Biographies
Life accounts of notable scientists and engineers
Biographies
Life accounts of notable scientists and engineers
Ochoa, Severo (1905–1993)
Ochsner, (Edward William) Alton (1896–1981)
Odum, Eugene Pleasants (1913–2002)
Oersted, Hans Christian (1777–1851)
Ogilby, John (1600–1676)
Ohm, Georg Simon (1789–1854)
Ohsumi, Yoshinori (1945– )
Olah, George Andrew (1927–2017)
Olbers, Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus (1758–1840)
Oldenburg, Henry (1615–1677)
Oldham, Richard Dixon (1858–1936)
Olds, Ransom Eli (1864–1950)
Oliphant, Mark (Marcus Laurence Elwin) (1901–2000)
Oliver, Jack E(rtle) (1923–2011)
Olsen, Kenneth (Harry) (1926–2011)
Omura, Saroshi (1935– )
Onsager, Lars (1903–1976)
Oort, Jan Hendrik (1900–1992)
Oosting, Henry J(ohn) (1903–1968)
Oparin, Alexandr Ivanovich (1894–1980)
Öpik, Ernst Julius (1893–1985)
Oppenheimer, J(ulius) Robert (1904–1967)
Oppenheimer, Jane M(arion) (1911–1996)
Oppolzer, Theodor Egon Ritter von (1841–1886)
Ore, Oystein (1899–1968)
Oribasius (c. 325–403)
Orton, James (1830–1877)
Osborn, Henry Fairfield (1857–1935)
Osborne, Thomas B(urr) (1859–1929)
Oser, Bernard L(evussove) (1899–1995)
Osgood, William Fogg (1864–1943)
Osheroff, Douglas D(ean) (1945– )
Osler, William (1849–1919)
Ostwald, (Friedrich) Wilhelm (1853–1932)
Othmer, Donald F (1904–1995)
Otis, Charles R(ollin) (1835–1927) and Norton P(rentiss) (1840–1905) (1840–1905)
Otis, Elisha Graves (1811–1861)
Otto, Nikolaus August (1832–1891)
Oughtred, William (1575–1660)
Overhauser, Albert W(arner) (1925–2011)
Owen, Richard (1804–1892)
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