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Armand Bombardier</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Apr-1907</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Feb-1964</tt></td> <td>Founder of Bombardier</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/326/000167822/">Ira S. Bowen</a></td> <td><center>Astronomer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Dec-1898</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Feb-1973</tt></td> <td>Debunked nebulium</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/688/000086430/">Stephen Boyd</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Jul-1931</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Jun-1977</tt></td> <td>Ben-Hur</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/889/000208265/">Willard S. Boyle</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Aug-1924</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-May-2011</tt></td> <td>Digital photography</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/125/000124750/">Rudolph Boysen</a></td> <td><center>Botanist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Jul-1895</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Nov-1950</tt></td> <td>Created the boysenberry</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/044/000099744/">Bertram N. Brockhouse</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Jul-1918</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Oct-2003</tt></td> <td>Triple-axis crystal spectrometry</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/332/000112993/">Ernest Burgess</a></td> <td><center>Sociologist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-May-1886</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Dec-1966</tt></td> <td>Introduction to the Science of Sociology</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/180/000026102/">Maury Chaykin</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Jul-1949</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Jul-2010</tt></td> <td>A Nero Wolfe Mystery</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/671/000100371/">Donald J. Cram</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Apr-1919</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Jun-2001</tt></td> <td>Synthesis of molecules</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/112/000086851/">Thelma Drake</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Nov-1949</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congresswoman from Virginia, 2005-09</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/333/000022267/">Thomas Edison</a></td> <td><center>Inventor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Feb-1847</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Oct-1931</tt></td> <td>Invented the light bulb</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/947/000022881/">Brendan Fraser</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Dec-1968</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The Mummy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/571/000031478/">David Frum</a></td> <td><center>Pundit</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Jun-1960</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Coined "Axis of Evil"</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/291/000178754/">Alfred C. Fuller</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Jan-1885</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Dec-1973</tt></td> <td>Founder of Fuller Brush Company</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/070/000206449/">John C. Garand</a></td> <td><center>Inventor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Jan-1888</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Feb-1974</tt></td> <td>M-1 semiautomatic rifle</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/016/000178479/">Dan Gerber</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-May-1898</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Mar-1974</tt></td> <td>Baby food magnate</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/439/000100139/">William F. Giauque</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-May-1895</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Mar-1982</tt></td> <td>Adiabatic demagnetization</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/682/000117331/">Erving Goffman</a></td> <td><center>Sociologist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Jun-1922</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Nov-1982</tt></td> <td>The Presentation of Self</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/754/000115409/">Brion Gysin</a></td> <td><center>Artist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Jan-1916</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Jul-1986</tt></td> <td>Inventor of the Dreamachine</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/274/000174749/">David Hayter</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Feb-1969</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Voice of Solid Snake</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/125/000206504/">James Hillier</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Aug-1915</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Jan-2007</tt></td> <td>Electron microscope</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/116/000132717/">George H. Hitchings</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Apr-1905</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Feb-1998</tt></td> <td>Developed medicines for leukemia, herpes, arthritis</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/226/000131830/">David H. Hubel</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Feb-1926</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Neurophysiology of vision</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/919/000022853/">Penn Jillette</a></td> <td><center>Magician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Mar-1955</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Talking half of the Penn and Teller duo</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/268/000206647/">Frank Knox</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Jan-1874</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Apr-1944</tt></td> <td>US Secretary of the Navy, 1940-44</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/021/000165523/">James L. Kraft</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Dec-1874</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>Feb-1953</tt></td> <td>Inventor of processed cheese</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/153/000061967/">Franklin K. Lane</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Jul-1864</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-May-1921</tt></td> <td>US Secretary of the Interior, 1913-20</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/830/000110500/">Jonathan Lipnicki</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Oct-1990</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The Jeff Foxworthy Show</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/956/000160476/">Rachel Maddow</a></td> <td><center>TV Personality</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Apr-1973</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The Rachel Maddow Show</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/778/000100478/">Rudolph A. Marcus</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Jul-1923</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Electron-transfer reactions</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/550/000132154/">Dean McDermott</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Nov-1966</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Constable Turnbull on Due South</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/021/000245283/">Elon Musk</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Jun-1971</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of SpaceX and Tesla Motors</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/976/000047835/">Norman Ornstein</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Oct-1948</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>American Enterprise Institute</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/098/000205480/">Bristol Palin</a></td> <td><center>Relative</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Oct-1990</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Ironic abstinence advocate</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/845/000118491/">Sarah Palin</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Feb-1964</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Governor of Alaska, 2006-09</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/816/000166318/">D. D. Palmer</a></td> <td><center>Doctor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Mar-1845</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Oct-1913</tt></td> <td>Founder of chiropractic medicine</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/043/000205425/">Alicia Patterson</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Oct-1906</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Jul-1963</tt></td> <td>Founder of Newsday</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/085/000205467/">Cissy Patterson</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Nov-1881</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Jul-1948</tt></td> <td>First female newspaper publisher</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/042/000205424/">Joseph Medill Patterson</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Jan-1879</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-May-1946</tt></td> <td>Founder of New York Daily News</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/606/000172090/">P. James E. Peebles</a></td> <td><center>Astronomer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Apr-1935</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Galaxy formation</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/138/000230445/">Gregory B. Penner</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1970</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Madrone Capital Partners</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/211/000165713/">Saul Perlmutter</a></td> <td><center>Astronomer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1959</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Accelerating expansion of the universe</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/980/000178446/">Irv Robbins</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Dec-1917</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-May-2008</tt></td> <td>Co-Founder of Baskin-Robbins</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/954/000099657/">Arthur L. Schawlow</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-May-1921</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Apr-1999</tt></td> <td>Laser spectroscopy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/134/000130741/">Mary See</a></td> <td><center>Chef</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Sep-1854</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Jul-1939</tt></td> <td>Confectioner</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/856/000206238/">Joe Shuster</a></td> <td><center>Cartoonist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Jul-1914</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Jul-1992</tt></td> <td>Co-Creator of Superman</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/659/000141236/">A. Michael Spence</a></td> <td><center>Economist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Nov-1943</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Asymmetric markets</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/908/000276080/">Ralph M. Steinman</a></td> <td><center>Biologist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Jan-1943</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Sep-2011</tt></td> <td>Dendritic cells</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/617/000100317/">Henry Taube</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Nov-1915</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Nov-2005</tt></td> <td>Mechanisms of electron transfer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/522/000213880/">Diana Taylor</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1955</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>NY Superindendent of Banks, 2003-07</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/041/000099741/">Richard E. Taylor</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Nov-1929</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Verified existence of quarks</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/135/000024063/">Garry Trudeau</a></td> <td><center>Cartoonist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Jul-1948</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Doonesbury</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/004/000206383/">Lew Urry</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Jan-1927</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Oct-2004</tt></td> <td>Inventor of alkaline battery</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/048/000206427/">Fred Wardell</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Mar-1866</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1952</tt></td> <td>Founder of Eureka Vacuum Cleaner Co.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/057/000206436/">James Craig Watson</a></td> <td><center>Astronomer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Jan-1838</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Nov-1880</tt></td> <td>Claimed to discover the planet Vulcan</td> </tr> </table> Do you know something we don't? <a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=82600" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a> Copyright ©2012 Soylent Communications </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"><div class="contentf"><center><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a> <a style="color: #0000ff" href="http://mapper.nndb.com/maps/913/000000913/"><img src="http://mapper.nndb.com/t/913/913/s913.jpg" width=128> The Beach Boys "Pet Sounds" and it's influence</a> Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</center></div> <div class="contentf"><center> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </center></div> <div class="contentf"><center>BibliographiesNNDB has added thousands of bibliographies for people, organizations, schools, and general topics, listing more than 50,000 books and 120,000 other kinds of references. 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