Norman Borlaug

Norman Borlaug

male, 95 years old
Norman Ernest Borlaug (born March 25 1914) is an American agricultural scientist, humanitarian, Nobel laureate, and has been called the father of...
Barbara McClintock

Barbara McClintock

female, deceased (1992)
Barbara McClintock was a pioneering American scientist and one of the world's most distinguished cytogeneticists. McClintock received her PhD in...
Ignacio Chapela

Ignacio Chapela

male (Berkeley, California, United States)
Ignacio Chapela is an microbial ecologist and mycologist at the University of California, Berkeley, and an outspoken critic of the University's...
Bakili Muluzi

Bakili Muluzi

male, 66 years old
Elson Bakili Muluzi (born March 17, 1943) was the president of Malawi from 1994 until 2004. Muluzi, the candidate of the United Democratic Front...
John Doebley

John Doebley

male
John F. Doebley is an American botanical geneticist whose main area of interest is how genes drive plant development and evolution. He has spent...
Doris Lessing

Doris Lessing

female, 90 years old
Doris Lessing CH (born Doris May Tayler in Kermanshah, Persia on October 22, 1919) is a British writer.
Marc van Montagu

Marc van Montagu

male, 76 years old
Marc Van Montagu (b.Ghent, 10 November 1933) is a Belgian molecular biologist. He was full Professor and director of the Laboratory of Genetics at...
James Robertson

James Robertson

male, deceased (1814)
James Robertson was a North Carolina farmer and explorer of the 18th century. He was born in Brunswick County, Virginia, of Scottish-Irish descent....
Elijah Craig

Elijah Craig

male, deceased (1808)
Elijah Craig (1738 - May 18, 1808) was a Baptist preacher from Kentucky, who is remembered chiefly for being credited with the invention of bourbon...
Hugh Iltis

Hugh Iltis

male (Madison, Wisconsin, United States)
Hugh Iltis is Professor Emeritus of Botany at the University of Wisconsin, and is best known for his discoveries in the genetics of corn (maize)....