Science/medicine
- Richard Axel (1946–), scientist, Nobel prize winner
- Gertrude B. Elion (1918–1999), biochemist, pharmacologist, Nobel prize winner
- Carl Sagan (1934–1996), astronomer
- Jonas Salk (1914–1995), scientist, developed first polio vaccine
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