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==Births== * January 12 β [[Sergei Korolev]] (died [[1966 in science|1966]]), [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]]-born space scientist. * February 20 β [[Arnold Wilkins]] (died [[1985 in science|1985]]), English pioneer of [[radar]]. * February 26 β [[John Bowlby]] (died [[1990 in science|1990]]), English [[child psychologist]]. * March 4 β [[Rosalind Pitt-Rivers]], nΓ©e Henley (died 1990), English [[biochemist]]. * March 18 β [[J. Z. Young]] (died [[1997 in science|1997]]), English [[zoologist]] and [[neurophysiologist]]. * April 15 β [[Nikolaas Tinbergen]] (died [[1988 in science|1988]]), Dutch [[ethology|ethologist]], [[ornithologist]] and [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] laureate. * June 1 ** [[Helen Megaw]] (died [[2002 in science|2002]]), Irish [[X-ray crystallography|crystallographer]]. ** [[Frank Whittle]] (died [[1996 in science|1996]]), English [[aeronautical engineer]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Obituaries: Air Commodore Sir Frank Whittle|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituaries-air-commodore-sir-frank-whittle-1309015.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituaries-air-commodore-sir-frank-whittle-1309015.html |archive-date=2022-05-01 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|website=The Independent|accessdate=21 February 2018|date=10 August 1996}}{{cbignore}}</ref> * June 25 β [[Hans Daniel Jensen]] (died [[1973 in science|1973]]), German [[physicist]]. * June 26 β [[Robert Gwyn Macfarlane]] (died [[1987 in science|1987]]), British [[hematologist]]. * July 1 β [[Norman Pirie]] (died [[1997 in science|1997]]), British [[virologist]]. * July 7 β [[Robert A. Heinlein]] (died 1988), American hard [[science fiction]] author. * August 30 β [[John Mauchly]] (died [[1980 in science|1980]]), American co-inventor of the [[ENIAC]] [[computer]]. * September 7 β [[Konstantin Petrzhak]] (died 1998), [[Poland|Polish]]-born [[physicist]]. * September 14 β [[Solomon Asch]] (died 1996), [[Poland|Polish]]-born [[social psychologist]].<ref>{{cite web|title=About Solomon Asch|url=http://www.brynmawr.edu/aschcenter/about/solomon.htm|website=www.brynmawr.edu|accessdate=21 February 2018|archive-date=6 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806035010/http://www.brynmawr.edu/aschcenter/about/solomon.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> * September 30 β [[Stanley Hooker]] (died [[1984 in science|1984]]), English [[aeronautical engineer]]. * October 2 β [[Alexander R. Todd, Baron Todd|Alexander R. Todd]] (died [[1997 in science|1997]]), Scottish biochemist and [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] laureate.<ref>{{cite web |title=Alexander Robertus Todd, Baron Todd {{!}} British biochemist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alexander-Robertus-Todd-Baron-Todd |website=EncyclopΓ¦dia Britannica |access-date=10 September 2021 }}</ref> * November 13 β [[Wang Yinglai]] (died [[2001 in science|2001]]), Chinese [[biochemist]]. * December 21 β [[Horace Hodes]] (died [[1989 in science|1989]]), American medical researcher. * December 25 β [[Rufus P. Turner]] (died [[1982 in science|1982]]), [[African American]] [[electronic engineer]].
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