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Person T B D C N1 N2 R1 R2 S NoteWorthy
Ackoff, Russell L. 2 1919 2009 Amer Amer SyEng Write M Systems,DIKW
Adams, Douglas 2 1952 2001 Brit Engl Write SciFi M Hitchhikers
Adams, Henry 3 1838 1918 Amer Amer Hist US M AmericanHistory
Adams, John 1 1735 1826 Amer Amer Polit US M US President
Aesop 1 -620 -564 C Grk Grk Write Write M Fabulist
Alcott, Louisa 2 1832 1888 Amer Amer Novel Poet F Write,Nurse,Abolitionist
Alexander, Christopher 3 1936 2022 Amer Asti Desig Arch M Architect
Anaximander 2 -610 -546 Grk Grk Phil Greek M Arche Apeiron
Anaximenes(Miletus) 2 -586 -526 Grk Grk Phil Greek M Arche Air
Andrewartha, Herbert 3 1907 1992 Astl Astl Ecol Meteo M Animals, Weather
Aquinas, Thomas 1 1225 1274 Ital Ital Phil Theol M Catholic Priest
Arcimboldo, Giuseppe 4 1525 1593 Ital Ital Artis Paint M Invertible
Aristotle 1 -384 -322 Grk Grk Phil Math M Formal Logic
Arkani-Hamed, Nima 2 1972 ---- Amer Can Physt Phtst M LargeExtraDimensions,Amplituhedron
Ashby, W. Ross 3 1903 1972 Brit Engl Psych Comm M Communication
Asimov, Isaac 2 1920 1992 Amer Amer Write Bioch M ScienceFiction
Augustine of Hippo 2 354 430 Alge Rom Phil Theol M Critical thinking
Aurelius, Marcus 2 121 180 Ital Rom Phil Ruler M Stoicism
Bacon, Francis 1 1561 1626 Brit Engl Phil Scien M Empiricism
Baggott, Jim 2 1957 ---- Brit Brit Scien Phil M Chemist, Physicist
Bailey, Cinamon 4 1990 ---- C Amer Amer Scien Resea F Researcher
Baker, F. Terry 3 1950 ---- C Amer Amer CmpSc SwEng M Software
Baker, Robert A. (Jr.) 4 1921 2005 Amer Amer Psych UFO M UFOs
Barton, Robert 3 1925 2009 Amer Amer CmpSc SwEng M StartMiddle
Basalla, George 3 1928 ---- Amer Amer HistS HistS M TechEvolution
Bauer, Friedrich L. 3 1924 2015 Germ Germ CmpSc SwEng M SoftwareEngineering
Bayliss. William 3 1860 1924 Brit Engl Phygy Phygy M Mistakes
Beck, Kent 2 1961 ---- Amer Amer SwEng SwEng M Agile,Extreme
Beedle, Mike 3 1962 2018 Amer Amer SwEng Physt M Agile,Scrum
Bell, John S. 1 1928 1990 IriN IriN Physt Physt M BellsTheorem
Bello, Francis 3 1917 1987 Amer Amer Write Scien M ScienceWriter
Bemmelen, R. W. van 2 1904 1983 Dutc Dutc Geol Epist M ScientificMethod,Orogeny
Bennekum, Arie van 3 1964 ---- Dutc Dutc SwEng SwEng M Agile
Bennett, Harve 4 1930 2015 Amer Amer Write Prodc M StarTrek
Bentham, Jeremy 1 1748 1832 Brit Engl Phil Util M Utilitarianism
Bernard, Claude 2 1813 1878 Fren Fren Physl Phil M ScientificMethod
Beveridge, William 3 1908 2006 Astl Astl Patho Patho M ScientificMethod
Biden, Joe 1 1942 ---- Amer Amer Polit US M President,Democrat
Biemer, Steven M. 3 1960 ---- C Amer Amer SyEng Engr M SkepticalPositiveThinking
Bloch, Arthur 4 1948 ---- Amer Amer Edit Quote M MurphysLawBooks
Bohm, David 1 1917 1992 Amer Amer Physt Quant M PilotWave,QuantumMind,Holomovement
Bohr, Niels 1 1885 1962 Dani Dani Physt Quant M Nobel,AtomModel,Copenhagen
Boltzmann, Ludwig 1 1844 1906 Asti Asti Physt Physt M 2ndLawThermodynamics,Entropy
Bonhoeffer, Dietrich 3 1906 1945 Germ Germ Theol Dissi M NaziDissident
Born, Max 2 1882 1970 Germ Brit Physt Math M StatisticalQuantumPhysics,Jewish
Bosch, Hieronymus 3 1450 1516 C Dutc Dutc Artis Paint M GarderOfEarthlyDelights
Box, George E. P. 2 1919 2013 Brit Brit Stati Math M Quality,BayesianInference
Boyle, Robert 1 1627 1691 Iris Angl Phil Scien M BoylesLaw,ScientificMethod
Bragg, Lawrence 2 1890 1971 Brit Astl Physt Physt M Nobel,X-rayCrystallography
Brahe, Tycho 1 1546 1601 Dani Dani Astro Astrl M Observe,NoTelescope,Nova
Bridgman, Percy 2 1882 1961 Amer Amer Physt Physt M Nobel.ScientificMethod
Britcher, Robert N. 2 1952 2001 Amer Amer CmpSc Phil M SW-Engr,Truth
Brooks, Fred 1 1931 2022 Amer Amer CmpSc Desig M ManMonth,BrooksLaw,Turing
Bruno, Giordano 2 1548 1600 Ital Ital Theol Cosmo M BurnedAtStake
Buffett, Warren 2 1930 ---– Amer Amer Busin Inves M BerkshireHathaway
Bulwer-Lytton, Edward 3 1803 1873 Brit Engl Write Playw M Pen/Sword,Dark/Stormy
Burgess, Anthony 3 1952 2001 Brit Engl Write Compo M ClockworkOrange,Blondes
Burke, Quinn 4 1970 ---- C Amer Amer CmpSc Educ M Research
Butler, Octavia 3 1947 2006 Amer Amer Write SciFi F Hugo,Nebula
Butler, Samuel 3 1835 1902 Brit Engl Write Trnsl M Iliad,Odyssey,Erewhon
Cabot, Richard 3 1868 1939 Amer Amer Physn Educ M Hematology,Right/Wrong
Cameron, W. Bruce 3 1956 ---- Amer Amer Write Humor M Novelist,DogPurpose
Camus, Albert 1 1913 1960 Fren Fren Write Phil M Nobel,Absurdism,Sisyphus,Plague
Capra, Fritjof 3 1939 ---- Amer Asti Physt Quant M Quantum
Carnap, Rudolf 2 1891 1970 Germ Amer Phil Phil M ViennaCircle,LogicalPositivism
Carroll, Lewis 2 1832 1898 Brit Brit Write Poet M Alice,Wonderland,Looking-Glass
Chaucer, Geoffrey 2 1343 1400 C Engi Engi Write Phil M CanterburyTales
Chamberlin, Thomas 3 1843 1928 Amer Amer Geolo Geolo M SciencePhilosophy
Chester, Marvin 3 1930 2016 Amer Amer Physt Quant M QuantumMechanics
Chisholm, Francis 3 1905 1965 Amer Amer Write Educ M HumanInteraction
Churchill, Winston 1 1874 1965 Brit Brit Polit Write M WorldWarII
Churchman, C. West 3 1913 2004 Amer Amer Phil Syste M IncorporatingEthics
Clarke, Arthur C. 3 1917 2008 Brit Brit SciFi Explo M 2001Space,BookFilmTV
Clifford, William 3 1845 1879 Brit Engl Math Phil M GeometricGravity,Evidence
Cockburn, Alistair 2 1953 ---- Amer Amer CmpSc SwEng M Agile,SwEngr,Books
Columbus, Christopher 1 1451 1506 Ital Ital Explo Colon M AmericaVoyages,NativeAbuse
Confucius (Kong Qiu) 1 -551 -479 Chin Chin Phil Sage M Confucianism,Morality
Conway, Melvin 2 1924 1981 Amer Amer CmpSc SwEng M Conway'sLaw,Coroutines
Copernicus, Nicolaus 1 1473 1543 Poli Poli Astro Polym M Heliocentric,CopernicanRev,Science
Covey, Stephen 2 1932 2012 Amer Amer Educ Write M 7Habits
Cranach, Lucas 4 1472 1553 Germ Germ Paint Artis M FountainOfYouth
Cross, Nigel 2 1942 ---- Brit Brit Desig Educ M DesignerlyWays,DesignThinking
Csikszentmihalyi, M. 1 1934 2021 Hung Amer Psych Psych M Flow
Cummings, E.E. 3 1894 1962 Amer Amer Poet Write M WWIAmbulance,Painter
Cummings, Ray 3 1887 1957 Amer Amer Write SciFi M GirlInTheGoldenAtom,Time
Cunningham, Ward 2 1949 ---- Amer Amer SwEng Desig M Agile,Wiki,Extreme,Design
Cutler, Sam 3 1943 2023 Brit Engl Tourm Tourm M RollingStones,GratefulDead
d'Agapeyeff, A. 3 1902 1955 Russ Brit Crypt Commd M RAFWing,Jewish
Darwin, Charles 1 1809 1882 Brit Engl Natur Biolo M Evolution,NaturalSel,Origin
David, Edward 4 1925 2017 Amer Amer ElEng Clima M PresAdvisor,AntiGlobalWarming
Dawkins, Richard 1 1941 ---- Brit Brit Biolo Write M Ethol,Evol,SelfishGene,Atheist
DeMarco, Tom 1 1940 ---- Amer Amer SwEng Write M Peopleware, Slack
Deming, Edwards 1 1900 1993 Amer Amer MgmtC Engr M TQM,SPC,PDSA,Japan
Democritus 1 -460 -370 C Grk Grk Phil Physt M AtomicTheory,Abdera,Leucippus
Dennett, Daniel 1 1942 ---- Amer Amer Phil CogSc M Mind,Science,Evolution,Atheist
Descartes, René 1 1596 1650 Fren Fren Phil Math M Scien,Rationalism,IThink,Coord
Deutsch, David 2 1953 ---- Brit Brit Physt QuCmp M ManyWorlds,QuantumTuring
Dewey, John 2 1859 1952 Amer Amer Phil Psych M Pragmatism,FuncPsych,Educ
Dijkstra, Edsger 1 1930 2002 Dutc Dutc CmpSc SwEng M Algorithm,Humble,Virtual,Turing
Dirac, Paul 1 1902 1984 Brit Engl Physt Quant M Equation,Quantum,Antimater,Nobel
Dixon, David 3 1949 ---- Amer Amer ChEng CmpSc M Simulations,ParallelProg
Dobzhansky, Theodosius 3 1900 1975 Ukra Amer Genet Biolo M Evolution,RaceAbuse
Doyle, Arthur Conan 1 1859 1930 Brit Brit Write Physn M SherlockHolmes
Drake, Frank 1 1930 2022 Amer Amer AsBio Physt M DrakeEquation,SETI,Ozma,ET
Drucker, Peter 1 1909 2005 Asti Amer MgmtC Busi M MgmtByObjectives,Modern
Dutton, Denis 3 1944 2010 Amer Amer Phil Entre M Art,Web,Media
Dyson, Freeman 2 1923 2020 Brit Brit Physt Math M Quantum,Astronomy,Nuclear,RAF
Eddington, Arthur 1 1882 1944 Brit Engl Astro Physt M Math,Eclipse,Time,Limit,Phil
Ehrmann, Max 2 1872 1945 Amer Amer Poet Attor M Desiderata
Einstein, Albert 1 1879 1955 Germ Amer Physt Quant M Relativity,Photoelect,Quantum,Nobel
Eisenhower, Dwight 1 1890 1969 Amer Amer Polit Milit M SupremeCommander,President
Elvidge, Jim 2 1960 ---- C Amer Amer ElEng Phil M DigitalPhilosophy,UniverseSolved
Emerson, Ralph Waldo 1 1803 1882 Amer Amer Phil Write M Individualism,Transcendentalism
Epictetus 2 50 135 C Grk Rom Slave Phil M Stoic,Choice,UpToUs
Epicurus 1 -341 -270 Grk Grk Phil Greek M Tetrapharmakos,Epicureanism,Pragmat
Epstein, David 3 1980 ---- Amer Amer Write Journ M Range,Constraints,Creativity
Escher, M. C. 1 1898 1972 Dutc Dutc Artis Graph M Woodcuts,Lithographs,Math,Recursion
Euclid 1 -330 -270 C Grk Grk Math Logic M FatherOfGeometry
Faraday, Michael 1 1791 1867 Brit Engl Scien Elect M SelfTaught,Electromagnetism,Induction
Fermi, Enrico 1 1901 1954 Ital Amer Physt Cosmo M Reactor,Bomb,Nobel,Paradox
Festinger, Leon 2 1919 1989 Amer Amer Psych Socia M CognitiveDissonance,Propinquity
Feyerabend, Paul 3 1924 1994 Asti Asti Phil Scien M AnarcisticScience,Epistemology
Feynman, Richard 1 1918 1988 Amer Amer Physt Quant M Diagrams,Bomb,Nobel,CargoCult
Fisher, Ronald 2 1890 1962 Brit Brit Stati Genet M ANOVA,Genetics,Eugenics
Flowers, Woodie 2 1943 2019 Amer Amer MeEng Educ M Robotics,MIT,FIRST,Emeritus,Ethics
Ford, Henry 1 1863 1947 Amer Amer Indus ElEng M Cars,Line,$5/Day,5DayWeek,Union
Fowler, Martin 2 1963 ---- Brit Brit SwEng Desig M Agile,Extreme,OO,Refactor,Patterns
Frank, Glenn 3 1887 1940 Amer Amer Educ Activ M Journalism,Academics,Anti-KKK
Franklin, Benjamin 1 1706 1790 Amer Amer Polym Polit M Founder,Ambassador,Mail,Electricity
Fraser, Alexander G. 3 1937 2022 Brit Amer CmpSc SwEng M NEBULA,OperSys
Freud, Sigmund 1 1856 1939 Asti Asti Psych Psych M Ego,Id,Superego,Psychoanalysis
Friedman, Milton 1 1912 2006 Amer Amer Econ Stati M Nobel,Experiments,Consumption
Galen 2 129 216 Grk Rom Physn Phil M Anatomy,Pharmacology,Mind-Body
Galileo 1 1564 1642 Ital Ital Astro Polym M Heliocentric,SciMeth,Telescope,Comet
Gates, S. James 2 1950 ---- Amer Amer Physt Quant M QuantumErrorCodes,Supersymmetry
Gause, Donald C. 3 1931 2003 Amer Amer SyEng SwEng M CoAuthoredWithWeinberg
Gautama, “Buddha” 1 -563 -483 Nepa Indi Relig Phil M Buddhism,Middle,4Truths,8Fold
Gell-Mann, Murray 2 1929 2019 Amer Amer Physt Quant M Nobel,Quark,Strange
Gentner, Dedre 3 1944 ---- Amer Amer Psych Resea F Analogy,Reasoning,Symbols,Language
Gilder, Louisa 3 1978 ---- Amer Amer Write Scien F BookAgeOfEntanglement
Ginsberg, Allen 2 1926 1997 Amer Amer Poet Write M Howl,Protest,FreeSpeech
Giuliani, Rudy 2 1944 ---- Amer Amer Polit Attor M Mayor,Jan6,StolenElection
Glegg, Gordon 3 1911 1984 Brit Engl Desig MeEng M DesignOfDesign
Goebbels, Joseph 2 1897 1945 Germ Germ Nazi Polit M Propaganda,WWII,Holocaust
Goethe, J. W. von 2 1749 1832 Germ Germ Write Polym M Faust,Sorcerer
Gödel, Kurt 2 1906 1978 Germ Germ Math Phil M Incompleteness,Logic
Gold, Thomas 3 1920 2004 Asti Amer AsPhy Educ M SteadyStateTheory
Goodman, Nelson 2 1906 1998 Amer Amer Phil Phil M Counterfactuals,Induction,Irrealism
Goodhart, Charles 3 1936 ---- Brit Brit Econ Econ M GoodhartsLaw
Grace, Eugene 2 1876 1960 Amer Amer Indus Steel M BethlehemSteel,WWI,WWII,AntiUnion
Graham, Robert M. 3 1929 2020 Amer Amer CmpSc Write M Security,Books
Grenning, James 3 1967 2015 Amer Amer SwEng Write M Agile,TestDrivenDev
Gribbin, John 3 1946 ---- Brit Brit Write Astro M Educator,SciFi
Haar, J. A. 3 1940 2000 C Amer Amer SwEng SwEng M Documentation
Hameroff, Stuart 1 1947 ---- Amer Amer Anest Educ M ORCH-OR,Consciousness
Hamilton, William H. 1 1895 1865 Iris Iris Math Physt M Hamiltonian,Scalar,Tensor
Hamming, Richard 1 1915 1998 Amer Amer Math Engr M HammingCode,ErrCorr,WWII,Bomb
Hand, David J. 3 1950 ---- Engl Engl Stati Educ M ImprobabilityPrinciple
Harari, Yuval 2 1976 ---- Isra Isra Hist Write M Sapiens,Information
Hawking, Stephen 1 1942 2018 Brit Engl Physt Educ M BlackHole,Radiation,ZeroEnergy
Heinlein, Robert 2 1907 1988 Amer Amer Write SciFi M SciFi,Engineer,NavalOfficer
Heisenberg, Werner 1 1901 1976 Germ Germ Physt Quant M Quantum,Uncert,Copen,Nobel,Nazi
Heller, Joseph 3 1923 1999 Amer Amer Write Fict M Catch-22,NobelNominee
Helmholtz, Hermann von 3 1821 1894 Germ Germ Physn Polym M Vision,Energy,Perception
Heraclitus of Ephesus 2 -535 -476 C Grk Pers Phil Phil M Change,Fire,Weep
Herman, Arthur L. 3 1956 ---- Amer Amer Hist Phil M Books,FreedomsForge
Hesse, Mary 3 1924 2016 Brit Engl Phil Educ F Models,Analogy
Highsmith, Jim 3 1945 ---- Amer Amer SwEng Write M Agile,ProcessImprove,ProjMgmt
Hoare, Tony 2 1934 ---- Brit Brit CmpSc SwEng M Quicksort,Null,Concurrency,Turing
Hoffman, Donald 1 1955 ---- Amer Amer Psych Cogni M Conscious,MUI,Perception,Reality
Hofstadter, Douglas 1 1945 ---- Amer Amer Phil CmpSc M Cognition,Recursion,Self-Ref,GEB
Holton, Gerald 3 1922 ---- Amer Asti Physt Hist M HistoryScience,Education
Hopper, Grace 1 1906 1992 Amer Amer CmpSc Naval F Admiral,Cobol,ProgLang,Bug
Horace 2 -65 -8 Ital Rom Poet Write M Autobiographic,Augustus
Hossenfelder, Sabine 2 1976 ---- Germ Germ Physt Phil F YouTube,ScienceComm,Author
Hoyle, Fred 3 1915 2001 Brit Engl Astro SciFi M Panspermia,JunkyardTornado
Hubbert, M._King 3 1903 1989 Amer Amer Geolo Geoph M HubbertCurve,HubbertPeakTheory
Hubble, Edwin 1 1889 1953 Amer Amer Astro Astro M HubblesLaw,ExpandingUniverse
Hugo, Victor 2 1802 1885 Fren Fren Poet Write M LesMisérables,HunchbackNotreDame
Hui, Andrew 3 1980 ---- Brit Sing Liter Write M Aphorisms
Hume. Pat 3 1923 2013 Can Can SwEng Physt M NatureOfThings,FramesOfReference
Hunt, Andy 3 1961 ---- Amer Amer SwEng Write M ExtremeProg,Agile,Pragmatic
Hüttel, Hans 2 1964 ---- Dani Dani CmpSc SwEng M ProgramSynthesis
Huxley, Aldous 2 1894 1963 Brit Engl Write Phil M BraveNewWorld,NobelNominated
Huxley, Thomas 2 1825 1895 Brit Engl Biolo Anthr M DarwinsBulldog,Agnostisim,SciEdu
Iles, George 3 1852 1942 Brit Can Write ScEdu M ScienceBooks,Biographies,Articles
Issawi, Charles 3 1916 2000 Amer Egyp Econ Hist M Egypt,MiddleEast
Jackson, Brooks 3 1950 ---- C Amer Amer Journ Write M Director factcheck.org
James, William 2 1842 1910 Amer Amer Phil Psych M PragmaticTheory,WillToBelieve
Jamieson, Kathleen 3 1946 ---- Amer Amer PolSc Write M Commentator,Educ,factcheck.org
Jefferson, Geoffrey 3 1886 1961 Engl Engl Neuro Neuro M Surgeon,NoMechanismFeel
Jefferson, Thomas 1 1743 1826 Amer Amer Polit Phil M Pres,Founder,Diplomat,Arch,Slaves
Jeffries, Ron 2 1939 ---- Amer Amer SwEng SwEng M Agile,ExtremeProgramming
Jennings, Byron 3 1951 ---- Can Can Physt Educ M ScienceWriter
Jobs, Steve 1 1955 2011 Amer Amer Busi Inven M AppleInc,NeXt,Pixar
Jones, Capers 2 1938 ---- Amer Amer SwEng SwEng M FunctionPoints,SPR
Jung, Carl 1 1875 1961 Swis Swis Psych Pscho M Archetypes,Shadow,Synchronicity
Kahneman, Daniel 1 1934 2024 Isra Amer Psych Econ M Nobel,ProspectTheory,Hedonic
Kant, Immanuel 1 1724 1804 Germ Prus Phil Ethic M Categorical,Transcendental,Reason
Karlin, Samuel 3 1924 2007 Amer Amer Math Stati M BLAST,ExperimentDesign,Author,Edu
Kastrup, Bernardo 2 1974 ---- Dutc Dutc Phil CmpSc M AnalyticalIdealism
Kay, Alan 2 1940 ---- Amer Amer CmpSc SwEng M Turing,Smalltalk,OO,GUI
Kelly, Walt 2 1913 1973 Amer Iris Anima Carto M Pogo,WaltDisneyStudios
Kennedy, John F. 1 1917 1963 Amer Amer Polit Naval M Pres,Dem,Courage,Moon,Shot,Cuba
Kepler, Johannes 1 1571 1630 Germ Germ Astro Math M PlanetaryLaws,SciMeth,SciFi
Kern, Jon 2 1959 ---- C Amer Amer SwEng Consu M Agile,Entrepreneur,CruiseMissile
Kernighan, Brian 2 1942 ---- Can Can CmpSc SwEng M CProgrammingLang,Awk,TravSales
Keynes, J. Maynard 1 1883 1946 Brit Engl Econ Phil M Keynesian,Liquidity,SupplyDemand
Kierkegaard, Søren 2 1813 1855 Dani Dani Phil Theol M Truth,ChristianExistentialist
Kinslow, Hollis 3 1927 2008 Amer Amer CmpSc CmpAr M IBM,SSEC,TSS
Kipping, David 3 1983 ---- Brit Amer Astro Educ M Simulation
Knudsen, William 1 1879 1948 Dani Amer Indus Milit M AutoExec,MassProd,GeneralWWII
Knuth, Donald 1 1938 ---- Amer Amer CmpSc SwEng M Educ,Author,AlgorAnal,TeX,Turing
Koch, Christof 2 1956 ---- Germ Amer Neuro BioPh M CorrelatesConsciousness,Computat
Kolence, Kenneth 3 1932 ---- Amer Amer SwEng CmpSc M Entrepreneur,SoftwarePhysics
Kossiakoff, Alexander 2 1914 2005 Amer Russ SyEng Physt M SystemsEng,GuidedMissileEngineer
Krauss, Lawrence 1 1954 ---- Amer Can Physt Cosmo M Educ,DarkEnergy,ZeroEnergy,Anti-Rel
Kristof, Nicholas 3 1959 ---- Amer Amer Journ Pundt M Dem,Progressive,Pulitzer.NYTimes
Kristofferson, Kris 3 1936 ---- Amer Amer Singr Actor M BobbyMcGee,Highwaymen,BladeFilms
Kuhn, Robert L. 3 1944 ---- Amer Amer Comme Prodc M CloserToTruth,Consciousness
Kurzweil, Ray 3 1948 ---- Amer Amer CmpSc Inven M Singularity
Laozi 1 -624 -546 C Chin Chin Phil Rel M Taoism,Tao,WuWei
Laplace, Pierre-Simon 1 1749 1827 Fren Fren Math Stati M Bayes,Equation,Transform,BlackHole
Lebowitz, Fran 2 1950 ---- Amer Amer Write Comme F MetropolitanLife,SocialStudies
Leibfried, Dietrich 3 1970 ---- C Germ Amer Physt Physt M QuantumComputing,AtomicIons,NIST
Lennon, John 1 1940 1980 Brit Engl Music Artis M Beatles,Songs,Peace,Assassinated
Levin, Michael 2 1969 ---- Amer Amer Biolo Biolo M Xenobots.Bioinformatics
Lewes, George H. 3 1817 1878 Brit Engl Phil Skept M Positivism,Liter,Skeptic,Darwin
Lincoln, Abraham 1 1809 1865 Amer Amer Polit Attor M Pres,CivilWar,Emancipation,Assass
Lister, Tim 2 1949 ---- Amer Amer SwEng Write M Peopleware
Lloyd, Seth 1 1960 ---- Amer Amer Physt MeEng M ComputedReality,QuantumInformation
Lommel, Pim van 2 1943 ---- Dutc Dutc Physn Physn M NearDeathExperience
Mach, Ernst 3 1838 1916 Asti Asti Physt Phil M SpeedSound,Positivism,Pragmatism
Machiavelli, Niccolò 1 1469 1527 Ital Ital Phil Diplo M Machiavellianism,Realism ,Politics
Mackenzie, Dana 3 1958 ---- Amer Amer Write Math M ScienceWriter,Math,Chess
Magritte, René 3 1898 1967 Belg Belg Paint Artis M TheTreacheryOfImages,ThisIsNotAPipe
Mahoney, Michael 3 1938 2008 Amer Amer HisSc HiCmp M HistScience,HisMath,HisComp,Educ
Malthus, Thomas 1 1766 1834 Brit Engl Econ Cleri M MalthusianGrowthModel
Mandelbrot, Benoît 1 1924 2010 Amer Fren Math Polym M Fractals,PolishBorn,Recursion
Marick, Brian 4 1960 ---- C Amer Amer SwEng Progr M AgileManifesto,Ruby
Martin, Robert 2 1952 ---- Amer Amer SwEng Educ M AgileManifesto,Extreme,TestDriven
Marx, Karl 1 1818 1883 Germ Germ Phil Econ M Marxism,CommunistManifesto
Maslow, Abraham 1 1908 1970 Amer Amer Psych Psych M Hierarchy,Actualization,Hammer
Matthews, Robert 3 1959 ---– Brit Engl Physt Write M ScienceWriter
McClure, Robert 3 1921 1980 C Amer Amer CmpSc SqEng M 1968NATOSoftwareEngineeringConf
McCrea, William 2 1904 1999 Engl Iris Astro Math M Edu,SunComposition
McGrath, Alister 2 1953 ---- IriN IriN Theol Phil M AtheismDebates,KettleBoiling
McIlroy, Malcolm 2 1932 ---- Amer Amer SwEng CmpSc M Math,Edu,UnixUtil,Quicksort
Medawar, Peter 2 1915 1987 Brit Braz Biolo Physl M Nobel,Transplantation,Senescence
Mellor, Steve 3 1952 ---- Amer Amer CmpSc SwEng M AgileManifesto,OOSQ,UML
Mencken, Henry 2 1880 1956 Amer Amer Journ Essay M Scopes,Monkey,Evolution,AntiRel
Mermin, N. David 2 1935 ---- Amer Amer Quant Physt M HidVar,QuantTele,QuantCrypt,ShutUp
Merton, Robert 3 1910 2003 Amer Amer Socio Crimi M Prophecy,Edu,SciSoc
Mill, John Stuart 1 1806 1873 Brit Brit Phil Econ M Utilitarianism,Pragmatism,Feminism
Miller, George 3 1920 2012 Amer Amer Psych Psych M Magic 7, CognitivePsychology
Mills, Harlan 2 1919 1996 Amer Amer CmpSc SwEng M StructuredProgramming
Moore, Ronald D. 4 1964 ---- Amer Amer Scree Prodc M Screenwriter,Producer,SciFi
Mozi 2 -470 -391 C Chin Chin Phil Essay M Mohism,Meritocracy,Love
Munch, Edvard 1 1863 1944 Nor Nor Artis Paint M Scream,Angst,SoulPainting
Murphy, Edward 1 1918 1990 Amer Amer AeEng Safet M Safety,MurphysLaw,EscapeSystems
Murrow, Edward 1 1908 1965 Amer Amer Journ Corre M WWIICorrespondent,AntiMcCarthyism
Nagel, Ernest 3 1901 1985 Amer Amer Phil Scien M LogicalPositivism,AnalyticalPhilosophy
Neumann, John 1 1903 1957 Hung Amer Math Polym M NeumannMach,Quantum,Ergodic,Measure
Newton, Isaac 1 1642 1726 Brit Engl Physt Polym M Calculus,Motion,Gravity,Telescope
Nietzsche, Friedrich 1 1844 1900 Germ Germ Phil Write M Perspectivism,WillToPower,Übermensch
North, John David 3 1934 2008 Brit Engl Histo Scien M HistorianOfScience,Educator,Curator
Nye, David 2 1952 2001 Amer Dani Histo Write M HistOfTechnology,Narratives
Obama, Barack 2 1961 ---- Amer Amer Pres Polit M PresidentUS,Attorney
O'Shiel, Daniel 3 1984 ---- Iris Iris Phil Edu M ProfessorPhil,Environmentalism
Opler, Ascher 3 1917 1969 Amer Amer CmpSc SwEng M Firmware,Lemon
Oppenheimer, Robert 1 1904 1967 Amer Amer Physt Execu M ManhattanDirect,AtomBomb,Communism
Ozkaya, Ipek 3 1980 ---- C Amer Amer CmpSc SwEng F Education
Pachinko, Joe 3 1960 2017 Amer Amer Poet Novel M Swamp!
Pais, Abraham 3 1918 2000 Dutc Amer Physt HistS M HistSci,Jewish,Zionism,HidFromNazi
Parker, Dorothy 2 1893 1967 Amer Amer Write Poet F Critic,Satirist,Algonquin
Parmenides of Elea 2 -515 -434 C Grk Grk Phil Phil M OnNature,EleaticSchool,Arche=Fire
Pascal, Blaise 1 1623 1662 Fren Fren Math Physt M Wager,Triangle,Altitude,Fideism
Pascale, Richard 3 1938 ---- Amer Amer MgmtC MgmtC M Business,Chaos,Innovation
Pasteur, Louis 1 1822 1895 Fren Fren Biolo Chemi M Vaccination,Pasteurization,Germs
Paul the Apostle 2 5 67 C RomE RomE RelFi Theol M Apostle,Missionary,EpistlesNT
Paul, Manfred 3 1932 2021 Germ Germ Math CmpSc M NATO,ALGOL,Dean
Pavese, Cesare 3 1908 1950 Ital Ital Poet Novel M Writer,Antifascist,Communist
Pearl, Judea 3 1936 ---- Amer Isra CmpSc Phil M CS,Phil,Math,AI
Pel, Joel 3 1980 ---- C Can Can Physt Biolo M BorealGenomics,MurphysEquation
Pennington, Randy 3 1953 ---- Amer Amer Write Consu M PositiveParanoia
Penrose, Roger 1 1931 ---- Brit Engl Math Physt M Nobel,BlackHole,OrchOR,3Realms,Tiles
Perlis, Alan 2 1922 1990 Amer Amer CmpSc SwEng M ALGOL,APL,Turing
Pilate, Pontius 2 -13 40 C RomE Jude Gover Judge M Governor,Judge
Pink, Daniel 2 1964 ---- Amer Amer Write Attor M BestSelling,Motivation,Timing
Pinker, Steven 2 1954 ---- Can Amer Psych Lingu M Educator,Author,Mind,Language
Pirsig, Robert 2 1928 2017 Amer Amer Novel Phil M Zen,Motorcycle,Educator
Planck, Max 1 1858 1947 Germ Germ Physt Quant M Nobel,Quanta,Units,Scale
Plato 1 -428 -348 Grk Grk Phil Write M Platonism,Cave,Forms,Truth,Dialogue
Plauger, P. J. 2 1944 ---- Amer Amer SwEng Write M ProgStyle,PairProgramming,Whitesmiths
Poincaré, Henri 1 1854 1912 Fren Fren Math Polym M Chaos,3Body,DiffEquat,CelestialMech
Polanyi, Michael 2 1891 1976 Hung Brit Phil Polym M Paradox,X-Ray,AntiPositivism
Popper, Karl 1 1902 1994 Asti Brit Phil Psych M Falsification,Rationalism,Liberty
Ptolemy 1 100 170 C Grk Rom Astro Geogr M Geocentric,WorldMap,Epicycles
Pythagoras 1 -570 -495 C Grk Grk Phil Math M PythagoreanTheorem,Pythagoreanism
Quine, Willard 3 1908 2000 Amer Amer Phil Math M IndeterminacyTranslation,Cryptographer
Radin, Dean 2 1952 ---- Amer Amer Parap Resea M Paranormal,Magic,ESP
Rand, Ayn 2 1905 1982 Amer Russ Phil Writet F Objectivism,AtlasShrugged
Randi, James 2 1928 2020 Can Amer Magic Skept M Magic,Debunker,MillionDollarReward
Raskin, Jef 3 1943 2005 Amer Amer IFace Desig M Macintosh,UserInterface,Basic,Pascal
Rauch, Earl 3 1950 ---- Amer Amer Write Scree M BuckarooBanzai
Reichenbach, Hans 3 1891 1953 Germ Amer Phil Edu M Science,LogicalEmpiricism,BerlinCircle
Rescher, Nicholas 3 1928 2024 Germ Amer Phil Polym M PragmaticIdealism
Rhodes, Frank 3 1926 2020 Amer Amer Geolo Edu M PresidentCornell
Rittel, Horst 2 1930 1990 Germ Germ Desig Edu M WickedProblems,TameProblems,DesignTheory
Robbins, Jesse 3 1978 ---- Amer Amer Entre Firef M Cloud,ChaosEng,EmergencyMgmt
Rogers, Will 1 1879 1935 Amer Amer Humor Write M RopeTricks,Cherokee,Newspaper,Radio
Roosevelt, Eleanor 1 1884 1962 Amer Amer Polit First F Wife,UN,HumanRights,CivilRights
Roosevelt, F.D. 1 1882 1945 Amer Amer Polit Pres M WWII,FDR,Dem,Pearl,Manhattan
Roosevelt, Teddy 1 1858 1919 Amer Amer Polit Milit M Pres,Canal,Ways,Rough,Nature,MedalHon
Rose, Todd 2 1974 ---- Amer Amer Psych Write M Averages
Ross, Douglas 3 1929 2007 Amer Amer CmpSc SwEng M CAD,APT,SADT,Pseudophilosophy,PLEX
Royal Society 2 1660 ---- Brit Engl Socie Scien - London,Nat,Academy,InvisibleCollege
Rumsfeld, Donald 2 1932 2021 Amer Amer Polit SecDf M Rep,AfghanInvas,IraqWeaponsMassDestru
Russell, Bertrand 1 1872 1970 Brit Engl Phil Math M Logic,Hist,Writer,SocialCrit,Edu,Nobel
Sagan, Carl 1 1934 1996 Amer Amer Cosmo Edu M SETI,Pioneer,CosmosSeries,Greenhouse
Saint-Exupéry, A. de 2 1900 1944 Fren Fren Write Milit M LittlePrince,LegionHonor,Pilot
Sarton, George 3 1884 1956 Belg Amer Chemi Hist M Celestial,CivilGuardWWI,Edu
Sartre, Jean-Paul 2 1905 1980 Fren Fren Phil Hist M Existentialism,NoExit
Schildt, Herbert 3 1951 ---- Amer Amer Write Progr M Java,C,C++,C#
Schiller, Friedrich 2 1759 1805 Germ Germ Write Polym M SturmDrang,WeimarClassic,GermIdeal
Schopenhauer, Arthur 1 1788 1860 Germ Germ Phil Write M Pessimism,Anthropic,Will,AnimalEthics
Schrödinger, Erwin 1 1887 1961 Asti Iris Physt Physt M Equation,Cat
Schulz, Charles 2 1922 2000 Amer Amer Carto Carto M PeanutsComicStrip
Schumacher, E.F. 3 1911 1977 Germ Germ Stati Econ M HumanScale,Decentralised,AppropriateTech
Schwaber, Ken 3 1945 ---- Amer Amer SwEng Agile M AgileManifesto,Scrum,AgileAliance
Schwartz, Melvin 3 1932 2006 Amer Amer Physt Physt M Nobel,Neutrinos,SLAC,BNL
Seemann, Mark 2 1975 ---- C Dani Dani SwEng Write M CodeFitHead
Selig, Franz 3 1962 ---- Asti Asti SwEng Math M NATOConference
Sellars, Wilfrid 2 1912 1989 Amer Amer Phil Edu M CriticalRealism,RhodesScholar,MythGiven
Seymour, Samuel J. 3 1950 2020 C Amer Amer SyEng SyEng M Systems,JohnHopkins
Shafir, Rebecca 3 1970 ---- C Amer Amer Patho Patho F Speech,Language,Zen
Shakespeare, William 1 1564 1616 Engl Engl Write Playw M Plays
Shannon, Claude 1 1916 2001 Amer Amer Math CmpSc M Computers,Cryptography
Sheldrake, Rupert 1 1942 ---- Brit Engl Parap Bioch M MorphicResonance,Telepathy,Staring
Shelley, Mary 2 1797 1851 Brit Engl Novel Novel M Frankenstein
Simon, Herbert 2 1916 2001 Amer Amer Econ CmpSc M Nobel,BoundedRationality,Satisficing
Sinclair, Upton 3 1878 1968 Amer Amer Novel Polit M PulitzerPrize,CandidateForCAGovenor
Sirag, Saul-Paul 4 1939 ---- Amer Amer Write Physt M FundamentalFysiks
Sloan, Alfred 2 1875 1966 Amer Amer Indus Busi M GM,Obsolescence,Loans,AnnualModels
Smith, Adam 1 1723 1790 Brit Scot Econ Phil M Enlightenment,InvisibleHand
Socrates 1 -470 –399 C Grk Grk Phil Phil M SocraticMethod,Dialogue,SocraticParadox
Solomon 1 -1010 -931 C Isra Isra King Phil M Ecclesiates
Sowards, Jack B. 3 1929 2007 Amer Amer Write Scree M StarTrek
Spafford, Gene 2 1956 ---- Amer Amer CmpSc Secur M Security,Edu
Speer, Albert 2 1905 1981 Germ Germ Arch Nazi M SpeerMyth,WarCrimes,SlaveLabor
Spinoza, Baruch 1 1632 1677 Dutc Dutc Phil Phil M Jewish,Coherence,NaïveRealism,Empiricism
Standen, Anthony 3 1906 1993 Amer Amer Chemi Entom M ScienceSacredCow
Stein, Gertrude 3 1874 1946 Amer Fren Write ArtCo F Salon,Nazi
Steinbeck, John 1 1902 1968 Amer Amer Write Journ M Nobel,Books,WWIICombat
Stevenson, Robert L. 2 1850 1894 Brit Scot Write Novel M TreasureIsland,DrJekyllMrHyde
Stevenson II, Adlai 3 1900 1965 Amer Amer Polit Diplo M U.N.,IllinoisGov,CandidatePres
Strathern, Marilyn 3 1941 ---- Brit Brit Anthr Edu F MountHagen,PapuaNewGuinea,ReproductiveTech,Cambridge
Styer, Daniel 3 1955 ---- Amer Amer Physt Edu M Books,Edu
Sweet, William N. 3 1950 ---- C Amer Amer SyEng SyEng M Systems,AEGIS
Szent-Györgyi, Albert 3 1893 1986 Hung Hung Bioch Bioch M Nobel,VitaminC,WWIIResist
Tarski, Alfred 2 1901 1983 Amer Poli Math Logic M SemanticTruthTheory,Undefinability,Paradox
Taylor, Frederick 1 1856 1915 Amer Amer MeEng MgmtC M ScientificMgmt,Efficiency,Industrial
Tegmark, Max 1 1967 ---– Swed Amer Cosmo CmpSc M ComptutedReality,AI,FutureLifeInstitute
Teller, Edward 1 1908 2003 Hung Amer Physt ChEng M Manhattan,Hydrogen,LawrenceLivermore
Tennyson, Alfred 2 1809 1892 Brit Engl Poet Poet M PoetLaureate
Thales 2 -624 -546 C Grk Grk Phil Phil M WaterArche,SevenSages,KnowThyself
Thomas, Dave 2 1956 ---- Engl Amer Progr SwEng M AgileManifesto,Pragmatic,Ruby
Tolkien, JRR 2 1892 1973 Engl Engl Write Lingu M LordOfTheRings,Hobbit
Tukey, John 2 1915 2000 Amer Amer Math Stati M FastFourier,BoxPlot,RangeTest
Turing, Alan 1 1915 2000 Engl Engl Math CmpSc M TuringMachine,Enigma,TuringTest
Twain, Mark 2 1835 1910 Amer Amer Write Humor M Humor,HuckFinn,TomSawyer
Vallor, Shannon 3 1977 ---- Amer Amer Phil Write F AI_Mirror
Vaughan, William 3 1915 1977 Amer Amer Write Colum M SenatorSoaper
Vitruvius 2 -75 -15 Rom Rom Arch MilEn M AgriculturalTheory,ArmyEngineer
Vlaskovits, Patrick 3 1975 ---- Amer Amer Write Econ M FordsFasterHorses,CustomerRelations
Wallace, Alfred 1 1823 1913 Brit Engl Natur Anthr M Evolution,Illus,WallaceEffect,Biogeography
Warner, Matt 1 1864 1938 Amer Amer Outla Lawma M Outlaw,BankRobber,Lawman
Watson-Watt, Robert 1 1892 1973 Brit Engl Inven Techn M WWIIRadar,CultOfImperfect
Webber, Melvin M. 2 1920 2006 Amer Amer Desig Edu M WickedProblems,DesignTheory
Wegener, Alfred 2 1880 1930 Germ Germ Meteo Geolo M Polar,ContinentalDrift
Weinberg, Gerald 1 1933 2018 Amer Amer CmpSc SwEng M GeneralSystems,PsychologyProg,Mercury
Weller, Charles 2 1878 1959 Amer Amer Write Type M Hist,Typing,Country
Wells, H.G. 1 1866 1946 Brit Engl Write Teach M SciFi,TimeMachine,WarOfWorlds
Wheeler, John 2 1911 2008 Amer Amer Physt Physt M ItFromBit,Fission,Manhattan
Wheelis, Allen 3 1915 2007 Amer Amer PsyAn Write M PsychoanalyticDoubt
Whewell, William 2 1794 1866 Brit Engl Polym Pries M MaskTheory,Neologisms,Consilience
White, T.H. 1 1906 1964 Brit Engl Novel Novel M OnceFutureKing
Whitehead, Alfred 1 1861 1947 Brit Engl Math Phil M ProcessPhilosophy,PrincipiaMathematica
Wigner, Eugene 1 1902 1995 Hung Amer Physt Math M Nobel,AtomicNucleus,UnreasonableMath
Wilder, Thornton 2 1897 1975 Amer Amer Playw Novel M Pulitzer,OutTown,BridgeSanLuisRey
Wilson, E.O. 1 1929 2021 Amer Amer Biolo Natur M Sociobiology,EpicEvolution,BiophiliaHyp
Wittgenstein, Ludwig 1 1889 1951 Astl Astl Phil Math M PrivateLang,PictureTheory,MeaningUse
Wolfram, Stephen 1 1959 ---- Brit Amer CmpSc Physt M Mathematica,Wolfram,NewScience
Wright, Steven 2 1955 ---- Amer Amer Comic Write M Paraprosdokians,AcademyAward
Yochelson, Ellis 3 1928 2006 Amer Amer Paleo Geolo M Fossils
Zangwill, Israel 2 1864 1026 Brit Brit Write Write M Zionism,TerritorialMovement,MeltingPot
Zuboff, Shoshana 1 1951 ---- Amer Amer Psych Phil F Informate,Deskill,InformationPanopticon
Zumdahl, Steven 3 1942 ---- Amer Amer Chemi Edu M Educator

Nationality Abbreviations

Nat Nationality
Alge Algerian
Amer American
Angl Anglo
Asti Austrian
Astl Australian
Belg Belgium
Braz Brazilian
Brit British
Can Canadian
Chin Chinese
Dani Danish
Dutc Dutch
Egyp Egyptian
Engl English
Fren French
Germ German
Grk Greek
Hung Hungarian
Indi Indian
Isra Israeli
IriN Northern Irish
Iris Irish
Ital Italian
Jude Judea
Nepa Nepalese
Nor Norwegian
Pers Persian
Poli Polish
Prus Prussian
Rom Roman
RomE Roman Empire
Russ Russian
Scot Scottish
Sing Singaporean
Swed Swedish
Swis Swiss
Ukra Ukranian

Role Abbreviations

Role Expanded Role
Activ Activist
Actor Actor
AeEng Aeroengineer
Agile Agile Expert
Anima Animator
Anthr Antropologist
Arch Architect
Artis Artist
AsPhy Astrophysicist
Astrl Astrologist
Astro Astronomer
Attor Attorney
Bioch Biochemist
Biolo Biologist
BioPh Biophysicist
Busin Business Person
Carto Cartoonist
Chemi Chemist
ChEng Chemical Engineer
Cleri Cleric
CmpAr Computer Architect
CmpSc Computer Scientist
CogSc Cognitive Scientist
Colon Colonizer
Colum Columnist
Comic Comic
Comm Communicator
Commd Commander
Comme Commentator
Compo Composer
Consu Consultant
Corre Correspondent
Cosmo Cosmologist
Crimi Criminologist
Crypt Cryptologist
Desig Designer
Diplo Diplomat
Dissi Dissident
Ecol Ecologist
Econ Economist
Edit Editor
Edu Educator
Educ Educator
Elect Electromagnetism Scientist
ElEng Electrical Engineer
Engr Engineer
Ento Entomologist
Entre Entrepreneur
Epist Epistemologist
Essay Essayist
Ethic Ethicist
Execu Executive
Explo Explorer
Firef Fire fighter
First First Lady
Genet Geneticist
Geol Geologist
Geolo Geologist
Geoph Geophysicist
Geogr Geographer
Graph Graphic Artist
Greek Greek
Gover Governor
HiCmp Historian of Computers
HisSc Historian of Science
Hist Historian
HistS Historian of Science
Histo Historian
Humor Humorist
IFace Interface Expert
Indus Industrialist
Inven Inventor
Inves Investor
Journ Journalist
Judge Judge
King King
Lawma Lawman
Lingu Linguist
Liter Literary Scholar
Logic Logician
Magic Magician
Math Mathematician
MeEng Mechanical Engineer
Meteo Meteorologist
MgmtC Management Consultant
MilEn Military Engineer
Milit Military
Music Musician
Natur Naturalist
Naval Naval Officer
Nazi Nazi
Neuro Neurologist
Novel Novelist
Outla Outlaw
Paint Painter
Paleo Paleontologist
Parap Parapsychologist
Patho Pathologist
Phil Philosopher
Phygy Physiologist
Physl Physiologist
Physn Physician
Physt Physicist
Playw Playwrite
Poet Poet
PolSc Political Scientist
Polym Polymath
Pres President
Pries Priest
Prodc Producer
Progr Programmer
PsyAn PsychoAnalyst
Psych Psychologist
Polit Politician
Pundt Pundit
Quant Quantum Scientist
QuCmp Quantum Computer Scientist
Quote Quote Collector
Relig Religeous Figure
Resea Researcher
Ruler Ruler
Safet Safety Engineer
Sage Sage
Scien Scientist
SciFi Science Fiction
Scree Screenwriter
SecDf Secretary of Defense
Secur Security Expert
Singr Singer
Skept Skeptic
Slave Slave
Socia Social Scientist
Socie Society
Socio Sociologist
Steel Steel Industrialist
Stati Statistician
SwEng Software Engineer
SyEng Systems Engineer
Syste Systems Scientist
Teach Teacher
Techn Technologist
Theol Theologist
Tourm Tour Manager
Trnsl Translator
Type Typing Educator
UFO UFOlogist
US United States
Util Utilitarian
Write Writer

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