Scientist Stephen Hawking was known for his groundbreaking work with black holes and relativity, and was the author of several popular science books including 'A Brief History of Time.'

• Scientist, Physicist
  (1942–2018)

Robert Woodrow Wilson is a Nobel Prize–winning radio astronomer and physicist best known for a discovery that advanced the Big Bang model of creation.

• Astronomer, Scientist, Physicist
  (1936–)

Linus Pauling was a theoretical physical chemist who became the only person to have won two unshared Nobel Prizes.

• Chemist, Scientist
  (1901–1994)

Taiwanese AIDS researcher David Ho's work has influenced the understanding, investigation and treatment of HIV/AIDS worldwide.

• Scientist, Academic
  (1952–)

Frank Capra is a celebrated Italian-American director known for films like It's a Wonderful Life and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.

• Director
  (1897–1991)

Carl D. Anderson and Victor Francis Hess received the 1936 Nobel Prize for Physics for discovering the positron, or the positively charged electron.

• Scientist, Physicist
  (1905–1991)