Larry Walters

Larry Walters

male, deceased (1993)
Adventurer, from Los Angeles, Sears, Roebuck and Company, Sears, American, Balloonist…helium
Lawrence Richard Walters, nicknamed Lawnchair Larry or the Lawn Chair Pilot was an American adventurer. He took flight on July 2, 1982 in a...
Frederick Soddy

Frederick Soddy

male, deceased (1956)
Old Eastbournian, Chemist, Eastbourne College, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, Merton College, Oxford, Nobel laureate in Chemistry…helium
Frederick Soddy (2 September 1877 - 22 September 1956) was an English radiochemist. Soddy was born in Eastbourne, England. He went to school at...
Hubert Reeves

Hubert Reeves

male, 77 years old
Astrophysicist, Astronomer, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, astrophysics, hydrogen, environmentalist…helium
Hubert Reeves is a Canadian (Québécois) astrophysicist and popularizer of science. He has been a Director of Research at the "Centre National de la...
Ash Bowie

Ash Bowie

male
Bass guitarist, math rock, Libraness, Yesterdayand Tomorrow's Shells, American singer-guitarist, helium
Ash Bowie is an American musician. In 1990, he formed the band Polvo (as a guitarist and vocalist) along with Dave Brylawski, Steve Popson, and...
William Crookes

William Crookes

male, deceased (1919)
Crookes tube, vacuum tube, buried at Brompton Cemetery, Royal College of Chemistry, Parapsychologist, spiritism…helium
Sir William Crookes, OM, FRS (17 June 1832 – 4 April 1919) was an English chemist and physicist. Sir William attended the Royal College of Ch...
Pierre Janssen

Pierre Janssen

male, deceased (1907)
Lockyer, Sir Joseph Norman Lockyer, helium, Guntur, mathematics, architecture
Pierre Jules César Janssen was a French astronomer who along with the English scientist Sir Joseph Norman Lockyer is credited with discovering the g...
Joseph Norman Lockyer

Joseph Norman Lockyer

male, deceased (1920)
Astronomer, scientist, sun, rugby, Discoverer of chemical elements, Science writer…helium
Sir Joseph Norman Lockyer (May 17, 1836 - August 16, 1920) was an English scientist and astronomer. Along with the French scientist Pierre Janssen...
John Cockcroft

John Cockcroft

male, deceased (1967)
Fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge, Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath, second world war, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Member of the Order of Merit, British…helium
Sir John Douglas Cockcroft (May 27, 1897 - September 18, 1967) was a British physicist. He received the Nobel Prize in Physics for splitting the...
Adam Lasus

Adam Lasus

male, 41 years old
musician, Chris Harford, Anders Parker, Fireproof Recording, Gigolo Aunts, Clem Snide…helium
Adam Lasus (Born sept. 2nd, 1968, Mount Kisco, NY) is an American musician and record producer. Lasus' past credits include albums by Yo La Tengo,...
Zach Hill

Zach Hill

male
Holy Smokes, Goon Moon member, The Ladies, Pinback, Nervous Cop, Team Sleep…helium
Zach Hill is a musician residing in Sacramento, California. He performs/has performed in numerous Pacific Coast based groups, including Hella, Holy...