Explorers, Scientists & Inventors
A - Z

I also included doctors, nurses, and camel riders.
 

Bohr, Niels
Danish friend of the atoms.

Cartier, Jacques
French explorer who could have done better.

Clark, William
The one with Lewis.

Columbus, Christopher
The sailor.

Copernicus, Nicolas
The one with the sun and the planets.

Darwin, Charles
Founder of a new religion. In a way.

Drake, Sir Francis
Spain's worst dream come true.

Einstein, Albert
The one.

Franklin, Benjamin
The one who invented everything and your hand basket.

Freud, Sigmund
The one who could finally tell you who your father really was.

Lawrence of Arabia
Devoted biker, occasional camel rider.

Lewis, Meriwether
The one with Clark.

Nightingale, Florence
The one who trained nurses.

Nobel, Alfred Bernhard
Dynamite and the Nobel Prizes.

Pasteur, Louis
French germ hunter.

Planck, Max
Not much hair but plenty of brains.

Polo, Marco
Inventor of suitcases.

Roentgen, Wilhelm Conrad
The one who could see right through.

Vasco da Gama
Portuguese navigator

Vespucci, Amerigo
When is the last time a continent was named after you?