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Zhores Alferov

  • Vitebsk: March 15, 1930 celebration
  • Saint Petersburg: March 1, 2019 celebration
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    Russia, Soviet Union  

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  • celebration Date of birth

    Vitebsk: March 15, 1930  

  • deceased Rest in Peace

    Saint Petersburg: March 1, 2019  

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  • engineering Field of Work

    1. physics
    2. politics
    3. semiconductor
    4. semiconductor physics
     

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    1. Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University
     

  • trophy Awards & Honors

    1. Nizami Ganjavi Gold Medal
    2. Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class (1999)
    3. Nobel Prize in Physics (2000)
    4. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2008)
    5. Certificate of Honor of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus (2015)
    6. Certificate of Honor of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus (2000)
    7. honorary citizen of Minsk (2002)
    8. Joffe Prize (1996)
    9. Ordo Sancti Constantini Magni
    10. Nick Holonyak Jr. Award (2000)
    11. Russian Federation Government Certificate of Honour
    12. Jubilee Medal Medal "In Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Leningrad"
    13. Order of Lenin (1986)
    14. Order of Alexander Nevsky (2015)
    15. Demidov Prize (1999)
    16. Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class (2000)
    17. honorary citizen of Saint Petersburg (2001)
    18. The Russian Federation Power Engineer Award (1996)
    19. Lenin Prize (1972)
    20. Order of Francisc Skorina (2001)
    21. Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"
    22. State Prize of the Russian Federation (2001)
    23. Order of the Red Banner of Labour
    24. honorary doctorate from INSA Toulouse (2002)
    25. Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class (2010)
    26. Order of the Friendship of Peoples (2009)
    27. Medal "In Commemoration of the 300th Anniversary of Saint Petersburg"
    28. USSR State Prize (1984)
    29. Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 1st class (2005)
    30. Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology (2001)
    31. Jubilee Medal "300 Years of the Russian Navy"
    32. Order of the Badge of Honour (1959)
    33. Order of the October Revolution (1980)
    34. SPIE Gold Medal (2002)
    35. Alexander Popov Gold Medal (1999)
    36. Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 5th class (2003)
    37. Honorary citizen of Vitebsk (2003)
    38. Medal "Veteran of Labour"
    39. Stuart Ballantine Medal (1971)
    40. Global Energy Prize (2005)
    41. honorary doctor of the Voronezh State University (2013)
    42. Officer of the Legion of Honour (2011)
     

  • social_leaderboard Notable Works

     
  • Soviet-Russian physicist (1930–2019) | Nizami Ganjavi Gold Medal, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class (1999), Nobel Prize in Physics (2000)

1. Ismail Garayev

  • Guba: March 15, 1983 celebration

Azerbaijani scientist | Azerbaijan Medical University | Guba: March 15, 1983 - December 30, 1940 | Ismail Garayev | Guba: March 15, 1983 - December 30, 1940

2. Willem Engel

  • Utrecht: March 15, 1977 celebration

Dutch activist | Leiden University | Utrecht: March 15, 1977 - Nordhausen: January 1, 1885 | Willem Engel | Utrecht: March 15, 1977 - Nordhausen: January 1, 1885

3. Márton Tonk (Marton Tonk)

  • March 15, 1973 celebration

Officer's Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit (2022) | Bolyai Farkas High School in Târgu Mureș, Babeș-Bolyai University | March 15, 1973 - Posmuș

4. Werner Gruber

  • Ostermiething: March 15, 1970 celebration

Austrian physicist and author | Prize of the City of Vienna for Popular Education (2012) | University of Vienna | Ostermiething: March 15, 1970 - Lima: April 30, 1918

5. Gerhard Klimeck

  • Essen: March 15, 1966 celebration

electrical engineer | Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2020) | Ruhr University Bochum, Carl-Humann-Gymnasium, Purdue University

6. Bojan Žalec (Bojan Zalec)

  • Ljubljana: March 15, 1966 celebration

Slovenian philosopher | Ljubljana: March 15, 1966 - October 18, 2023 | Bojan Žalec (Bojan Zalec) | Ljubljana: March 15, 1966 - October 18, 2023

7. Stefan Müller (Stefan Muller)

  • Wuppertal: March 15, 1962 celebration

German mathematician | Collatz Prize (1999), Max Planck Research Award (1993), Keith Medal (2007), Gauss Lectureship (2006), Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize

8. Moungi Bawendi

  • Paris: March 15, 1961 celebration

American chemist of French and Tunisian descent | Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award (2006), Clarivate Citation Laureates (2020), Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2023)

9. Sergey Bobkov

  • Vorkuta: March 15, 1961 celebration

Russian mathematician | Saint Petersburg State University | Vorkuta: March 15, 1961 - Wellington: July 11, 2013 | Sergey Bobkov | Vorkuta: March 15, 1961

10. Mikhail Arkadiev

  • Saint Petersburg: March 15, 1958 celebration

Soviet pianist | Merited Artist of the Russian Federation | Saint Petersburg: March 15, 1958 - Moscow: December 1, 1953 | Mikhail Arkadiev | Saint Petersburg

11. Katarzyna Hall

  • Gdańsk: March 15, 1957 celebration

Polish politician | University of Gdańsk | Gdańsk: March 15, 1957 - Würzburg: July 26, 1922 | Katarzyna Hall - Katarzyna Kończa | Gdańsk: March 15, 1957

12. Rashit Äkimov (Rashit Akimov)

  • March 15, 1954 celebration

Kazakhstani scientist | commemorative medal for the ten years of independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Order of Parasat, Order of Kurmet | Vitebsk State

13. Robert Brandenberger

  • Bern: March 15, 1954 celebration

Swiss physicist | CAP-CRM Prize in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics (2011) | Harvard University, ETH Zurich | Bern: March 15, 1954 - Potsdam: May 14, 1915

14. Ramachandran Balasubramanian

  • Chennai: March 15, 1951 celebration

Indian mathematician | Padma Shri in science & engineering (2006), Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2013), Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for

15. Gholam Reza Aghazadeh

  • Khoy: March 15, 1949 celebration

Iranian politician | University of Tehran | Khoy: March 15, 1949 - Sausalito: February 3, 1985 | Gholam Reza Aghazadeh | Khoy: March 15, 1949 - Sausalito

16. Henry Hardy

  • London: March 15, 1949 celebration

British author and editor | Corpus Christi College, Wolfson College | London: March 15, 1949 - October 30, 1993 | Henry Hardy (Robert Dugdale) | London: March

17. Jürgen Martens (Jurgen Martens)

  • Tostedt: March 15, 1948 celebration

German chemist and author | Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences | Tostedt: March 15, 1948 - January 1, 1914 | Jürgen Martens (Jurgen Martens) | Tostedt

18. T. J. Rodgers

  • Oshkosh: March 15, 1948 celebration

American businessman | Dartmouth College | Oshkosh: March 15, 1948 - Göttingen: August 15, 1953 | T. J. Rodgers | Oshkosh: March 15, 1948 - Göttingen: August 15, 1953

19. Marc Prensky

  • New York City: March 15, 1946 celebration

American inventor | Yale University, Harvard Business School, Oberlin College, Harvard University | New York City: March 15, 1946 - Furtwangen im Schwarzwald

20. Bienvenido Nebres

  • Baguio: March 15, 1940 celebration

Filipino academic administrrator | Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2013) | Stanford University, Christ the King College | Baguio: March 15, 1940

21. Jacob Palis

  • Uberaba: March 15, 1940 celebration
  • Rio de Janeiro: May 7, 2025 deceased

Brazilian mathematician | Balzan Prize (2010), Guggenheim Fellowship, TWAS Prize for Mathematics (1988), Premio México de Ciencia y Tecnología (2000), Knight

22. Robin Hartshorne

  • Boston: March 15, 1938 celebration

American mathematician | Leroy P. Steele Prize (1979), honorary doctorate from Versailles-Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University (2011), Fellow of the American

23. Hirotaka Sugawara

  • Miyagi Prefecture: March 15, 1938 celebration

Japanese physicist | Nishina Memorial Prize | University of Tokyo | Miyagi Prefecture: March 15, 1938 - March 20, 2014 | Hirotaka Sugawara | Miyagi Prefecture

24. Marcus E. Raichle

  • Hoquiam: March 15, 1937 celebration

neuroscientist | Perl-UNC Prize (2013), Ralph W. Gerard Prize (2008), Glass Brain Award (2015), Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation Award for Distinguished

25. Atsuhiro Nishida

  • March 15, 1936 celebration

Japanese physicist | Person of Cultural Merit (2012) | University of Tokyo | March 15, 1936 - Geneva: April 8, 1839 | Atsuhiro Nishida | March 15, 1936

26. Jürgen Engel (Jurgen Engel)

  • Berlin: March 15, 1935 celebration

Swiss chemist | Berlin: March 15, 1935 - Geneva: September 12, 1985 | Jürgen Engel (Jurgen Engel) | Berlin: March 15, 1935 - Geneva: September 12, 1985

27. Mammad Mammadov

  • March 15, 1934 celebration
  • April 9, 2016 deceased

Azerbaijani scientist | March 15, 1934 - April 9, 2016 | Mammad Mammadov | March 15, 1934 - April 9, 2016

28. Zhores Alferov

  • Vitebsk: March 15, 1930 celebration
  • Saint Petersburg: March 1, 2019 deceased

Soviet-Russian physicist (1930–2019) | Nizami Ganjavi Gold Medal, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class (1999), Nobel Prize in Physics (2000)

29. Martin Karplus

  • Vienna: March 15, 1930 celebration
  • Cambridge: December 28, 2024 deceased

Austrian-born American theoretical chemist (1930–2024) | Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2013), American Chemical Society Award in Theoretical Chemistry (1993)

30. Ilya Moiseyev

  • Moscow: March 15, 1929 celebration
  • Moscow: October 11, 2020 deceased

Soviet Russian chemist (1929-2020) | Order of Honour, Centenary Prize (2006), Demidov Prize (2012), Order of Friendship, Chugaev Prize (2012), Medal "In

31. Anna Piskorska-Chlebowska

  • Warsaw: March 15, 1929 celebration
  • Warsaw: August 11, 1983 deceased

Polish chemist (1929-1983) | University of Warsaw | Warsaw: March 15, 1929 - Warsaw: August 11, 1983 | Anna Piskorska-Chlebowska | Warsaw: March 15, 1929

32. Ángel Cappelletti (Angel Cappelletti)

  • Rosario: March 15, 1927 celebration
  • Rosario: November 25, 1995 deceased

Argentine philosopher | Anarchism in Latin America | Rosario: March 15, 1927 - Rosario: November 25, 1995 | Ángel Cappelletti (Angel Cappelletti) | Rosario

33. Bert Bolin

  • Nyköping: March 15, 1925 celebration
  • Danderyd: December 30, 2007 deceased

Swedish meteorologist (1925–2007) | International Meteorological Organization Prize (1981), AAAS Award for Science Diplomacy, Blue Planet Prize (1995)

34. Aldo Andreotti

  • Florence: March 15, 1924 celebration
  • Pisa: February 21, 1980 deceased

Italian mathematician (1924-1980) | honorary doctorate from the University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis (1966), Feltrinelli Prize (1971) | Andreotti–Frankel

35. Jean Bollack

  • Strasbourg: March 15, 1923 celebration
  • 14th arrondissement of Paris: December 4, 2012 deceased

French philosopher and philologist (1923-2012) | honorary doctor of Osnabrück University (2007) | University of Basel | Strasbourg: March 15, 1923 - 14th

36. Karl-Otto Apel

  • Düsseldorf: March 15, 1922 celebration
  • Frankfurt: May 15, 2017 deceased

German philosopher (1922–2017) | Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1998) | Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Saarland

37. E. Donnall Thomas

  • Mart: March 15, 1920 celebration
  • Seattle: October 20, 2012 deceased

American hematologist (1920-2012) | George M. Kober Medal (1992), Charles F. Kettering Prize (1981), Canada Gairdner International Award (1990), Karl

38. Hristo Vasilev

  • Vishovgrad: March 15, 1920 celebration
  • Sofia: August 31, 2018 deceased

Bulgarian chemist | Order of 9 September 1944 without Swords, 2nd class, Order of 9 September 1944, Order of the People's Republic of Bulgaria | State

39. Sergey Yakovlev

  • Saint Petersburg: March 15, 1914 celebration
  • Moscow: May 14, 2005 deceased

Russian scientist (1914–2005) | USSR State Prize, Order of Lenin, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Order of Friendship of Peoples, Order of the Badge of Honour

40. Antonín Novotný (Antonin Novotny)

  • Tábor: March 15, 1913 celebration
  • Rödental: April 23, 2005 deceased

Czech actor and chemical engineer | Tábor: March 15, 1913 - Rödental: April 23, 2005 | Antonín Novotný (Antonin Novotny) | Tábor: March 15, 1913

41. Sergey Dubrovsky

  • March 15, 1900 celebration
  • Moscow: October 19, 1970 deceased

Soviet historian (1900–1970) | Institute of Red Professors | March 15, 1900 - Moscow: October 19, 1970 | Sergey Dubrovsky | March 15, 1900 - Moscow: October 19, 1970

42. Franz Ollendorff

  • Berlin: March 15, 1900 celebration
  • Haifa: December 9, 1981 deceased

Israeli physicist (1900-1981) | IEEE James H. Mulligan, Jr. Education Medal (1971), Israel Prize (1954) | Gdańsk University of Technology, Humboldt University of Berlin

43. Ernst Simon

  • Berlin: March 15, 1899 celebration
  • Jerusalem: August 18, 1988 deceased

Israeli philosopher (1899-1988) | Israel Prize (1967), Buber-Rosenzweig-Medal (1969), Iron Cross | Berlin: March 15, 1899 - Jerusalem: August 18, 1988 | Ernst

44. Tobie Goedewaagen

  • Amsterdam: March 15, 1895 celebration
  • The Hague: January 4, 1980 deceased

Dutch NSB-official | Utrecht University | Amsterdam: March 15, 1895 - The Hague: January 4, 1980 | Tobie Goedewaagen | Amsterdam: March 15, 1895 - The Hague

45. Boris Delaunay

  • Saint Petersburg: March 15, 1890 celebration
  • Moscow: July 17, 1980 deceased

Soviet mathematician (1890–1980) | Order of Lenin, Lobachevsky Prize (1977), Master of Sport of the USSR, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Medal "For

46. Adam Cygielstrejch

  • Warsaw: March 15, 1886 celebration
  • Warsaw: October 13, 1935 deceased

Polish psychologist | Warsaw: March 15, 1886 - Warsaw: October 13, 1935 | Adam Cygielstrejch | Warsaw: March 15, 1886 - Warsaw: October 13, 1935

47. Georgios Remoundos

  • Athens: March 15, 1878 celebration
  • Mediterranean Sea: April 27, 1928 deceased

Greek mathematician and university professor (1878-1928) | University of Paris, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Varvakeio | Athens: March 15

48. Stanisław Wojciechowski (Stanislaw Wojciechowski)

  • Kalisz: March 15, 1869 celebration
  • Gołąbki: April 9, 1953 deceased

Polish scientist and politician (1869-1953) | Order of the Elephant, Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, Collar of the Order of the White Lion, Order of the

49. Giovanni Emanuele Elia

  • Turin: March 15, 1866 celebration
  • Rome: December 17, 1935 deceased

Italian inventor | Turin: March 15, 1866 - Rome: December 17, 1935 | Giovanni Emanuele Elia | Turin: March 15, 1866 - Rome: December 17, 1935

50. Friedrich Karl Rein

  • Serdobsk Uyezd: March 15, 1866 celebration
  • Moscow: September 30, 1925 deceased

Russian physician (1866-1925) | Moscow State University | Serdobsk Uyezd: March 15, 1866 - Moscow: September 30, 1925 | Friedrich Karl Rein | Serdobsk Uyezd

51. Johan Vaaler

  • Aurskog-Høland Municipality: March 15, 1866 celebration
  • Christiania: March 14, 1910 deceased

Norwegian inventor (1866–1910) | Aurskog-Høland Municipality: March 15, 1866 - Christiania: March 14, 1910 | Johan Vaaler | Aurskog-Høland Municipality

52. Carl Edvard Johansson

  • Fellingsbro parish: March 15, 1864 celebration
  • Eskilstuna Fors församling: September 30, 1943 deceased

Swedish inventor and scientist who invented high-precision gauge blocks | Holley Medal (1939) | Fellingsbro parish: March 15, 1864 - Eskilstuna Fors

53. August Ramsay

  • Dalsbruk: March 15, 1859 celebration
  • Espoo: July 23, 1943 deceased

Finnish politician (1859–1943) | Commander First Class of the Order of the White Rose of Finland (1919), Order of Saint Stanislaus, 3rd class (1893), Order

54. C. V. Boys

  • Rutland: March 15, 1855 celebration
  • Andover: March 30, 1944 deceased

British physicist (1855-1944) | Elliott Cresson Medal (1939), Dennis Gabor Medal and Prize (1924), Royal Medal (1896), Knight Bachelor, Rumford Medal (1924)

55. Joseph Maria Pernter

  • Neumarkt: March 15, 1848 celebration
  • Arco: December 20, 1908 deceased

Austrian scientist (1848-1908) | University of Vienna | Neumarkt: March 15, 1848 - Arco: December 20, 1908 | Joseph Maria Pernter | Neumarkt: March 15, 1848

56. Ferdinand Hurter

  • Schaffhausen: March 15, 1844 celebration
  • Widnes: March 5, 1898 deceased

Swiss chemist (1844–1898) | ETH Zurich, Heidelberg University | Schaffhausen: March 15, 1844 - Widnes: March 5, 1898 | Ferdinand Hurter | Schaffhausen: March

57. Vâčeslav Avksent'evič Manassein (Vaceslav Avksent'evic Manassein)

  • March 15, 1841 celebration
  • Saint Petersburg: January 1, 1901 deceased

Russian physician | Imperial Moscow University, Imperial University of Dorpat | March 15, 1841 - Saint Petersburg: January 1, 1901 | Vâčeslav Avksent'evič

58. Esprit Jouffret

  • Monteux: March 15, 1837 celebration
  • Paris: November 6, 1904 deceased

French mathematician (1837-1904) | Officer of the Legion of Honour | École polytechnique | Monteux: March 15, 1837 - Paris: November 6, 1904 | Esprit Jouffret

59. Albert Stöckl (Albert Stockl)

  • Möhren: March 15, 1823 celebration
  • Eichstätt: November 15, 1895 deceased

German theologian (1823-1895) | Geistlicher Rat (1861) | Roman Catholic seminary in Eichstätt (1843-1924), Willibald-Gymnasium Eichstätt | Möhren: March 15

60. John Addison Porter

  • Catskill: March 15, 1822 celebration
  • New Haven: August 25, 1866 deceased

American physician and chemist | Yale College, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University | Catskill: March 15, 1822 - New Haven: August 25, 1866 | John Addison

61. Johann Josef Loschmidt

  • Počerny: March 15, 1821 celebration
  • Vienna: July 8, 1895 deceased

Austrian chemist and physicist (1821–1895) | Charles University, University of Vienna | Počerny: March 15, 1821 - Vienna: July 8, 1895 | Johann Josef

62. Christian Wilbrandt

  • Zarrentin am Schaalsee: March 15, 1801 celebration
  • June 25, 1867 deceased

German philosopher and politician (1801-1867) | Zarrentin am Schaalsee: March 15, 1801 - June 25, 1867 | Christian Wilbrandt | Zarrentin am Schaalsee: March

63. Johann Rudolf Merian

  • Basel: March 15, 1797 celebration
  • Basel: October 25, 1871 deceased

Swiss mathematician and politician (1797-1871) | Basel: March 15, 1797 - Basel: October 25, 1871 | Johann Rudolf Merian | Basel: March 15, 1797 - Basel: October 25, 1871

64. James Wilson

  • Londonderry: March 15, 1763 celebration
  • Bradford: March 26, 1855 deceased

globe maker from the United States (1763-1855) | Londonderry: March 15, 1763 - Bradford: March 26, 1855 | James Wilson | Londonderry: March 15, 1763

65. Cesare Beccaria

  • Milan: March 15, 1738 celebration
  • Milan: November 20, 1794 deceased

jurist, philosopher and politician from Italy (1738-1794) | On Crimes and Punishments | University of Pavia | Milan: March 15, 1738 - Milan: November 20, 1794

66. Nicolas Louis de Lacaille

  • Rumigny: March 15, 1713 celebration
  • Paris: March 21, 1762 deceased

French astronomer | Fellow of the Royal Society (1760) | Coelum Australe Stelliferum | Collège de Lisieux, Collège de Navarre | Rumigny: March 15, 1713

67. Anselm Desing

  • Amberg: March 15, 1699 celebration
  • Ensdorf: December 17, 1772 deceased

German philosopher, historian and jurist (1699-1772) | Amberg: March 15, 1699 - Ensdorf: December 17, 1772 | Anselm Desing | Amberg: March 15, 1699 - Ensdorf

68. Franciscus Sylvius

  • Hanau: March 15, 1614 celebration
  • Leiden: November 19, 1672 deceased

physician and chemist of Leyden, Netherlands | Academy of Sedan, Leiden University, University of Basel | Hanau: March 15, 1614 - Leiden: November 19, 1672

69. Gerardus Mercator

  • Rupelmonde: March 15, 1512 celebration
  • Duisburg: December 2, 1594 deceased

Flemish geographer, cosmographer and cartographer (1512–1594) | Mercator projection, Mercator 1569 world map, Mercator globe of the Earth (1541), Mercator

70. Juan Luis Vives

  • Valencia: March 15, 1492 celebration
  • Bruges: May 6, 1540 deceased

Spanish philosopher | University of Valencia, University of Paris | Valencia: March 15, 1492 - Bruges: May 6, 1540 | Juan Luis Vives | Valencia: March 15, 1492

71. Francesco Guicciardini

  • Florence: March 15, 1483 celebration
  • Arcetri: June 1, 1540 deceased

Italian writer, historian and politician (1483-1540) | Storia d'Italia, Considerazioni intorno ai 'Discorsi' del Machiavelli, Storie fiorentine, Dialogue on

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