Rainer Weiss
19322025
German-American physicist who invented the laser interferometric technique for LIGO, leading to the first direct observation of gravitational waves
19322025
German-American physicist who invented the laser interferometric technique for LIGO, leading to the first direct observation of gravitational waves
19442025
Japanese association football player and manager who won an Olympic bronze medal and holds the record as Japan's all-time leading goalscorer, also served as a politician
19282025
American astronaut who commanded the Apollo 13 mission and was one of the first humans to orbit the Moon
19302025
Romanian engineer and politician who served as the first and third President of Romania, guiding the nation through its transition to democracy and founding the Social Democratic Party