Alfred Kinsey, Alan Turing
Born: Alfred Kinsey (1894), Alan Turing (1912)
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23JunBorn 1894132nd birthday
Alfred Kinsey
His interviews challenged America’s assumptions about sex and introduced the Kinsey scale of sexual orientation.
23JunBorn 1912114th birthdayAlan Turing
His ideas helped make modern computing possible. His work on Enigma served Britain during the war; in 1952, Britain prosecuted him for a relationship with another man.