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Jan Hendrik Oort

  • Franeker: April 28, 1900 celebration
  • Leiden: November 5, 1992 celebration
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    Jan Hendrik Oort  

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    Kingdom of the Netherlands  

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    Jan Hendrik Oort

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  • celebration Date of birth

    Franeker: April 28, 1900  

  • deceased Rest in Peace

    Leiden: November 5, 1992  

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  • engineering Field of Work

    1. astronomy
    2. radio astronomy
     

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    1. Jacobus Kapteyn
    2. Julius Wolff
    3. Johan Antony Barrau
     

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    1. University of Groningen
     

  • trophy Awards & Honors

    1. honorary doctor of the University of Bordeaux (1961)
    2. Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1946)
    3. Vetlesen Prize (1966)
    4. Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1959)
    5. Gouden Ganzenveer (1960)
    6. Prix Jules Janssen (1947)
    7. Karl G. Jansky Lectureship (1967)
    8. Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences (1987)
    9. Karl Schwarzschild Medal (1972)
    10. Henry Norris Russell Lectureship (1951)
    11. Janssen Medal (1946)
    12. Balzan Prize (1984)
    13. Bruce Medal (1942)
     

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  • Dutch astronomer (1900–1992) | honorary doctor of the University of Bordeaux (1961), Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1946), Vetlesen Prize

1. Jone Uria

  • April 28, 1990 celebration

University of the Basque Country | April 28, 1990 - Bucharest: October 8, 1954 | Jone Uria | April 28, 1990 - Bucharest: October 8, 1954 | University of the

2. Ole Martin Moen

  • April 28, 1985 celebration

Norwegian philosopher | April 28, 1985 - Pittsburgh: December 9, 1932 | Ole Martin Moen | April 28, 1985 - Pittsburgh: December 9, 1932

3. Vyacheslav Yudin

  • Miass: April 28, 1970 celebration

Russian scientist | Miass: April 28, 1970 - Weybridge: December 1, 1859 | Vyacheslav Yudin | Miass: April 28, 1970 - Weybridge: December 1, 1859

4. Neil Kelleher

  • April 28, 1970 celebration

American chemist | Biemann Medal (2009), Pfizer Award in Enzyme Chemistry (2007), Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering (2002) | Cornell University

5. Anatoly Podolsky

  • Kyiv: April 28, 1968 celebration

Ukrainian scientist | National Pedagogical Dragomanov University | Kyiv: April 28, 1968 - Moscow: November 29, 2022 | Anatoly Podolsky | Kyiv: April 28, 1968

6. Juan Arnau

  • Valencia: April 28, 1968 celebration

Spanish philosopher and essayist | Complutense University of Madrid | Valencia: April 28, 1968 - January 1, 1588 | Juan Arnau | Valencia: April 28, 1968

7. Philippe Rahm

  • Pully: April 28, 1967 celebration

Swiss architect | Knight of the Order of Cultural Merit (2017) | Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne | Pully: April 28, 1967 - Berlin: March 7, 1729

8. John Rognes

  • Oslo: April 28, 1966 celebration

Norwegian mathematician and professor | Princeton University | Oslo: April 28, 1966 - Kyiv: January 1, 2012 | John Rognes | Oslo: April 28, 1966 - Kyiv

9. Vincent Blondel

  • Antwerp: April 28, 1965 celebration

Belgian mathematician, rector of UCLouvain | Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (2015), IEEE Fellow | Grenoble Institute of

10. Sofia Börjesson (Sofia Borjesson)

  • April 28, 1964 celebration

Swedish professor in technology management | Chalmers University of Technology | April 28, 1964 - Tallahassee: March 22, 2016 | Sofia Börjesson (Sofia

11. Atul Kumar

  • Lucknow: April 28, 1963 celebration

Indian chemist | Lucknow: April 28, 1963 - Krško: April 28, 1920 | Atul Kumar | Lucknow: April 28, 1963 - Krško: April 28, 1920

12. Michael Bordt

  • Hamburg: April 28, 1960 celebration

German philosopher | University of Hamburg, University of Fribourg, University of Oxford | Hamburg: April 28, 1960 - Frederiksberg: March 27, 1912 | Michael

13. Zbigniew Nawrat

  • April 28, 1960 celebration

Polish physicist | University of Silesia in Katowice | April 28, 1960 - Kraków: August 10, 2014 | Zbigniew Nawrat | April 28, 1960 - Kraków: August 10, 2014

14. María José Toro Nozal (Maria Jose Toro Nozal)

  • Santa Cristina de la Polvorosa: April 28, 1957 celebration

Spanish research, teaching and chemist | Santa Cristina de la Polvorosa: April 28, 1957 - March 14, 1910 | María José Toro Nozal (Maria Jose Toro Nozal)

15. Gregg Miller

  • Independence: April 28, 1953 celebration

inventor of Neuticles and other pet implantation devices, author and IG Nobel Peace Prize winner | Ig Nobel Prize (2005) | University of Central Missouri

16. Cornel Stan

  • Constanța: April 28, 1951 celebration

German engineer of Romanian origin | Constanța: April 28, 1951 - Oxford: April 8, 2008 | Cornel Stan | Constanța: April 28, 1951 - Oxford: April 8, 2008

17. Marie-Françoise Roy (Marie-Francoise Roy)

  • Paris: April 28, 1950 celebration

French mathematician and academic | Knight of the Legion of Honour (2009), Knight of the National Order of Merit (2007), honorary doctorate of the University

18. B. Jayant Baliga

  • Chennai: April 28, 1948 celebration

American electrical engineer from India | Global Energy Prize (2015), IEEE Lamme Medal (1999), J. J. Ebers Award (1998), North Carolina Award for Science

19. Iaroslav Lepikh

  • Rozhanivka: April 28, 1947 celebration

Ukrainian physicist | State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology, For Scientific Achievements Badge, Honored Scientist of Ukraine | Odesa National

20. Dinker Belle Rai

  • Puttur: April 28, 1947 celebration

Indian scientist | Puttur: April 28, 1947 - May 3, 1976 | Dinker Belle Rai | Puttur: April 28, 1947 - May 3, 1976

21. Ramamurti Shankar

  • presidencies and provinces of British India: April 28, 1947 celebration

American physicist | Fellow of the American Physical Society, Lilienfeld Prize (2009) | Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, University of California

22. Paul K. Hansma

  • Salt Lake City: April 28, 1946 celebration

American physicist | Fellow of the American Physical Society, Max Delbrück Prize in Biological Physics (2000), Max Planck Research Award (1993), Fellow of the

23. Kornél Steiger (Kornel Steiger)

  • Elek: April 28, 1945 celebration

Hungarian philosopher | Palladium (2004) | Ferenc Csik Primary School and Gymnasium, Eötvös Loránd University | Elek: April 28, 1945 - Belgrade: January 9, 1911

24. Karel Prikry

  • Chvalkovice: April 28, 1944 celebration

American mathematician | University of California, Berkeley | Chvalkovice: April 28, 1944 - Paris: April 26, 1879 | Karel Prikry | Chvalkovice: April 28, 1944

25. Jan Gaj

  • Kraków: April 28, 1943 celebration
  • Warsaw: February 19, 2011 deceased

Polish physicist | Kraków: April 28, 1943 - Warsaw: February 19, 2011 | Jan Gaj | Kraków: April 28, 1943 - Warsaw: February 19, 2011

26. Pierre Schapira

  • April 28, 1943 celebration

French mathematician | Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2013), Sophie Germain Prize | Science Faculty of Paris | April 28, 1943 - Paris: September 22, 2002

27. Karl Barry Sharpless

  • Philadelphia: April 28, 1941 celebration

American chemist and Nobel Laureate (born 1941) | William H. Nichols Medal (2006), Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2022), Centenary Prize (1993), Remsen Award

28. I. K. Liseev

  • April 28, 1941 celebration

Moscow University's Department of Philosophy | April 28, 1941 - Saint Petersburg: January 4, 1919 | I. K. Liseev | April 28, 1941 - Saint Petersburg: January 4, 1919

29. Jürgen Lehn (Jurgen Lehn)

  • Karlsruhe: April 28, 1941 celebration
  • Darmstadt: September 29, 2008 deceased

German mathematician | University of Regensburg | Karlsruhe: April 28, 1941 - Darmstadt: September 29, 2008 | Jürgen Lehn (Jurgen Lehn) | Karlsruhe: April 28

30. Alexander Nikiforov

  • Moscow: April 28, 1940 celebration
  • September 29, 2023 deceased

researcher | Moscow University's Department of Philosophy | Moscow: April 28, 1940 - September 29, 2023 | Alexander Nikiforov | Moscow: April 28, 1940

31. Alexander Koretsky

  • Ivanky: April 28, 1940 celebration
  • Moscow: July 13, 2016 deceased

Soviet and Russian scientist in the field of mechanics (1940-2016) | MSU Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics | Ivanky: April 28, 1940 - Moscow: July 13, 2016

32. Toomas Tenno

  • Tartu: April 28, 1940 celebration

Estonian chemist | University of Tartu | Tartu: April 28, 1940 - November 25, 2023 | Toomas Tenno | Tartu: April 28, 1940 - November 25, 2023 | University of Tartu

33. Adil Babayev

  • Dırnıs: April 28, 1938 celebration

Azerbaijani scientist | Baku State University | Dırnıs: April 28, 1938 - June 20, 2012 | Adil Babayev | Dırnıs: April 28, 1938 - June 20, 2012 | Baku State

34. James Flynn

  • Washington, D.C.: April 28, 1934 celebration
  • Dunedin: December 11, 2020 deceased

New Zealand political scientist (1934–2020) | honorary doctor of the University of Otago (2010), Humanities Aronui Medal (2011), Doctor of Science (2010)

35. Dieter Neubauer

  • Ludwigshafen: April 28, 1934 celebration

German chemist and author | Ludwigshafen: April 28, 1934 - July 31, 2000 | Dieter Neubauer | Ludwigshafen: April 28, 1934 - July 31, 2000

36. Dmitry Zimin

  • Moscow: April 28, 1933 celebration
  • Switzerland: December 22, 2021 deceased

Russian entrepreneur and researcher (1933–2021) | Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Gratitude (2012), State Prize of the Russian Federation

37. Miodrag Radulovacki

  • Parage: April 28, 1933 celebration
  • Belgrade: May 26, 2014 deceased

pharmacologist (1933-2014) | Gymnasium of Karlovci, University of Belgrade School of Medicine | Parage: April 28, 1933 - Belgrade: May 26, 2014 | Miodrag

38. Yunir Urmantsev

  • Sterlitamak: April 28, 1931 celebration
  • Moscow: May 20, 2016 deceased

Russian scientist | Faculty of Biology and Soils, Moscow State University | Sterlitamak: April 28, 1931 - Moscow: May 20, 2016 | Yunir Urmantsev | Sterlitamak

39. Alfred Bader

  • Vienna: April 28, 1924 celebration
  • Milwaukee: December 23, 2018 deceased

Canadian chemist, businessman, and art collector (1924–2018) | Gratias Agit (2010), Commander of the Order of the British Empire, honorary doctor of the

40. Horst-Eberhard Richter

  • Berlin: April 28, 1923 celebration
  • Giessen: December 19, 2011 deceased

German psychoanalyst (1923-2011) | Theodor Heuss Award (1980), Urania Medal (1993), Paracelsus Medal of the German Medical Association (2008), Goethe Plaque of

41. Günter Bertram (Gunter Bertram)

  • Hamelin: April 28, 1920 celebration
  • May 3, 2001 deceased

Ph.D. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover 1950 | Leibniz University Hannover | Hamelin: April 28, 1920 - May 3, 2001 | Günter Bertram (Gunter

42. Olli Lokki

  • Helsinki: April 28, 1916 celebration
  • Helsinki: January 1, 1994 deceased

Finnish mathematician | University of Helsinki | Helsinki: April 28, 1916 - Helsinki: January 1, 1994 | Olli Lokki | Helsinki: April 28, 1916 - Helsinki: January 1, 1994

43. Martin Kersten

  • Zittau: April 28, 1906 celebration
  • August 24, 1999 deceased

German physicist (1906–1999) | Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany | Zittau: April 28, 1906 - August 24, 1999 | Martin

44. Kurt Gödel (Kurt Godel)

  • Brno: April 28, 1906 celebration
  • Princeton: January 14, 1978 deceased

Austrian-American logician, mathematician, and philosopher of mathematics (1906-1978) | National Medal of Science (1974), Foreign Member of the Royal Society

45. Richard Rado

  • Berlin: April 28, 1906 celebration
  • Henley-on-Thames: December 23, 1989 deceased

mathematician (1906–1989) | Fellow of the Royal Society (1978), Senior Berwick Prize (1972) | Erdős–Ko–Rado theorem, Rado’s selection principle

46. Yuriy Rumer

  • Moscow: April 28, 1901 celebration
  • Novosibirsk: February 1, 1985 deceased

Russian physicist (1901-1985) | Order of the Badge of Honour | Moscow State University | Moscow: April 28, 1901 - Novosibirsk: February 1, 1985 | Yuriy Rumer

47. Jan Hendrik Oort

  • Franeker: April 28, 1900 celebration
  • Leiden: November 5, 1992 deceased

Dutch astronomer (1900–1992) | honorary doctor of the University of Bordeaux (1961), Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1946), Vetlesen Prize

48. Yun Ziqiang

  • Hubei: April 28, 1899 celebration
  • February 22, 1963 deceased

Chinese chemist | Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (1955) | Hubei: April 28, 1899 - February 22, 1963 | Yun Ziqiang | Hubei: April 28, 1899

49. Kálmán Tihanyi (Kalman Tihanyi)

  • Zbehy: April 28, 1897 celebration
  • Budapest: February 26, 1947 deceased

Hungarian engineer (1897–1947) | Budapest University of Technology and Economics | Zbehy: April 28, 1897 - Budapest: February 26, 1947 | Kálmán Tihanyi

50. Pablo León Murciego (Pablo Leon Murciego)

  • April 28, 1897 celebration

Pontifical Lateran University, Pontifical University of Salamanca | April 28, 1897 - Ljubljana: March 30, 1952 | Pablo León Murciego (Pablo Leon Murciego)

51. Aimo Lahti

  • Viiala: April 28, 1896 celebration
  • Jyväskylä: April 19, 1970 deceased

Finnish weapons designer | Memorial medal of the Winter War, Cross of Liberty, 4th Class, Knight of the Order of the White Rose of Finland | Suomi KP/-31

52. Hein Israël Waterman (Hein Israel Waterman)

  • Arnhem: April 28, 1889 celebration
  • Delft: February 3, 1961 deceased

Dutch chemist | Commander of the Order of Orange-Nassau (1959) | Delft University of Technology | Arnhem: April 28, 1889 - Delft: February 3, 1961 | Hein

53. James William McGhee

  • Eminence: April 28, 1882 celebration
  • San Bernardino: August 6, 1968 deceased

American inventor (1882-1968) | Eminence: April 28, 1882 - San Bernardino: August 6, 1968 | James William McGhee | Eminence: April 28, 1882 - San Bernardino

54. Leonid Likarionovich Ivanov

  • Osa: April 28, 1877 celebration
  • Dnipro: June 30, 1946 deceased

Mineralogist | Moscow State University | Osa: April 28, 1877 - Dnipro: June 30, 1946 | Leonid Likarionovich Ivanov | Osa: April 28, 1877 - Dnipro: June 30, 1946

55. Alfred Holmes White

  • Peoria: April 28, 1873 celebration
  • August 25, 1953 deceased

American chemical engineer | Peoria: April 28, 1873 - August 25, 1953 | Alfred Holmes White | Peoria: April 28, 1873 - August 25, 1953

56. Georgy Voronoy

  • Zhuravka: April 28, 1868 celebration
  • Warsaw: November 20, 1908 deceased

Ukrainian mathematician from Russian empire | Voronoi diagram, Voronoi formula | Imperial St. Petersburg University, Saint Petersburg State University

57. Ernest Merritt

  • Indianapolis: April 28, 1865 celebration
  • Ithaca: June 5, 1948 deceased

American physicist | Frederick William University Berlin, Cornell University, Purdue University | Indianapolis: April 28, 1865 - Ithaca: June 5, 1948 | Ernest

58. Georgi Iwanowitsch Tschelpanow

  • Mariupol: April 28, 1862 celebration
  • Moscow: February 13, 1936 deceased

Ukrainian and Russian philosopher (1862–1936) | Odesa University, Imperial Novorossiia University | Mariupol: April 28, 1862 - Moscow: February 13, 1936

59. Antoni Lange

  • Warsaw: April 28, 1862 celebration
  • Warsaw: March 17, 1929 deceased

Polish writer and philosopher (1862–1929) | Warsaw: April 28, 1862 - Warsaw: March 17, 1929 | Antoni Lange (Antoni Wrzesień | Napierski) | Warsaw: April 28

60. Christoph Schrempf

  • Besigheim: April 28, 1860 celebration
  • Stuttgart: February 13, 1944 deceased

German philosopher (1860–1944) | Besigheim: April 28, 1860 - Stuttgart: February 13, 1944 | Christoph Schrempf | Besigheim: April 28, 1860 - Stuttgart

61. Hertha Ayrton

  • Portsea Island: April 28, 1854 celebration
  • Lancing: August 23, 1923 deceased

English engineer, mathematician and inventor (1854-1923) | Hughes Medal (1906) | University of London, University of Cambridge, Girton College | Portsea

62. Heinrich Eduard Zuege

  • Weißenfels: April 28, 1851 celebration
  • Linden-Limmer: January 10, 1902 deceased

Dr. phil. Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg 1875 | Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg | Weißenfels: April 28, 1851 - Linden-Limmer: January 10, 1902

63. Edward Stickney Wood

  • Cambridge: April 28, 1846 celebration
  • Pocasset: July 11, 1905 deceased

American physician, chemist, teacher, toxicologist and medico-legal expert (1846–1905) | Harvard Medical School, Harvard College | Cambridge: April 28, 1846

64. Antonín Bělohoubek (Antonin Belohoubek)

  • Jeřice: April 28, 1845 celebration
  • Vinohrady: December 24, 1910 deceased

Czech chemist and university educator (1845–1910) | Jeřice: April 28, 1845 - Vinohrady: December 24, 1910 | Antonín Bělohoubek (Antonin Belohoubek)

65. Jenő Hunyady (Jeno Hunyady)

  • Pest: April 28, 1838 celebration
  • Budapest: December 26, 1889 deceased

Hungarian mathematician (1838-1889) | University of Göttingen | Pest: April 28, 1838 - Budapest: December 26, 1889 | Jenő Hunyady (Jeno Hunyady) | Pest

66. Félix Pisani (Felix Pisani)

  • Constantinople: April 28, 1831 celebration
  • Paris: November 7, 1920 deceased

French mineralogist (1831-1920) | Constantinople: April 28, 1831 - Paris: November 7, 1920 | Félix Pisani (Felix Pisani) | Constantinople: April 28, 1831

67. Peter Guthrie Tait

  • Dalkeith: April 28, 1831 celebration
  • Edinburgh: July 4, 1901 deceased

Scottish mathematical physicist (1831–1901) | Gunning Victoria Jubilee Prize, honorary degree (1875), Smith's Prize, Keith Medal (1871), Royal Medal (1886)

68. Charles Bourseul

  • City of Brussels: April 28, 1829 celebration
  • Saint-Céré: November 23, 1912 deceased

French inventor (1829–1912) | Officer of the Legion of Honour (1890) | City of Brussels: April 28, 1829 - Saint-Céré: November 23, 1912 | Charles Bourseul

69. Hippolyte Marié-Davy (Hippolyte Marie-Davy)

  • Clamecy: April 28, 1820 celebration
  • Dornecy: July 26, 1893 deceased

French chemist | Knight of the Legion of Honour | Clamecy: April 28, 1820 - Dornecy: July 26, 1893 | Hippolyte Marié-Davy (Hippolyte Marie-Davy) | Clamecy

70. John Edvard Lundström (John Edvard Lundstrom)

  • Jönköpings Kristina församling: April 28, 1815 celebration
  • Jönköpings Kristina församling: July 17, 1888 deceased

Swedish industrialist and inventor (1815-1888) | Jönköpings Kristina församling: April 28, 1815 - Jönköpings Kristina församling: July 17, 1888 | John

71. Antonio Casares Rodríguez (Antonio Casares Rodriguez)

  • April 28, 1812 celebration

April 28, 1812 - January 1, -0442 | Antonio Casares Rodríguez (Antonio Casares Rodriguez) | April 28, 1812 - January 1, -0442

72. Rudolf Christian Böttger (Rudolf Christian Bottger)

  • Aschersleben: April 28, 1806 celebration
  • Frankfurt: April 29, 1881 deceased

German chemist (1806–1881) | Royal Order of Vasa | Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, University of Jena | Aschersleben: April 28, 1806 - Frankfurt

73. Charles Sturt

  • Bengal: April 28, 1795 celebration
  • Cheltenham: June 16, 1869 deceased

Australian explorer (1795-1869) | Founder’s Medal (1847) | Harrow School | Bengal: April 28, 1795 - Cheltenham: June 16, 1869 | Charles Sturt | Bengal: April

74. Dmitry Perevoshchikov

  • Shishkeevo: April 28, 1788 celebration
  • Saint Petersburg: September 15, 1880 deceased

Russian mathematician, rector of the Imperial University of Moscow. | Order of Saint Stanislaus, 1st class, Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class with crown, Order of

75. John Lee

  • April 28, 1783 celebration
  • Buckinghamshire: February 25, 1866 deceased

British philanthropist, astronomer, mathematician, antiquarian and barrister (1783-1866) | University of Cambridge, St John's College | April 28, 1783

76. Sylvestre François Lacroix (Sylvestre Francois Lacroix)

  • Paris: April 28, 1765 celebration
  • Paris: May 24, 1843 deceased

French mathematician (1765-1843) | Collège des Quatre-Nations | Paris: April 28, 1765 - Paris: May 24, 1843 | Sylvestre François Lacroix (Sylvestre Francois

77. Pedro Gutiérrez Bueno (Pedro Gutierrez Bueno)

  • April 28, 1743 celebration

April 28, 1743 - Mexico City: October 22, 1966 | Pedro Gutiérrez Bueno (Pedro Gutierrez Bueno) | April 28, 1743 - Mexico City: October 22, 1966

78. Jean François Clément Morand (Jean Francois Clement Morand)

  • Paris: April 28, 1726 celebration
  • Paris: August 13, 1784 deceased

French physician and scientist | Paris: April 28, 1726 - Paris: August 13, 1784 | Jean François Clément Morand (Jean Francois Clement Morand)

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