J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904 - 1967)
Oppenheimer was born in New York City. In June 1942, he was appointed as technical director of the Manhattan Project. Under his guidance, the creation of the first atomic bomb occured.
He voiced opposition to the development of the hydrogen bomb. Accused of having communist sympathies, his security clearance was taken away in 1953.
On February 18, 1967, he died of throat cancer at Princeton, New Jersey.
