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Born October 16, 1877 • Oslo • Norway
Died September 7, 1957 (aged 79) • Bergen • Norway
Per Teodor Cleve
Swedish chemist
Nansen, Fridtjof
Fridtjof Nansen
Norwegian explorer and scientist
Harold Ulrik Sverdrup
Norwegian oceanographer
Sylvia Earle
Sylvia Earle
American oceanographer and explorer
Walter Munk
American geophysicist and oceanographer
Klaus Hasselmann
German oceanographer
Robert Ballard
Robert Ballard
American oceanographer
Matthew Fontaine Maury
Matthew Fontaine Maury
American hydrographer
Kathryn Sullivan
Kathryn Sullivan
American oceanographer and astronaut
Henry Melson Stommel
American meteorologist and oceanographer
Robert S. Dietz
American geophysicist
Columbus O’D. Iselin
American oceanographer
Murray, Sir John
Sir John Murray
Scottish Canadian oceanographer
Georg Wüst
German oceanographer
Albert
Albert
prince of Monaco
Richard H. Fleming
American oceanographer
Sir William Abbott Herdman
British oceanographer
Joseph Proudman
British oceanographer
Kjetil Andre Aamodt
Norwegian skier
Armauer Hansen
Norwegian physician

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