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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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Wright brothers

Orville and Wilbur Wright were American inventors credited with inventing, building, and flying the world’s first succes...

American 20TH Century Aviation Airplane

9.6 Brilliant

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Bob Noyce

Robert Noyce (1927–1990) was an American physicist, inventor, and businessman nicknamed 'the Mayor of Silicon Valley.' H...

American Silicon Valley 20TH Century Microchip

9.5 Brilliant

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Andrew Fire

Andrew Fire is an American biologist renowned for his pioneering work on RNA interference. His collaboration with Craig...

American Medicine 20TH Century Genetics

9.4 Excellent

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Craig Mello

Craig Mello is an American biologist recognized for his pivotal role in identifying RNA interference. His research demon...

American Medicine 20TH Century Genetics

9.4 Excellent

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Vannevar Bush

Vannevar Bush was an American engineer whose work profoundly influenced computing. He led scientific research efforts du...

American 20TH Century Computing Memex Concept

9.4 Excellent

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Ted Hoff

Ted Hoff is an American electrical engineer who, while working at Intel in 1971, collaborated with Federico Faggin and S...

American Intel Late 20TH Electronics

9.4 Excellent

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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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Seymour Cray

Seymour Cray was an American electrical engineer whose innovative designs revolutionized computer hardware. He created t...

Hardware American 20TH Century Computing

9.3 Excellent

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Bob Metcalfe

Bob Metcalfe was an American engineer instrumental in the development of Ethernet networking technology. His work at Xer...

American Ethernet Networking 20TH Century

9.3 Excellent

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Charles R. Drew

Charles R. Drew was an American surgeon and medical researcher whose work in blood transfusion and storage techniques re...

American Medical Biological Mid 20TH

9.3 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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Gail Borden

Gail Borden Jr. (1801–1874) was an American inventor and entrepreneur who received U.S. Patent No. 15,553 in 1856 for hi...

Food American 19TH Century Food Preservation

7.9 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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Peter Cooper

Peter Cooper was an American industrialist, inventor, and philanthropist who played a significant role in the technologi...

Food American 19TH Century Jello Gelatin

7.2 Good

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Caleb Bradham

Caleb Bradham was an American pharmacist who invented the soft drink Pepsi in 1893, originally formulating the popular b...

Food American 19TH Century Beverage

6.6 Fair

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Amanda Jones

Amanda Jones was an American inventor and writer whose 1870s vacuum food-canning process improved preservation by removi...

Food American 19TH Century Vacuum Canning

6.5 Fair

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John Harvey Kellogg

American medical doctor and nutritionist John Harvey Kellogg invented the breakfast cereal corn flakes in 1895, fundamen...

Nutrition Food American 19TH Century

6.4 Fair

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George Crum

American chef George Crum is widely credited with inventing the potato chip in 1853 after a customer complained about hi...

Food American 19TH Century Snacks

5.6 Mediocre