James Smithson

James Smithson

male, deceased (1829)
Mineralogist, Fellow of the Royal Society, Chemist, British, smithsonianinstitution, English
James Smithson, F.R.S., M.A. (1765 - June 27, 1829) was a British mineralogist and chemist noted for having left a bequest in his will to the...
Joseph Henry

Joseph Henry

male, deceased (1878)
electricity, electromagnetism, from Albany, New York, electrical engineering, scientist, induction…smithsonianinstitution
Joseph Henry (December 17 1797 - May 13 1878) was a Scottish-American scientist who served as the first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution....
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy

Steven F. Udvar-Hazy

male, 63 years old
from New York City, From Budapest, Aeromexico, A319, University of California, Los Angeles, Boeing 777…smithsonianinstitution
Steven Ferencz Udvar-Hazy (or Steve Hazy) (born 1946, Budapest, Hungary) is the Chairman and CEO of International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC),...

Lawrence M. Small

male
Brown University alumni, smithsonianinstitution, American, Chief Operating Officer, Business Person, Federal National Mortgage Association
Lawrence M. Small was the President and Chief Operating Officer of the Federal National Mortgage Association and the 11th Secretary of the...
John Wesley Powell

John Wesley Powell

male, deceased (1902)
from Boone County, Illinois, green river, smithsonianinstitution, united states geological survey, colorado river, American
John Wesley Powell (March 24, 1834 - September 23, 1902) was a U.S. soldier, geologist, and explorer of the American West. He is famous for the...
William C. Sturtevant

William C. Sturtevant

male, deceased (2007)
Anthropologist, Yale University alumni, Death from emphysema, smithsonianinstitution, American, Yale
Dr. William C. Sturtevant (1926 - 2007) is best known as the general editor of the 20-volume "Handbook of North American Indians". He obtained his...
Harry Winston

Harry Winston

male, deceased (1978)
Jewellery maker, us postal service, smithsonianinstitution, American, Jeweller, Henry Huntington
Harry Winston (March 1, 1896 - December 8, 1978) was an American jeweller. He donated the Hope Diamond to the Smithsonian Institution in 1958 after...
Michael Collins

Michael Collins

male, 79 years old
astronaut, aviator, U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame Inductee, Major General, all my child, apollo 11…smithsonianinstitution
Major General Michael Collins (born October 31, 1930) is a former American astronaut and test pilot. Selected as part of the third group of...

Thomas Lovejoy

male
Yale University, Dr. Thomas Eugene Lovejoy III, National Center for Public Policy Research, biological diversity, Amazon Rainforest, Conservation Ecology…smithsonianinstitution
Dr. Thomas Eugene Lovejoy III is chief biodiversity adviser to the president of the World Bank, senior adviser to the president of the United...

Dennis Stanford

male
Archaeologist, archaeology, smithsonianinstitution, Clovis culture, Clovis tool-making culture, Solutrean hypothesis
Dennis Stanford is the head of the Archaeology Division and Director of the Paleo-Indian Program at the National Museum of Natural History at the...