Google Doodles Quiz - Part 9...Scientists, Inventors, & Explorers

In this prior post we briefly described Google Doodles and had a quiz.

Now it's time to guess the Scientists, Inventors, and Explorers whose birthdays were recognized with a Doodle:

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Answers below:

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#1    Alexander Graham Bell (invented the telephone)
#2    Robert Bunsen (discovered the element cesium, developed the Bunsen Burner -- remember chemistry class?)
#3    Albert Einstein (invented the Theory of Relativity)
#4    Louis Braille
#5    Gaston Julia (mathematician who devised the Julia set, which is the foundation for the Mandelbrot set and fractals)
#6    Nikola Tesla (invented the induction motor, Tesla coil, alternating current electrical transmission, wireless communication before radio... and much more)
#7    Jacques Cousteau (co-developed the aqua-lung, oceanic explorer)
#8    Thomas Edison (invented the light bulb, phonograph, motion-picture camera, and more)