Rowan Atkinson is an electrical engineer. Mayim Bialik, the titular character actress in Blossom, has a PHD in neuroscience. Patrick Dempsey, of Greys Anatomy fame, is a race car driver in his spare time, having competed at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and 24 Hours of Daytona among other events. Hedy Lamarr was best known as MGMs biggest star. She also had a patent for frequency-hopping spread spectrum, which would eventually lay the groundwork for communications technology thats currently used in wi-fi networks. Herbert Zeppo Marx of the Marx Brothers invented a type of watch with a built-in heart-rate monitor. Leonard Nimoy directed Three Men And A Baby (the highest-grossing film of 1987). Dick Van Dyke is well-known for his acting. Hes also done 3D computer animation for years. In addition to voice acting (most famously, he was the original voice of Tigger in the Disney Winnie-the-Pooh adaptations), Paul Winchell was also an inventor — his most famous invention being the artificial heart. Queen guitarist Brian May is also an astrophysicist. At the turn of the Millennium, he returned to his studies after a break and got his PhD. He is now chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University in England. Weird Al Yankovic has a degree in architecture.
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