List of scientists from North America

This is a list of scientists from North America 

Belize 
Janet Gibson - Goldman Environmental Prize in 1990; zoologist (and therefore also a biologist)
Andrea Gill, former president of the Senate of Belize; biologist

Bermuda
Louis L. Mowbray - he successfully bred the first Galapagos tortoises and Galapagos penguins in captivity; he was a naturalist and an ornithologist; death in 1952
David B. Wingate (He got the awards, the Queen’s Honours (UK); and (UN's) Global 500 Award)

Canada
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Mika McKinnon, she is a geophysicist
 William Vickrey, he was a Nobel Prize winner in economics

Costa Rica
Clodomiro Picado, was a pioneer in research on snake venom and the development of various antivenins; treated patients with compounds that he made at least one year before the re-discovery of penicillin by Alexander Fleming.
Miguel Ángel Rodríguez, former president of Costa Rica; economist

Cuba

Dominican Republic
Luis Abinader, president; economist

Guatemala
Fernando Mazariegos, was the creator of the drinking water filter called "Ecofilter"
Haroldo Rodas, was minister of foreign affairs; economist
Ricardo Bressani, one of the 42 founding members of the Third World Academy of Sciences, later known as The World Academy of Sciences; Biochemistry, Nutrition; died in  2015

Haiti
Jean-Baptiste Chavannes - he got the Goldman Environmental Prize for his work on forest protection; he is an agronomist.

Honduras
Rafael Leonardo Callejas Romero, was president of Honduras; economist
Julieta Castellanos - the International Women of Courage Award from the U.S. State Department.

Jamaica
Norman Girvan, was Secretary General of the Association of Caribbean States; economist

Mexico
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Guillermo Soberón Acevedo, was a Secretary of Health (Mexico); chemist, physician
Claudia Sheinbaum

Trinidad and Tobago
Reema Harrysingh-Carmona, former First Lady of Trinidad and Tobago; economist

United States

Thomas Edison - he and his workers made "the first practical incandescent light bulb";  died in 1931
Nikola Tesla, Serbian-American, best known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply system; electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, d. 1943

Related pages
List of scientists from Africa
List of scientists from Asia
List of scientists from Europe
List of scientists from Oceania
List of scientists from South America

References

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