Famous Scientists from United States

Bancroft, Edward (Westfield)

Double agent of the Revolutionary War
Garfield, Eugene (New York City)

Founder of the Institute for Scientific Information
Hubble, Edwin (Marshfield)

The astronomer the Hubble space telescope is named after
McClintock, Barbara (Hartford)

The genetics scientist who learned from maize
Narin, Francis (Philadelphia)

Scientometrics pioneer who started CHI Research
Oppenheimer, J. Robert (New York City)

The physicist who directed the Manhattan Project
Salk, Jonas (New York City)

Developer of the polio vaccine
Watson, James (Chicago)

Co-discoverer of the structure of DNA