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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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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