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  • New Haven: September 29, 1925 celebration
  • Pasadena: August 28, 2007 celebration
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    New Haven: September 29, 1925  

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    1. Hopkins School
    2. California Institute of Technology
    3. Yale University
     

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    1. National Aviation Hall of Fame (1991)
    2. Lilienthal Gliding Medal
    3. Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
    4. Heinz Award (2003)
    5. Daniel Guggenheim Medal (1987)
    6. Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science (2003)
    7. National Inventors Hall of Fame (2015)
     

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  • American aeronautical engineer (1925-2007) | National Aviation Hall of Fame (1991), Lilienthal Gliding Medal, Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry

1. Henry Sardaryan

  • Yerevan: September 29, 1989 celebration

Russian politician | Moscow State Institute of International Relations | Yerevan: September 29, 1989 - December 30, 2016 | Henry Sardaryan | Yerevan: September

2. Hilary Greaves

  • Cardiff: September 29, 1978 celebration

British philosopher | University of Oxford | Cardiff: September 29, 1978 - Göttingen: February 23, 1855 | Hilary Greaves | Cardiff: September 29, 1978

3. Könül Abdulrəhimova (Konul Abdulrəhimova)

  • Baku: September 29, 1976 celebration

Azerbaijani scientist | Azerbaijan University of Languages | Baku: September 29, 1976 - Baku: January 1, 1992 | Könül Abdulrəhimova (Konul Abdulrəhimova)

4. Bruno Andreotti

  • Chenôve: September 29, 1972 celebration

French physicist | Holweck Prize (2022) | École Normale Supérieure | Chenôve: September 29, 1972 - New York City: May 2, 1900 | Bruno Andreotti | Chenôve

5. Fabrice Midal

  • Paris: September 29, 1967 celebration

French philosopher | University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne | Paris: September 29, 1967 - Santiago de Compostela: March 21, 1961 | Fabrice Midal | Paris

6. Pete Moore

  • Abingdon-on-Thames: September 29, 1962 celebration

English science writer, author, speaker and futurist | University of Reading | Abingdon-on-Thames: September 29, 1962 - Belgrade: October 29, 2006 | Pete Moore

7. Anamaría Font (Anamaria Font)

  • Anaco: September 29, 1959 celebration

Venezuelan physicist | BBC 100 Women (2023) | University of Texas at Austin | Anaco: September 29, 1959 - Budapest: June 8, 2000 | Anamaría Font (Anamaria

8. Giulio Prisco

  • Naples: September 29, 1957 celebration

Italian computer scientist | Naples: September 29, 1957 - Edinburgh: December 5, 1770 | Giulio Prisco | Naples: September 29, 1957 - Edinburgh: December 5, 1770

9. Sabine Prokhoris

  • Athens: September 29, 1957 celebration

French psychoanalyst | Paris Diderot University, École normale supérieure de jeunes filles | Athens: September 29, 1957 - Lidingö: September 17, 2008

10. Ailton Krenak

  • Itabirinha de Mantena: September 29, 1953 celebration

Brazilian indigenous activist, writer and philosopher | Juca Pato Prize (2020), Ordem do Mérito Cultural (2008) | Federal University of Juiz de Fora

11. Jon Shanklin

  • Wrexham: September 29, 1953 celebration

British scientist | Chree Medal and Prize (2001) | University of Cambridge | Wrexham: September 29, 1953 - March 26, 2016 | Jon Shanklin | Wrexham: September

12. Konstantin Lobanov

  • Roslavl: September 29, 1952 celebration

Russian geologist | Moscow State University Faculty of Geology | Roslavl: September 29, 1952 - January 1, 2017 | Konstantin Lobanov | Roslavl: September 29

13. Jacek Guliński (Jacek Gulinski)

  • Poznań: September 29, 1950 celebration

Polish chemist | Gold Cross of Merit, Knight of the Order of Polonia Restituta | Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań | Poznań: September 29, 1950 - Rome

14. Itamar Procaccia

  • Tel Aviv: September 29, 1949 celebration

Israeli physicist | Leo P. Kadanoff Prize (2023), Fellow of the American Physical Society | Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Tel Aviv: September 29, 1949

15. Søren Asmussen (Soren Asmussen)

  • September 29, 1946 celebration

Danish mathematician | honorary doctor of Heriot-Watt University, Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (2003), John von Neumann Theory Prize (2010)

16. Neil Cherry

  • Christchurch: September 29, 1946 celebration
  • May 24, 2003 deceased

New Zealand scientist (1946–2003) | Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (2001) | University of Canterbury | Christchurch: September 29, 1946 - May 24, 2003

17. Valentin Zaytsev

  • September 29, 1945 celebration

Peter the Great Saint Petersburg State Polytechnical University | September 29, 1945 - Moscow: March 2, 1933 | Valentin Zaytsev | September 29, 1945

18. Andrzej Kobos

  • September 29, 1943 celebration
  • Kraków: November 20, 2024 deceased

Polish physicist | Jagiellonian University | September 29, 1943 - Kraków: November 20, 2024 | Andrzej Kobos | September 29, 1943 - Kraków: November 20, 2024

19. John Sexton

  • Brooklyn: September 29, 1942 celebration

American lawyer and academic | Fordham University, Brooklyn Preparatory School, Harvard Law School | Brooklyn: September 29, 1942 - January 1, 1386 | John

20. Dianne Kasnic Prinz

  • September 29, 1938 celebration
  • October 12, 2002 deceased

American scientist | Ambridge Area High School | September 29, 1938 - October 12, 2002 | Dianne Kasnic Prinz | September 29, 1938 - October 12, 2002 | Ambridge

21. Michael Devitt

  • September 29, 1938 celebration

Australian philosopher | Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities (1985) | Harvard University, University of Sydney | September 29, 1938 - September 22, 1952

22. Jerzy Tarasiewicz

  • Vilnius: September 29, 1937 celebration
  • November 14, 2017 deceased

sailor | Vilnius: September 29, 1937 - November 14, 2017 | Jerzy Tarasiewicz | Vilnius: September 29, 1937 - November 14, 2017

23. Henryk Furmanik

  • Chorzów: September 29, 1937 celebration
  • Saint Elias Mountains: August 29, 1974 deceased

Polish mountaineer, chemical engineer | Chorzów: September 29, 1937 - Saint Elias Mountains: August 29, 1974 | Henryk Furmanik | Chorzów: September 29, 1937

24. Bernard Decomps

  • Metz: September 29, 1936 celebration
  • 15th arrondissement of Paris: November 8, 2016 deceased

French physicist (1936–2016) | Knight of the Legion of Honour | École Normale Supérieure | Metz: September 29, 1936 - 15th arrondissement of Paris: November 8, 2016

25. Hillel Furstenberg

  • Berlin: September 29, 1935 celebration

German-born US–Israeli mathematician | Abel Prize (2020), Israel Prize (1993), honorary doctor of the University of Rennes I (2007), Harvey Prize (1993)

26. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

  • Rijeka: September 29, 1934 celebration
  • Claremont: October 20, 2021 deceased

Hungarian-American psychologist (1934–2021) | James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award (2013), Széchenyi Prize (2011) | University of Chicago | Rijeka: September

27. Rainer Weiss

  • Berlin: September 29, 1932 celebration

American physicist | Einstein Prize (2007), Clarivate Citation Laureates (2016), Gruber Prize in Cosmology (2016), Kavli Prize in Astrophysics (2016)

28. German Gavrilovich Pestov

  • September 29, 1932 celebration
  • August 18, 2015 deceased

Soviet and Russian mathematician (*1932 – †2015) | September 29, 1932 - August 18, 2015 | German Gavrilovich Pestov | September 29, 1932 - August 18, 2015

29. James Cronin

  • Chicago: September 29, 1931 celebration
  • Saint Paul: August 25, 2016 deceased

American physicist | Guggenheim Fellowship, Fellow of the American Physical Society, doctor honoris causa from the Pierre and Marie Curie University (1994)

30. Michael D. Morley

  • Youngstown: September 29, 1930 celebration
  • Sayre: October 11, 2020 deceased

American mathematician (1930–2020) | Steele Prize for Seminal Contribution to Research (2003) | University of Chicago, University of California, Berkeley

31. André Rousset (Andre Rousset)

  • Lunel: September 29, 1930 celebration
  • 15th arrondissement of Paris: July 1, 2001 deceased

French physicist | Officer of the French Order of Academic Palms, Knight of the National Order of Merit | Science Faculty of Paris, École polytechnique

32. Amos de-Shalit

  • Jerusalem: September 29, 1926 celebration
  • Israel: September 2, 1969 deceased

Israeli physicist (1926–1969) | Israel Prize (1965) | nuclear shell model | Ironi Alef High School, ETH Zurich, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem

33. Paul MacCready

  • New Haven: September 29, 1925 celebration
  • Pasadena: August 28, 2007 deceased

American aeronautical engineer (1925-2007) | National Aviation Hall of Fame (1991), Lilienthal Gliding Medal, Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry

34. Jon Myer

  • September 29, 1922 celebration
  • August 30, 2001 deceased

American experimental physicist and inventor (1922-2001) | September 29, 1922 - August 30, 2001 | Jon Myer | September 29, 1922 - August 30, 2001

35. Peter D. Mitchell

  • Surrey: September 29, 1920 celebration
  • Bodmin: April 10, 1992 deceased

British biochemist (1920-1992) | Fellow of the Royal Society, Copley Medal (1981), Novartis Medal and Prize (1973), Rosenstiel Award (1976), Nobel Prize in

36. Béla Krekó (Bela Kreko)

  • Kisbér: September 29, 1915 celebration
  • Budapest: December 7, 1994 deceased

Hungarian mathematician (1915-1994) | Order of Labour (1980) | Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Eötvös Loránd University | Kisbér

37. Reginald Victor Jones

  • Herne Hill: September 29, 1911 celebration
  • Aberdeen: December 17, 1997 deceased

World War II scientist (1911-1997) | Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Dennis Gabor Medal and Prize (1960), honorary doctor of the University of

38. Dimitar Ivanchev

  • Butan: September 29, 1910 celebration
  • March 12, 1990 deceased

Bulgarian philosopher and bibliographer | Sofia University, University of Tübingen (1943), Frederick William University Berlin | Butan: September 29, 1910

39. Maria Maddalena Rossi

  • Codevilla: September 29, 1906 celebration
  • Milan: September 19, 1995 deceased

Italian politician (1906–1995) | University of Pavia | Codevilla: September 29, 1906 - Milan: September 19, 1995 | Maria Maddalena Rossi | Codevilla

40. Michał Halaunbrenner (Michal Halaunbrenner)

  • Ternopil: September 29, 1901 celebration
  • Kraków: March 24, 1976 deceased

Polish physicist | Ternopil: September 29, 1901 - Kraków: March 24, 1976 | Michał Halaunbrenner (Michal Halaunbrenner) | Ternopil: September 29, 1901

41. Lanza del Vasto

  • San Vito dei Normanni: September 29, 1901 celebration
  • Albacete Province: January 5, 1981 deceased

philosopher, poet, artist, activist (1901–1981) | Lycée Condorcet | San Vito dei Normanni: September 29, 1901 - Albacete Province: January 5, 1981 | Lanza

42. Enrico Fermi

  • Rome: September 29, 1901 celebration
  • Chicago: November 28, 1954 deceased

Italian–American physicist (1901–1954) | Silliman Memorial Lectures (1949), Henry Norris Russell Lectureship (1953), Fellow of the American Physical

43. Lev Shubnikov

  • Saint Petersburg: September 29, 1901 celebration
  • Soviet Union: November 10, 1937 deceased

Russian physicist (1901–1937) | Peter the Great Saint Petersburg State Polytechnical University, Saint Petersburg State University | Saint Petersburg

44. László Bíró (Laszlo Biro)

  • Budapest: September 29, 1899 celebration
  • Buenos Aires: October 24, 1985 deceased

Hungarian inventor (1899–1985) | National Inventors Hall of Fame (2007) | Budapest: September 29, 1899 - Buenos Aires: October 24, 1985 | László Bíró

45. Trofim Lysenko

  • Karlivka: September 29, 1898 celebration
  • Moscow: November 20, 1976 deceased

Soviet agronomist and biologist (1898-1976) | Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Order of Lenin (1961), Order of Lenin (1958)

46. George C. Hale

  • September 29, 1891 celebration
  • Dugger: November 3, 1948 deceased

Chemist (1891-1948) | Indiana University Bloomington | September 29, 1891 - Dugger: November 3, 1948 | George C. Hale | September 29, 1891 - Dugger: November 3, 1948

47. Ensio Kivikoski

  • Vyborg: September 29, 1891 celebration
  • Helsinki: November 22, 1973 deceased

Finnish mathematician | University of Helsinki | Vyborg: September 29, 1891 - Helsinki: November 22, 1973 | Ensio Kivikoski | Vyborg: September 29, 1891

48. Jan Prot

  • Warsaw: September 29, 1891 celebration
  • London: July 19, 1957 deceased

Officer of the Polish Army | Officer of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Silver Cross of the Virtuti Militari, Gold Cross of Merit, Cross of Independence, Cross

49. Wu Yunchu

  • September 29, 1891 celebration
  • October 15, 1953 deceased

chemist | September 29, 1891 - October 15, 1953 | Wu Yunchu | September 29, 1891 - October 15, 1953

50. Ahmad Kasravi

  • Tabriz: September 29, 1890 celebration
  • Tehran: March 11, 1946 deceased

Iranian academic (1890–1946) | History of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution, The Forgotten Kings, Shiʿism, Azari or the Ancient Language of Azerbaijan

51. Moses Schönfinkel (Moses Schonfinkel)

  • Dnipro: September 29, 1888 celebration
  • Moscow: January 1, 1942 deceased

Russian logician and mathematician (1888–1942) | Bernays–Schönfinkel class | Odesa University | Dnipro: September 29, 1888 - Moscow: January 1, 1942

52. Vladimir Makarov

  • Vologda Oblast: September 29, 1885 celebration
  • Saint Petersburg: February 27, 1970 deceased

Historian, museologist (1885–1970) | Vologda Oblast: September 29, 1885 - Saint Petersburg: February 27, 1970 | Vladimir Makarov | Vologda Oblast: September

53. Otto Lellep

  • Vana-Võidu: September 29, 1884 celebration
  • Fort Myers: October 18, 1975 deceased

American metallurgical engineer and inventor of Estonian origin | Tallinn Secondary School of Science, Technical University of Braunschweig, Clausthal

54. Zygmunt Zawirski

  • Mala Berezovytsia: September 29, 1882 celebration
  • Końskie: April 2, 1948 deceased

philosopher, logician, historian of science | Lviv University | Mala Berezovytsia: September 29, 1882 - Końskie: April 2, 1948 | Zygmunt Zawirski | Mala

55. Wacław Dziewulski (Waclaw Dziewulski)

  • Warsaw: September 29, 1882 celebration
  • Vilnius: August 10, 1938 deceased

Polish physicist | Cross of Valour, Gold Cross of Merit (1929), Cross of Independence (1931) | Warsaw University of Technology | Warsaw: September 29, 1882

56. Ludwig von Mises

  • Lviv: September 29, 1881 celebration
  • New York City: October 10, 1973 deceased

Austrian-American economist (1881–1973) | Austrian Decoration for Science and Art (1962), Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association | Human Action

57. Armand de Gramont

  • Paris: September 29, 1879 celebration
  • Mortefontaine: August 2, 1962 deceased

French scientific aristocrat (1879-1962) | Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour, honorary doctorate at the Laval University (1948) | Science Faculty of Paris

58. Louise Sherwood McDowell

  • Wayne: September 29, 1876 celebration
  • Wellesley: July 6, 1966 deceased

physicist (1876-1966) | Fellow of the American Physical Society, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1915) | Cornell University

59. Gaetano Scorza

  • Morano Calabro: September 29, 1876 celebration
  • Rome: August 6, 1939 deceased

Italian mathematician (1876-1939) | Scorza variety | University of Pisa | Morano Calabro: September 29, 1876 - Rome: August 6, 1939 | Gaetano Scorza

60. Gustav Mie

  • Rostock: September 29, 1868 celebration
  • Freiburg im Breisgau: February 13, 1957 deceased

German physicist (1868-1957) | Goethe Medal for Art and Science (1943), Ackermann–Teubner Memorial Award (1920) | University of Rostock, Heidelberg

61. Anne Lucy Bosworth Focke

  • Woonsocket: September 29, 1868 celebration
  • Cleveland: May 15, 1907 deceased

American mathematician | University of Chicago, Wellesley College, University of Göttingen | Woonsocket: September 29, 1868 - Cleveland: May 15, 1907 | Anne

62. Per Hallström (Per Hallstrom)

  • Klara Church Parish: September 29, 1866 celebration
  • Nacka församling: February 18, 1960 deceased

Swedish writer (1866-1960) | Samfundet De Nio's Grand Prize (1929) | Royal Institute of Technology | Klara Church Parish: September 29, 1866 - Nacka

63. Miguel de Unamuno

  • September 29, 1864 celebration
  • Casa del Regidor Ovalle Prieto, Salamanca: December 31, 1936 deceased

Spanish poet | honorary doctorate of the University of Salamanca, Hijo Adoptivo de Salamanca, doctor honoris causa from the University of Grenoble (1934)

64. Carl Duisberg

  • Barmen: September 29, 1861 celebration
  • Leverkusen: March 19, 1935 deceased

German chemist (1861–1935) | Bunsen Medal (1918), August Wilhelm von Hofmann Medal (1921), Adlerschild des Deutschen Reiches (1931), Harnack medal (1934)

65. Henry Turner

  • Saint Petersburg: September 29, 1858 celebration
  • Saint Petersburg: July 20, 1941 deceased

1858; + 1941; physician (1858–1941) | Order of the Red Star, Honored Scientist of the RSFSR | Imperial Academy of Medical Surgery, The First

66. Magnus Billing

  • September 29, 1850 celebration
  • March 23, 1906 deceased

Swedish philosopher | Lund University | September 29, 1850 - March 23, 1906 | Magnus Billing | September 29, 1850 - March 23, 1906 | Lund University

67. Filippo Masci

  • Francavilla al Mare: September 29, 1844 celebration
  • Naples: December 7, 1922 deceased

Italian philosopher and politician (1844-1922) | Gautieri Award (1903) | Francavilla al Mare: September 29, 1844 - Naples: December 7, 1922 | Filippo Masci

68. Indalecio Armesto

  • Pontevedra: September 29, 1838 celebration
  • Pontevedra: February 22, 1890 deceased

Spanish writer, journalist and jurist (1838-1890) | Pontevedra: September 29, 1838 - Pontevedra: February 22, 1890 | Indalecio Armesto | Pontevedra: September

69. Hermann Kortum

  • Muffendorf: September 29, 1836 celebration
  • Hamburg: September 24, 1904 deceased

German mathematician (1836-1904) | University of Bonn | Muffendorf: September 29, 1836 - Hamburg: September 24, 1904 | Hermann Kortum | Muffendorf: September

70. Mikhail Aleksandrovich Tolstopyatov

  • Vasilsursk: September 29, 1836 celebration
  • Moscow: January 1, 1890 deceased

Russian mineralogist (1836–1890) | Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of Moscow Imperial University | Vasilsursk: September 29, 1836 - Moscow: January 1, 1890

71. Karl Kraut

  • Lüneburg: September 29, 1829 celebration
  • Hanover: January 13, 1912 deceased

German chemist (1829–1912) | Order of the Red Eagle 3rd Class | Lüneburg: September 29, 1829 - Hanover: January 13, 1912 | Karl Kraut | Lüneburg: September

72. Ivan Zabelin

  • Tver: September 29, 1820 celebration
  • Moscow: January 13, 1909 deceased

Russian historian (1820-1909) | Tver: September 29, 1820 - Moscow: January 13, 1909 | Ivan Zabelin | Tver: September 29, 1820 - Moscow: January 13, 1909

73. Michał Gliszczyński (Michal Gliszczynski)

  • Gacki: September 29, 1814 celebration
  • Kielce: April 13, 1874 deceased

Polish author and translator (1814–1874) | Gacki: September 29, 1814 - Kielce: April 13, 1874 | Michał Gliszczyński (Michal Gliszczynski) | Gacki

74. Charles Sturm

  • Geneva: September 29, 1803 celebration
  • Paris: December 18, 1855 deceased

mathematician from Geneva (1803-1855) | Grand prix des sciences mathématiques (1834), Officer of the Legion of Honour, 72 names on the Eiffel Tower, Copley

75. Mikhail Bez-Kornilovich

  • September 29, 1796 celebration

Order of St. George, 4th class | First Cadet Corps | September 29, 1796 - Orenburg: February 2, 1938 | Mikhail Bez-Kornilovich | September 29, 1796

76. Johann Martin Asmuss

  • Lübeck: September 29, 1784 celebration
  • Tartu: June 26, 1844 deceased

Baltic German educator and mathematician (1784-1844) | Imperial University of Dorpat | Lübeck: September 29, 1784 - Tartu: June 26, 1844 | Johann Martin

77. Antonio Cagnoli

  • Zakynthos: September 29, 1743 celebration
  • Verona: August 6, 1816 deceased

Italian astronomer (1743-1816) | Zakynthos: September 29, 1743 - Verona: August 6, 1816 | Antonio Cagnoli | Zakynthos: September 29, 1743 - Verona: August 6, 1816

78. Johann Friedrich Cartheuser

  • Hayn: September 29, 1704 celebration
  • Frankfurt (Oder): June 22, 1777 deceased

German physician and scientist (1704-1777) | Hayn: September 29, 1704 - Frankfurt (Oder): June 22, 1777 | Johann Friedrich Cartheuser | Hayn: September 29

79. François Fresneau de La Gataudière (Francois Fresneau de La Gataudiere)

  • Marennes: September 29, 1703 celebration
  • Marennes: June 25, 1770 deceased

French botanist (1703-1770) | Order of Saint Louis | Marennes: September 29, 1703 - Marennes: June 25, 1770 | François Fresneau de La Gataudière (Francois

80. Li Guangdi

  • Quanzhou: September 29, 1642 celebration
  • June 26, 1718 deceased

Qing dynasty politician | Quanzhou: September 29, 1642 - June 26, 1718 | Li Guangdi | Quanzhou: September 29, 1642 - June 26, 1718

81. Luis de Molina

  • Cuenca: September 29, 1535 celebration
  • Madrid: October 12, 1600 deceased

Spanish priest and writer | University of Alcalá, University of Coimbra, University of Salamanca | Cuenca: September 29, 1535 - Madrid: October 12, 1600

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