“Most research into life's murky origin has been carried out by chemists. They've tried a variety of approaches in their attempts to recreate the first steps on the road to life, but little progress has been made. Perhaps that is no surprise, given life's stupendous complexity.”
| Bob Balaban, Actor (1945) |
| Angela Bassett, Actress (1958) |
| James Cameron, Director (1954) |
| Steve Carell, Actor (1963) |
| Vanessa Carlton, Musician (1980) |
| Arthur Cayley, Mathematician (1821) |
| Hugh Dalton, Politician (1887) |
| Francis Darwin, Scientist (1848) |
| Stockwell Day, Politician (1950) |
| William F. DeVault, Poet (1955) |
| Idi Amin, Statesman (2003) |
| Wolcott Gibbs, Writer (1958) |
| Robert Johnson, Psychologist (1938) |
| Wanda Landowska, Musician (1959) |
| Irving Langmuir, Scientist (1957) |