Bill Nye

William Sanford Nye is an American mechanical engineer, science communicator, and television presenter. He is best known as the host of the science education television show Bill Nye the Science Guy (1993–1999) and as a science educator in pop culture. Born in Washington, D.C., Nye began his career as a mechanical engineer for Boeing in Seattle, where he invented a hydraulic resonance suppressor tube used on 747 airplanes. In 1986, he left Boeing to pursue comedy—writing and performing for the local sketch television show Almost Live!, where he regularly conducted wacky scientific experiments.

27 November 1955

Born on the same birth date (27 November 1955): Pierre Mondou

Born on the same birth day (27 November): Charles Scott Sherrington • Charlie Burchill • Daniel Mendaille • Eddie Rabbitt • Jatindramohan Bagchi • John McCarthy (journalist) • Larry Allen • Michael Floyd • Pierre Dupuy (scholar) • Richard Stone (composer) • Robert R. Livingston • Suresh Raina • Wendy Houvenaghel • Willie Bloomquist

Born in the same month (November 1955): Andy Gray (footballer, born 1955) • Bruno Tonioli • Dave Alvin • George Alagiah • Gisela Stuart • Héctor Cúper • James Edwards (basketball) • Kris Jenner • Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth • Mark Donaldson (rugby union) • Michael Beschloss • Najib Mikati • Philip Egan • Richard Burr • Roland Emmerich • Toshio Matsuura • Whoopi Goldberg