>>> Again, Jane Goodall probably fits that bill.  If we counted people 
>>> who have lived in our lifetimes, Carl Sagan.  Vint Cerf, Sir Tim 
>>> Berners-Lee, both of whom I previously mentioned, are also quite well 
>>> known.
>>
>> I would refute that... Perhaps I need to do a straw poll when I go 
>> down the pub tonight? (Although I can't *pronounce* most of those 
>> names, so...)
> 
> Ah, this would be the perfect time to mention Dijkstra.

Oh I am *so* not pronouncing that! :-P

I would also suggest that he is famous only to computer experts.

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