Edmond Henri Fischer was a Swiss-American biochemist. He and his collaborator Edwin G.
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Actor
1969 · United States
Paul Stephen Rudd is an American actor. Rudd studied theatre at the University of Kansas and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts before making his acting debut in 1991.
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Actor
1975 · United States
Zachary Israel Braff is an American actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his role as Dr. John "J.D."
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Author
1928–2025 · United States
James Dewey Watson was an American molecular biologist, geneticist, and zoologist. In 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick co-authored an academic paper on DNA entitled, "Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid".
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Scientist
1949 · Germany
Horst Ludwig Störmer is a German physicist, Nobel laureate and emeritus professor at Columbia University.
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German biochemist
1911–1979 · Germany
Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen was a German biochemist.
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Actor
1955 · United States
Michael Rooker is an American actor.
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