Gerhard Herzberg

Swedish physicist and science journalist | The Alvar Appeltofft Memorial Award (2000) | December 25, 1975 - Berlin: December 11, 2016 | Anna Davour | December

German-American mathematician | Carol Karp Prize (2018), Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2013) | University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign | Bad

German politician | Leibniz University Hannover | Hanover: December 25, 1967 - Syracuse: October 22, 2002 | Yasmin Fahimi | Hanover: December 25, 1967

German mathematician | Humboldt University of Berlin, University of Greifswald | Berlin: December 25, 1963 - Cascia: May 22, 1457 | Ulrich Bunke | Berlin

Ukrainian film director and high school teacher in Kharkiv | Kharkiv: December 25, 1962 - January 1, 1967 | Lydia Starodubtseva | Kharkiv: December 25, 1962

German chemist and politician | Weimar: December 25, 1962 - Sydney: June 20, 1994 | Simone Raatz | Weimar: December 25, 1962 - Sydney: June 20, 1994

Armenian physicist | Yerevan State University | Yerevan: December 25, 1959 - August 16, 1943 | Aram Papoyan | Yerevan: December 25, 1959 - August 16, 1943

astronaut, scientist (1959-2003) | NASA Distinguished Service Medal (2003), Congressional Space Medal of Honor (2004) | Creighton University, Cheney High

Czech university teacher, numerical mathematician working in sparse matrix computations | Jilemnice: December 25, 1958 - Sucy-en-Brie: August 21, 1937

December 25, 1957 - Paris: November 15, 1591 | Douglas Culpon | December 25, 1957 - Paris: November 15, 1591

researcher ORCID ID = 0000-0001-9290-6421 | Grand prix Pierre-Süe (2010), Geoffrey Wilkinson Award (2009), CNRS silver medal (1997) | December 25, 1953 - Los

American cosmologist | ICTP Dirac Medal (2002), John Scott Award (2012), Clarivate Citation Laureates (2006), Guggenheim Fellowship, Oliver E. Buckley

Russian-American academic | Steklov Institute of Mathematics, Moscow State University | Oral: December 25, 1951 - Zurich: July 19, 1919 | Sergei Artemov

Chilean mathematician (born 1951) | Internet Hall of Fame (2017) | Grenoble Alpes University, University of Chile | Ancud: December 25, 1951 - Tel Aviv: October 25, 2019

mathematician in Japan | Saruhashi Prize (1995), Algebra Award (2011), Imperial Prize of Japan Academy (2021) | Tokyo Metropolitan University, Waseda

German philosopher | Siegen: December 25, 1950 - Minusio: December 26, 1960 | Wolfgang Neuser | Siegen: December 25, 1950 - Minusio: December 26, 1960

Azerbaijani mathematician | Gubadly District: December 25, 1949 - Baku: October 22, 2007 | Rizvan Pashayev | Gubadly District: December 25, 1949 - Baku: October 22, 2007

German mathematician | University of Hamburg | Kiel: December 25, 1949 - Blackheath: October 20, 1947 | Kay Wingberg | Kiel: December 25, 1949 - Blackheath

American philosopher | Guggenheim Fellowship | University of Pittsburgh, University of Illinois system, New York University | Far Rockaway: December 25, 1947

Austrian chemist | Graz: December 25, 1946 - November 1, 1996 | Christoph Kratky | Graz: December 25, 1946 - November 1, 1996

Swedish physicist | Chalmers University of Technology | Helsingborg: December 25, 1946 - Alexandria: October 3, 2017 | Claes-Göran Granqvist (Claes-Goran

Bangladeshi academic | University of Dhaka | Bagerhat District: December 25, 1945 - June 11, 2016 | Syed Safiullah | Bagerhat District: December 25, 1945 - June 11, 2016

Japanese mathematician | University of Göttingen | December 25, 1944 - Saint Petersburg: April 9, 2012 | Kyōji Saitō (Kyoji Saito) | December 25, 1944

scientist | Baljuvon District: December 25, 1941 - February 18, 2014 | Khudoynazar Asozoda | Baljuvon District: December 25, 1941 - February 18, 2014

American football player (1941-2019) | Abilene High School | Muenster: December 25, 1941 - Austin: August 8, 2019 | Dave Parks | Muenster: December 25, 1941

Polish politician and deputy | Odznaka Honorowa za Zasługi dla Samorządu Terytorialnego (2015), Order of the White Eagle (2020), Commander with Star of the

Ludwig-Maximilian-University in Munich | December 25, 1939 - Cambridge: February 16, 1998 | Bernhard C. Lippold | December 25, 1939 - Cambridge: February 16, 1998

Azerbaijani mathematician | Baku State University | Baku: December 25, 1938 - December 31, 2024 | Jamal Mammadkhanov | Baku: December 25, 1938 - December 31, 2024

American mathematician | Occidental College, California Institute of Technology | Culver City: December 25, 1938 - Geneva: March 3, 1984 | Lorraine Foster

December 25, 1935 - Metapontum: January 1, -0490 | Edison Reis Lopes | December 25, 1935 - Metapontum: January 1, -0490

scientist and former director at Van Andel Research Institute in Michigan studying breast cancer (1935-2021) | Fellow of the American Association for the

Polish mathematician (1933-2008) | Medal of the National Education Commission, Gold Cross of Merit, honorary doctorate from University of Orléans (2002)

German mathematician (1931-2011) | Max Planck Research Award (1993) | Mannheim: December 25, 1931 - Constance: July 9, 2011 | Klaus Kirchgässner (Klaus

Azerbaijani scientist | Medal "Veteran of Labour" (1989), Jubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Medal "For Valiant Labour

Ph.D. ETH Zürich 1955 | ETH Zurich | December 25, 1927 - June 2, 2002 | Max Anliker | December 25, 1927 - June 2, 2002 | ETH Zurich

American psychologist (1926–2017) | Viktor Frankl Award (2007) | focusing | University of Chicago | Vienna: December 25, 1926 - New York City: May 1, 2017

Slovenian physicist | University of Alberta, Lund University, University of Ljubljana, University of Pittsburgh | Ljubljana: December 25, 1926 - Edmonton

Chilean philosopher | National Prize for Humanities and Social Sciences (2011), Jorge Millas Award (2006) | University of Freiburg, Instituto Pedagógico

Chinese nuclear physicist (1924-2011) | honorary doctor of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HLHL Science and Technology Achievement Award (1996), Member

French historian, literary critic, and philosopher of social science | honorary doctor of the University of Padua, William Riley Parker Prize (1965), Knight of

Russian mathematician (1920-2020) | Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Jubilee Medal "70 Years of Victory in the

businessperson | Odesa: December 25, 1920 - Israel: September 26, 2011 | Michael Shor | Odesa: December 25, 1920 - Israel: September 26, 2011

American physicist | Fellow of the American Physical Society, Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award (1961) | Harvard University, Cornell University | New York City

Russian scientist, aeronautical engineer, aviator (1917-2019) | Honoured aircraft engineer, Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War

Swedish scientist (1915-1999) | Karolinska Institutet | Sala parish: December 25, 1915 - Lunds Allhelgonaförsamling: October 18, 1999 | Erik Wallenberg | Sala

American physicist (1911–1990) | Guggenheim Fellowship (1949), Fellow of the American Physical Society | University of Michigan | Michigan City: December 25

Georgian physicist | USSR State Prize (1978), Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Order of Lenin, Stalin Prize (1952) | Peter the Great Saint Petersburg State

Mathematician, humanist, writer and academician Basque Spanish in Basque and Spanish. | Manuel Lekuona Award (1991) | Complutense University of Madrid

Norwegian-Swedish statistician, economist (1908-1992) | Fellow of the Econometric Society (1946), Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (1946)

Honored Scientist of the Azerbaijan SSR, Medal "Veteran of Labour", Order of the Badge of Honour, Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary

German mathematician (1905-1989) | honorary doctorate of the University of Montpellier (1965), honorary doctor of the Saarland University (1981), Carl

Bandung Institute of Technology | December 25, 1904 - Basel: January 21, 2004 | R.M. Suwandi | December 25, 1904 - Basel: January 21, 2004 | Bandung

Chinese chemist | Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (1955) | Yangzhou High School of Jiangsu Province | December 25, 1902 - Nanjing: August 2, 1962

Dutch mathematician and university professor | Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion (1955), Commander of the Order of Orange-Nassau (1959) | Bottema's theorem

German inventor (1900-1985) | Munich: December 25, 1900 - Wildhaus: November 16, 1985 | Ludwig Bertele | Munich: December 25, 1900 - Wildhaus: November 16, 1985

American physicist (1898–1977) | National Medal of Science (1967), Howard N. Potts Medal (1942) | University of Virginia, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Jewish theologian and philosopher (1886-1929) | The Star of Redemption | University of Freiburg | Kassel: December 25, 1886 - Frankfurt: December 10, 1929

German physicist (1885–1968) | Carl Friedrich Gauss Medal (1965), Ludwig-Prandtl-Ring (1958), Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic

Mexican mathematician (1884–1935) | Faculty of Engineering, Escuela Nacional Preparatoria | Guadalajara: December 25, 1884 - Mexico City: May 22, 1935

German politician and biophysicist (1883–1968) | Goethe award of Berlin (1958), Hervorragender Wissenschaftler des Volkes (1953), National Prize of East

English chemist and statistician (1883-1919) | Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society (1913), Officer of the Order of the British Empire (1918) | University

Israeli philosopher born in Austria-Hungary (1883-1975) | Tchernichowsky Prize, Israel Prize (1974), Israel Prize (1954) | philosophy faculty of the German

Norwegian engineer and informatician (1882–1925) | Christiania: December 25, 1882 - June 7, 1925 | Fredrik Rosing Bull | Christiania: December 25, 1882 - June 7, 1925

December 25, 1880 - Bucharest: April 21, 1882 | Carl Munthe | December 25, 1880 - Bucharest: April 21, 1882

Bulgarian philosopher (1880–1967) | Sofia University | Kırklareli: December 25, 1880 - Sofia: January 18, 1967 | Dimităr Mikhaltsjev (Dimitar Mikhaltsjev)

December 25, 1876 - Molières-Cavaillac: July 13, 2023 | Étienne Mollier (Etienne Mollier) | December 25, 1876 - Molières-Cavaillac: July 13, 2023

German chemist (1876-1959) | Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order, Adolf-von-Baeyer Gold Medal (1927), Goethe Medal for Art and Science (1941), Nobel

Danish physician, physiologist and nutritionist | Tagea Brandt Rejselegat (1930) | N. Zahle's School, University of Copenhagen | Husby Parish: December 25

Chinese linguist (1868-1936) | Yuhang District: December 25, 1868 - Suzhou: June 14, 1936 | Chang Ping-lin - 學乘 | Yuhang District: December 25, 1868

United States general (1867-1941) | Distinguished Service Medal | Thomas Jefferson University, Transylvania University | Weston: December 25, 1867

American pathologist (1866–1943) | John Scott Award (1936) | Amherst College, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons | Pittsburgh

Argentinian psychiatrist | Bavaria: December 25, 1866 - Buenos Aires: May 6, 1956 | Christofredo Jakob | Bavaria: December 25, 1866 - Buenos Aires: May 6, 1956

Polish physician and anatomist | Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Commander with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Gold Cross of Merit

Indian educator and politician | Bharat Ratna | University of Allahabad, University of Calcutta | Prayagraj: December 25, 1861 - Varanasi: November 12, 1946

Maltese activist and philosopher (1860-1921) | Valletta: December 25, 1860 - Victoria College: April 17, 1921 | Manwel Dimech | Valletta: December 25, 1860

American Zionist leader, industrialist and innovator | Ukmergė: December 25, 1860 - Tel Aviv: October 10, 1941 | Samuel S. Bloom | Ukmergė: December 25, 1860

Japanese philosopher (1856–1944) | Order of the Sacred Treasure, 2nd Class | Leipzig University, Heidelberg University, University of Tokyo | Dazaifu

United States mining engineer and inventor (1851–1914) | Perkin Medal (1912) | Oberrot: December 25, 1851 - Paris: May 1, 1914 | Herman Frasch | Oberrot

American engineer (1850–1913) | Needham: December 25, 1850 - Boston: January 20, 1913 | Francis Blake | Needham: December 25, 1850 - Boston: January 20, 1913

Polish chemist (1848-1882) | Szkoła Główna Warszawska | Warsaw: December 25, 1848 - Kraków: February 26, 1882 | Julian Grabowski | Warsaw: December 25

Russian engineer and chemist (1848-1883) | St. Petersburg Practical Institute of Technology | Saint Petersburg: December 25, 1848 - Tbilisi: May 15, 1883

Polish chemist | Łąck: December 25, 1848 - Warsaw: January 1, 1920 | Władysław Leppert (Wladyslaw Leppert) | Łąck: December 25, 1848 - Warsaw: January 1, 1920

German chemist (1848–1925) | honorary doctor of the Vienna Technical University | Wunsiedel: December 25, 1848 - Karlsruhe: August 17, 1925 | Hans Bunte

German chemist | University of Göttingen, University of Greifswald, Heidelberg University | Leipzig: December 25, 1845 - Berlin: January 15, 1883 | Karl

British inventor (1845–1910) | December 25, 1845 - January 1, 1910 | Charles Batchelor | December 25, 1845 - January 1, 1910

Hungarian philosopher, father of Theodore von Kármán (1843–1915) | Szeged: December 25, 1843 - Budapest: October 14, 1915 | Mór Kármán (Mor Karman)

University of Jena, University of Giessen, Heidelberg University, University of Paris | December 25, 1843 - Córdoba: January 1, 0887 | Eugène de Roberty

Chinese scholar and official (1821–1907) | December 25, 1821 - February 5, 1906 | Yu Yue | December 25, 1821 - February 5, 1906

American mathematician (1813–1892) | Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences | Harvard University | Boston: December 25, 1813 - Boston: January 18, 1892

German chemist (1812–1864) | Heidelberg University | Stargard: December 25, 1812 - Berlin: February 18, 1864 | Ludwig Wilhelmy | Stargard: December 25, 1812

Colombian writer, chorographer | University of Havana | Fontibón: December 25, 1812 - Bogotá: March 21, 1882 | Manuel Ancízar (Manuel Ancizar) | Fontibón

American beekeeper (1810–1895) | National Inventors Hall of Fame (2007) | Yale University | Philadelphia: December 25, 1810 - Dayton: October 6, 1895 | L. L.

December 25, 1805 - Białokosz: November 21, 1827 | Eduard Bartelmus | December 25, 1805 - Białokosz: November 21, 1827

Scottish physician and chemist (1803–1858) | Fellow of the Chemical Society, Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh | University of Giessen | Edinburgh

English industrial chemist (1796-1858) | Fellow of the Royal Society | Alston: December 25, 1796 - November 11, 1858 | Hugh Lee Pattinson | Alston: December

painter (1795-1870) | Baja: December 25, 1795 - Pest: January 7, 1870 | József Kliegl (Jozsef Kliegl) | Baja: December 25, 1795 - Pest: January 7, 1870

Italian scientist (1785-1867) | Parma: December 25, 1785 - Fontanellato: October 3, 1867 | Jacopo Sanvitale | Parma: December 25, 1785 - Fontanellato: October 3, 1867

French inventor | Prytanée National Militaire, Lycée Pierre-Corneille | Brûlon: December 25, 1763 - Paris: January 23, 1805 | Claude Chappe | Brûlon

French pamphleteer, diplomat, spy and political adventurer | Montpellier: December 25, 1753 - Barnes: July 22, 1812 | Louis-Alexandre de Launay, comte

Spanish philosopher and writer | Valencia: December 25, 1738 - Valencia: March 22, 1806 | Manuel Lassala | Valencia: December 25, 1738 - Valencia: March 22, 1806

American diplomat (1730-1816) | University of Florence | Poggio a Caiano: December 25, 1730 - Pisa: March 19, 1816 | Philip Mazzei | Poggio a Caiano: December

German theologian | Jena: December 25, 1726 - Göttingen: March 10, 1784 | Christian Wilhelm Franz Walch | Jena: December 25, 1726 - Göttingen: March 10, 1784

figure of the Scottish Enlightenment, born 1719 | University of Aberdeen, University of Edinburgh | Aberdeen: December 25, 1719 - Aberdeen: April 6, 1796

Scottish physician (1652–1713) | University of Edinburgh, University of Paris, Leiden University | Edinburgh: December 25, 1652 - Edinburgh: October 17, 1713

Mathematician and philosopher | University of Basel, University of Greifswald | Gryfice: December 25, 1610 - Giessen: February 13, 1688 | David Christiani

Dutch astronomer and medical academic | Leiden University | Bruges: December 25, 1564 - Groningen: September 5, 1630 | Nicolaus Mulerius | Bruges: December 25