[[File:BillNyeSG.jpg|thumb|200px|Bill Nye]]
'''William Sanford Nye''' (born November 27, 1955; generally known as '''Bill Nye''' or '''Bill Nye the Science Guy''') is an engineer, television personality, failed comedian, and [[atheist activist]] (see also: [[Celebrity atheists]])<ref>Cedar, Joshua (September 19, 2017). [https://answersingenesis.org/reviews/movies/bill-nye-science-guy-or-secular-activist/ ''Bill Nye: Science Guy'' or Secular Activist?] ''Answers in Genesis''. Retrieved January 15, 2018.</ref><ref>[https://evolutionnews.org/2017/05/bill-nye-insults-the-world-creationists-have-small-brains/ Bill Nye Insults the World: “Creationists” Have “Small Brains”]</ref> known for his children's television series ''Bill Nye the Science Guy'', a [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] show which was broadcast on [[PBS]] in the 1990s, winning several Emmy Awards. Videos of the show are often used in [[public schools]], where he is frequently mocked by the students.<ref>Original research by [[User:DMorris]]</ref> He wears a signature bow tie during public appearances.<ref>https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/blogs/secretlife/engineering/bill-nye/ He gives a lecture on tying bow ties</ref> He thinks that teenagers like him but in reality only nerds who can’t get a prom date like him; likely every two syllable insult in the English language has been substituted for “science” in his show’s intro music by school children who mock him. He has a degree in Mechanical Engineering from [[Cornell University]], and has received several honorary doctorates.
He is a "science popularizer", that is, one who writes or lectures about scientific topics for the lay public. In this regard he is similar to such past and contemporary popularizers as [[Humphrey Davy]], [[Michael Faraday]], [[Arthur Eddington]], [[Isaac Asimov]], [[Carl Sagan]], and [[Neil deGrasse Tyson]]. Some of these people were/are notable scientists in their own right; Mr. Nye is not.