1
Beck Weathers
(Pathologist)
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6
Birthdate: December 16, 1946
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
2
Matt Mullenweg
(Entrepreneur, Programmer, Computer scientist, Musician, Blogger)
18
3
Birthdate: January 11, 1984
Sun Sign: Capricorn
3
Robert Woodrow Wilson
(Physicist, Astronomer)
15
3
Birthdate: January 10, 1936
Sun Sign: Capricorn
4
Grady Booch
(Computer scientist, Engineer)
16
3
Birthdate: February 27, 1955
Sun Sign: Pisces
5
Dean Ornish
(Physician)
17
5
Birthdate: July 16, 1953
Sun Sign: Cancer
6
Spencer Silver
(chemist)
14
3
Birthdate: 1941 AD
7
Nima Arkani-Hamed
(Theoretical Physicist with interests in high-energy physics, quantum field theory, string theory, cosmology)
1
0
Birthdate: April 5, 1972
Sun Sign: Aries
8
M. King Hubbert
(Geologist)
12
2
Birthdate: October 5, 1903
Sun Sign: Libra
Died: October 11, 1989
9
Robert Floyd Curl Jr.
(Chemist)
10
2
Birthdate: August 23, 1933
Sun Sign: Virgo
10
E. Donnall Thomas
(Physician)
10
2
Birthdate: March 15, 1920
Sun Sign: Pisces
Died: October 20, 2012
11
Maurice Ewing
(Geophysicist)
8
2
Birthdate: May 12, 1906
Sun Sign: Taurus
Died: May 4, 1974
12
Charles Steen
(Geologist)
1
0
Birthdate: December 1, 1919
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Died: January 1, 2006
13
Robert Bruce Merrifield
(Biochemist)
8
2
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.
14
Edward F. Knipling
(Entomologist)
6
2
Birthdate: March 20, 1909
Sun Sign: Pisces
Died: March 17, 2000
15
E. Allen Emerson
(Computer scientist)
6
1
Birthdate: June 2, 1954
Sun Sign: Gemini
16
Matilda Coxe Stevenson
(Ethnologist)
3
1
Birthdate: May 12, 1849
Sun Sign: Taurus
Died: June 24, 1915
17
G. W. Pierce
(Physicist)
3
1
Birthdate: January 11, 1872
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Died: August 25, 1956
18
Claude Hope
(Horticulturalist)
1
0
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.
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Harry Martin Meyer, Jr.
(American Pediatric Virologist Who Played a Key Role in the Development of German Measles Vaccine)
1
0
Birthdate: November 25, 1928
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Died: August 19, 2001
Harry Martin Meyer Jr., was an American pediatric virologist best remembered for his role in defeating several infectious diseases, including German measles. He achieved national prominence when he discovered the first effective vaccine against German measles. Harry Martin Meyer Jr., is also credited with publishing over 100 scientific papers for textbooks.
