Herb Boyer
Biochemist, scientist co-founder at Genentech, inventor of an artificial bacteria and recombinant DNA technology with Stan Cohen and Doug Hanahan, father of genetic engineering and synthetic insulin, human growth hormones
Alan Kay living
Computer scientist, inventor, creator of Smalltalk, coined the term "object-oriented programming" (OOP)
1940- (84)
Arthur Rudolph
Rocket scientist, aerospace engineer, designer of the Saturn rocket
1906-1996 (90)
Bill Joy living
Computer scientist, computer engineer, investor, writer, co-creator of Java, co-founder of Sun Microsystems which sold to Oracle
1954- (70)
Bjarne Stroustrup
Computer scientist, inventor, creator of C++, C with classes based on Simula
Boris Nikolic
Scientific advisor to Bill Gates Catalyst 3 (bgc3), Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), director at Schrodinger, co-inventor of CRISPR
Brad Cox
Computer scientist, inventor, creator of Objective-C programming language
Charles Richet
scientist, immunologist, physiologist, psychic, doctor, pioneer in immunology, Nobel Prize winner
Christopher Wren
Architect, early pioneer of the scientific method, Gresham Professor of Astronomy, formed and led a group of 12 in a College for Experimental Learning
Craig Wright
Computer scientist, many claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto the Bitcoin inventor, founder of nChain, DeMorgan
Dalton
Law of partial pressures; Atomic theory; laws of chemical combination; the law of multiple proportions.
Daniel Kammen
Scientist, renewable energy activist
kammen.berkeley.edu
David Brewster
Scientist known for Brewster's angle, inventor, pioneer in physical optics (polarization of light), administrator, author
1781-1868 (87)
David Holmgren
Scientist, botanist, pioneer in sustainability and permaculture
David Hughes
Scientist, researcher with the Geological Survey of Canada
postcarbon.org
David Kelly
Scientist, head of Porton Down for 9 years, bioweapons expert, chemical weapons researcher, died in the park behind his home
Dennis M. Bushnell
Chief scientist at NASA, philosopher of Malthusianism, climate change, transhumanism
nasa.gov
Fernando Corbato
Computer scientist, MIT scientist, technologist, inventor of the password creation and computer time sharing (CTS)
Frank Malina
rocket scientist, aerospace engineer, aeronautical engineer, painter, socialist, pioneer in jet propulsion, investigated by the FBI from 1942-1960, father of Roger Malina
1912-1981 (69)
vault.fbi.gov
Frederick Banting
Scientist, biologist, inventor of insulin a cure for diabetes, medical scientist that helped discover insulin
Johann Goethe
Poet aka Johann Goethe, playwright, novelist, scientist, theatre director
Hans von Ohain
Aerospace engineer, rocket scientist, inventor of the first operational jet engine
Henry Cavendish
Scientist, pioneer of the scientific method in 1766, inventor, discovery of hydrogen, rare gases, chemical composition of water
Henry Fox Talbot
photographer, scientist, inventor of salted paper and calotype process
1800-1877 (77)
Henry Markram living
Neuroscientist, professor at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, founder of the Human Brain Project, director of the Blue Brain Project
1962- (62)
Jack Parsons
rocket scientist for the Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL), mechanical engineer, chemist, Thelemite occultist of dark arts and the goddess Scarlet Woman, died in an explosion at his house
1914-1952 (38)
John W. Gittinger, MD
Clinical psychologist, scientist, medicine researcher, neuro-ophthalmologist, ophthalmology, otolaryngology, pioneer of the Personal Assessment System (PAS)
doctors.masseyeandear.org
John Innes Kane
Explorer, scientist, philanthropist, grandmother Dorothea Astor, great-grandfather was John Jacob Astor
Kristian Birkeland
Scientist, discovery of Birkeland currents or the electric ionosphere of the universe
Michael Barkun
Political scientist at Syracuse University, former FBI consultant, author of Chasing Phantoms, A Culture of Conspiracy
maxwell.syr.edu
Peter Medawar
Immunological resistance, scientist, pioneer aging, middle-essence (middle aged), researcher
Philo Farnsworth
Scientist, inventor, early TV pioneer, pioneering electric television technology
Ramsay
Scientist, discovery of inert gases like Argon, Helium, Neon etc.
Ray Avery
Pharmaceutical scientist, inventor, author, social entrepreneur
René Girard
Historian, literary critic, philosopher, social scientist, Mimetic desires, Mimentic theory
Robert Hooke
Naturalist, philosopher, architect, polymath, scientist, inventor, curator of science experiments, author of Micrographia
Robert Mallet
Scientist, pioneer in observational seismology from 1857-1862, earthquakes
Roger Malina
astrophysicist, rocket scientist, his father Frank Malina was an aeronautical engineer
Ronald Ross
medical doctor, physician, biologist, scientist, discovery of the malaria parasite in Anopheles mosquitos, Nobel Prize for Physiology & Medicine (1902)
1857-1932 (75)
britannica.com
Rosalind Franklin
Biochemist, scientist, inventor, co-discovey of the DNA double helix, pioneer in genomics, Xray crystallographer
Royal Rife
Inventor of the universal microscope aka the Rife machine, scientist, microscopy
quantumbalancing.com
Steve Winnall
Computer scientist, inventor, nanotechnology, director of product engineering at Finisar
Dr. Wadia
Geologist, pioneer in meteorology of the Himalayas, Geological Survey of India
vigyanprasar.gov.in
William Pawelec
Computer scientist, inventor, nanotechnology, security systems, biotechnology, lithium niobate implantable chips, equestrian, research on implantable chips for horses