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Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen

Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen was a German physicist and mechanical engineer who discovered X-rays in 1895 while experimenting...

German Physics 19TH Century Medical

9.8 Brilliant

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Wilhelm Roentgen

Wilhelm Roentgen was a German physicist who discovered X-rays in 1895. He produced and detected electromagnetic radiatio...

German Physics Historical Medical

9.8 Brilliant

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Maurice Hilleman

Maurice Hilleman was a prominent American microbiologist whose groundbreaking work significantly advanced vaccine develo...

American Medicine 20TH Century Vaccines

9.7 Brilliant

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Wright Brothers (Orville & Wilbur Wright)

Orville and Wilbur Wright were American aviation pioneers and bicycle manufacturers who developed the first successful s...

American Mechanical Aviation Transportation

9.7 Brilliant

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Bob Moog

Robert Moog was an American engineering physicist and inventor who designed the first voltage-controlled subtractive syn...

Music American Electronics Mid 20TH

9.4 Excellent

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Stephanie Louise Kwolek

Stephanie Louise Kwolek was an American chemist renowned for her research in polymer chemistry while working at the DuPo...

American Chemistry Materials Mid 20TH

9.3 Excellent

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Gertrude B. Elion

Gertrude B. Elion was a pioneering American pharmacologist whose work revolutionized medicine. She developed innovative...

American 20TH Century Medical Drugs

8.8 Great

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Elizabeth Lee Hazen

Elizabeth Lee Hazen was an American microbiologist who, with biochemist Rachel Fuller Brown, discovered nystatin in 1950...

American 20TH Century Medical Nystatin

8.8 Great

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Benjamin Rubin

Benjamin Rubin was an American inventor recognized for his significant contribution to public health. He developed the b...

American Medical Immunology 20THC

8.6 Great

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Earle Dickson

Earle Dickson was an American inventor best known for creating the Band-Aid adhesive bandage in 1920. While working as a...

American Consumer 20TH Century Medical

8.3 Great

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Ruth Wakefield

Ruth Wakefield was an American chef and cookbook author who operated the Toll House Inn in Whitman, Massachusetts. In th...

Food American Baking Mid 20TH

8.2 Great

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Earl Dickson

Earl Dickson was an American inventor who worked as a cotton buyer for Johnson & Johnson in the early 20th century. In 1...

American Historical Medical Band Aid

8.2 Great

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William T. G. Morton

William T. G. Morton was an American dentist credited with popularizing ether as a surgical anesthetic. His demonstratio...

American 19TH Century Medical Anesthesia

8.1 Great

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Crawford Long

Crawford Williamson Long was an American physician recognized for using ether as a surgical anesthetic in Jefferson, Geo...

American 19TH Century Medical Anesthesia

7.8 Good

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Walter Frederick Morrison

Walter Frederick Morrison was an American inventor best known for creating the plastic flying disc later marketed global...

American Consumer Recreation Frisbee

7.7 Good

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John Gorrie

John Gorrie was a nineteenth-century American physician and inventor whose medical work in Florida led him to investigat...

American 19TH Century Medical Refrigeration

7.5 Good

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Ann Tsukamoto

Ann Tsukamoto is an American stem-cell researcher who was named on a 1991 patent related to the isolation of human hemat...

American 20TH Century Medical Biotech

7.1 Good

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Bessie Blount Griffin

Bessie Blount Griffin was an American physical therapist, inventor, and forensic handwriting specialist. While assisting...

American 20TH Century Medical Assistive

6.9 Fair

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Letitia Geer

Letitia Geer was an American nurse and inventor who received a United States patent in 1899 for a one-handed medical syr...

American 19TH Century Healthcare Medical

6.8 Fair

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Paul Winchell

Paul Winchell was an American ventriloquist, voice actor, and inventor whose career spanned entertainment and technical...

American 20TH Century Medical Artificial Heart

6.7 Fair