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Arthur A. Allen
Arthur Allen pioneered and perfected a modelling program that predicts where people lost at sea will be found, saving thousands of lives during a 35-year career.

Contribution
Having come across the science journal Estimation of the Leeway Drift of Small Craft he was inspired and set out to expand on the work.

By 2007 he had created mathematical equations to describe the drift of 68 different objects out at sea.

The Taiwanese government commissioned a song to be made for him as thanks for all the lives he helped save which can be heard at 27:47 his appearance on the podcast Against The Rules.

Appearances
Arthur appears on the podcast Against The Rules in Episode 2 where he recounts his story.