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Ig Nobel Prize

HONOR

"The Ig Nobel Prizes honor achievements that first make people laugh, and then make them think."

Official Website:
http://www.improb.com/ig/

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Dan Ariely
Economist
29-Apr-1968   The Upside of Irrationality
Jacques Chirac
Head of State
29-Nov-1932   President of France, 1995-2007
Deepak Chopra
Author
22-Oct-1946   Ageless Body, Timeless Mind
Daryl Gates
Government
30-Aug-1926 16-Apr-2010 Chief of LAPD 1978-92
Andre Geim
Physicist
Oct-1958   Super-thin carbon physics
John Hagelin
Activist
9-Jun-1954   Natural Law Party
L. Ron Hubbard
Religion
13-Mar-1911 24-Jan-1986 Perpetrated Dianetics, Scientology
Nick Leeson
Business
25-Feb-1967   Caused collapse of Baring's Bank
Michael Milken
Business
4-Jul-1946   Convicted financial executive
Sun Myung Moon
Religion
6-Jan-1920   Head Moonie
Ron Popeil
Business
3-May-1935   Ginsu knives, Mr. Microphone
Dan Quayle
Politician
4-Feb-1947   Vice President under George H.W. Bush
John P. Stapp
Scientist
11-Jul-1910 13-Nov-1999 Rocket sled pioneer
Edward Teller
Physicist
15-Jan-1908 9-Sep-2003 Father of the Hydrogen Bomb
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Head of State
25-Dec-1924   Prime Minister of India, 1998-2004
Jack Van Impe
Religion
9-Feb-1931   Televangelist
Erich von Däniken
Author
14-Apr-1935   Chariots of the Gods?


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