List of Famous Taureans
Khuang Aphaiwong
Khuang Aphaiwong, also known by his noble title Luang Kowit-aphaiwong, was three times the prime minister of Thailand: from August 1944 to 1945, from January to May 1946, and from November 1947 to April 1948.
Kenneth Duberstein
Kenneth M. Duberstein served as U.S. President Ronald Reagan's White House Chief of Staff from 1988 to 1989.
Pascal Salin
Pascal Salin is a French economist, professor emeritus at the Université Paris-Dauphine and a specialist in public finance and monetary economics. He is a former president of the Mont Pelerin Society.
Dieter Spöri
Dieter Spöri is a German politician affiliated with the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). He has been the President of the European Movement Germany since 2006, and was Deputy Prime Minister and minister of Economic Affairs of the State of Baden-Württemberg from 1992 to 1996.
John Oliver Creighton
John Oliver Creighton, , is a former NASA astronaut who flew three Space Shuttle missions.
Juan Verzeri
Juan José Verzeri Casas is an Uruguayan football coach, who is currently assistant manager of São Paulo. He is nicknamed "Ingeniero" (Engineer), for his secondary profession.
Phil Olsen
Phillip Vernor Olsen is a former center and defensive tackle in the National Football League for the Los Angeles Rams and Denver Broncos. He was also a member of the Buffalo Bills. He is the younger brother of Pro Football Hall of Famer Merlin Olsen.
Andriy Vasylyshyn
Andriy Vasylyshyn is a Ukrainian militsiya general. He was the first interior minister of the independent Ukraine.
Jan Frycz
Jan Frycz is a Polish screen and stage actor. He was nominated for six Polish Academy Awards, winning twice for his supporting roles in the films Pornografia (2003) and The Welts (2004).
Helen Quinn
Helen Rhoda Arnold Quinn is an Australian-born particle physicist and educator who has made major contributions to both fields. Her contributions to theoretical physics include the Peccei–Quinn theory which implies a corresponding symmetry of nature and contributions to the search for a unified theory for the three types of particle interactions. As Chair of the Board on Science Education of the National Academy of Sciences, Quinn led the effort that produced A Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas—the basis for the Next Generation Science Standards adopted by many states. Her honours include the Dirac Medal of the International Center for Theoretical Physics, the Oskar Klein Medal from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, appointment as an Honorary Officer of the Order of Australia, the J. J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics from the American Physical Society, the Karl Taylor Compton Medal for Leadership in Physics from the American Institute of Physics, and the 2018 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Physics from the Franklin Institute.