James Watson, 96
Biologist
1
Sue Hendrickson, 75
Paleontologist
2
Clyde Tombaugh (1906-1997)
Astronomer
3
Keven Stonewall, 30
4
Clive Cussler (1931-2020)
Oceanographer
5
Grote Reber (1911-2002)
6
Donald Johanson, 81
7
Tom Skilling, 72
Meteorologist
8
Lynn Margulis (1938-2011)
9
Howard Florey (1898-1968)
Pharmacologist
10
Lester Frank Ward (1841-1913)
Botanist
11
David A. Johnston (1949-1980)
Geologist
12
Lloyd Hall (1894-1971)
Conservationist
13
Robert Millikan (1868-1953)
Physicist
14
George Gaylord Simpson (1902-1984)
15
Richard Hamming (1915-1998)
Computer Scientist
16
Anita Borg (1949-2003)
17
Clinton Davisson (1881-1958)
18
Harriet Creighton (1909-2004)
19
Martin Chalfie, 78
Chemist
20
Jerry Coyne, 75
21
Arnold Orville Beckman (1900-2004)
22
Robert E. Park (1864-1944)
Sociologist
23
James E. Keeler (1857-1900)
24
Born in Illinois
Most Popular Scientists
Bruce Beutler, 67
Geneticist
25
Edward Mills Purcell (1912-1997)
26
Paul Alivisatos, 65
27
Thomas Cech, 77
28
Vincent Du Vigneaud (1901-1978)
29
Arthur B. Robinson, 82
30
Stuart Umpleby, 80
31
Scientists by State
Cities in Illinois
