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Charles Hard Townes

  • Greenville: July 28, 1915 celebration
  • Oakland: January 27, 2015 celebration
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  • celebration Date of birth

    Greenville: July 28, 1915  

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    Oakland: January 27, 2015  

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    1. Furman University
    2. Duke University
    3. California Institute of Technology
    4. Greenville High School
     

  • trophy Awards & Honors

    1. National Medal of Science (1982)
    2. Young Medal and Prize (1963)
    3. Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
    4. John Scott Award (1963)
    5. Stuart Ballantine Medal (1962)
    6. Niels Bohr International Gold Medal (1979)
    7. Templeton Prize (2005)
    8. Remsen Award (1972)
    9. Henry Norris Russell Lectureship (1998)
    10. Guggenheim Fellowship (1955)
    11. National Inventors Hall of Fame (1976)
    12. Earle K. Plyler Prize for Molecular Spectroscopy (1977)
    13. John J. Carty Award for the Advancement of Science (1961)
    14. SPIE Gold Medal (2010)
    15. honorary doctorate from ENS (1992)
    16. C.E.K. Mees Medal (1968)
    17. Wilhelm Exner Medal (1970)
    18. Rumford Prize (1961)
    19. Petrie Prize Lecture (1985)
    20. Richtmyer Memorial Lecture Award (1959)
    21. Karl Schwarzschild Medal (2002)
    22. IEEE Medal of Honor (1967)
    23. Science Writing Award
    24. IEEE David Sarnoff Award (1961)
    25. Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1976)
    26. Mendel Medal (1999)
    27. Karl G. Jansky Lectureship (1971)
    28. Nobel Prize in Physics (1964)
    29. Fellow of the American Physical Society
    30. Frederic Ives Medal (1996)
    31. IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award (1959)
    32. Comstock Prize in Physics (1958)
    33. Lomonosov Gold Medal (2000)
     

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  • 20th-century American physicist | National Medal of Science (1982), Young Medal and Prize (1963), Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, John

1. Rakoen Maertens

  • July 28, 1996 celebration

Belgian Esperantist | July 28, 1996 - Helsinki: March 28, 1899 | Rakoen Maertens | July 28, 1996 - Helsinki: March 28, 1899

2. Anna Barnacka

  • Brzesko: July 28, 1984 celebration

Polish astrophysicist | Jagiellonian University, University of the National Education Commission | Brzesko: July 28, 1984 - Paris: November 6, 1904 | Anna

3. Morten Albæk (Morten Albaek)

  • Uggerby: July 28, 1975 celebration

Danish businessman | Uggerby: July 28, 1975 - Chicago: May 22, 1935 | Morten Albæk (Morten Albaek) | Uggerby: July 28, 1975 - Chicago: May 22, 1935

4. Barbara Schaffner

  • Zurich: July 28, 1968 celebration

Swiss politician | Zurich: July 28, 1968 - Saint Petersburg: March 27, 1827 | Barbara Schaffner | Zurich: July 28, 1968 - Saint Petersburg: March 27, 1827

5. Eero Vainikko

  • July 28, 1963 celebration

Estonian mathematician and computer scientist | University of Bergen | July 28, 1963 - Kraków: April 16, 1888 | Eero Vainikko | July 28, 1963 - Kraków: April

6. Claudia Felser

  • Aachen: July 28, 1962 celebration

German professor of physics and chemistry | Foreign Member of the Royal Society (2025), James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials (2019), Tsungming Tu Award

7. Jonathan Pila

  • Melbourne: July 28, 1962 celebration

Australian mathematician | Fellow of the Royal Society (2015), Senior Whitehead Prize (2011), Carol Karp Prize (2013) | Stanford University, University of Melbourne

8. Harald Lesch

  • Giessen: July 28, 1960 celebration

German physicist | Hanns-Joachim-Friedrichs-Award (2019), Otto Hahn Medal (1988), Pipe Smoker of the Year (2009), Communicator Award of DFG (2005), Cicero

9. Mike Yakir

  • Kyiv: July 28, 1958 celebration

Ukrainian scientist | Order of Merit, 1st class, People's Teacher of Ukraine, Excellence in Education of Ukraine Badge, Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class

10. Dainius Junevicius

  • Kaunas: July 28, 1958 celebration

Lithuanian physicist | Commander of the Order for Merits to Lithuania (2003), Commander of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland (2019)

11. Madis Võõras (Madis Vooras)

  • July 28, 1955 celebration

Estonian engineer and businessman | Väike-Maarja Gymnasium, University of Tartu, Tallinn University of Technology | July 28, 1955 - January 1, -0300 | Madis

12. Young Hee Lee

  • Gimje: July 28, 1955 celebration

South Korean physicist | Kent State University | Gimje: July 28, 1955 - Belmont: December 3, 2023 | Young Hee Lee | Gimje: July 28, 1955 - Belmont: December 3, 2023

13. Kaare T. Pettersen

  • July 28, 1954 celebration

July 28, 1954 - Oslo: February 20, 1985 | Kaare T. Pettersen | July 28, 1954 - Oslo: February 20, 1985

14. Gerd Faltings

  • Gelsenkirchen: July 28, 1954 celebration

German mathematician | Dannie Heineman Prize (1983), Cantor medal (2017), The Shaw Prize in Mathematical Sciences (2015), Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit

15. Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba (Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba)

  • Solares: July 28, 1951 celebration
  • Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda: May 10, 2019 deceased

Spanish politician and chemist (1951-2019) | Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Civil Guard (2020), Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise

16. Corrado de Concini

  • Rome: July 28, 1949 celebration

Italian mathematician | Mathematical Prize of the Italian Academy of Sciences (1990), Caccioppoli Prize (1986) | University of Warsaw, University of Warwick

17. George Carter III

  • July 28, 1945 celebration

inventor | July 28, 1945 - Elizabeth: April 7, 1913 | George Carter III | July 28, 1945 - Elizabeth: April 7, 1913

18. Francisco Leocata

  • Catania: July 28, 1944 celebration
  • January 9, 2022 deceased

Argentine philosopher, historian, Catholic priest | Catania: July 28, 1944 - January 9, 2022 | Francisco Leocata | Catania: July 28, 1944 - January 9, 2022

19. Vladimir Nikolaevich Platonov

  • Kyiv: July 28, 1941 celebration

Soviet and Ukrainian scientist in the field of sports science | Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 5th class, Honored Scientist of Ukraine, Order of Merit

20. John Finnis

  • Adelaide: July 28, 1940 celebration

Australian legal scholar and philosopher | Rhodes Scholarship (1962), Aquinas Medal (2004), Companion of the Order of Australia (2019), Fellow of the British Academy

21. John A. Osborn

  • Chislehurst: July 28, 1939 celebration
  • Strasbourg: April 23, 2000 deceased

British chemist | Grand Prix Achille-Le-Bel (1998), Liversidge Award (1995), Corday-Morgan Prize (1975) | Imperial College London | Chislehurst: July 28, 1939

22. William M. Hartmann

  • Elgin: July 28, 1939 celebration

American scientist | Rhodes Scholarship (1961) | Iowa State University, Lincoln College | Elgin: July 28, 1939 - Bloomington: November 21, 1955 | William M.

23. Genri Boganik

  • Saint Petersburg: July 28, 1935 celebration
  • Moscow: August 8, 2007 deceased

seismics (1935-2007) | Russian State Geological Prospecting University | Saint Petersburg: July 28, 1935 - Moscow: August 8, 2007 | Genri Boganik | Saint

24. Huzihiro Araki

  • Tokyo: July 28, 1932 celebration
  • December 16, 2022 deceased

Japanese mathematical physicist/mathematician | Henri Poincaré Prize (2003), Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2013) | Princeton University, Kyoto University

25. Nikita Morozov

  • Saint Petersburg: July 28, 1932 celebration
  • July 25, 2024 deceased

Soviet mathematician | Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Gratitude, Order of Honour, State Prize of the Russian Federation (2000), Order "For

26. Lothar Berg

  • Szczecin: July 28, 1930 celebration
  • Rostock: July 27, 2015 deceased

German mathematician | Medal of the University of Jyväskylä (1973) | University of Rostock | Szczecin: July 28, 1930 - Rostock: July 27, 2015 | Lothar Berg

27. Leonid Milov

  • Moscow: July 28, 1929 celebration
  • Moscow: November 17, 2007 deceased

Russian historian (1929-2007) | Mikhail Lomonosov Award | MSU Faculty of History | Moscow: July 28, 1929 - Moscow: November 17, 2007 | Leonid Milov | Moscow

28. Baruch Samuel Blumberg

  • Brooklyn: July 28, 1925 celebration
  • Mountain View: April 5, 2011 deceased

American physician, geneticist and Nobel prize winner (1925–2011) | Canada Gairdner International Award (1975), honorary doctorate from the University of

29. Alan Howard Ward

  • July 28, 1925 celebration
  • December 2, 2021 deceased

British physicist (1925–2021) | Forest School | July 28, 1925 - December 2, 2021 | Alan Howard Ward | July 28, 1925 - December 2, 2021 | Forest School

30. Giovanni Prodi

  • Scandiano: July 28, 1925 celebration
  • Pisa: January 29, 2010 deceased

Italian mathematician (1925-2010) | Mathematical Prize of the Italian Academy of Sciences (1980) | University of Parma, Ariosto Spallanzani Sezz.Cl.E Sc.

31. Herbert John Ryser

  • Milwaukee: July 28, 1923 celebration
  • Pasadena: July 12, 1985 deceased

1923-1985, Professor of mathematics | University of Wisconsin–Madison | Milwaukee: July 28, 1923 - Pasadena: July 12, 1985 | Herbert John Ryser | Milwaukee

32. Jean Paumen

  • Mons: July 28, 1923 celebration
  • City of Brussels: March 27, 2012 deceased

Belgian philosopher (1923-2012) | Mons: July 28, 1923 - City of Brussels: March 27, 2012 | Jean Paumen | Mons: July 28, 1923 - City of Brussels: March 27, 2012

33. H. S. S. Lawrence

  • Nagercoil: July 28, 1923 celebration
  • Chennai: April 21, 2009 deceased

Indian academic (1923-2009) | Teachers College | Nagercoil: July 28, 1923 - Chennai: April 21, 2009 | H. S. S. Lawrence | Nagercoil: July 28, 1923 - Chennai

34. Jacques Piccard

  • Brussels metropolitan area: July 28, 1922 celebration
  • La Tour-de-Peilz: November 1, 2008 deceased

Swiss oceanographer (1922–2008) | Hubbard Medal (2012), Howard N. Potts Medal (1972) | bathyscaphe | University of Basel, University of Geneva | Brussels

35. Gerhart Friedlander

  • Munich: July 28, 1916 celebration
  • Setauket-East Setauket: September 6, 2009 deceased

American nuclear chemist (1916-2009) | Glenn T. Seaborg Award for Nuclear Chemistry (1967) | University of California, Berkeley | Munich: July 28, 1916

36. Charles Hard Townes

  • Greenville: July 28, 1915 celebration
  • Oakland: January 27, 2015 deceased

20th-century American physicist | National Medal of Science (1982), Young Medal and Prize (1963), Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, John

37. Ugo Fano

  • Turin: July 28, 1912 celebration
  • Chicago: February 13, 2001 deceased

Italian physicist (1912–2001) | doctor honoris causa from the Pierre and Marie Curie University (1979), Davisson–Germer Prize in Atomic or Surface Physics

38. Arturo Sampay

  • Concordia: July 28, 1911 celebration
  • La Plata: February 14, 1977 deceased

Argentine lawyer (1911-1977) | National University of La Plata | Concordia: July 28, 1911 - La Plata: February 14, 1977 | Arturo Sampay | Concordia: July 28

39. Pavel Cherenkov

  • Novaya Chigla: July 28, 1904 celebration
  • Moscow: January 6, 1990 deceased

Soviet physicist (1904-1990) | USSR State Prize, Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Medal "For Valiant Labour in

40. Karl Popper

  • Vienna: July 28, 1902 celebration
  • Kenley: September 17, 1994 deceased

Austrian-British philosopher of science and social and política e falsificationism and for criticism of Plato, Hegel and Marx as totalitarian opponents of

41. Nikolai Grigorievich Khlopin

  • Tartu: July 28, 1897 celebration
  • Saint Petersburg: June 21, 1961 deceased

Russian biologist (1897-1961) | Order of Lenin, Stalin Prize | S. M. Kirov Military Medical Academy | Tartu: July 28, 1897 - Saint Petersburg: June 21, 1961

42. Flavio Baracchini

  • Villafranca in Lunigiana: July 28, 1895 celebration
  • Rome: August 18, 1928 deceased

Italian flying ace (1895-1928) | Gold Medal of Military Valour | Villafranca in Lunigiana: July 28, 1895 - Rome: August 18, 1928 | Flavio Baracchini

43. Vlastimil Matula

  • July 28, 1895 celebration

July 28, 1895 - Sucy-en-Brie: August 21, 1937 | Vlastimil Matula | July 28, 1895 - Sucy-en-Brie: August 21, 1937

44. Marcel Duchamp

  • Blainville-Crevon: July 28, 1887 celebration
  • Neuilly-sur-Seine: October 2, 1968 deceased

French painter and sculptor (1887–1968) | Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2, Étant donnés, L.H.O.O.Q. | Académie Julian, École des chartes, Lycée

45. Stefan Pieńkowski (Stefan Pienkowski)

  • Młynów, Łódź Voivodeship: July 28, 1883 celebration
  • Warsaw: November 20, 1953 deceased

Polish physicist | Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Work Flag Order, 1st class, Officer of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Commander with Star of

46. Inocenc Arnošt Bláha (Inocenc Arnost Blaha)

  • Krasoňov: July 28, 1879 celebration
  • Brno: April 25, 1960 deceased

Czech philosopher, sociologist, writer and university educator (1879–1960) | Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague | Krasoňov: July 28, 1879 - Brno

47. Guy Ballard

  • Newton: July 28, 1878 celebration
  • Los Angeles: December 29, 1939 deceased

American mining engineer, founder of the "I AM" movement (1878–1939) | Newton: July 28, 1878 - Los Angeles: December 29, 1939 | Guy Ballard | Newton: July

48. Marcel Viratelle

  • July 28, 1877 celebration

July 28, 1877 - June 18, 2014 | Marcel Viratelle | July 28, 1877 - June 18, 2014

49. Hans Boegehold

  • Sprockhövel: July 28, 1876 celebration
  • Jena: May 14, 1965 deceased

German physicist, mathematician and astronomer | National Prize of East Germany | University of Jena | Sprockhövel: July 28, 1876 - Jena: May 14, 1965 | Hans

50. Georgy Fedorovich Lang

  • Saint Petersburg: July 28, 1875 celebration
  • Saint Petersburg: July 24, 1948 deceased

famous Russian scientist and founding father of modern therapeutic therapies. (1875–1948) | Order of the Patriotic War 1st class, Order of the Red Banner of

51. Ignacy Kosiński (Ignacy Kosinski)

  • July 28, 1874 celebration

Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta | July 28, 1874 - Delft: February 20, 1868 | Ignacy Kosiński (Ignacy Kosinski) | July 28, 1874 - Delft: February 20, 1868

52. Albert Jacques Joseph van de Velde

  • Ghent: July 28, 1871 celebration
  • Ghent: April 17, 1956 deceased

Belgian chemist (1871-1956) | Ghent: July 28, 1871 - Ghent: April 17, 1956 | Albert Jacques Joseph van de Velde | Ghent: July 28, 1871 - Ghent: April 17, 1956

53. Émile Masson (Emile Masson)

  • Brest: July 28, 1869 celebration
  • Paris: February 9, 1923 deceased

French writer | University of Rennes | Brest: July 28, 1869 - Paris: February 9, 1923 | Émile Masson (Emile Masson) | Brest: July 28, 1869 - Paris: February 9, 1923

54. Eugen Kühnemann (Eugen Kuhnemann)

  • Hanover: July 28, 1868 celebration
  • Karpniki: May 12, 1946 deceased

German philosopher (1868–1946) | Hanover: July 28, 1868 - Karpniki: May 12, 1946 | Eugen Kühnemann (Eugen Kuhnemann) | Hanover: July 28, 1868 - Karpniki: May 12, 1946

55. Theodor Wulf

  • Hamm: July 28, 1868 celebration
  • Hallenberg: June 14, 1946 deceased

German physicist (1868–1946) | University of Göttingen | Hamm: July 28, 1868 - Hallenberg: June 14, 1946 | Theodor Wulf | Hamm: July 28, 1868 - Hallenberg

56. Gustaf Komppa

  • Vyborg: July 28, 1867 celebration
  • Helsinki: January 20, 1949 deceased

Finnish chemist (1867–1949) | August Wilhelm von Hofmann Medal (1940) | University of Helsinki | Vyborg: July 28, 1867 - Helsinki: January 20, 1949 | Gustaf

57. António Joaquim Ferreira da Silva (Antonio Joaquim Ferreira da Silva)

  • Vila de Cucujães: July 28, 1853 celebration
  • Santiago de Riba-Ul: August 23, 1923 deceased

Portuguese scientist, chemist | University of Porto | Vila de Cucujães: July 28, 1853 - Santiago de Riba-Ul: August 23, 1923 | António Joaquim Ferreira da

58. Theodor Lipps

  • Wallhalben: July 28, 1851 celebration
  • Munich: October 17, 1914 deceased

German philosopher (1851-1914) | University of Bonn | Wallhalben: July 28, 1851 - Munich: October 17, 1914 | Theodor Lipps | Wallhalben: July 28, 1851

59. Robert Forsyth Scott

  • Leith: July 28, 1849 celebration
  • Cambridge: November 18, 1933 deceased

Mathematician, barrister (1849–1933) | determinant | St John's College | Leith: July 28, 1849 - Cambridge: November 18, 1933 | Robert Forsyth Scott | Leith

60. Émile Boutroux (Emile Boutroux)

  • Montrouge: July 28, 1845 celebration
  • Paris: November 22, 1921 deceased

French philosopher and historian (1845–1921) | Concours général, Commander of the Legion of Honour | Lycée Henri-IV, Heidelberg University, École Normale

61. Howard Grubb

  • July 28, 1844 celebration
  • Monkstown: September 16, 1931 deceased

maker of scientific instruments (1844-1931) | Fellow of the Royal Society, Knight Bachelor, Cunningham Medal (1881) | July 28, 1844 - Monkstown: September 16, 1931

62. Ippolit Panaev

  • July 28, 1822 celebration
  • January 1, 1901 deceased

Russian writer and engineer | July 28, 1822 - January 1, 1901 | Ippolit Panaev | July 28, 1822 - January 1, 1901

63. Alphonse Le Roy

  • Liège: July 28, 1822 celebration
  • Liège: March 2, 1896 deceased

Belgian philosopher | University of Liège | Liège: July 28, 1822 - Liège: March 2, 1896 | Alphonse Le Roy (Crahay) | Liège: July 28, 1822 - Liège: March 2, 1896

64. James Curtis Booth

  • Philadelphia: July 28, 1810 celebration
  • Haverford: March 21, 1888 deceased

American chemist and educator (1810-1888) | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia: July 28, 1810 - Haverford: March 21, 1888

65. Carl Fredrik Lindahl

  • July 28, 1807 celebration

July 28, 1807 - Wallisellen: March 2, 1987 | Carl Fredrik Lindahl | July 28, 1807 - Wallisellen: March 2, 1987

66. Ludwig Feuerbach

  • Landshut: July 28, 1804 celebration
  • Nuremberg: September 13, 1872 deceased

German philosopher and anthropologist (1804–1872) | The Essence of Christianity, Thoughts on Death and Immortality | Humboldt University of Berlin

67. Edwin Augustus Stevens

  • Hoboken: July 28, 1795 celebration
  • Paris: August 7, 1868 deceased

American engineer and inventor (1795-1868) | Hoboken: July 28, 1795 - Paris: August 7, 1868 | Edwin Augustus Stevens | Hoboken: July 28, 1795 - Paris: August 7, 1868

68. Pedro Vélez (Pedro Velez)

  • Zacatecas: July 28, 1787 celebration
  • Mexico City: August 5, 1848 deceased

President of Mexico (1787-1848) | University of Guadalajara | Zacatecas: July 28, 1787 - Mexico City: August 5, 1848 | Pedro Vélez (Pedro Velez) | Zacatecas

69. Johann Matthäus Hassencamp (Johann Matthaus Hassencamp)

  • Marburg: July 28, 1743 celebration
  • Rinteln: October 6, 1797 deceased

German academic | University of Marburg | Marburg: July 28, 1743 - Rinteln: October 6, 1797 | Johann Matthäus Hassencamp (Johann Matthaus Hassencamp)

70. Volckmar Wilhelm Stenger

  • July 28, 1656 celebration

July 28, 1656 - January 1, 1986 | Volckmar Wilhelm Stenger | July 28, 1656 - January 1, 1986

71. Robert Hooke

  • Freshwater: July 28, 1635 celebration
  • London: March 14, 1703 deceased

English natural philosopher, architect and polymath (1635 — 1703) | Fellow of the Royal Society (1663) | Hooke's law, Micrographia, Montagu House, Church of

72. Petrarch

  • Arezzo: July 28, 1304 celebration
  • Arquà Petrarca: July 27, 1374 deceased

Italian scholar and poet (1304-1374) | Poet's Crown (1341) | Africa, De viris illustribus, Il Canzoniere, Epistolae familiares, Secretum, Triumphs, Liber sine

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