Memorials & famous biographies

American actor and filmmaker known for his versatile performances, distinctive Texan drawl, and numerous roles across film and television

American filmmaker recognized as a master of the horror genre, known for iconic slasher films like "A Nightmare on Elm Street" and "Scream" that blended terror with humor

American actor best known for his iconic portrayal of Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 film Psycho, also a writer, singer, and film director

American physicist and Nobel laureate who, with David Lee and Douglas Osheroff, discovered the superfluidity of helium-3

American writer who mastered Broadway, Hollywood, television, and became a best-selling romantic suspense novelist

American film composer and conductor known for his distinct blend of orchestral, choral, and electronic sounds, and Celtic music motifs, notably in 'Music from Titanic'

American cognitive scientist and co-founder of MIT's AI laboratory who was recognized as one of the 'fathers of AI'

American physicist who, with Val Fitch, discovered violations of fundamental symmetry principles in neutral K-meson decays, earning the 1980 Nobel Prize in Physics

American writer known for subjective and self-revealing novels and short stories, including the influential "Winesburg, Ohio"

American journalist, essayist, and cultural critic known for his sharp wit, satirical reporting, and scholarship of American English

American musician, singer-songwriter, and pianist known as the 'Architect of Rock and Roll' who laid the foundation for rock and roll, soul, and funk

American physicist and Nobel laureate known for inventing the separated oscillatory field method used in atomic clocks

Nobel Prize-winning American physicist and inventor, recognized for co-inventing the charge-coupled device (CCD) sensor that revolutionized digital imaging

American anthropologist and folklorologist known for her influential work on human cultures and traditions

American psychologist who popularized behaviorism and conducted influential research on animal behavior, child rearing, and advertising

American physician, geneticist, and Nobel Prize winner who identified the hepatitis B virus and contributed to its vaccine development

American actor known for his hardboiled "tough guy" characters, bass voice, and prematurely white hair, a decorated United States Marine

American physicist and engineer who served as the first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and contributed to the discovery of induced electric current

American agricultural scientist and inventor who championed alternative crops and soil preservation methods

American playwright and novelist who won three Pulitzer Prizes for works like Our Town and The Bridge of San Luis Rey, and a U.S. National Book Award

American architect who designed modern and postmodern masterpieces including the Glass House and 550 Madison Avenue

American computer scientist who founded the discipline of artificial intelligence, coined the term AI, and developed the Lisp programming language

American actor, comedian, and director known for his distinctive "hangdog face" and celebrated collaborations with Jack Lemmon, earning an Academy Award and two Tony Awards

American economist and financial advisor best known for his nearly two-decade tenure as the 13th chair of the Federal Reserve