Marie Curie
During her stay in the lab, Marie Curie, a great physicist and chemist, undertook groundbreaking research on radioactivity—a term she actually invented. Curie, the first female Nobel laureate, was born in 1867. She eventually acquired another, making her the only woman in history to have received two.
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Ichabod Crane
Over the course of his 48-year career, Colonel Ichabod Crane served in the US Army and Marine Corps. Crane, who was born in 1787, witnessed many wars, such as the Black Hawk War, the Patriot War, and the War of 1812. His name may also be familiar to readers as the main character of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving.