| One of Huntsville’s legendary citizens said, “People who were born here were lucky. People who moved here were smart.” Because of Huntsville's high-tech economy, many smart people move to the area and become part of the culture, bringing diversity to the community and setting a standard of excellence. This tradition is evidenced by those who were lucky enough to be raised in Huntsville/Madison County as well as those smart people who made the decision to move to the area as adults.
Some of the smart people with roots in Huntsville:
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Mike Brown is a professor of planetary astronomy at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and is most widely known as the man who “plutoed” Pluto. |
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Jan Davis is a former astronaut, a veteran of three space flights with more than 670 hours in space. |
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John Hendricks is the founder and chairman of Discovery Communications, a broadcasting and film production company which owns the Discovery Channel and Animal Planet cable networks, among other ventures. |
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Macon Phillips is the first-ever White House Director of New Media with oversight responsibility for Whitehouse.gov. |
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Jimmy Wales is an American Internet entrepreneur and a co-founder and promoter of Wikipedia. |
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