- U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- British physicist and atom spy for the Soviet Union, born in Germany.
- British geologist and Antarctic explorer.
- Klaus Emil . (klaus ˈeːmiːl). 1911–88, East German physicist. He was born in Germany, became a British citizen (1942), and was imprisoned (1950–59) for giving secret atomic research information to the Soviet Union
- Sir Vivian Ernest . 1908–99, English explorer and geologist: led the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955–58)
