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American rock and roll singer, songwriter, and guitarist who was a central and pioneering figure in the genre

American actor, screenwriter, and director known for his charismatic presence in films such as Deliverance and Smokey and the Bandit, and for a diverse career in entertainment and sports

American actor and singer known for his distinctive character roles in films like The Thing and Cocoon, and for his commercial work with Quaker Oats and Liberty Medical

American physicist who shared the 1952 Nobel Prize for his independent discovery of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)

American chemical engineer and physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering the tau lepton

American psychologist and psychotherapist who founded humanistic psychology and developed person-centered therapy

American physicist and Nobel laureate known for his experimental research on neutrinos and for founding the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

American aviator, engineer, industrialist, and film producer who became one of the richest and most influential people in the world

American physical chemist who discovered heavy hydrogen, earning a Nobel Prize, and contributed significantly to understanding isotopes and the development of organic life

American politician, lawyer, and military officer who served as the third Vice President of the United States, known for his duel with Alexander Hamilton and a conspiracy to form an independent country

American novelist and journalist of the naturalist school, celebrated for works like Sister Carrie and An American Tragedy, exploring characters and situations resembling studies of nature

American novelist, visual artist, and primary figure of the Beat Generation, known for his experimental works and the cut-up technique

American singer and jazz pianist who achieved widespread success with over 100 pop chart hits during a career spanning almost three decades

American mathematician and anarchist, known for his early academic brilliance and later for his reclusive lifestyle and the lone wolf terrorism campaign associated with the Unabomber moniker

American chemist, university teacher, and nuclear physicist who shared the 1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for synthesizing and discovering transuranium elements and developing the actinide concept

American mathematician whose critical calculations for NASA enabled the success of early U.S. crewed spaceflights and helped pioneer the use of computers in aerospace

American historian, physicist, and philosopher who popularized the term "paradigm shift" through his influential book, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

American singer known as the "Queen of Disco," famous for her global influence in the 1970s dance and pop music scenes

American writer, suffragist, and women's rights activist who led the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention and authored the Declaration of Sentiments, establishing women's right to vote as a central goal

American baseball player and cultural icon, known as "the Bambino" and "the Sultan of Swat"

American evolutionary biologist and geneticist who won the Nobel Prize for his discoveries on the role of chromosomes in heredity

American philosopher, logician, mathematician, and scientist known as "the father of pragmatism" and praised as one of America's greatest thinkers.

American electrical engineer and inventor who co-created the first integrated circuit, sharing the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work

American actress and producer known for her distinctive screen presence and work in children's programming, with accolades including a Cannes Award and Peabody Award