Top 20 Paleontologist celebrities in United States
Here is the latest list of the world's top 20 Paleontologist celebrities [Updated May 16, 2021].
Barnum Brown was born
on February 12, 1873
in United States.
An homage to him is made in the 1998 IMAX film T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous, in which he is played by actor Laurie Murdoch.
Gregory S. Paul was born
on December 24, 1954
in United States.
He was credited as a "dinosaur specialist" in the 1993 blockbuster "Jurassic Park."
George Gaylord Simpson was born
on June 16, 1902
in Chicago, United States.
He worked at many academic institutions, including at Harvard as a curator of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.
Donald Johanson was born
on June 28, 1943
in United States.
He taught at Case Western Reserve University and Arizona State University, and founded the Institute of Human Origins in Berkeley, California.
Walter W. Granger was born
on November 7, 1872
in United States.
As the assistant curator of the American Museum of Natural History, he devoted four months of every year to field trips and important research papers.
Tim White was born
on August 24, 1950
in United States.
He taught for many years in the anthropology and integrative biology departments at the University of California, Berkeley.
Jack Horner was born
on June 15, 1946
in United States.
He published a book called "How to Build a Dinosaur: Extinction Doesn't Have to Be Forever" in 2009.
Charles Emerson Beecher was born
on October 9, 1856
in United States.
He was president at the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1900 and the year before he gave his large personal collection, representing 20 years of work and over the 100,000 specimens that were all self collected, to the Peabody Museum.
Neil Shubin was born
on December 22, 1960
in United States.
He appeared on an episode of Comedy Central's The Colbert Report in 2008.
Sue Hendrickson was born
on December 2, 1949
in Chicago, United States.
She earned special honors at the Glamour Woman of the Year Awards in 2005.
Trevor Valle was born
on October 27, 1975
in United States.
He was featured in a 2011 television movie titled History of the World in 2 Hours.
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