Celebrities That Have Made Scientific Discoveries
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Celebrities are just like us! Some not that bright. Some very smart. And some have even made scientific and engineering discoveries that changed our lives. So we thought we’d call out the celebrity scientists and engineers that have entertained and enlightened us.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedy_Lamarr?utm_source=chatgpt.com
https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/alcatraz-escape
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/hedy-lamarrs-wwii-invention-helped-shape-modern-tech
https://airandspace.si.edu/multimedia-gallery/image/4790640jpg
https://www.americanscientist.org/article/random-paths-to-frequency-hopping
https://youtu.be/FcArnepkhv0?si=EKg2QEqRmNRqzVUa&t=18
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8200028/
https://stemettes.org/zine/articles/meet-lisa-kudrow/
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/5201825
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalie_Portman
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ed075p1270
https://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2004/12/03/natalie_portman_garden_state_interview.shtml
https://www.iflscience.com/celebrities-you-might-not-have-known-are-into-science-66807?utm_source=chatgpt.com
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/brian-may-guitarist-astrophysicist
https://dornsife.usc.edu/magazine/rock-star-virologist/
https://www.proquest.com/docview/2071314868
https://www.proquest.com/docview/304879069/
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5969448/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/bedtime-reading-from-beatrix-potter-amateur-mycologist-88892658/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Daguerre
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boulevard_du_Temple_(photograph)
https://www.lewiscarroll.org/carroll/study/math/
https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/ada-lovelace-the-first-tech-visionary
https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1969/02/15/90049132.html?pageNumber=41
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/03/nx-s1-5385888/sweeping-cuts-hit-nea-after-trump-administration-calls-to-eliminate-the-agency
https://nafme.org/blog/support-federal-funding-impacting-arts-education-fy-2026/
https://hub.jhu.edu/2019/03/06/singing-for-science/
https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/einstein-famous-quote-misunderstood/
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 – Intro
0:59 – Hedy Lamarr
2:56 – Lisa Kudrow
3:48 – Danica McKellar
4:37 – Natalie Portman
5:31 – Brian May
6:14 – Dexter Holland
6:55 – Beatrix Potter
7:39 – Ada Lovelace
8:10 – Zeppo Marx
9:10 – The Art/Science Connection
12:00 – Sponsor – Nebula
@Breadstick36
May 9, 2026 at 10:14 pm
Lord Byron being mentioned was not on my bingo card for this episode 😭
@SpaceManSpiff26
May 9, 2026 at 10:14 pm
She co-Invented Post-It notes
@AZAZOSOS
May 9, 2026 at 10:14 pm
and you forgot cher
@feraxks
May 9, 2026 at 10:14 pm
You forgot to mention that the ADA programming language was named after Ada Lovelace.
@sanji557
May 9, 2026 at 10:14 pm
Keep them separate i thin was about atoms or something if i recall
@chepbcreate
May 9, 2026 at 10:14 pm
Kermit the Frog also has an honorary doctorate in Amphibious Letters.
@BigMustachelo
May 9, 2026 at 10:14 pm
We have all known that Taylor Swift likes "hotdogs" ! LOL
@chloemariegowler7048
May 9, 2026 at 10:14 pm
In the 2010's I wrote online articles for a feminist website about great women of history, including articles on Hedy Lamarr and Ada Lovelace. Ada Lovelace was taught by Charles Babbage how to write a program and then she did the work for the Analytical Engine. Sadly, the truth is not as wonderful as I'd like: she didn't "invent" computer programming, Babbage did. Many "reworked" accounts suggest she invented programming, but if you stop and think about it, that would require that Babbage invented a machine without any idea how it would work, which is ridiculous.
@timhandle523
May 9, 2026 at 10:14 pm
Great video; but 8:05!! I haven’t even thought about Babages since I was buying my Basic language programming magazines for my Commodore 64. What’s cooler than spending hours copying code from a magazine so you can watch a sprite bounce across the screen.
@jayholden1008
May 9, 2026 at 10:14 pm
Rod Swenson, co-founder of the plasmatics, ecological psychologist. and dynamicist.
@claregregory3104
May 9, 2026 at 10:14 pm
you should make a p2 where you mention florence lawrence who invented the turn and brake signals!!
@michaelbrennan2936
May 9, 2026 at 10:14 pm
What about Tom Scholz from the band Boston, he has an Electrical Engineering dregree from MIT and was a design engineer at Polaroid. He also basicly produced Bostons 1976 best-selling debut album in his basement.
@richardpetty9159
May 9, 2026 at 10:14 pm
Celebrities WHO Have Made Scientific Discoveries
Celebrities are people, not things.
@Mad0nes
May 9, 2026 at 10:14 pm
It’s a seagull!
@gregf4416
May 9, 2026 at 10:14 pm
Brian May is a god. What a uniquely talented band they were and the fact he contributed so much more is amazing.
@Plato-g2e
May 9, 2026 at 10:14 pm
Yes, celebrities are expected to be smart; even rappers and hip hop artists. These label companies are very much like book publishing companies, celebrities express realism, truth, philosophy, science, etc, in their music and movies.
@weedreptilianoffcial
May 9, 2026 at 10:14 pm
The Simpsons figured out the god partical befor cern
@thomassnyder7605
May 9, 2026 at 10:14 pm
Bruce Dickinson was captain and pilot of Iron Maiden's own jetliner when on tour. ✈️
@nicholasdicienzo6150
May 9, 2026 at 10:14 pm
Dexter did all that AND had his own hot sauce out, 🔥 🐐 AND IT TASTES GREAT
@Songfugel
May 9, 2026 at 10:14 pm
Few other genius level celebrities that are oft forgotten are and I suggest you take a look at their bio:
• Marty Friedman (formerly from Megadeth)
• The whole cast of Monty Python
• David Duchovny (Mulder from X-files
• Dolph Lundgren (Ivan Drogo from Rocky IV)
• George Carlin aka the Professor (a stand up comedian)
• Geena Davis (from Thelma & Louise)
• Conan O'Brien
@3_14pie
May 9, 2026 at 10:14 pm
am I supposed to know who the person on the thumbnail is? lol
@86dp27
May 9, 2026 at 10:14 pm
Regina Phalange got to be the 4th author on her father's paper got it
@railgun2880
May 9, 2026 at 10:14 pm
Subscriber here, but I still find myself overlooking some of your more recent videos. I passed up Lisa Kudrow and the title many times before realizing it was your video. Watching now, but not interested before. Just FYI.
@steveclarke6257
May 9, 2026 at 10:14 pm
Polymaths (individuals with advances knowledge across multiple fields) are rare in arts .
But i think its equally vital if we have someone who is able to explain the world to people.
David Attenborough is 100 years old today. He has had 2 careers one as a producer and manager in the TV industry- he was the first chief administrator of the then new BBC2 TV channel in the 1960s but then he was asked to present Natural history in front of the camera….and he is still doing presenting this because he is passionate about the natural world
The world has been richer place to us all because of him ( fun fact….he also has a brother who acted in films and won an oscar as a director – Richard Attenborough for Ghandi……it makes you annoyed that there is so much talent that it must be genetic in their familly! )
@archivist17
May 9, 2026 at 10:14 pm
No mention of Skunk Baxter?! 😮
@Thegbear
May 9, 2026 at 10:14 pm
Speaking of Pretty Fly for a White Guy, the white guy in the music video is now a political streamer, with the username ImReallyImportant, he's equally as fly as he was in the 90s and is dope as fuck. Highly recommended. He also still tours with the Offspring.
@BunnySpaceMachine
May 9, 2026 at 10:14 pm
NEIL BREEN!!!
@STRETCHofLGV
May 9, 2026 at 10:14 pm
Billy Mays discovered a fantastic product
@santcoin4031
May 9, 2026 at 10:14 pm
What about the famous Austrian painter?
@LaceyArtemis
May 9, 2026 at 10:14 pm
Was it Tom Delonge or Mark Hoppus (or both) that got the UFO files declassified?
@thomaschavers7218
May 9, 2026 at 10:14 pm
That's so cool about Zeppo. I love the Marx Brothers.