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Tell Us Now: 15 People We Should Know

Who should we know from your career field?

Tell Us Now: 15 People We Should Know

September 24, 2021

In order to learn about people from outside our areas of expertise, we asked Cracked readers on Facebook, “Who is famous within your field that people don't know about outside of your field?” We were very interested in the array of fields you all work within and loved learning about the different people renowned for their work. Here are 15 people you guys said we should learn about…

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TELL US NOW. MARGARET HAMILTON Anthony T. shares, As lead software engineer on the Apollo moon missions, she and her team developed the software for the Apollo Guidance Computer. She popularized the term 'software engineering,' and because she helped take US to the moon with only 72 kb of memory, she proved it really is engineering. CRACKED.COM — Source: Smithsonian

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TELL US NOW. PAUL ERDOS Ryan L. shares, He got a Math PhD at 21 in 1934, then left his native Hungary for the United States. He never actually had another home...he just lived at math conferences, crashing on other mathematicians's couches, etc. for the entire rest of his life and co-authoring papers with them constantly. He published so many co-authored papers that mathematicians have 'Erdos numbers' for how closely linked they are to an Erdos paper. CRACKED.COM — Source: New York Times

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TELL US NOW. REINER KNIZIA Thiago B. shares, He is one of the most prolific board game designers of all time, having released 600 games since 1997. In a single year, he managed to release 14 games! Noteable games designedby him include The Lord of the Rings, Ingenious, Pickomino, and Keltis. CRACKED.COM — Source: Board Game Geek

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TELL US NOW. HEDY LAMARR Nominated by Jim M. Her patented technology was originally designed to help guide missiles undetected during WWII. It's now used everyday in wi-fi, GPS, and Bluetooth. However, she is best known as an actress and was never properly compensated for her tech work. CRACKED.COM — Source: The Guardian

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TELL US NOW. TONY GEMIGNANI 1the Tony Mike G. explains, In the pizza business Tony Gemignani is our king. The man went to an international pizza expo in Italy and came out as a world champion pizzaiolo ... it pissed off so many Italians that he had to be escorted out by the police. Now he runs an amazing restaurant and pizza school out in California. CRACKED.COM — Source: Tony Gemignani

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TELL US NOW. WINSOR MCCAY Raphael T. tells US, He explored and expanded comic books as a form of art, inspiring generations of artists with legendary works like Little Nemo and Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend. Being a master of art sequentiality, he was also the first public cartoon animator, and his work Gertie The Dinosaur is vastly considered to be the first cartoon ever, inspiring Walt Disney to copy his technique (without ever giving him credit, of course). CRACKED.COM — Source: SilentFilm.org

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TELL US NOW. SYLVIA MASSY Andy L. shares that the music producer is known for being extremely creative and for producing some of the best sounding rock records of the last several decades. She's worked with Johnny Cash, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, and Prince. CRACKED.COM — Source: Tape OP

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TELL US NOW. DR. STEPHEN PORGES RJP explains that the scientist is responsible for standing trauma psychotherapy on its head with his Polyvagal Theory that trauma is body-based, not all in people's heads. CRACKED.COM — Source: PMC

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TELL US NOW. WILLIAM 'STRATA' SMITH International Nominated by Jennifer A. smith is known as the 'The Father of English Geology' and is credited for creating the first geological map of a country. CRACKED.COM — Source: The Geological Society

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TELL US NOW. JOHN KEMPF Hannah F. describes him as a former boy-genius Amish farmer who taught himself soil sciences and has become one of the leading experts in soil amendments and regenerative growing practices. CRACKED.COM — Source: Modern Farmer

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TELL US NOW. RICHARD PUDDEPHATT Daniel W. shares, He literally wrote the book on gold chemistry and named one of the most fascinating and confusing phenomena observed in chemistry: aurophilicity. CRACKED.COM — Source: Gold Bulletin

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TELL US NOW. SAM TSEMBERIS sa SOA Dee N. tells US, Sam Tsemberis changed the way homeless service providers worked to help people move out of homelessness by having providers focus on the hardest to serve people who have potentially been given up on. CRACKED.COM — Source: Washington Post

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TELL US NOW. AL G. WRIGHT Michael R. explains, He was the longtime Band Director at Purdue University and was the mind behind what the 'All-American' Marching Band is today and to an extent, set a standard to what Big 10 marching bands should look like. He died in 2020 at the age of 104. CRACKED.COM — Source: Purdue

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TELL US NOW. TEMPLE GRANDIN Andy C. nominated the scientist who known for her work as an autism activist and in the field of animal behavior. She has made amazing strides in the understanding of Autism and related behaviors and is an incredible advocate for students, youth, and adults that are on the spectrum. CRACKED.COM — Source: Stanford

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TELL US NOW. MARY-CLAIRE KING Andrew A. tells US about the geneticist who discovered the BRCA1 gene (a mutation that can predict breast cancer) and pioneered the idea of testable inherited cancer predisposition. Tons of awards but still not widely known enough for her contribution to healthcare. CRACKED.COM — Source: The Jackson Library

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