Scientist/researcher Famous Names Starting with Letter Y

An Indian scientist and educator. Yash Pal graduated with a degree in physics from Punjab University

An Indian scientist and educator. Yash Pal graduated with a degree in physics from Punjab University in 1949 and was awarded a PhD degree in Physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1958.[1] During a long academic and research career he served as a visiting professor at the Niels Bohr Institute, the California Institute of Technology and the Danish Space Research Institute.

Was a Japanese electrical scientist. In the 1920s, he invented a simple device for phototelegraphic

Was a Japanese electrical scientist. In the 1920s, he invented a simple device for phototelegraphic transmission through cable and later via radio, a precursor to mechanical television. He later became the Director of the Department of Electronic Engineering of Tokyo University. He was awarded the Order of Cultural Merits and the Order of Merit of the First Class.

Was a chemical engineer and a scientist killed on Air India Flight 182 (Emperor Kanishka crash).Nayu

Was a chemical engineer and a scientist killed on Air India Flight 182 (Emperor Kanishka crash).Nayudamma was born in an agricultural family at Yelavarru village (Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh, India, on September 10, 1922.He had his primary education in the village and studied Intermediate in AC College here. Later, he did B.SC (Chemical Technology) at the famous Banaras Hindu University and a course in leather technology at Madras Institute of Leather Technology.

Was the third Soviet/Russian female cosmonaut to travel to space and the first woman to make a long-

Was the third Soviet/Russian female cosmonaut to travel to space and the first woman to make a long-duration spaceflight. Her first trip into space was on Soyuz TM-20 on October 4, 1994. She returned to Earth on March 22, 1995 after a five-month stay at t

Was an Indian scientist who made important contributions to the treatment of cancer. Most of his car

Was an Indian scientist who made important contributions to the treatment of cancer. Most of his career was spent in the United States. Subbarao remained an alien without a green card all his life, though he would lead some of America's most important medical research during World War II.

Was an Israeli philosopher and scientist known for his outspoken, often controversial opinions on Ju

Was an Israeli philosopher and scientist known for his outspoken, often controversial opinions on Judaism, ethics, religion and politics.

Is a South Korean scientist and Ph.D. graduate of KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Tec

Is a South Korean scientist and Ph.D. graduate of KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology). On April 8, 2008, she became the first Korean[1] and the second Asian woman (defined as a female resident of a country in Asia at the time of her

M.D., Ph.D. is an award-winning scientist, award-winning filmmaker, and award-winning painter.

M.D., Ph.D. is an award-winning scientist, award-winning filmmaker, and award-winning painter.

He was the first Taiwanese-born Nobel Prize laureate, who, along with the Hungarian-Canadian John C.

He was the first Taiwanese-born Nobel Prize laureate, who, along with the Hungarian-Canadian John C. Polanyi and American Dudley R. Herschbach won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1986 "for their contributions to the dynamics of chemical elementary processes."

Is a Japanese computer scientist and software programmer best known as the chief designer of the Rub

Is a Japanese computer scientist and software programmer best known as the chief designer of the Ruby programming language and its reference implementation, Matz's Ruby Interpreter (MRI).

Hero of the Soviet Union, was a Soviet cosmonaut. On 12 April 1961, he became the first human in spa

Hero of the Soviet Union, was a Soviet cosmonaut. On 12 April 1961, he became the first human in space and the first to orbit the Earth. He received medals from around the world for his pioneering tour in outer space.On 12 April 1961, Gagarin became the first human to travel into space in Vostok 3KA-2 (Vostok 1) and return. His call sign in this flight was Kedr (Cedar; Russian: ????).[4] During his flight, Gagarin famously whistled the tune "The Motherland Hears, The Motherland Knows" (Russian: "?????? ??????, ?????? ?????").[5][6] The first two lines of the song are: "The Motherland hears, the Motherland knows/Where her son flies in the sky".[7] This patriotic song was written by Dmitri Shostakovich in 1951 (opus 86), with words by Yevgeniy Dolmatovsky.

Was an officer in the Imperial Russian Navy and explorer. In 1786 he graduated from the Navy Cadet C

Was an officer in the Imperial Russian Navy and explorer. In 1786 he graduated from the Navy Cadet Corps and took part in the Russo-Swedish War (1788-1790). During 1790-1793 he served in the Baltic Fleet. During 1793-1799 he sailed British ships all over the globe. In 1803-1806 Lisyanski as the commanding officer of the sloop-of-war Neva took part in the first Russian circumnavigation of the Earth headed by Krusenstern.

Is a cosmonaut in the Russian Space Forces.Shargin graduated from the Military Engineering Academy f

Is a cosmonaut in the Russian Space Forces.Shargin graduated from the Military Engineering Academy for Aeronautics and Astronautics located in Leningrad. He is a Lieutenant Colonel in the Russian Space Forces.

Is a Russian cosmonaut of Ukrainian ancestry.Malenchenko became the first person to marry in space,

Is a Russian cosmonaut of Ukrainian ancestry.Malenchenko became the first person to marry in space, on 10 August 2003, when he married Ekaterina Dmitrieva, who was in Texas, while he was 240 miles over New Zealand, on the International Space Station.

Is a Soviet/Russian cosmonaut of Ukrainian descent. He is a veteran of two extended spaceflights, ab

Is a Soviet/Russian cosmonaut of Ukrainian descent. He is a veteran of two extended spaceflights, aboard the space station Mir in 1996 and aboard the International Space Station in 2001-2002.

He has also been active as a comic book creator, musician, and singer.Yuri Landman made his debut in

He has also been active as a comic book creator, musician, and singer.Yuri Landman made his debut in the comics field in 1997 with 'Je Mag Alles Met Me Doen' (in Dutch). In the follow-up, released in 1998, 'Het Verdiende Loon', Landman described his negative experiences on a daily job.[6] For the second title he received the 1998 Breda Prize,[7] an award for rising new comic artists in Holland. Since then he has published no other comic books.Together with Cees van Appeldoorn, he formed the lo-fi band Zoppo playing bass and prepared guitar.[8] After 2 albums and several 7ösingles, Landman left the band. Landman then formed the noise band Avec Aisance (aka Avec-A) with drummer/producer Valentijn H÷llander and released a CD, Vivre dans lÆaisance.

Baturin graduated from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology in 1973 and is the former head

Baturin graduated from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology in 1973 and is the former head of National Security; he is also an author in constitutional law[

Was a Soviet Air Force officer and a cosmonaut.He served as a flight engineer in the Soviet Air Forc

Was a Soviet Air Force officer and a cosmonaut.He served as a flight engineer in the Soviet Air Force before being selected as a cosmonaut on October 23, 1965. He flew as a Flight Engineer on the Soyuz 24 mission. He retired from the cosmonaut corps on on

Is a Russian cosmonaut of Ukrainian descent. He is a Colonel of the Russian Air Force, and test cosm

Is a Russian cosmonaut of Ukrainian descent. He is a Colonel of the Russian Air Force, and test cosmonaut of the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. He is married to Olga Vladimirovna Shapovalova, born in 1961. They have two sons, Sergei and Alexei.

Is a former Soviet cosmonaut, twice Hero of the Soviet Union (March 16, 1978 and September 26, 1980)

Is a former Soviet cosmonaut, twice Hero of the Soviet Union (March 16, 1978 and September 26, 1980).

Is a Russian cosmonaut and a veteran of three space missions.Lonchakov was selected as a test-cosmon

Is a Russian cosmonaut and a veteran of three space missions.Lonchakov was selected as a test-cosmonaut candidate of the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center Cosmonaut Office in December 1997. Lonchakov's first spaceflight was the shuttle mission STS-100 tha

Was a Japanese mathematician known for the Taniyama-Shimura conjecture.Taniyama was best known for c

Was a Japanese mathematician known for the Taniyama-Shimura conjecture.Taniyama was best known for conjecturing, in modern language, automorphic properties of L-functions of elliptic curves over any number field. A partial and refined case of this conjecture for elliptic curves over rationals is called the Taniyama-Shimura conjecture or the modularity theorem whose statement he subsequently refined in collaboration with Goro Shimura. The names Taniyama, Shimura and Weil have all been attached to this conjecture, but the idea is essentially due to Taniyama.

French chemist and Nobel Prize winner. He is honorary research director at the Institut français du

French chemist and Nobel Prize winner. He is honorary research director at the Institut français du pétrole and a member of the French Academy of Science. Chauvin received his degree from the Lyon's School of Chemistry, Physics and Electronics in 1954.