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Robert Gundlach

Born: 1926 Photocopying. Gundlach devoted over three decades to transforming photocopiers into small, robust products that revolutionized xerography. As the field advanced, Gundlach invented ways…

Robert Gore

Born: 1926 Birthplace: Tehran, Iran Helium-neon laser—The helium-neon laser is the most useful, practical and profitable…

Robert Gore

Born: 1937 Birthplace: Salt Lake City, Utah ePTFE—Gore invented a new form of polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) widely known…

Robert Kahn

Born: 1938 Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)—Cerf and Kahn created the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)…

Robert Maurer

Born: 1924Birthplace: St. Louis, Mo. Fused silica optical waveguide—The inventors, Maurer, Keck, and Schultz. designed and produced the first optical fiber with light loss during transmission low…

Robert Mitchum

actorBorn: 8/6/1917Birthplace: Bridgeport, Connecticut Film and television actor often cast as a tough guy, he started out as an extra in the early '40s and became a star in the years following…

Robert Brustein

director, drama critic, playwrightBorn: 4/21/1927Birthplace: New York City As Dean of the Yale School of Drama (1965–79), he founded the Yale Repertory Theatre. After leaving Yale, he moved to…

Robert Lewis

actor, director, acting teacherBorn: 3/16/1909Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York A founding member of the Group Theater (1931) and of the Actors Studio (1947), Lewis was a successful Broadway director…

Robert Palmer

rock musicianBorn: 1/19/1949Birthplace: Batley, England Veteran of a number of British rock groups including, Palmer joined forces with members of Duran Duran to form Power Station (1984–86) before…

Robert Plant

musician, singer, song writerBorn: 8/20/1948Birthplace: West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England Robert Plant's voice helped establish Led Zeppelin as one of rock's legendary bands. Plant started…