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Charles F. Kettering

  • Loudonville: August 29, 1876 celebration
  • Dayton: November 25, 1958 celebration
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    Loudonville: August 29, 1876  

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    Dayton: November 25, 1958  

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    1. Ohio State University
     

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    1. ASME Medal (1940)
    2. honorary doctor of the University of Miami (1947)
    3. John Scott Award (1936)
    4. Edison Medal (1958)
    5. Washington Award (1936)
    6. National Aviation Hall of Fame (1979)
    7. Hoover Medal (1955)
    8. John Fritz Medal (1944)
    9. Franklin Medal (1936)
    10. National Inventors Hall of Fame (1980)
     

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  • American inventor, engineer, businessman, and the holder of 140 patents (1876–1958) | ASME Medal (1940), honorary doctor of the University of Miami (1947)

1. David Wood

  • Christchurch: August 29, 1971 celebration

New Zealand mathematician | Monash University | Christchurch: August 29, 1971 - Giessen: January 1, 1933 | David Wood | Christchurch: August 29, 1971

2. Assaf Friedler

  • Haifa: August 29, 1971 celebration

researcher | Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Haifa: August 29, 1971 - Tharandt: June 1, 1886 | Assaf Friedler | Haifa: August 29, 1971 - Tharandt: June 1, 1886

3. Anatoly Petrukovich

  • Moscow: August 29, 1967 celebration

researcher | Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology | Moscow: August 29, 1967 - Moscow: March 27, 1805 | Anatoly Petrukovich | Moscow: August 29, 1967

4. Nicholas A. Kotov

  • Moscow: August 29, 1965 celebration

American chemist | Centenary Prize (2024), MRS Medal Award (2014), ACS Award in Colloid Chemistry (2017), UNESCO Medal for Contributions to the Development of

5. Thierry Ménissier (Thierry Menissier)

  • August 29, 1964 celebration

French philosopher | Grenoble Institute of Political Studies | August 29, 1964 - Auburn: May 13, 1944 | Thierry Ménissier (Thierry Menissier) | August 29

6. Nikolaï Petrov (Nikolai Petrov)

  • Sredets: August 29, 1959 celebration

Bulgarian scientist | Sredets: August 29, 1959 - Würzburg: January 13, 1939 | Nikolaï Petrov (Nikolai Petrov) | Sredets: August 29, 1959 - Würzburg: January 13, 1939

7. Stephen Wolfram

  • London: August 29, 1959 celebration

British-American scientist and businessman (born 1959) | MacArthur Fellows Program (1981), Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2013), Friedrich L.

8. Fabrice Pataut

  • Saint-Cloud: August 29, 1957 celebration

French philosopher and writer | Saint-Cloud: August 29, 1957 - Paris: July 14, 1950 | Fabrice Pataut | Saint-Cloud: August 29, 1957 - Paris: July 14, 1950

9. Marc Mézard (Marc Mezard)

  • Aurillac: August 29, 1957 celebration

French physicist | Lars Onsager Prize (2016), CNRS bronze medal (1990), Gay-Lussac-Humboldt-Prize (2009), Prix Ampère (1996), CNRS silver medal (1990)

10. Juha Sihvola

  • Sippola: August 29, 1957 celebration
  • Helsinki: June 14, 2012 deceased

Finnish historian and philosopher | Sippola: August 29, 1957 - Helsinki: June 14, 2012 | Juha Sihvola | Sippola: August 29, 1957 - Helsinki: June 14, 2012

11. Anat Matar

  • Tel Aviv: August 29, 1956 celebration

Israeli philosophy professor | Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv: August 29, 1956 - Tel Aviv: January 1, 1989 | Anat Matar | Tel Aviv: August 29, 1956 - Tel Aviv

12. Krzysztof Jan Kurzydłowski (Krzysztof Jan Kurzydlowski)

  • Lublin: August 29, 1954 celebration

Polish physicist | Gold Cross of Merit, Silver Cross of Merit | Warsaw University of Technology | Lublin: August 29, 1954 - Zurich: December 10, 2011

13. David Boaz

  • Mayfield: August 29, 1953 celebration
  • Arlington County: June 7, 2024 deceased

American libertarian author and editor (1953-2024) | Vanderbilt University | Mayfield: August 29, 1953 - Arlington County: June 7, 2024 | David Boaz

14. Igor Bogdanoff

  • Saint-Lary: August 29, 1949 celebration
  • Georges Pompidou European Hospital: January 3, 2022 deceased

French television producer and presenter | University of Burgundy | Saint-Lary: August 29, 1949 - Georges Pompidou European Hospital: January 3, 2022 | Igor

15. Grichka Bogdanoff

  • Saint-Lary: August 29, 1949 celebration
  • Georges Pompidou European Hospital: December 28, 2021 deceased

French television producer and presenter | University of Burgundy | Saint-Lary: August 29, 1949 - Georges Pompidou European Hospital: December 28, 2021

16. Viktor Aksyuchits

  • Maladziečna District: August 29, 1949 celebration

Soviet philosopher | Moscow University's Department of Philosophy | Maladziečna District: August 29, 1949 - Moscow: January 23, 1953 | Viktor Aksyuchits

17. António Francisco dos Santos (Antonio Francisco dos Santos)

  • Tendais: August 29, 1948 celebration
  • Porto: September 11, 2017 deceased

Portuguese priest (1948-2017) | School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences | Tendais: August 29, 1948 - Porto: September 11, 2017 | António Francisco

18. Robert S. Langer, Jr.

  • Albany: August 29, 1948 celebration

American biomedical engineer | Kavli Prize in Neuroscience (2024), honorary doctor of the Catholic University of Louvain, European Inventor Award (2016)

19. Wilbur Knorr

  • Brooklyn: August 29, 1945 celebration
  • Palo Alto: March 18, 1997 deceased

American historian of mathematics (1945–1997) | Harvard University, University of Cambridge | Brooklyn: August 29, 1945 - Palo Alto: March 18, 1997 | Wilbur

20. Lorenzo Peña (Lorenzo Pena)

  • Alicante: August 29, 1944 celebration

Spanish thinker | Alicante: August 29, 1944 - Naples: December 8, 1769 | Lorenzo Peña (Lorenzo Pena) | Alicante: August 29, 1944 - Naples: December 8, 1769

21. Michèle Vergne (Michele Vergne)

  • L'Isle-Adam: August 29, 1943 celebration

French mathematician | Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2013), Prix Ampère (1997), Honorary doctorate from the University of Geneva (2017)

22. Arthur B. McDonald

  • Sydney: August 29, 1943 celebration

Canadian physicist (born 1943) | Order of Nova Scotia, Henry Marshall Tory Medal (2011), Nobel Prize in Physics (2015), Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

23. Alexander Shiyanov

  • Irgakly: August 29, 1941 celebration
  • Stavropol: October 23, 2017 deceased

scientist | Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin", Honoured Farmworker of the Russian Federation

24. Alberto Passos Guimarães Filho (Alberto Passos Guimaraes Filho)

  • Maceió: August 29, 1939 celebration
  • December 24, 1993 deceased

Brazilian physicist (1939-1993) | National Order of Scientific Merit | Maceió: August 29, 1939 - December 24, 1993 | Alberto Passos Guimarães Filho (Alberto

25. William Fulton

  • Naugatuck: August 29, 1939 celebration

American mathematician | Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement (2010), Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition (1996), Guggenheim Fellowship (1980), Fellow of

26. Eduard Eghiazaryan

  • August 29, 1939 celebration

Bauman Moscow State Technical University | August 29, 1939 - October 1, 2020 | Eduard Eghiazaryan | August 29, 1939 - October 1, 2020 | Bauman Moscow State

27. Oleg Kuznetsov

  • Moscow: August 29, 1938 celebration

Russian geophysicist | Order of Honour, Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class, Russian government prize for science and technology

28. Marek Jaworski

  • Skarżysko-Kamienna: August 29, 1937 celebration

Polish journalist | Gold Cross of Merit, Zasłużony Działacz Kultury, Knight of the Order of Polonia Restituta | Skarżysko-Kamienna: August 29, 1937

29. David J. Roy

  • August 29, 1937 celebration
  • December 28, 2015 deceased

Canadian scientist (1937-2015) | honorary doctorate, Officer of the Order of Canada (1999), honorary doctorate from Dalhousie University, Member of the Order

30. Jan Krysiński (Jan Krysinski)

  • Warsaw: August 29, 1935 celebration
  • February 19, 2025 deceased

professor | Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice, Medal of the National Education Commission, honorary citizen of Łódź, Knight of the Order of Polonia Restituta

31. Jonas Sapagovas

  • August 29, 1935 celebration
  • February 18, 2011 deceased

Ph.D. Vilniaus universitetas 1969 | August 29, 1935 - February 18, 2011 | Jonas Sapagovas | August 29, 1935 - February 18, 2011

32. László Garai (Laszlo Garai)

  • Budapest: August 29, 1935 celebration
  • Budapest: May 25, 2019 deceased

Hungarian psychologist, economist, philosopher, educator | Eötvös Loránd University | Budapest: August 29, 1935 - Budapest: May 25, 2019 | László Garai

33. Sven Erik Jørgensen (Sven Erik Jorgensen)

  • Copenhagen: August 29, 1934 celebration
  • Copenhagen: March 5, 2016 deceased

Danish ecologist and chemist (1934–2016) | Stockholm Water Prize (2004) | University of Copenhagen, Technical University of Denmark, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

34. Shen Chun-shan

  • Nanjing: August 29, 1932 celebration
  • Hsinchu City: September 12, 2018 deceased

Taiwanese physicist (1932-2018) | National Taiwan University, Nanjing Jinling High School | Nanjing: August 29, 1932 - Hsinchu City: September 12, 2018 | Shen

35. Gladys W. Royal

  • Dallas: August 29, 1926 celebration
  • November 9, 2002 deceased

African-American biochemist (1926-2002) | Tuskegee University, Dillard University, Ohio State University | Dallas: August 29, 1926 - November 9, 2002 | Gladys

36. Otis Boykin

  • Dallas: August 29, 1920 celebration
  • Chicago: March 13, 1982 deceased

American inventor and engineer (1920-1982) | National Inventors Hall of Fame (2014) | Fisk University, Illinois Institute of Technology | Dallas: August 29

37. Razia J. Rahimtoola

  • Mumbai: August 29, 1919 celebration
  • Karachi: November 13, 1988 deceased

scientist | Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, Fulbright Scholarship | Mumbai: August 29, 1919 - Karachi: November 13, 1988 | Razia J.

38. Edward R. Hauser

  • La Crosse: August 29, 1916 celebration
  • Fitchburg: September 8, 2014 deceased

American animal scientist (1916-2014) | University of Missouri, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Logan High School, Oklahoma State University–Stillwater

39. Hans Ammeter

  • Geneva: August 29, 1912 celebration
  • Zollikon: March 10, 1986 deceased

Swiss mathematician and professor at ETH Zurich (1912-1986) | honorary doctorate (1964) | Geneva: August 29, 1912 - Zollikon: March 10, 1986 | Hans Ammeter

40. Paweł Szulkin (Pawel Szulkin)

  • Smarhoń: August 29, 1911 celebration
  • Lyon: September 15, 1987 deceased

Polish physicist | Work Flag Order, 2nd class | Supélec | Smarhoń: August 29, 1911 - Lyon: September 15, 1987 | Paweł Szulkin (Pawel Szulkin) | Smarhoń

41. Adolf Siegl

  • August 29, 1908 celebration

German University in Prague, faculty of science, German University in Prague | August 29, 1908 - Prague: July 16, 2012 | Adolf Siegl | August 29, 1908

42. Jerzy Słupecki (Jerzy Slupecki)

  • Harbin: August 29, 1904 celebration
  • Wrocław: January 15, 1987 deceased

Polish mathematical logician (1904-1987) | University of Warsaw, Warsaw University of Technology | Harbin: August 29, 1904 - Wrocław: January 15, 1987 | Jerzy

43. Guido Beck

  • Liberec: August 29, 1903 celebration
  • Rio de Janeiro: October 21, 1988 deceased

German physicist (1903-1988) | honorary doctor of the Technische Universität Darmstadt | University of Vienna | Liberec: August 29, 1903 - Rio de Janeiro

44. Damiaen Joan van Doorninck

  • Vught: August 29, 1902 celebration
  • September 24, 1987 deceased

Dutch naval officer (1902-1987) | Bronze Cross (1945), Officers' Cross (1938) | Vught: August 29, 1902 - September 24, 1987 | Damiaen Joan van Doorninck

45. Oscar D'Agostino

  • Avellino: August 29, 1901 celebration
  • Rome: March 16, 1975 deceased

Italian chemist (1901-1975) | Avellino: August 29, 1901 - Rome: March 16, 1975 | Oscar D'Agostino | Avellino: August 29, 1901 - Rome: March 16, 1975

46. Octave Mannoni

  • Loir-et-Cher: August 29, 1899 celebration
  • Paris: July 30, 1989 deceased

French psychoanalyst (1899–1989) | Loir-et-Cher: August 29, 1899 - Paris: July 30, 1989 | Octave Mannoni | Loir-et-Cher: August 29, 1899 - Paris: July 30, 1989

47. Anna Maria Ciccone

  • Noto: August 29, 1891 celebration
  • Noto: March 29, 1965 deceased

Italian physicist | University of Pisa, Sapienza University of Rome | Noto: August 29, 1891 - Noto: March 29, 1965 | Anna Maria Ciccone | Noto: August 29, 1891

48. Quaesita Cromwell Drake

  • August 29, 1889 celebration
  • August 7, 1967 deceased

American chemist | August 29, 1889 - August 7, 1967 | Quaesita Cromwell Drake | August 29, 1889 - August 7, 1967

49. Stanisław Ruziewicz (Stanislaw Ruziewicz)

  • Kolomyia: August 29, 1889 celebration
  • Lviv: July 12, 1941 deceased

Polish mathematician (1889–1941) | Ruziewicz problem | Lviv University | Kolomyia: August 29, 1889 - Lviv: July 12, 1941 | Stanisław Ruziewicz (Stanislaw

50. Kazimierz Kling

  • Przemyśl: August 29, 1884 celebration
  • Warsaw: June 14, 1942 deceased

Polish chemist | Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta | Lviv University | Przemyśl: August 29, 1884 - Warsaw: June 14, 1942 | Kazimierz Kling

51. Dmytro Dontsov

  • Melitopol: August 29, 1883 celebration
  • Montreal: March 30, 1973 deceased

Ukrainian nationalist writer, publisher, journalist and political thinker (1883–1973) | Faculty of Law, Saint Petersburg State University | Melitopol: August

52. František Novotný (Frantisek Novotny)

  • Hlína: August 29, 1881 celebration
  • Brno: September 20, 1964 deceased

Czech translator and classical philologist (1881–1964) | Gymnázium Josefa Ressela, Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague | Hlína: August 29, 1881

53. Gabriele Rabel

  • Bad Vöslau: August 29, 1880 celebration
  • January 1, 1963 deceased

Austrian physicist and botanist (1880-1963) | University of Vienna | Bad Vöslau: August 29, 1880 - January 1, 1963 | Gabriele Rabel | Bad Vöslau: August 29

54. Han Yong-un

  • Gyeongsang: August 29, 1879 celebration
  • Seoul: June 29, 1944 deceased

Korean writer (1879–1944) | Dongguk University | Gyeongsang: August 29, 1879 - Seoul: June 29, 1944 | Han Yong-un - 한정옥. 유천 | Gyeongsang: August

55. Charles F. Kettering

  • Loudonville: August 29, 1876 celebration
  • Dayton: November 25, 1958 deceased

American inventor, engineer, businessman, and the holder of 140 patents (1876–1958) | ASME Medal (1940), honorary doctor of the University of Miami (1947)

56. Eilhard Alfred Mitscherlich

  • Berlin: August 29, 1874 celebration
  • Paulinenaue: February 3, 1956 deceased

German biologist and botanist (1874-1956) | Honorary doctor of the Humboldt University of Berlin (1954), National Prize of East Germany, Patriotic Order of Merit in Gold

57. María Goyri (Maria Goyri)

  • Madrid: August 29, 1873 celebration
  • Madrid: November 28, 1954 deceased

Spanish hispanist | Universidad Central | Madrid: August 29, 1873 - Madrid: November 28, 1954 | María Goyri - María Amalia Vicenta Goyri (Maria Goyri)

58. Margaretta Palmer

  • Branford: August 29, 1862 celebration
  • New Haven: January 30, 1924 deceased

American astronomer | Yale University, Vassar College | Branford: August 29, 1862 - New Haven: January 30, 1924 | Margaretta Palmer | Branford: August 29, 1862

59. Maurice Maeterlinck

  • Ghent: August 29, 1862 celebration
  • Nice: May 6, 1949 deceased

Belgian playwright and essayist (1862–1949) | Grand Officer of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword, Nobel Prize in Literature (1911), Commander of

60. Ernst Meumann

  • Uerdingen: August 29, 1862 celebration
  • Hamburg: April 26, 1915 deceased

German psychologist, educationist and philosopher (1862–1915) | Leipzig University, University of Tübingen | Uerdingen: August 29, 1862 - Hamburg: April 26, 1915

61. Paul Friedländer (Paul Friedlander)

  • Königsberg: August 29, 1857 celebration
  • Darmstadt: September 4, 1923 deceased

German chemist (1857–1923) | Lieben Prize (1908), Adolf-von-Baeyer Gold Medal (1911) | University of Strasbourg, University of Königsberg

62. August Bernthsen

  • Krefeld: August 29, 1855 celebration
  • Heidelberg: November 26, 1931 deceased

German chemist (1855-1931) | Honorary doctor of the Technical University of Berlin (1925), Honorary doctor of the Heidelberg University (1926) | Heidelberg University

63. Gustaf Ekman

  • August 29, 1852 celebration

honorary degree (1907) | Chalmers University of Technology | August 29, 1852 - Adolf Fredriks parish: January 1, 1890 | Gustaf Ekman | August 29, 1852

64. Moritz von Egidy

  • Mainz: August 29, 1847 celebration
  • Potsdam: December 29, 1898 deceased

German military personnel and philosopher (1847–1898) | Mainz: August 29, 1847 - Potsdam: December 29, 1898 | Moritz von Egidy | Mainz: August 29, 1847

65. Ferdinand Rosenberger

  • Lobeda: August 29, 1845 celebration
  • Oberstdorf: September 11, 1899 deceased

German naturalist and historian of science (1845-1899) | Teachers' seminar, University of Jena | Lobeda: August 29, 1845 - Oberstdorf: September 11, 1899

66. Edward Carpenter

  • Hove: August 29, 1844 celebration
  • Surrey: June 28, 1929 deceased

British poet and academic (1844–1929) | Trinity Hall, Lycée Hoche | Hove: August 29, 1844 - Surrey: June 28, 1929 | Edward Carpenter | Hove: August 29, 1844

67. Václav Starý (Vaclav Stary)

  • August 29, 1842 celebration

August 29, 1842 - Edinburgh: April 4, 1617 | Václav Starý (Vaclav Stary) | August 29, 1842 - Edinburgh: April 4, 1617

68. Ernest Michaux

  • Saint-Brieuc: August 29, 1842 celebration
  • Paris: January 19, 1882 deceased

French inventor (1842-1882) | Saint-Brieuc: August 29, 1842 - Paris: January 19, 1882 | Ernest Michaux | Saint-Brieuc: August 29, 1842 - Paris: January 19, 1882

69. Nicolae Culianu

  • Iași: August 29, 1832 celebration
  • Iași: November 28, 1915 deceased

Romanian astronomer and mathematician (1832-1915) | University of Paris | Iași: August 29, 1832 - Iași: November 28, 1915 | Nicolae Culianu | Iași: August

70. Alphonse Poitevin

  • Conflans-sur-Anille: August 29, 1819 celebration
  • Conflans-sur-Anille: March 4, 1882 deceased

French chemist, photographer and engineer (1819–1882) | Knight of the Legion of Honour (1863) | photolithography, carbon process | École Centrale Paris

71. V. A. Panov

  • August 29, 1819 celebration

Faculty of History and Philology of Moscow University | August 29, 1819 - Tomsk: September 25, 2020 | V. A. Panov | August 29, 1819 - Tomsk: September 25

72. Franz Varrentrapp

  • Frankfurt: August 29, 1815 celebration
  • Brunswick: March 4, 1877 deceased

German chemist (1815–1877) | Friedrich Order | Frankfurt: August 29, 1815 - Brunswick: March 4, 1877 | Franz Varrentrapp | Frankfurt: August 29, 1815

73. Juan Bautista Alverde

  • San Miguel de Tucumán: August 29, 1810 celebration
  • Neuilly-sur-Seine: June 19, 1884 deceased

Argentinian politician, lawyer and diplomat (1810–1884) | Bases y puntos de partida para la organización política de la República Argentina | National

74. Frederick Denison Maurice

  • Normanston: August 29, 1805 celebration
  • London: April 1, 1872 deceased

English theologian, religious author and Christian Socialist (1805-1872) | Exeter College, Trinity Hall | Normanston: August 29, 1805 - London: April 1, 1872

75. Philipp Lorenz Geiger

  • Freinsheim: August 29, 1785 celebration
  • Heidelberg: January 19, 1836 deceased

German chemist and pharmacist (1785-1836) | Freinsheim: August 29, 1785 - Heidelberg: January 19, 1836 | Philipp Lorenz Geiger | Freinsheim: August 29, 1785

76. William Allen

  • Spitalfields: August 29, 1770 celebration
  • Stoke Newington: September 29, 1843 deceased

English scientist and philanthropist | Fellow of the Royal Society, Fellow of the Linnean Society of London | Spitalfields: August 29, 1770 - Stoke Newington

77. Jan Śniadecki (Jan Sniadecki)

  • Żnin: August 29, 1756 celebration
  • Jašiūnai: November 9, 1830 deceased

Polish mathematician, philosopher and astronomer (1756-1830) | Bartłomiej Nowodworski High School, University of Göttingen, Lubrański Academy, Liceum

78. Johan Rudolph Deiman

  • Hage: August 29, 1743 celebration
  • Amsterdam: January 15, 1808 deceased

Dutch physician and chemist | Hage: August 29, 1743 - Amsterdam: January 15, 1808 | Johan Rudolph Deiman | Hage: August 29, 1743 - Amsterdam: January 15, 1808

79. Jacob Vernet

  • Geneva: August 29, 1698 celebration
  • Geneva: March 26, 1789 deceased

Genevan theologian (1698-1789) | University of Geneva | Geneva: August 29, 1698 - Geneva: March 26, 1789 | Jacob Vernet | Geneva: August 29, 1698 - Geneva

80. Lodovico Guicciardini

  • Florence: August 29, 1521 celebration
  • Antwerp: March 22, 1589 deceased

Italian historian (1521-1589) | Florence: August 29, 1521 - Antwerp: March 22, 1589 | Lodovico Guicciardini | Florence: August 29, 1521 - Antwerp: March 22, 1589

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