Alexander The Great

Alexander The Great

male
ancient greece, monarch, Bisexual, Pacific Ocean, undefeated, Alexander III…Pharaohs of the Argead dynasty, cratersoftheMoonnamedafterthem, cause of death disputed
Alexander the Great (Greek:, "Megas Alexandros"; July 20 356 BC - June 10 323 BC), also known as Alexander III, was an Ancient Greek king of...
Roger Bacon

Roger Bacon

male, deceased (1294)
Christian Hebraist, scientific method, Scholastic philosopher, Roman Catholicism and Science, Alchemist, Franciscan…cratersoftheMoonnamedafterthem
Roger Bacon (c. 1214–1294), also known as Doctor Mirabilis, was one of the most famous Franciscan friars of his time. An English philosopher who pl...
Neil Armstrong

Neil Armstrong

male, 79 years old
astronaut, walked on the moon, apollo 11, American astronaut, moon, aviator…U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame Inductee, the moon, cratersoftheMoonnamedafterthem, University of Southern California alumni, National Aviation Hall of Fame
Neil Alden Armstrong (born August 5, 1930) is a former American astronaut, test pilot, university professor, and naval aviator. He was the first...
Protagoras

Protagoras

male
agnostic, Abdera, Thrace, pre-Socratic, Pre-Socratic philosophy, cratersoftheMoonnamedafterthem, relativism
Protagoras (Greek:) (ca. 490- 420 BC) was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher and is numbered as one of the sophists by Plato. In his dialogue...
David Hilbert

David Hilbert

male, deceased (1943)
Relativists, cratersoftheMoonnamedafterthem, German native of East Prussia, Functional Analysis, Mathematical analyst, contributor to general relativity…Foreign Member of the Royal Society, German natives of East Prussia, axiomatization of geometry, collection of problems
David Hilbert was a German mathematician, recognized as one of the most influential and universal mathematicians of the 19th and early 20th...
John Couch Adams

John Couch Adams

male, deceased (1892)
Tripos Wranglers, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, galle, mathematician, asteroid, British…moon, University of Cambridge, Fellow of the Royal Society, cratersoftheMoonnamedafterthem, Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
John Couch Adams (June 5 1819 - January 21, 1892), was a British mathematician and astronomer. Adams was born in Laneast, Cornwall and died in...
Roald Amundsen

Roald Amundsen

male, deceased (1928)
Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen, Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, Unexplained disappearances, arctic ocean, Explorer of the Arctic, south pole…Explorer of Canada, Explorer of Antarctica, cratersoftheMoonnamedafterthem
Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions. He led the first successful Antarctic expedition to the South Pole...
Giordano Bruno

Giordano Bruno

male, deceased (1600)
Christian heresy, execution, writer, executed, cratersoftheMoonnamedafterthem, Roman Inquisition…executed by burning at the stake, system of mnemonics, freedom of thought, burned at the stake
Giordano Bruno was an Italian philosopher, priest, cosmologist, and occultist. Bruno is known for his system of mnemonics based upon organized...
Edwin Hubble

Edwin Hubble

male, deceased (1953)
Edwin Powell Hubble, from Wheaton, Illinois, cratersoftheMoonnamedafterthem, From Louisville, Kentucky, From Louisville, Master's Degree…Doctor of Philosophy, University of Chicago, University of Chicago alumni, bachelor of science
Edwin Powell Hubble was an American astronomer. He was born to an insurance executive in Marshfield, Missouri and moved to Wheaton, Illinois in...
Anaximander

Anaximander

male
Axial Age, pre-Socratic, geometry, philosophy, Milesian school, Anaximenes…first map of the world, Apollodorus of Athens, cratersoftheMoonnamedafterthem, moon
Anaximander (Ancient Greek: "'"') (c. 610 BCE-c. 546 BCE) was a pre-Socratic philosopher who lived in Miletus, a city of Ionia. He joined the...