Dorman FAT - Famous People (Pages 6-7)
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- American physicist who was the first person to win the Nobel Prize twice in the same field.
- Bardeen, John.
- Wont the 1956 Nobel Prize for developing the transistor.
- Bardeen, John.
- Wont the 1972 Nobel Prize for his work in superconductivity.
- Bardeen, John.
- South African surgon who completed the first successful human heart transplant in 1967 in Cape Town, South Africa.
- Barnard, Christiaan.
- American showman who opened his American Musuem in New York City in 1842.
- Barnum, P. T.
- Scottish writer best remembered for Peter Pan.
- Barrie, J. M.
- French sculptor famous for the Statue of Liberty.
- Bartholdi, Frederic Auguste.
- Hungarian composer best known for the ballet, _Miraculous_Mandarin_.
- Bartok, Bela.
- Hungarian composer best known for the opera, _Bluebeard's_Castle_.
- Bartok, Bela.
- American humanitarian called the "Angel of the Battlefield."
- Barton, Clara.
- American humanitarian who organized the American Red Cross.
- Barton, Clara.
- Russian-American ballet dancer.
- Baryshnikov, Mikhail.
- American childrens author best known for _The_Wonderful_Wizard_of_Oz_.
- Baum, L. Frank.
- Queen of the Netherlands who ascended to the throne in 1980 upon the abdication of her mother, Juliana.
- Beatrix.
- French dramatist who wrote the commedies _The_Barber_of_Seville_ and _The_Marriage_of_Figaro_.
- Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de.
- Who was the writer of the opera _The_Marriage_of_Figaro_?
- Mozart.
- Who was the writer of _The_Marriage_of_Figaro_?
- Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de.
- English dramatist best known for his collaborations with John Fletcher.
- Beaumont, Francis.
- Confederate general who directed the attact on Fort Sumter in 1861 during the American Civil War.
- Beauregard, Pierre.
- French author and existentialist who was a close friend to Sartre.
- Beauvoir, Simone de.
- French author and existentialist who wrote _The_Mandarins_, _The_Second_Sex_, and _The_Coming_of_Age_.
- Beauvoir, Simone de.
- French writer associated witht the Theatre of the Absurd who won the 1969 Nobel Prize in Literature.
- Beckett, Samuel.
- French writer associated witht the Theatre of the Absurd who wrote the controversial play _Waiting_for_Godot_ in 1952.
- Beckett, Samuel.
- French physisist famous for discovering Uranium.
- Becquerel, Antoine.
- American minister and founder of the American Bible Society.
- Beecher, Lyman.
- German composer who is recognized as one of the greatest ever.
- Beethover, Ludwig von.
- Israeli prime minister who signed the Camp David Peace Accords and won the 1978 Nobel Peace Prize.
- Begin, Menachem.
- Inventor of the telephone.
- Bell, Alexander Grahm.
- American author who wrote _Looking_Backward,_2000-1887_, _Mrs._Luddington's_Sister_, and _Equality_.
- Bellamy, Edward.
- American novelist whose works include _Herzong_, _Mr._Sammler's_Planet_, and _Humbolt's Gift_.
- Bellow, Saul.
- American writer famous for _John_Brown's_Body_.
- Benet, Stephen Vincent.
- Israeli stateman who devoted his life to Zionism.
- Ben-Gurion, David.
- English philospopher and founder of Utilitarianism.
- Bentham, Jeremy.
- U. S. Statesman and democratic senator and represaentitive from Missouri.
- Benton, Thomas Hart.
- American painter and the best known American muralist of the 30's and 40's.
- Benton, Thomas Hart.
- Texas senator and represaentitive who unsucessfully ran for vice-president. He was appointed tresury secretary by Clinton.
- Bentson, Lloyd.
- German engineer who built the first car with an internal combustion engine.
- Benz, Karl.
- Sweedish film actress who starred in _Casablanca_, _For_Whom_the_Bell_Tolls_, and _Anastasia_.
- Bergman, Ingrid.
- Danish explorer who sailed for Peter I of Russia.
- Bering, Vitus.
- British colonial governor of Virginia who surpressed Bacon's Rebellion.
- Berkely, Sir William.
- American entertainer.
- Berle, Milton.
- Russian-born American songwriter who wrote nearly 1,000 songs.
- Berlin, Irving.
- French composer famous for _Harold_in_Italy_, _Romeo_and_Juliet_, _Symphonie Fantastique_, _The_Childhood_of_Christ_, and _The_Trojans_.
- Berlioz, Louis Hector.
- This Italian architect and sculpter is famous for his relious sculptures.
- Bernini, Giovanni.
- Swiss scientific and mathematical family.
- Bernouli family.
- One of the developers of ordinary calculus.
- Bernoulli, James.
- Famous for his work in integral calulus.
- Bernoulli, John.
- The son of John, he was the first mathematical physiscist.
- Bernoulli, Daniel.
- Creator of Bernoulli's principal.
- Bernoulli, Daniel.
- Writer of _Hydrodynamica_.
- Bernoulli, Daniel.
- American conductor and composer of such works as _Fancy_Free_, _On_the_Town_, _Candide_, and _West_Side_Story_.
- Bernstein, Leonard.
- Swedish chemist who discovered the elements Selenium, Cerium, and Thorium.
- Berzelius, Hons Jakob.
- Canadian scientist who first isolated insulin.
- Best, Charles.
- English poet who served as Poet Laureate. His most famous work was _Mt._Zion_.
- Betjeman, Sir John.