Curated category
Jewish American atheists
- Marilyn MonroeNorma Jeane Mortenson was born on the 1st of June 1926, at Los Angeles General Hospital in the Boyle Heights neighborhood.
- Leon FestingerLeon Festinger was born on the 8th of May 1919 in Brooklyn, New York. His parents were Russian-Jewish immigrants named Alex and Sara Solomon Festinger.
- Marvin MinskyMarvin Lee Minsky was born on the 9th of August 1927 in New York City. His father Henry worked as an eye surgeon while his mother Fannie served as a Zionist…
- Isaac AsimovIsaac Asimov arrived in the United States on the 3rd of February 1923, aboard the RMS Baltic at age three. His family traveled from Petrovichi, Russian SFSR…
- Herbert A. SimonHerbert Alexander Simon was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on the 15th of June 1916. His father Arthur Simon arrived from Germany in 1903 after earning an…
- George SorosOn the 12th of August 1930, György Schwartz was born in Budapest to a prosperous non-observant Jewish family. His father Tivadar worked as a lawyer and…
- Amos TverskyAmos Tversky was born in Haifa, British Palestine on the 16th of March 1937. His father Yosef worked as a veterinarian while his mother Jenia served as a…
- John McCarthy (computer scientist)John McCarthy was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on the 4th of September 1927. His father came from Cromane, a small fishing village in County Kerry, Ireland.
- Robert EttingerRobert Ettinger lay in a Michigan hospital bed during the late 1940s, recovering from severe wounds sustained while serving as an infantry second lieutenant…
- Judea PearlJudea Pearl entered the world on the 4th of September 1936 in Tel Aviv. This city sat within the British Mandate for Palestine at that time.
- Richard LesterRichard Lester Liebman was born on the 19th of January 1932 to a Jewish family in Philadelphia. He graduated from William Penn Charter School at age fifteen…