June Birthdays
What famous inventor or scientist has the same June birthday as you.
June 11
- 1842 Carl von Linde, German engineer and physicist who wrote the Linde-process
- 1867 Charles Fabry, scientist who discovered the ozone layer in upper atmosphere
- 1886 David Steinman, American engineer and bridge designer who built the Hudson and Triborough bridges
- 1910 Jacques-Yves Cousteau, French oceanic explorer who invented diving gear
June 12
- 1843 David Gill, Scottish astronomer known for research on measuring astronomical distances, astrophotography, and geodesy
- 1851 Oliver Joseph Lodge, English radio pioneer who invented spark plugs
June 13
- 1773 Thomas Young, British philologist and physician who established the wave theory of light
- 1831 James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist who discovered the electro-magnetic field
- 1854 Charles Algernon Parsons, British inventor of the steam turbine
- 1938 Peter Michael, English electronic manufacturer and founder of Quantel, who invented the hardware and software packages for video production including UEI and Paintbox
June 14
- 1736 Charles-Augustin de Coulomb, French physicist who wrote Coulomb's Law and invented the torsion balance
- 1868 Karl Landsteiner, Austrian immunologist and pathologist who invented the modern system of classification of blood groups, Nobel prize 1930
- 1912 E Cuyler Hammond, scientist who was the first to prove smoking causes lung cancer
- 1925 David Bache, English car designer who invented the Land Rover and Series II Land Rover
- 1949 Bob Frankston, computer programmer and inventor of VisiCalc
June 15
- 1932 Einar Enevoldson, American test pilot for NASA
June 16
- 1896 Jean Peugeot, French auto manufacturer who invented Peugeot automobiles
- 1899 Nelson Doubleday, American publisher who was the founder Doubleday Books
- 1902 Barbara McClintock, American cytogeneticist, who lead in the development of maize cytogenetics, Nobel Prize 1983
- 1902 George Gaylord Simpson, American paleontologist and expert on extinct mammals and their intercontinental migrations
- 1910 Richard Maling Barrer, chemist and the founding father of zeolite chemistry
June 17
- 1832 William Crookes, English chemist and physicist who invented the Crookes tube, and discovered thallium
- 1867 John Robert Gregg, Irish inventor of shorthand
- 1870 George Cormack, inventor of Wheaties cereal
- 1907 Charles Eames, American furniture and industrial designer
- 1943 Burt Rutan, American aerospace engineer who invented light, strong, unusual-looking, energy-efficient aircraft designed Voyager first plane to fly around the world without stopping or refueling
June 18
- 1799 Prosper Meniere, French ear doctor who identified Meniere Syndrome
- 1799 William Lassell, astronomer who discovered the moons of Uranus and Neptune
- 1944 Paul Lansky, American electronic-music composer and a pioneer in the development of computer music languages for algorithmic composition
June 19
- 1623 Blaise Pascal, French mathematician and physicist who invented an early calculator
- 1922 Aage Neals Bohr, Danish physicist who researched the atomic nucleus, Nobel Prize 1975
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