Name: William (Bill) Sanford Nye

Famous For: Bill Nye is an American science educator and mechanical engineer best known for hosting the television program Bill Nye the Science Guy. After graduating from Cornell University, he moved to Seattle to work as a mechanical engineer for Boeing and eventually became a comedy show writer and performer. Also a successful author, he remains a popular public figure and vocal member of the science community. When Nye isn't acting, making TV and film appearances or writing, he is working as a scientist. In the early 2000s, he helped develop sundials that were used in the Mars Exploration Rover missions. From 2005 to 2010, he served as vice president and then as second executive director of The Planetary Society, one of the largest space-interest groups in the world.

Jobs: Sceince Educator,  Mechanical Engineer, Scientist, & Stand-Up Comedian

Birth Date:    November 27, 1955 (age 68)

Death Date:  -

Quote: "Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't."

"Science is the best idea humans have ever had. The more people who embrace that idea, the better."