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Collection: STEAM Unsung Heroes

Vivien Thomas
  • Vivien Thomas, Surgeon
(1910 - 1985)
Virginia Apgar
  • Virginia Apgar, Physician
(1909 - 1974)
Therese Frare
  • Therese Frare, Photojournalist
(b. 1958)
Terry Fox
  • Terry Fox, Athlete and Humanitarian
(1958 - 1981)
Sidney Farber
  • Sidney Farber, Pathologist
(1903 - 1973)
Roy Stryker
  • Roy Stryker, Economist and Photographer
(1893 - 1975)
Robert R. Williams
  • Robert R. Williams, Research Chemist
(1886 - 1965)
Oscar Howe
  • Oscar Howe, Artist and Educator
(1915 - 1983)
Muhammad ibn Musa Al-Khwarizmi
  • Muhammad ibn Musa Al-Khwarizmi, Mathematician
(~780 - ~850)
Mary Anning
  • Mary Anning, Paleontologist
(1799 - 1847)
Martin Couney
  • Martin Couney, Medical Pioneer
(1869 - 1950)
Marie Tharp
  • Marie Tharp, Oceanic Cartographer
(1920 - 2006)
Lutie Stearns
  • Lutie Stearns, Librarian
(1866 - 1943)
John Snow
  • John Snow, Physician
(1813 - 1858)
John Lomax
  • John Lomax, Musicologist
(1867 - 1948)
Jerrie Cobb
  • Jerrie Cobb, Aviator
(1931 - 2019)
Jean Purdy
  • Jean Purdy, Embryologist
(1945 - 1985)
James Braidwood
  • James Braidwood, Firefighter
(1800 - 1861)
Jacob Valentine II
  • Jacob Valentine II, Environmental Activist
(1917 - 2001)
Isabella Aiona Abbott
  • Isabella Aiona Abbott, Ethnobotanist
(1919 - 2010)
Horace King
  • Horace King, Builder-Architect
(1807 - 1885)
Henrietta Swan Leavitt
  • Henrietta Swan Leavitt, Astronomer
(1868 - 1921)
Hedy Lamarr
  • Hedy Lamarr, Actress and Inventor
(1914 - 2000)
Eugene Wilson Caldwell
  • Eugene Wilson Caldwell, Engineer and Innovator
(1870 - 1918)
Emile Berliner
  • Emile Berliner, Inventor
(1851 - 1929)
Elizabeth Catlett
  • Elizabeth Catlett, Artist and Activist
(1915 - 2012)
Dr. Sylvia Earle
  • Dr. Sylvia Earle, Marine Biologist
(b. 1935)
Dr. Sofia Kovalevskaya
  • Dr. Sofia Kovalevskaya, Mathematician
(1850 - 1891)
Dr. Pearl Kendrick
  • Dr. Pearl Kendrick, Bacteriologist
(1890 - 1980)
Dr. Norman Borlaug
  • Dr. Norman Borlaug, Agriculturalist
(1914 - 2009)
Dr. Maurice Hilleman
  • Dr. Maurice Hilleman, Microbiologist
(1919 - 2005)
Dr. Karl Ernst von Baer
  • Dr. Karl Ernst von Baer, Embryologist
(1792 - 1876)
Dr. Justus von Liebig
  • Dr. Justus von Liebig, Agricultural Chemist
(1803 - 1873)
Dr. Helen Taussig
  • Dr. Helen Taussig, Pediatric Cardiologist
(1898 - 1986)
Dr. Gene Shoemaker
  • Dr. Gene Shoemaker, Planetary Geologist
(1928 - 1997)
Dr. Frances Kelsey
  • Dr. Frances Kelsey, Pharmacologist
(1914 - 2015)
Dr. Eugenie Clark
  • Dr. Eugenie Clark, Ichthyologist
(1992 - 2015)
Dr. Ernest Everett Just
  • Dr. Ernest Everett Just, Biologist
(1883 - 1941)
Dr. Charles Drew
  • Dr. Charles Drew, Medical Researcher
(1904 - 1950)
Dr. Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
  • Dr. Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, Astronomer
(1900 - 1979)
Dorothy Buell
  • Dorothy Buell, Environmental Activist
(1886 - 1977)
Amos Bronson Alcott
  • Amos Bronson Alcott, Educator
(1799 - 1888)
 

ARTEFFECT is a visual arts education initiative, founded by Lowell Milken, that invites educators and students to explore the inspiring stories of Unsung Heroes―and their invaluable lesson as role models―through the visual art. Learn more: www.arteffectlmc.org