LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
David Abercrombie	Business	6-Jun-1867	29-Aug-1931	Founder of Abercrombie & Fitch
Christina Aguilera	Singer	18-Dec-1980		Genie in a Bottle
Sidney Altman	Chemist	7-May-1939		Proved enzyme role of RNA
Lloyd Anderson	Business	4-Aug-1902	13-Sep-2000	Founder of REI
Alison Arngrim	Actor	18-Jan-1962		Nellie on Little House on the Prairie
Oswald Avery	Biologist	21-Oct-1877	20-Feb-1955	Antibodies and DNA
Albert Bandura	Psychologist	4-Dec-1925		Bobo doll experiments
Justin Bieber	Singer	1-Mar-1994		Baby
Bud Black	Baseball	30-Jun-1957		Manager, San Diego Padres
J. Armand Bombardier	Business	16-Apr-1907	18-Feb-1964	Founder of Bombardier
Ira S. Bowen	Astronomer	21-Dec-1898	6-Feb-1973	Debunked nebulium
Stephen Boyd	Actor	4-Jul-1931	2-Jun-1977	Ben-Hur
Willard S. Boyle	Physicist	19-Aug-1924	7-May-2011	Digital photography
Rudolph Boysen	Botanist	14-Jul-1895	25-Nov-1950	Created the boysenberry
Bertram N. Brockhouse	Physicist	15-Jul-1918	13-Oct-2003	Triple-axis crystal spectrometry
Ernest Burgess	Sociologist	16-May-1886	27-Dec-1966	Introduction to the Science of Sociology
Maury Chaykin	Actor	27-Jul-1949	27-Jul-2010	A Nero Wolfe Mystery
Donald J. Cram	Chemist	22-Apr-1919	17-Jun-2001	Synthesis of molecules
Thelma Drake	Politician	20-Nov-1949		Congresswoman from Virginia, 2005-09
Thomas Edison	Inventor	11-Feb-1847	18-Oct-1931	Invented the light bulb
Brendan Fraser	Actor	3-Dec-1968		The Mummy
David Frum	Pundit	30-Jun-1960		Coined "Axis of Evil"
Alfred C. Fuller	Business	13-Jan-1885	4-Dec-1973	Founder of Fuller Brush Company
John C. Garand	Inventor	1-Jan-1888	16-Feb-1974	M-1 semiautomatic rifle
Dan Gerber	Business	6-May-1898	16-Mar-1974	Baby food magnate
William F. Giauque	Chemist	12-May-1895	28-Mar-1982	Adiabatic demagnetization
Erving Goffman	Sociologist	11-Jun-1922	19-Nov-1982	The Presentation of Self
Brion Gysin	Artist	19-Jan-1916	13-Jul-1986	Inventor of the Dreamachine
David Hayter	Actor	6-Feb-1969		Voice of Solid Snake
James Hillier	Physicist	22-Aug-1915	15-Jan-2007	Electron microscope
George H. Hitchings	Scientist	18-Apr-1905	27-Feb-1998	Developed medicines for leukemia, herpes, arthritis
David H. Hubel	Scientist	27-Feb-1926		Neurophysiology of vision
Penn Jillette	Magician	5-Mar-1955		Talking half of the Penn and Teller duo
Frank Knox	Politician	1-Jan-1874	28-Apr-1944	US Secretary of the Navy, 1940-44
James L. Kraft	Business	11-Dec-1874	Feb-1953	Inventor of processed cheese
Franklin K. Lane	Government	15-Jul-1864	18-May-1921	US Secretary of the Interior, 1913-20
Jonathan Lipnicki	Actor	22-Oct-1990		The Jeff Foxworthy Show
Rachel Maddow	TV Personality	1-Apr-1973		The Rachel Maddow Show
Rudolph A. Marcus	Chemist	21-Jul-1923		Electron-transfer reactions
Dean McDermott	Actor	16-Nov-1966		Constable Turnbull on Due South
Elon Musk	Business	28-Jun-1971		CEO of SpaceX and Tesla Motors
Norman Ornstein	Author	14-Oct-1948		American Enterprise Institute
Bristol Palin	Relative	18-Oct-1990		Ironic abstinence advocate
Sarah Palin	Politician	11-Feb-1964		Governor of Alaska, 2006-09
D. D. Palmer	Doctor	7-Mar-1845	20-Oct-1913	Founder of chiropractic medicine
Alicia Patterson	Business	15-Oct-1906	2-Jul-1963	Founder of Newsday
Cissy Patterson	Business	7-Nov-1881	24-Jul-1948	First female newspaper publisher
Joseph Medill Patterson	Business	6-Jan-1879	26-May-1946	Founder of New York Daily News
P. James E. Peebles	Astronomer	25-Apr-1935		Galaxy formation
Gregory B. Penner	Business	c. 1970		Madrone Capital Partners
Saul Perlmutter	Astronomer	1959		Accelerating expansion of the universe
Irv Robbins	Business	6-Dec-1917	5-May-2008	Co-Founder of Baskin-Robbins
Arthur L. Schawlow	Physicist	5-May-1921	28-Apr-1999	Laser spectroscopy
Mary See	Chef	15-Sep-1854	31-Jul-1939	Confectioner
Joe Shuster	Cartoonist	10-Jul-1914	30-Jul-1992	Co-Creator of Superman
A. Michael Spence	Economist	7-Nov-1943		Asymmetric markets
Ralph M. Steinman	Biologist	14-Jan-1943	30-Sep-2011	Dendritic cells
Henry Taube	Chemist	30-Nov-1915	16-Nov-2005	Mechanisms of electron transfer
Diana Taylor	Business	c. 1955		NY Superindendent of Banks, 2003-07
Richard E. Taylor	Physicist	2-Nov-1929		Verified existence of quarks
Garry Trudeau	Cartoonist	21-Jul-1948		Doonesbury
Lew Urry	Chemist	29-Jan-1927	19-Oct-2004	Inventor of alkaline battery
Fred Wardell	Business	30-Mar-1866	1952	Founder of Eureka Vacuum Cleaner Co.
James Craig Watson	Astronomer	28-Jan-1838	23-Nov-1880	Claimed to discover the planet Vulcan

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