Armstrong, Neil (1930-____) US astronaut

Asimov, Isaac (1920-1992) US science writer, science-fiction writer

Baudrillard, Jean (1929-____) French sociologist

Bell, Alexander Graham (1847-1922) Scottish-USA, Canadian inventor

Bell, Eric Temple (1883-1960) Scottish-USA mathematician, educator, writer

Benedict, Ruth (1887-1948) US anthropologist

Bernstein, Jeremy (1929-____) US physicist, educator, writer

Bohr, Niels (1885-1962) Danish physicist

Born, Max (1882-1970) German-British physicist, educator

Brahe, Tycho (1546-1601) Danish astronomer

Buffon, George-Louis Leclerc de (1707-1788) French naturalist

Burbank, Luther (1849-1926) US naturalist, plant breeder

Burroughs, John (1837-1921) US author, naturalist

Bush, Vannevar (1890-1974) US electrical engineer, government official

Carrel, Alexis (1873-1944) US surgeon, biologist

Carson, Rachel (1907-1964) US biologist, writer

Carver, George Washington (1864-1903) US chemist, educator

Castaneda, Carlos (1931-____) US anthropologist, writer

Clarke, Arthur C. (1917-____) English science writer, science-fiction writer

Columbus, Christopher (1451-1506) Italian explorer

Commoner, Barry (1917-____) US biologist, environmentalist

Cooley, Charles Horton (1864-1929) US sociologist

Copernicus, Nicolas (1473-1543) Polish astronomer

Curie, Marie (1867-1934) Polish-French chemist

Darwin, Charles (1809-1882) English naturalist, author

Davy, Humphrey (1778-1829) English chemist

Descartes, Rene (1596-1650) French philosopher, mathematician, scientist

Earhart, Amelia (1898-1937) US aviatrix

Edison, Thomas (1847-1931) US inventor

Einstein, Albert (1879-1955) Swiss-German-USA physicist

Eiseley, Loren (1907-1977) US anthropologist, educator, author

Faraday, Michael (1791-1867) English physicist, chemist

Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790) US statesman, diplomat, inventor, printer

Galileo, (1564-1642) Italian physicist, astronomer

Galton, Francis (1822-1911) English scientist, explorer

Hawking, Stephen (1942-____) English physicist, educator, author

Heisenberg, Werner Karl (1901-1976) German physicist

Hillary, Edmund (1919-____) New Zealander mountaineer, explorer

Huxley, Thomas (1825-1895) English biologist

Kepler, Johannes (1571-1630) German astronomer

Kettering, Charles (1876-1958) US engineer, inventor

Krutch, Joseph Wood (1893-1970) US naturalist, conservationist, writer, critic.

LeCorbusier, (1887-1965) Swiss architect, city planner

Leeuwenhoek, Antonie van (1632-1723) Dutch biologist

Levi, Primo (1919-1987) Italian-Jewish writer, chemist

Levi-Strauss, Claude (1908-____) French social anthropologist

Lichtenberg, G. C. (1742-1799) German physicist, writer

Lindbergh, Charles A. (1902-1974) US aviator

Linnaeus, Carl (1707-1778) Swedish botanist

Markham, Beryl (1902-1986) English aviator

Mead, Margaret (1901-1978) US anthropologist, author

Medawar, Peter (1915-1987) English zoologist

Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig (1886-1969) German-USA architect

Millikan, Robert (1868-1953) US physicist

Mitchell, Maria (1818-1889) US astronomer, educator

Muir, John (1838-1914) US naturalist, writer

Mumford, Lewis (1895-1990) US urban planner, historian

Newton, Isaac (1642-1727) English mathematician, philosopher

Nobel, Alfred (1833-1896) Swedish chemist, inventor, philanthropist

Oppenheimer, J. Robert (1904-1967) US physicist

Pascal, Blaise (1623-1662) French mathematician, physicist, theologian

Pasteur, Louis (1822-1895) French chemist, bacteriologist

Pinchot, Gifford (1865-1946) US politician, conservationist

Planck, Max (1858-1947) German physicist

Poincare, Henri (1854-1912) French mathematician

Priestley, Joseph (1733-1804) English chemist, political theorist, clergyman

Ray, John (1627-1705) English naturalist

Richards, Ellen Swallow (1842-1911) US chemist, ecologist

Rostand, Jean (1894-1977) French biologist, writer

Salk, Jonas (1914-1995) US microbiologist

Spencer, Herbert (1820-1903) English naturalist, philosopher

Steinmetz, Charles (1865-1923) German-USA electrical engineer

Szilard, Leo (1898-1964) Hungarian-USA scientist

Tannen, Deborah (1951-____) US sociolinguist, writer

Tyndall, John (1820-1893) English physicist

Wang, An (1920-1990) Chinese-USA electronics engineer, executive

Watson, James D. (1928-____) US biochemist

Whitehead, Alfred North (1861-1947) English mathematician, philosopher

Wiener, Norbert (1894-1964) US mathematician

Wigner, Eugene (1902-1995) Hungarian-USA physicist

Winnemucca, Sarah (c.1842-1891) Indian scout, activist

Yalow, Rosalyn Sussman (1921-____) US medical physicist

von Braun, Wernher (1912-1977) German-USA engineer