Galileo Galilei was an Italian astronomer, physicist and engineer and polymath.
Nicolaus Copernicus was a Renaissance polymath, active as a mathematician, astronomer, and Catholic canon.
Isaac Newton was an English polymath, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, and author.
Johannes Kepler was a German astronomer, mathematician, astrologer, natural philosopher and writer on music
Buzz Aldrin is an American astronaut, engineer and fighter pilot.
Niels Bohr was a Danish physicist and philosopher who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922.
Ronald Fisher was a groundbreaking British statistician, geneticist, and biologist, recognized as a pioneer in modern experimental design.
Charles Darwin was an English naturalist, geologist and biologist known for his contributions to evolutionary biology.
Benjamin Franklin was a pivotal Founding Father, inventive genius, and legendary statesman who shaped early American history.
Nikola Tesla was a Serbian-American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, and futurist.
James Watt was a revolutionary inventor of the 18th century, whose improvements to the steam engine fueled the Industrial Revolution.
Louis Pasteur was an influential French scientist renowned for pioneering the principles of vaccination, fermentation, and pasteurization.
Isaac Asimov was an acclaimed American author, renowned for his prolific contributions to the science fiction and popular science genres.
Linus Pauling was a Nobel laureate in Chemistry and Peace, renowned for his pioneering work in quantum chemistry and molecular biology.
Jacques Cousteau was a French oceanographer, explorer, and filmmaker who popularized marine conservation and revolutionized underwater exploration.
Karl Pearson was a groundbreaking statistician, mathematician, and eugenicist who pioneered modern statistical methods and fought for the establishment of biometrics in academia.
Gottfried Leibniz was a German philosopher and mathematician who co-developed calculus and shaped modern philosophy with his rationalist ideas.
Matthew Boulton was an English engineer, inventor, and entrepreneur who revolutionized industry with his pioneering work in steam engine development.
Joseph Bramah was an English engineer and inventor who pioneered precision engineering and created the first practical locks and hydraulic press.
Girolamo Cardano was a Renaissance Italian mathematician, physician, and gambler who invented the Cardan grille and wrote seminal works on probability and algebra.
Christopher Clavius was a German Jesuit mathematician and astronomer who helped develop the Gregorian calendar and mapped the stars with precision.
Henry Hudson was an English explorer who navigated the Arctic and North Atlantic Oceans in search of a Northwest Passage to Asia.
Carl Bosch was a German industrialist, engineer, and inventor, who revolutionized the automotive and chemical industries with his pioneering work in fuel injection and catalytic converters.
Otto Rohm was a German scientist and entrepreneur who revolutionized the plastics industry with the invention of Plexiglas.
Democritus was an ancient Greek philosopher, known as the "father of modern science" for his groundbreaking ideas on atomism and the nature of reality.
Harry Schwarz was a prominent German politician and member of the Free Democratic Party, known for his commitment to civil rights and liberalism.
Horton Smith was an American professional golfer who won two major championships and made significant contributions to the sport during the 1920s and 1930s.
Imran Khan is a former Pakistani cricketer, philanthropist, and politician, who served as the 22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan.
Emil Oskar Nobel, a Swedish chemist, engineer, and inventor, is best known for creating dynamite and establishing the Nobel Prizes.
Michael Faraday was an influential British scientist, known for his pioneering work in electromagnetism and electrochemistry.
Enrico Fermi was an Italian physicist and Nobel laureate known for his pioneering work in nuclear physics, including the development of the first nuclear reactor.
Ernest O. Lawrence was an American physicist and inventor of the cyclotron, a device used to accelerate atomic particles.
Martin Karplus is an Austrian-born American theoretical chemist, Nobel laureate, and scientific pioneer in the field of computational chemistry.
William Lipscomb Jr. was an American chemist and educator who received the 1976 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his groundbreaking work on the structure and function of boron compounds.
Paul Dirac was a British theoretical physicist, Nobel laureate, and a pioneer in the development of quantum mechanics.
Charles Lyell was a renowned British geologist whose groundbreaking work in the field of Uniformitarianism greatly influenced the scientific understanding of Earth's geological history.
James Dwight Dana was a renowned American geologist, mineralogist, and zoologist who made significant contributions to the understanding of the Earth's crust and marine life.
Gherman Titov was a Soviet cosmonaut who made history as the second person to orbit the Earth and the first to spend an entire day in space.
Heinrich Hertz was a pioneering German physicist who discovered electromagnetic waves, laying the foundation for modern telecommunications.
Emil von Behring was a German physician and Nobel laureate who developed the first antitoxin for diphtheria, revolutionizing modern medicine.
Linnaeus was a renowned Swedish botanist, zoologist, and taxonomist who formalized the modern system of naming organisms.
Humphry Davy was a renowned British chemist who pioneered electrochemistry, discovered several elements, and invented the Davy lamp.
Hiram Maxim was an American inventor and engineer, renowned for his development of the first self-powered machine gun, the Maxim Gun, and contributions to the early electric light industry.
Bob Noyce was an American inventor, entrepreneur, and co-founder of Intel, who revolutionized the semiconductor industry with his silicon-based integrated circuits.
Glenn T. Seaborg was an American chemist, Nobel laureate, and a key figure in the discovery of several elements, shaping the field of nuclear chemistry.
Ibn Sina, also known as Avicenna, was a Persian polymath, philosopher, and physician whose extensive works laid foundations in various fields, including medicine, philosophy, and logic.
Ibn Rushd was a prominent Islamic philosopher, jurist, and physician from Andalusia, whose works greatly influenced Western philosophy and medieval Europe.
Alhazen was a pioneering Arab scientist, mathematician, and astronomer, renowned for his groundbreaking work in optics and the scientific method.