Scientist/researcher Famous Names Starting with Letter F

Was a French Jesuit missionary who founded Michigan's first European settlement, Sault Ste. Marie, a

Was a French Jesuit missionary who founded Michigan's first European settlement, Sault Ste. Marie, and later founded St. Ignace, Michigan. In 1673 Father Marquette and Louis Jolliet were the first Europeans to see and map the northern portion of the Mississippi River.

Was a Catholic priest and missionary of the Franciscan Recollect order (French: Récollets) and an e

Was a Catholic priest and missionary of the Franciscan Recollect order (French: Récollets) and an explorer of the interior of North America. Hennepin was born in Ath in the Spanish Netherlands (now in the province of Hainaut, Belgium). In 1659 Béthune, the town where he lived, was captured by the army of Louis XIV of France.

A Swiss - American Jewish physicist, working mainly in the U.S..

A Swiss - American Jewish physicist, working mainly in the U.S..

German mathematician, known for his work in group theory, function theory, non-Euclidean geometry,

German mathematician, known for his work in group theory, function theory, non-Euclidean geometry,

A German mathematician who is considered to be one of the founders of modern topology and who contri

A German mathematician who is considered to be one of the founders of modern topology and who contributed significantly to set theory, descriptive set theory, measure theory, function theory, and functional analysis.

Was a Swiss entomologist.Santschi is known for his pioneering work on the navigational abilities of

Was a Swiss entomologist.Santschi is known for his pioneering work on the navigational abilities of ants. In one experiment, he investigated the way harvester ants used the sky to navigate. He found that as long as even a small patch of sky was visible, the ants could return directly to the nest after gathering food.

Was a German naturalist, explorer and painter. He was the younger brother of Wilhelm Deppe.Deppe tra

Was a German naturalist, explorer and painter. He was the younger brother of Wilhelm Deppe.Deppe travelled to Mexico in 1824. He collected natural history specimens for the Berlin Museum with Count von Sack and William Bullock. He also collected in California and Hawaii on his way home in 1830.

German mathematician, noted for his proof, published in 1882, that p (Pi) is a transcendental number

German mathematician, noted for his proof, published in 1882, that p (Pi) is a transcendental number, i.e., it is not a zero of any polynomial with rational coefficients.

Was a Russian admiral, explorer, Honorable Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences in St. Peter

Was a Russian admiral, explorer, Honorable Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg (1855), one of the founders of the Russian Geographic Society. In English texts, Wrangel is sometimes spelled Vrangel, a transliteration from Russian, w

Was an Italian car maker and the founder of the Lamborghini brand.A wealthy manufacturer of tractors

Was an Italian car maker and the founder of the Lamborghini brand.A wealthy manufacturer of tractors and air conditioning and heating units systems after World War II, Lamborghini was an enthusiastic owner of sports cars, including Ferraris. He noticed that some of the clutch components were the same as the ones he used on his tractors, as well as suffering recurring reliability issues not unfamiliar to Ferraris. He approached Enzo Ferrari with his criticism. Ferrari insulted Lamborghini, effectively stating that a tractor manufacturer was not qualified to criticize Ferraris. Affronted by Ferrari's reaction, Lamborghini decided to "build better cars than Ferrari" and to prove that supercars did not have to be as temperamental as Ferraris.

Was an Italian entomologist. He specialised in world Protura, Thysanura, Diplura and Isoptera, but a

Was an Italian entomologist. He specialised in world Protura, Thysanura, Diplura and Isoptera, but also worked on Hymenoptera, Myriapoda and Italian Diptera

Is an Australian epidemiologist noted for her public health work, and her research into child and ma

Is an Australian epidemiologist noted for her public health work, and her research into child and maternal health, and birth disorders such as cerebral palsy.

Was an American psychologist and professor at the University of Minnesota who is noted for developin

Was an American psychologist and professor at the University of Minnesota who is noted for developing the Minnesota Preschool Scale and the Goodenough Draw-A-Man test (now the Goodenough-Harris Draw-A-Person Test). She wrote Handbook of Child Psychology in 1933, and she became president of the National Counsel of Women Psychologists in 1942. She is also noted for her instruction of Ruth Howard, the first African American woman to earn a Ph.D. in Psychology.

Is a plant pathologist and virologist. She is known for her advocacy of using biotechnology to incre

Is a plant pathologist and virologist. She is known for her advocacy of using biotechnology to increase food production in Africa.She received her Bachelor of Science in botany from the University of Nairobi, her Master's in pathology from North Dakota St

Argentine naturalist, paleontologist, anthropologist and zoologist.

Argentine naturalist, paleontologist, anthropologist and zoologist.

Is a Chinese-American virologist and molecular biologist. She is sometimes credited as a co-discover

Is a Chinese-American virologist and molecular biologist. She is sometimes credited as a co-discoverer of HIV along with Robert Gallo and Luc Montagnier. She was the first person to map HIV. From 1990-2002, she was the Florence Riford Chair in AIDS Research at the University of California at San Diego (UCSD). She is now the Chief Scientific Officer and Vice President of Genomics for Immusol.[1]

An American academic ecologist. She served as a Professor of Biological Sciences at Florida State Un

An American academic ecologist. She served as a Professor of Biological Sciences at Florida State University. She studied geographic variation in the size and shape of birds, leading to transplant experiments with red-winged blackbirds and to tests of the theoretical assumptions underlying selection models. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Is an American computer scientist and pioneer in the field of optimizing compilers. Her achievements

Is an American computer scientist and pioneer in the field of optimizing compilers. Her achievements include seminal work in compilers, code optimization, and parallelization.

Was an American naturalist. His research included studies of the Okefenokee Swamp and fieldwork in t

Was an American naturalist. His research included studies of the Okefenokee Swamp and fieldwork in the north eastern United States and in northern Canada, and he also studied the 18th century American naturalists John and William Bartram.[1] Harper author

American missionary and a naturalist[1], was born in York, England. His grandfather, also Francis Ma

American missionary and a naturalist[1], was born in York, England. His grandfather, also Francis Mason, was the founder of the Baptist Society in York, and his father, a shoemaker by trade, was a Baptist lay preacher there.

Was an American astronaut who was killed commanding the Space Shuttle Challenger, which suffered cat

Was an American astronaut who was killed commanding the Space Shuttle Challenger, which suffered catastrophic booster failure during launch of the STS-51-L mission.

Is co-founder of the English rock band Status Quo, where he sings lead vocals and plays lead guitar.

Is co-founder of the English rock band Status Quo, where he sings lead vocals and plays lead guitar. Rossi is known as one of the Godfathers of Heavy Metal.

Was an English entomologist. He was one of the most prolific authors in entomology, and stirred cont

Was an English entomologist. He was one of the most prolific authors in entomology, and stirred controversy during his later life as his publications resulted in a huge number of junior synonyms.

British chemist and physicist who won the 1922 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his discovery, by means

British chemist and physicist who won the 1922 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his discovery, by means of his mass spectrograph, of isotopes, in a large number of non-radioactive elements, and for his enunciation of the whole-number rule".

Was an Argentine explorer, born in Buenos Aires. He is usually referred to as Perito Moreno (perito

Was an Argentine explorer, born in Buenos Aires. He is usually referred to as Perito Moreno (perito means "specialist, expert").In 1872 Moreno began a series of exploring expeditions that made him well known. In January 1876, he explored Lake Nahuel-Huapi, in the southern Andes, and discovered, on February 14, 1877, Lake San Martin.