Friedrich August ~ (1780-1851), German historian,
educator and humanitarian.
Ulugh Beigh
32.7N
81.9W
54
Muhammed Taragai Ulugh Beg,
or ~ (1394-1449), Mongolian astronomer,
mathematician; a builder of early observatories, he became the
ruler of Transoxiana in 1447.
Undest
26.5N
18.5W
7
Sigrid ~ (1882-1949), Norwegian novelist; awarded the
1928 Nobel Prize in literature "principally for her
powerful descriptions of Northern life during the Middle
Ages."
Urey
27.9N
87.4E
38
Harold Clayton ~ (1893-1981), American chemist; awarded
1934 Nobel Prize in chemistry
for his discovery of heavy hydrogen.
