Scientists and inventors
By date of birth ยท 18 objects
Salvador AllendePhysician, socialist, elected president
Andrei GromykoSoviet diplomat of the Cold WarFrancis H. ClauserPioneer of boundary-layer science
Daniel J. BoorstinHistorian, librarian, public intellectual
Robert McNamaraLongest-serving Secretary of DefenseRoberto ViauxGeneral at the heart of Track IIMonroe Leigh12th State Department Legal Adviser
George ShultzFour Cabinet posts, one statesmaneconomics
Henry KissingerDiplomat who shaped Cold War policyinternational relations
Margaret ThatcherBritain's first female prime ministerpolitics
Zhores MedvedevScientist, dissident, exilebiology
Zbigniew BrzezinskiArchitect of Cold War grand strategyinternational relations
Boris YeltsinRussia's first elected president
John PoindexterAdmiral at the Iran-Contra centerMorton HalperinScholar, official, civil liberties advocatepolitical science
David SpergelCosmologist who mapped the early universetheoretical astrophysics
Sean M. KirkpatrickPentagon's first UAP investigation chiefJames RhoadsPioneer of high-redshift galaxy surveys