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| Recipient of the National Academy of Sciences' Public Welfare Medal | |
| Fantasy roleplaying game creator who died in 2008 |
| Manhattan Project member who oversaw development of a nuclear weapon at Los Alamos | |
| Late 1990s SFWA honoree for his screen work |
| Survivor of the Titanic disaster noted for court appearances thereafter |
| Mercury Seven astronaut |
| Baby Face Nelson star | |
| Author with a top 5 book on the Modern Library’s 100 Best Novels | |
| Senator from Nebraska in office in January 2001 |
| Trainer who won the Belmont Stakes four times |
| Media personality who found a home at Air America Radio and is best known for a Saturday show | |
| Contributor to The Best American Short Stories 1997 |
| Recipient of the American Institute of Architects Gold Medal | |
| Editor in the 1976 comic Superman vs. the Amazing Spider-Man |
| Top-level Bush administration official accused of "crimes against peace" by Ramsey Clark in 1991 | |
| Namesake of a museum whose curator lectured in the George Eastman House Travel Photography Series in November |
| Prolific author who wrote about "The Wizard" around the turn of the last century | |
| Women's Basketball Hall of Famer who helmed a program in Iowa | |
| Trial lawyer linked to a racially charged case who was disbarred, in part, for dubious handling of fees | |
| High-level Nixon appointee who failed to win Senate confirmation | |
| Actor with a small role in The Six Wives of Henry Lefay |
| Politically active multi-billionaire from Texas |
| Watergate burglary planner | |
| Well-known character actor who was in one of the Fletch films |
| D.C. insider whose role in a major political scandal was revealed in 2005 |
