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Pierre-Gilles de Gennes

  • 16th arrondissement of Paris: October 24, 1932 celebration
  • Orsay: May 18, 2007 celebration
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  • celebration Date of birth

    16th arrondissement of Paris: October 24, 1932  

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    Orsay: May 18, 2007  

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    1. physics
     

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    1. Lycée Saint-Louis
    2. Les Houches School of Physics
    3. Lycée Claude-Bernard
    4. École Normale Supérieure
     

  • trophy Awards & Honors

    1. Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (1996)
    2. honorary doctorate at the Laval University (1995)
    3. Holweck Prize (1968)
    4. Lorentz Medal (1990)
    5. Eringen Medal (1998)
    6. ACS Award in Polymer Chemistry (1988)
    7. Nobel Prize in Physics (1991)
    8. Prix Ampère (1977)
    9. Humboldt Research Fellowship
    10. F. A. Cotton Medal (1997)
    11. honorary doctor of the University of Sherbrooke (1988)
    12. CNRS silver medal (1960)
    13. Onsager Medal
    14. honorary doctor of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
    15. honorary doctorate of the University of Vigo (1997)
    16. Bourke Award (1976)
    17. Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1984)
    18. Gay-Lussac-Humboldt-Prize (1983)
    19. Humboldt Prize
    20. Polymer Physics Prize (1982)
    21. Wolf Prize in Physics (1990)
    22. Harvey Prize (1988)
    23. Wolfgang Ostwald Prize (1991)
    24. CNRS Gold medal (1980)
    25. Matteucci Medal (1987)
    26. Prize Louis Ancel (1959)
     

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  • French physicist | Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (1996), honorary doctorate at the Laval University (1995), Holweck Prize (1968), Lorentz Medal

1. Raúl Chávez Sarmiento (Raul Chavez Sarmiento)

  • Peru: October 24, 1997 celebration

Peruvian mathematician | Harvard University | Peru: October 24, 1997 - Bremen: October 4, 1885 | Raúl Chávez Sarmiento (Raul Chavez Sarmiento) | Peru

2. Robert Migas

  • October 24, 1988 celebration

Polish geographer, physicist, audio engineer | University of Warsaw, Chopin University of Music | October 24, 1988 - Geneva: January 5, 1945 | Robert Migas

3. Jakub Horák (Jakub Horak)

  • Pardubice: October 24, 1979 celebration

researcher (ORCID 0000-0003-2049-0599) | Pardubice: October 24, 1979 - Ascain: August 5, 1949 | Jakub Horák (Jakub Horak) | Pardubice: October 24, 1979

4. Vugar Abdulkarimov

  • Baku: October 24, 1974 celebration

Azerbaijani scientist | Taraggi Medal | Istanbul University | Baku: October 24, 1974 - Cleveland: June 25, 2011 | Vugar Abdulkarimov | Baku: October 24, 1974

5. Michaël Foessel (Michael Foessel)

  • Thionville: October 24, 1974 celebration

French philosopher | prix des Rencontres philosophiques d'Uriage (2015), Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres (2016) | École normale supérieure de

6. Catherine Picart

  • October 24, 1971 celebration

biophysicist, biomaterial scientist | CNRS silver medal (2016), Knight of the National Order of Merit (2012), French Academy of Sciences | Grenoble Alpes University

7. Allen Knutson

  • October 24, 1969 celebration

mathematician | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, California Institute of Technology | October 24, 1969 - January 1, 1888 | Allen Knutson | October 24

8. Mats Rosengren

  • Gothenburg: October 24, 1962 celebration

Swedish philosopher & translator | University of Gothenburg | Gothenburg: October 24, 1962 - Moscow: October 12, 2011 | Mats Rosengren | Gothenburg: October

9. Stéphane Mallat (Stephane Mallat)

  • Suresnes: October 24, 1962 celebration

French mathematician | CNRS innovation medal (2013), Officer of the Legion of Honour (2023), Blaise-Pascal Award (1997) | fast wavelet transform | University

10. Yogesh Shouche

  • Pune: October 24, 1960 celebration

Indian microbiologist | Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru | Pune: October 24, 1960 - Nice: January 29, 1891 | Yogesh Shouche | Pune: October 24, 1960

11. Michiel Wielema

  • Rotterdam: October 24, 1959 celebration
  • Rotterdam: February 21, 2018 deceased

Dutch philosopher | Erasmus University Rotterdam, Leiden University | Rotterdam: October 24, 1959 - Rotterdam: February 21, 2018 | Michiel Wielema - Michiel

12. Franz Winkler

  • Salzburg: October 24, 1955 celebration

Austrian mathematician | Johannes Kepler University Linz | Salzburg: October 24, 1955 - Bonn: February 13, 1793 | Franz Winkler | Salzburg: October 24, 1955

13. Charles Colbourn

  • Toronto: October 24, 1953 celebration

Canadian computer scientist and mathematician | Euler Medal (2003) | University of Toronto, University of Waterloo | Toronto: October 24, 1953 - Suresnes: March 22, 2011

14. Carlton M. Caves

  • Muskogee: October 24, 1950 celebration

American physicist | Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2008), Fellow of the American Physical Society, Einstein Prize for

15. V. A. Sherstnëv (V. A. Sherstnev)

  • Sovetsk: October 24, 1950 celebration

scientist | Honoured Worker of Higher Professional Education of the Russian Federation, Order of Friendship, Medal "For Labour Valour" | Perm State University

16. Stanisław Chwirot (Stanislaw Chwirot)

  • Bydgoszcz: October 24, 1950 celebration
  • April 21, 2020 deceased

Polish physicist (1950-2020) | Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń | Bydgoszcz: October 24, 1950 - April 21, 2020 | Stanisław Chwirot (Stanislaw Chwirot)

17. Mohsen Ghanebasiri

  • October 24, 1949 celebration
  • May 18, 2017 deceased

Iranian chemist and philosopher (1949–2017) | October 24, 1949 - May 18, 2017 | Mohsen Ghanebasiri | October 24, 1949 - May 18, 2017

18. Wolfgang Hackbusch

  • Westerstede: October 24, 1948 celebration

German mathematician | Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize (1994), Brouwer Medal (1996), Heinz Gumin Prize for Mathematics (2020) | University of Cologne

19. James Wuest

  • Cincinnati: October 24, 1948 celebration

Canadian chemist | Guggenheim Fellowship, Prix Marie-Victorin (2013), Acfas Urgel-Archambeault Award (2008), Alfred Bader Award (2001), Rutherford Memorial

20. Barbara Cassin

  • Boulogne-Billancourt: October 24, 1947 celebration

French philologist and philosopher (1947-) | Officer of the National Order of Merit (2019), CNRS Gold medal (2018), Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres (2020)

21. Leonid Vyskochkov

  • Rostov-on-Don: October 24, 1947 celebration

Russian scientist | Macarius Prize (2019) | Saint Petersburg State Institute of History | Rostov-on-Don: October 24, 1947 - Pyatigorsk: September 26, 1965

22. Ola Bratteli

  • Oslo: October 24, 1946 celebration
  • February 8, 2015 deceased

Norwegian mathematician and professor (1946-2015) | Fridtjof Nansen Award of Excellence, Mathematics-Natural sciences class (2004), the Norwegian Research

23. Anatoly Burtsev

  • October 24, 1944 celebration

Russian scientist | Order of Friendship | October 24, 1944 - Petrozavodsk: September 24, 2005 | Anatoly Burtsev | October 24, 1944 - Petrozavodsk: September 24, 2005

24. Rafael Alvira

  • Madrid: October 24, 1942 celebration
  • Madrid: February 4, 2024 deceased

Spanish university teacher | Pontifical Gregorian University, University of Münster, Complutense University of Madrid, Pontifical Lateran University

25. Stephen R. Bloom

  • October 24, 1942 celebration

Professor of Medicine at Imperial College London where he leads the Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism division | Knight Bachelor, Fellow of the Royal

26. Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan

  • Ernakulam: October 24, 1940 celebration
  • Bengaluru: April 25, 2025 deceased

Indian space scientist | Padma Bhushan in science & engineering, Theodore von Kármán Award (2007), Allan D. Emil Memorial Award (2004), Padma Shri in science

27. Ahmed Hegazy

  • Cairo: October 24, 1939 celebration
  • February 5, 2021 deceased

egyptian-German pharmacist | Cairo: October 24, 1939 - February 5, 2021 | Ahmed Hegazy | Cairo: October 24, 1939 - February 5, 2021

28. Theodore E. Madey

  • Wilmington: October 24, 1937 celebration
  • July 27, 2008 deceased

American physicist (1937-2008) | Samuel Wesley Stratton Award (1978), Medard W. Welch Award (1985) | Loyola Blakefield, University of Notre Dame, Loyola

29. Heribert Offermanns

  • Merkstein: October 24, 1937 celebration

German chemist | Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Carl

30. John G. Cramer

  • Houston: October 24, 1934 celebration

American nuclear physicist, novelist | Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science | Lamar High School, Rice University | Houston

31. Pierre-Gilles de Gennes

  • 16th arrondissement of Paris: October 24, 1932 celebration
  • Orsay: May 18, 2007 deceased

French physicist | Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (1996), honorary doctorate at the Laval University (1995), Holweck Prize (1968), Lorentz Medal

32. Johan Galtung

  • Oslo: October 24, 1930 celebration
  • Bærum Municipality: February 17, 2024 deceased

Norwegian sociologist and peace scholar | honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense (2017), Prices of the Norwegian Association of Sociology

33. Adam Evgenʹevich Suprun (Adam Evgen'evich Suprun)

  • Poltava: October 24, 1928 celebration
  • August 18, 1999 deceased

Belarusian scientist | Kyrgyz National University, Moscow State University | Poltava: October 24, 1928 - August 18, 1999 | Adam Evgenʹevich Suprun (Adam

34. Zoltán Gábos (Zoltan Gabos)

  • Huedin: October 24, 1924 celebration
  • Cluj-Napoca: April 9, 2018 deceased

theoretical physicist | Officer's Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit (2010) | Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Bolyai University, Reformed

35. Kató Rényi (Kato Renyi)

  • Budapest: October 24, 1924 celebration
  • Budapest: August 31, 1969 deceased

Hungarian mathematician (1924-1969) | Eötvös Loránd University | Budapest: October 24, 1924 - Budapest: August 31, 1969 | Kató Rényi - Katalin Schulhof

36. Nadezhda Troyan

  • Vierchniadzvinsk: October 24, 1921 celebration
  • Moscow: September 7, 2011 deceased

Hero of the Soviet Union | Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR", Order of the Patriotic War 1st class, Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of

37. Marcel-Paul Schützenberger (Marcel-Paul Schutzenberger)

  • 7th arrondissement of Paris: October 24, 1920 celebration
  • 16th arrondissement of Paris: July 29, 1996 deceased

French mathematician (1920–1996) | Peano Prize (2001), Montyon Prize (1964) | Chomsky–Schützenberger representation theorem, Chomsky–Schützenberger

38. Frank Piasecki

  • Philadelphia: October 24, 1919 celebration
  • Haverford: February 11, 2008 deceased

American aerospace engineer (1919–2008) | National Aviation Hall of Fame (2002), National Medal of Technology and Innovation (1986), Commander of the Cross

39. Andree Troost

  • October 24, 1916 celebration

October 24, 1916 - January 31, 2025 | Andree Troost | October 24, 1916 - January 31, 2025

40. Guyford Stever

  • Corning: October 24, 1916 celebration
  • Gaithersburg: April 9, 2010 deceased

American administrator, physicist, educator, and engineer (1916–2010) | Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, National Medal of Science (1991)

41. Oreste Piccioni

  • Siena: October 24, 1915 celebration
  • Rancho Santa Fe: April 13, 2002 deceased

Italian physicist (1915–2002) | Matteucci Medal (1998) | Sapienza University of Rome | Siena: October 24, 1915 - Rancho Santa Fe: April 13, 2002 | Oreste

42. Tage Lindbom

  • Malmö Karoli church parish: October 24, 1909 celebration
  • Oscar Parish: September 30, 2001 deceased

Swedish politician (1909–2001) | Stockholm University, Uppsala University | Malmö Karoli church parish: October 24, 1909 - Oscar Parish: September 30, 2001

43. Titus Burckhardt

  • Florence: October 24, 1908 celebration
  • Lausanne: January 15, 1984 deceased

Swiss traditional author (1908-1984) | Florence: October 24, 1908 - Lausanne: January 15, 1984 | Titus Burckhardt | Florence: October 24, 1908 - Lausanne

44. Ingebrigt Johansson

  • Narvik: October 24, 1904 celebration
  • Oslo: April 24, 1987 deceased

Norwegian mathematician | Narvik: October 24, 1904 - Oslo: April 24, 1987 | Ingebrigt Johansson | Narvik: October 24, 1904 - Oslo: April 24, 1987

45. Alexander Frumkin

  • Chișinău: October 24, 1895 celebration
  • Tula: May 27, 1976 deceased

Soviet chemist | Hero of Socialist Labour, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Order of Lenin, Olin Palladium Award (1959), Stalin Prize | Odesa University

46. Erich Böhm (Erich Bohm)

  • Ostrava: October 24, 1894 celebration
  • Netanya: October 24, 1984 deceased

austro-hungarian-israel chemist and politician | Ostrava: October 24, 1894 - Netanya: October 24, 1984 | Erich Böhm (Erich Bohm) | Ostrava: October 24, 1894

47. Sergey Ivanov

  • October 24, 1890 celebration

Order of Lenin, Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" | Moscow Theological Academy | October 24, 1890 - January 1, 1986 | Sergey

48. Sisir Kumar Mitra

  • Konnagar: October 24, 1890 celebration
  • Ballygunge: August 13, 1963 deceased

Indian physicist (1890–1963) | Fellow of the Royal Society, Padma Bhushan, Member of the Order of the British Empire | University College of Science

49. Maurice Janet

  • Grenoble: October 24, 1888 celebration
  • 16th arrondissement of Paris: November 12, 1983 deceased

French mathematician and university teacher | Cours Peccot (1920) | École Normale Supérieure | Grenoble: October 24, 1888 - 16th arrondissement of Paris

50. Albert Châtelet (Albert Chatelet)

  • Valhuon: October 24, 1883 celebration
  • Paris: June 30, 1960 deceased

French politician and mathematician (1883-1960) | Cours Peccot (1911), Grand prix des sciences mathématiques (1950), Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour

51. E. T. Whittaker

  • Southport: October 24, 1873 celebration
  • Edinburgh: March 24, 1956 deceased

British mathematician (1873-1956) | Copley Medal (1954), Smith's Prize (1897), Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1912), Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice

52. Beebe Steven Lynk

  • Mason: October 24, 1872 celebration
  • November 11, 1948 deceased

American chemist | University of West Tennessee College of Medicine and Surgery, Lane College | Mason: October 24, 1872 - November 11, 1948 | Beebe Steven Lynk

53. Georgii Yurii Vasilovich Pfeiffer

  • Prilukskij County: October 24, 1872 celebration
  • Kyiv: September 10, 1946 deceased

Russian mathematician (1872–1946) | Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv | Prilukskij County: October 24, 1872 - Kyiv: September 10, 1946 | Georgii

54. Herbert Ernest Cushman

  • Auburn: October 24, 1865 celebration
  • West Newton: December 16, 1944 deceased

American philosophy professor (1865–1944) | Bates College, Harvard University | Auburn: October 24, 1865 - West Newton: December 16, 1944 | Herbert Ernest

55. Daniel Swarovski

  • Jiřetín pod Bukovou: October 24, 1862 celebration
  • Wattens: January 23, 1956 deceased

Austrian crystal glass industrialist, founder of D. Swarovski KG company (1862–1956) | Knight of the Order of St. Gregory the Great | Jiřetín pod Bukovou

56. Miksa Déri (Miksa Deri)

  • Bač: October 24, 1854 celebration
  • Merano: March 3, 1938 deceased

Hungarian electrical engineer | Budapest University of Technology and Economics, University of Vienna | Bač: October 24, 1854 - Merano: March 3, 1938 | Miksa

57. Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom

  • Alkmaar: October 24, 1854 celebration
  • Amsterdam: February 2, 1907 deceased

Dutch chemist (1854–1907) | Leiden University | Alkmaar: October 24, 1854 - Amsterdam: February 2, 1907 | Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom | Alkmaar: October

58. Heinrich Maschke

  • Wrocław: October 24, 1853 celebration
  • Chicago: March 1, 1908 deceased

mathematician (1853–1908) | Maschke's theorem | University of Göttingen | Wrocław: October 24, 1853 - Chicago: March 1, 1908 | Heinrich Maschke | Wrocław

59. Friedrich Ludwig

  • Schleusingen: October 24, 1851 celebration
  • Greiz: July 21, 1918 deceased

German botanist (1851-1918) | Schleusingen: October 24, 1851 - Greiz: July 21, 1918 | Friedrich Ludwig | Schleusingen: October 24, 1851 - Greiz: July 21, 1918

60. Sir James Goodhart, 1st Baronet

  • October 24, 1845 celebration
  • May 28, 1916 deceased

English physicist | Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London, Harveian Oration (1912) | University of Aberdeen | October 24, 1845 - May 28, 1916

61. Nikolai Menshutkin

  • Saint Petersburg: October 24, 1842 celebration
  • Saint Petersburg: February 5, 1907 deceased

Russian chemist (1842-1907) | Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of the Saint Petersburg University, Saint Peter's School | Saint Petersburg: October 24, 1842

62. V. A. Snegirev

  • October 24, 1841 celebration

Kazan Theological Academy | October 24, 1841 - Chicago: November 24, 1953 | V. A. Snegirev | October 24, 1841 - Chicago: November 24, 1953

63. Władysław Folkierski (Wladyslaw Folkierski)

  • Warsaw: October 24, 1841 celebration
  • Zakopane: April 24, 1904 deceased

Polish engineer (1841-1904) | Knight of the Legion of Honour (1871) | Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Science Faculty of Paris, École des Ponts ParisTech

64. Thomas Whitwell

  • Kendal: October 24, 1837 celebration
  • August 5, 1878 deceased

British engineer and inventor | Kendal: October 24, 1837 - August 5, 1878 | Thomas Whitwell | Kendal: October 24, 1837 - August 5, 1878

65. Karel Starý (Karel Stary)

  • October 24, 1831 celebration
  • Prague: December 9, 1898 deceased

writer | October 24, 1831 - Prague: December 9, 1898 | Karel Starý (Karel Stary) | October 24, 1831 - Prague: December 9, 1898

66. John Veitch

  • Peebles: October 24, 1829 celebration
  • Peebles: September 3, 1894 deceased

Scottish poet, philosopher, and historian (1829–1894) | Peebles: October 24, 1829 - Peebles: September 3, 1894 | John Veitch | Peebles: October 24, 1829

67. Carl Anton Bjerknes

  • Christiania: October 24, 1825 celebration
  • Christiania: March 20, 1903 deceased

Norwegian mathematician and physicist (*1825 – †1903) | Order of St. Olav, Legion of Honour, Order of the Dannebrog | University of Oslo | Christiania

68. Yevgeny Edelson

  • Ryazan: October 24, 1824 celebration
  • Saint Petersburg: January 20, 1868 deceased

Russian literary critic, journalist and translator | Ryazan: October 24, 1824 - Saint Petersburg: January 20, 1868 | Yevgeny Edelson | Ryazan: October 24, 1824

69. Philipp Ludwig von Seidel

  • Zweibrücken: October 24, 1821 celebration
  • Munich: August 13, 1896 deceased

German mathematician, optician and astronomer (1821-1896) | Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art (1876), ennoblement (1882), Order of Saint Michael (1870)

70. Friedrich Harms

  • Kiel: October 24, 1819 celebration
  • Berlin: April 5, 1880 deceased

German philosopher (1819–1880) | University of Kiel | Kiel: October 24, 1819 - Berlin: April 5, 1880 | Friedrich Harms | Kiel: October 24, 1819 - Berlin: April 5, 1880

71. Hippolyte Mège-Mouriès (Hippolyte Mege-Mouries)

  • Draguignan: October 24, 1817 celebration
  • Paris: May 31, 1880 deceased

chemist (1817-1880) | gold medal (1858), Knight of the Legion of Honour (1861) | margarine | Draguignan: October 24, 1817 - Paris: May 31, 1880 | Hippolyte

72. Wilhelm Eduard Weber

  • Lutherstadt Wittenberg: October 24, 1804 celebration
  • Göttingen: June 23, 1891 deceased

German physicist (1804–1891) | Cothenius Medal (1879), Matteucci Medal (1879), honorary doctor of the University of Königsberg, Foreign Member of the Royal

73. James Mackintosh

  • Inverness: October 24, 1765 celebration
  • London: May 30, 1832 deceased

British politician (1765-1832) | Fellow of the Royal Society | University of Aberdeen, University of Edinburgh, University of Aberdeen School of Law

74. Giuseppe Saverio Poli

  • Molfetta: October 24, 1746 celebration
  • Naples: April 7, 1825 deceased

Italian scientist (1746-1825) | University of Padua | Molfetta: October 24, 1746 - Naples: April 7, 1825 | Giuseppe Saverio Poli | Molfetta: October 24, 1746

75. Pierre Sigorgne

  • October 24, 1719 celebration
  • Mâcon: November 10, 1809 deceased

French physicist (1719-1809) | Faculté de théologie catholique de Paris, College of Sorbonne | October 24, 1719 - Mâcon: November 10, 1809 | Pierre Sigorgne

76. Yokoi Yayū (Yokoi Yayu)

  • Nagoya: October 24, 1702 celebration
  • July 15, 1783 deceased

Japanese linguist, poet and philosopher | Nagoya: October 24, 1702 - July 15, 1783 | Yokoi Yayū (Yokoi Yayu) | Nagoya: October 24, 1702 - July 15, 1783

77. Johann Cyprian

  • Rawicz: October 24, 1642 celebration
  • Leipzig: March 12, 1723 deceased

Polish physicist, author and theologian | Leipzig University | Rawicz: October 24, 1642 - Leipzig: March 12, 1723 | Johann Cyprian | Rawicz: October 24, 1642

78. Lorenzo Magalotti

  • Rome: October 24, 1637 celebration
  • Florence: March 2, 1712 deceased

Italian philosopher, poet and diplomat (1637-1712) | Fellow of the Royal Society | University of Pisa | Rome: October 24, 1637 - Florence: March 2, 1712

79. Antoni van Leeuwenhoek

  • Delft: October 24, 1632 celebration
  • Delft: August 26, 1723 deceased

Dutch scientist known as "the Father of Microbiology", and one of the first microscopists | Fellow of the Royal Society | Delft: October 24, 1632 - Delft

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