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Fraser Stoddart

Fraser Stoddart

19422024

Scottish chemist and Nobel Laureate known for his pioneering work in designing and synthesizing molecular machines, including catenanes and rotaxanes

Ted Kaczynski

Ted Kaczynski

19422023

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

Věra Čáslavská

Věra Čáslavská

19422016

Czechoslovak artistic gymnast and coach, an Olympic legend with seven gold medals and the most decorated Czech gymnast in history

Jacques Rogge

Jacques Rogge

19422021

Belgian physician and athlete who became the eighth president of the International Olympic Committee from 2001 to 2013