#72261, famous scientists

[Cindy]

Question #72261

I thought this was an interesting question. For what it's worth, here are the first ten (well, actually eleven) scientists I thought of:

Albert Einstein
Norman Borlaug
Marie Curie
Galileo
Gregor Mendel
Charles Darwin
Steven Hawking
Watson & Crick
Copernicus
Carl Sagan

I think it's interesting that all of the writers thought of Marie Curie, but no one put her on their list of best-known scientists.

[Digit]

I bet many people living today who watch TV would say "Oh I've seen that guy" if shown a picture of Michio Kaku. I don't suppose the average person would remember the name, but that guy is pretty much a staple talking head science guy on most sciencey shows.

[Portia]

marie curie
bertrand russell
nikola tesla
werner heisenberg
wernher von braun

[mic0]

Isn't Chris Hadfield somewhat well known? Or maybe others don't consider astronauts scientists?

[Katya]

Isn't Chris Hadfield somewhat well known? Or maybe others don't consider astronauts scientists?

Hmm. I'd say that astronauts are definitely scientists, but I think people tend to think of them as astronauts, first, and so they might not come to mind when trying to think of prototypical scientists.

[S.A.M.]

Here's a list I came up with my fam:

Gru
Victor Frankenstein
Megamind
Flint Lockwood
Professor Philip Brainard