Kinda of a reversi- The host of Science Channel’s Wonders of the Solar System and Wonders of the Universe, physicist Brian Cox used to be in the band D: REAM. A pop/synth band. They did Things Can Only Get Better.
I don’t believe Ms. McKellar has actually done work in mathematics beyond her undergraduate degree, and since then she’s mostly acted, so it’s not really accurate to call her a “mathematician.”
She is largely famous in that regard not for her work in mathematics, but for writing books aimed at young girls to encourage them to not be intimidated by mathematics, which is a noble pursuit indeed.
Peter Weller is an adjunct professor at Syracuse University and a graduate student in art history at UCLA. I’m not sure if adjunct professor has any real significance academically or not … could be an “Elvis” style black belt in karate equivalent if you know what I mean … but he does seem to have a real interest in and knowledge of the topic. Does a lot of History Channel stuff. From his wiki:
Weller is a contributor to the History Channel in several productions, credited as “Peter Weller, Syracuse University,” where he is an adjunct faculty member. He is a graduate student in art history at UCLA, focusing on the Italian Renaissance. Weller also hosts the series Engineering an Empire for the network.
Doesn’t really count, since he left the band before their big hit because he was too young to play in bars, but the first drummer for The Ventures, George Babbitt, softened the blow by becoming USAF (4-star) General George T. Babbitt, Jr. Same rank as Washington and Grant, but in a better service.
And outranking Maj Gen Stewart (got his second star on retirement) and Brig Gen McMahon.
Evil Captor, an adjunct professor is someone who occasionally teaches courses at a university but isn’t paid a yearly salary. He is paid for each course. He generally has another job (usually one related to the field that he is teaching):
A typical example might be an engineer with a Ph.D. who runs his own consulting firm and who teaches one course a year at a university.
Christopher Lee was in the special forces/esponiage unit SOE during the second world war. His experiences formed the basis of the James Bond character his cousin, Fleming wrote about.
Come on, people, let’s not exaggerate. There is no reason to think that Christopher Lee was the model for James Bond, the character created by his step-cousin Ian Fleming:
Fleming never indicated that any particular person was the model. There are a number of other people that could equally well be some part of the inspiration for Bond, and there’s no reason to think that Fleming even wanted Bond to be like any one particular person. Furthermore, Fleming was himself part of British intelligence services during World War II:
Similarly, although Julia Child was part of American intelligence services during World War II, she wasn’t a “master spy”:
