William Shockley

William Shockley

male, deceased
William Bradford Shockley (February 13, 1910 - August 12, 1989) was a British-born American physicist and inventor. Along with John Bardeen and...
Donald Knuth

Donald Knuth

male (Stanford, CA, United States)
Donald Ervin Knuth (or "Ka-NOOTH" ,) (b. 10 January 1938) is a renowned computer scientist and Professor Emeritus of the Art of Computer...
John Platt

John Platt

male
Dr John Platt is a senior researcher in the Knowledge Tools Group at Microsoft Corporation. Platt has worked for Microsoft since 1997. Prior to...
Kip Thorne

Kip Thorne

male (Pasadena, ca, United States)
Kip Stephen Thorne is an American theoretical physicist, known for his prolific contributions in gravitation physics and astrophysics and for...
Eberhardt Rechtin

Eberhardt Rechtin

male, deceased
Eberhardt Rechtin (1926-2006) was an American systems engineer and respected authority in aerospace systems and systems architecture. He received...
Frank Capra

Frank Capra

male, deceased
Frank Capra (18 May 1897 - 3 September 1991) was an Academy Award winning Italian-American film director and a major creative force behind a number...
Bill Gross

Bill Gross

male
Bill Gross (fl. 2000s) is an American business manager. He founded the business incubator Idealab in March, 1996, and serves as the company's...