Kent Couch

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Kent Couch is a 47-year-old gas station owner who in July of 2007 flew in a lawnchair elevated by 105 large helium balloons. Using amateur...

Mike May

male, 55 years old
Michael G. May (born 1954) is an American business executive and sports enthusiast who was blinded by a chemical explosion at the age of 3 but...
Bradford Parkinson

Bradford Parkinson

male
Dr. Bradford Wells Parkinson is an American systems engineer and Chairman of The Aerospace Corporation board of trustees. He was co-recipient of...

Dave Ulmer

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Dave Ulmer came up with the concept of the GPS Stash Hunt (now called geocaching) and introduced it to the world on May 2, 2000, the day after...
Roger L. Easton

Roger L. Easton

male
Roger L. Easton, Sr. is an American scientist. He is the principal inventor and designer of the Global Positioning System (GPS). He received the...
Ivan A. Getting

Ivan A. Getting

male, deceased (2003)
Ivan Alexander Getting (January 18, 1912-October 11, 2003) was an American Physicist and Electrical Engineer, credited (along with Bradford...
Jim Whittaker

Jim Whittaker

male, 80 years old
James Whittaker, also known as Jim Whittaker (born in Seattle, Washington in 1929) was the first American to reach the summit of Mount Everest. He...

Håkan Lans

male, 62 years old
Anders Håkan Lans is a Swedish engineer and inventor who invented the graphic processor for colour computer graphics (U.S. Patent 4,303,986 Data p...
Lennart Bengtsson

Lennart Bengtsson

male
Lennart Bengtsson is a meteorologist currently interested in global climate modelling, global water vapour distribution and measurement of...
Robert Fischell

Robert Fischell

male
Dr. Robert Fischell (b. 1930 -) is a physicist, inventor, and holder of more than 200 U.S. and foreign medical patents. His inventions have led to...