1 Beck Weathers
.206
Famous As: Pathologist
Birthdate: December 16, 1946
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
.2 Robert Woodrow Wilson
.143
Famous As: Physicist, Astronomer
Birthdate: January 10, 1936
Sun Sign: Capricorn
3 Matt Mullenweg
.173
Famous As: Entrepreneur, Programmer, Computer scientist, Musician, Blogger
Birthdate: January 11, 1984
Sun Sign: Capricorn
4 Dean Ornish
.175
Famous As: Physician
Birthdate: July 16, 1953
Sun Sign: Cancer
5 Grady Booch
.153
Famous As: Computer scientist, Engineer
Birthdate: February 27, 1955
Sun Sign: Pisces
6 Spencer Silver
143
Famous As: chemist
Birthdate: 1941 AD
7 M. King Hubbert
122
Famous As: Geologist
Birthdate: October 5, 1903
Sun Sign: Libra
Died: October 11, 1989
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8 Robert Floyd Curl Jr.
.102
Famous As: Chemist
Birthdate: August 23, 1933
Sun Sign: Virgo
9 E. Donnall Thomas
.102
Famous As: Physician
Birthdate: March 15, 1920
Sun Sign: Pisces
Died: October 20, 2012
10 Maurice Ewing
82
Famous As: Geophysicist
Birthdate: May 12, 1906
Sun Sign: Taurus
Died: May 4, 1974
11 Robert Bruce Merrifield
.82
Famous As: Biochemist
Birthdate: July 15, 1921
Sun Sign: Cancer
Died: May 14, 2006
American biochemist Robert Bruce Merrifield is best known for pioneering the method for production of synthetic peptides in the lab called solid-phase peptide synthesis (SPPS). This invention of SPPS led Merrifield to win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1984. He also won the Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities Award in 1998 for his outstanding contributions to Biomolecular Technologies.
12 Edward F. Knipling
61
Famous As: Entomologist
Birthdate: March 20, 1909
Sun Sign: Pisces
Died: March 17, 2000
13 E. Allen Emerson
61
Famous As: Computer scientist
Birthdate: June 2, 1954
Sun Sign: Gemini
14 Kenneth Murray
104
Famous As: Molecular biologist
Birthdate: December 30, 1930
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Died: April 7, 2013
15 G. W. Pierce
31
Famous As: Physicist
Birthdate: January 11, 1872
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Died: August 25, 1956
16 Matilda Coxe Stevenson
31
Famous As: Ethnologist
Birthdate: May 12, 1849
Sun Sign: Taurus
Died: June 24, 1915
17 Thomas Henderson
31
Famous As: Astronomer
Birthdate: December 28, 1798
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Died: November 23, 1844
18 Claude Hope
10
Famous As: Horticulturalist
Birthdate: May 10, 1907
Sun Sign: Taurus
Died: July 14, 2000
Claude Hope is best known for his role in turning the impatiens, an African river plant, into the most popular bedding plant in the US. In 1992, a book was written about him titled A Master of Seeds: The Life and Work of Claude Hope by Ricardo Arias Martinez. Hope was also honored for his social, economic contributions to Costa Rica.
19 Harry Martin Meyer, Jr.
10
Famous As: Virologist
Birthdate: November 25, 1928
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Died: August 19, 2001