicky
Astronomer
14-Feb-1898 8-Feb-1974 Astrophysicist at CalTech


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