Robert Ballard

Robert Ballard

male, 67 years old
Robert Duane Ballard, Ph.D, (born June 30, 1942 in Wichita, Kansas) is an oceanographer most noted for his work in underwater archaeology. He is...
Charles Lindbergh

Charles Lindbergh

male, deceased (1974)
Charles Augustus Lindbergh (4 February 1902 - 26 August 1974), known as "Lucky Lindy" and "The Lone Eagle," was an American pilot famous for the...
Richard Leakey

Richard Leakey

male, 64 years old
Richard Erskine Frere Leakey (born 19 December 1944 in Nairobi, Kenya), is a Kenyan paleontologist, archaeologist and conservationist. He is the...
Jane Goodall

Jane Goodall

female, 75 years old
Dame Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE, UN Messenger of Peace, (born April 3, 1934) is an English primatologist, ethologist, and anthropologist. She is...
Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

female, deceased (2001)
Anne Morrow Lindbergh (June 22, 1906, Englewood, New Jersey - February 7, 2001, Passumpsic, Vermont) was a pioneering American aviatrix, author,...
Louis Leakey

Louis Leakey

male, deceased (1972)
Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (August 7, 1903 - October 1, 1972) was an Kenyan archaeologist and naturalist whose work was important in establishing...
Roald Amundsen

Roald Amundsen

male, deceased (1928)
Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions. He led the first successful Antarctic expedition to the South Pole...
John Glenn

John Glenn

male, 88 years old (Columbus, Ohio, United States)
John Herschel Glenn Jr. (born July 18, 1921, in Cambridge, Ohio) is an American astronaut, Marine Corps fighter pilot, ordained Presbyterian elder,...
Ernest Shackleton

Ernest Shackleton

male, deceased (1922)
Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton CVO, OBE (15 February 1874 – 5 January 1922) was an Irish explorer, knighted for the success of the "British An...
Neil Armstrong

Neil Armstrong

male, 79 years old
Neil Alden Armstrong (born August 5, 1930) is a former American astronaut, test pilot, university professor, and naval aviator. He was the first...