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I agree with you that Florence Nightingale is worthy of inclusion on this thread. Would Da Vinci have become famous if he was not an...

My sentiments exactly

No I see SS's point here. But for Sagan's science chops, there would be no book or movie. Direct causation there.

As mentioned: Hedy Lamarr is a poster child for dual celebrity, as is Da Vinci. Another one: Florence Nightingale (thanks, ChatGPT)...

Movie stuff is different from space stuff.

Translation: He does space stuff, and he does space stuff.

I asked AI about this, and AI told me about Hedy Lamar. Hedy Lamar is definitely a good answer. Hedy Lamar was a famous movie star in...

More than two. Benjamin Franklin was a publisher, postmaster, inventer, politician, diplomat/ambassador (Franklin was the American...

Thomas Young is a great answer. This is the type of answer I was hoping for when I created this thread. Yes, either one of those...

I don't think that Sir Brian May fits the ground rules of the question of the OP because nobody gets famous just for getting a PhD...

Another artist who was also accomplished in astrophysics. Sir Brian May is best known as the lead guitarist of the rock band Queen, but...

Thank you for your response. It would behoove you to say what two things that Benjamin Franklin is famous for though.

Even if you don't know about them, they know all about you: On Physics Forums, sevensages is an active, technically-minded community...

What is an LLM?

Putting aside scientists that were also philosophers and scientists that were also politicians, I would consider: Thomas Young, not...