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1
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2
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3
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4
Tim Samaras (1957-2013)
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5
Carl Sagan (1934-1996)
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6
Bob Pflugfelder, 57
7
J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967)
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8
Scott Withers, 52
9
Richard Feynman (1918-1988)
10
Jonas Salk (1914-1995)
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James Watson, 97
12
Ocean Ramsey, 38
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Grace Hopper (1906-1992)
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Adam Krueger, 44
15
Rick Wilson, 61
Political Scientist
16
Alice Ball (1892-1916)
17
Norman Borlaug (1914-2009)
18
Jim Cantore, 61
19
Joel Taylor (1979-2018)
20
Benjamin Banneker (1731-1806)
21
Christopher Gillette, 37
22
Tom Banks, 76
23
Spencer Silver (1941-2021)
24
Born in United States
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Edwin Hubble (1889-1953)
25
Donald Johanson, 82
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26
William Hultz Walker (1869-1934)
27
Clyde Tombaugh (1906-1997)
28
Paul Berg (1926-2023)
29
Michio Kaku, 78
30
Vint Cerf, 82
31
William A. Mitchell (1911-2004)
32
Eric Jacobsen, 65
33
Annie Easley (1933-2011)
34
Sylvia Earle, 90
Oceanographer
35
Cheryl Scott, 40
36
Dian Fossey (1932-1985)
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37
Shirley Ann Jackson, 79
38
Tom Skilling, 73
39
Adam Joseph, 37
40
Brian Greene, 62
41
Stefan Milosavljevich
Archeologist
42
John McCarthy (1927-2011)
43
Joshua Wurman, 64
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44
Luis Walter Alvarez (1911-1988)
45
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46
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47
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