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John Philip Holland
John Philip Holland male, deceased
John Philip Holland (29 February, 1840 -12 August, 1914) was an engineer who developed the first submarine to be formally commissioned by the U.S....
Alan Turing
Alan Turing male, deceased
Alan Mathison Turing, OBE (23 June 1912 - 7 June 1954) was an English mathematician, logician, and cryptographer. Turing is often considered to be...
Les Paul
Les Paul male
Les Paul (born Lester William Polsfuss on June 9 1915) is an American jazz guitarist and inventor. He is one of the most important figures in the...
John Muir
John Muir male, deceased
John Muir was one of the first modern preservationists. His letters, essays, and books telling of his adventures in nature, and wildlife,...
Louis Braille
Louis Braille male, deceased
Louis Braille (January 4, 1809 - January 6, 1852) was the inventor of braille, a world-wide system used by blind and visually impaired people for...
Bertrand Piccard
Dr. Bertrand Piccard (born March 1, 1958) is a Swiss psychiatrist and balloonist. He was born in Lausanne, Vaud canton. His grandfather Auguste...
Samuel F. B. Morse
Samuel F. B. Morse male, deceased
Samuel Finley Breese Morse (April 27, 1791 - April 2, 1872) was an American painter of portraits and historic scenes, and co-inventor (with Alfred...
Levi Strauss
Levi Strauss male, deceased
Levi Strauss, born Löb Strauss was the German-born American creator of the first company to manufacture blue jeans. His namesake firm, Levi S...
Leon Scott
Leon Scott male, deceased
Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville (1817 - April 26, 1879) was a French printer, librarian, and bookseller who lived in Paris. He invented the...
Robert Hooke
Robert Hooke male, deceased
Robert Hooke, FRS (July 18, 1635 – March 3, 1703) was an English polymath who played an important role in the scientific revolution, through both ex...