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Jan Sokol

  • Prague: April 18, 1936 celebration
  • Prague: February 16, 2021 celebration
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    Jan Sokol  

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    Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia  

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    Jan Sokol

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  • celebration Date of birth

    Prague: April 18, 1936  

  • deceased Rest in Peace

    Prague: February 16, 2021  

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  • engineering Field of Work

    1. philosophy
    2. politics
    3. humanities
    4. philosophy of religion
    5. philosophical anthropology
    6. Christian philosophy
    7. translation from German
    8. translation from French
    9. translating activity
     

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    1. Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University
     

  • trophy Awards & Honors

    1. Cross of the President of the Slovak Republic, 1st Class (2003)
    2. honorary citizen of Prague 6 (2014)
    3. Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, 1st class (2023)
    4. Přístav Prize (2008)
    5. Officer of the French Order of Academic Palms
    6. The VIZE 97 Prize (2016)
    7. Officer of the Legion of Honour (2007)
     

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  • Czech philosopher (1936–2021) | Cross of the President of the Slovak Republic, 1st Class (2003), honorary citizen of Prague 6 (2014), Order of Tomáš

1. Paweł Przewłocki (Pawel Przewlocki)

  • Warsaw: April 18, 1977 celebration

Polish physicist, sociologist and social activist | Faculty of Philosophy and Sociology, University of Warsaw, VI Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Tadeusza

2. Roomet Jakapi

  • Tartu: April 18, 1973 celebration

Estonian philosopher | University of Tartu, Hugo Treffner Gymnasium | Tartu: April 18, 1973 - August 17, 2023 | Roomet Jakapi | Tartu: April 18, 1973 - August

3. Tamara Braun

  • Evanston: April 18, 1971 celebration

American actress | University of Wisconsin–Madison, Evanston Township High School | Evanston: April 18, 1971 - Budapest: September 1, 1936 | Tamara Braun

4. Matthias Troyer

  • Linz: April 18, 1968 celebration

Austrian physicist and professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich | Aneesur Rahman Prize for Computational Physics (2016) | ETH Zurich

5. Juan Pedro Bolanos

  • Santa María de Guía de Gran Canaria: April 18, 1964 celebration

researcher | Prize of Castile and Leon for scientific, technical and innovative research (2021) | University of Salamanca (1987), University College London

6. Soukhrob Charipov

  • Dushanbe: April 18, 1963 celebration
  • Dushanbe: January 19, 2015 deceased

scientist | Moscow University's Department of Philosophy | Dushanbe: April 18, 1963 - Dushanbe: January 19, 2015 | Soukhrob Charipov | Dushanbe: April 18, 1963

7. Thierry Coquand

  • Isère: April 18, 1961 celebration

French mathematician, logician and computer scientist | ACM Software System Award (2013) | École Normale Supérieure | Isère: April 18, 1961 - Auburn: May 13, 1944

8. Dace Bula

  • April 18, 1960 celebration

Latvian scientist | April 18, 1960 - Baku: July 17, 2021 | Dace Bula | April 18, 1960 - Baku: July 17, 2021

9. Michael J. Hopkins

  • Alexandria: April 18, 1958 celebration

American mathematician | Nemmers Prize in Mathematics (2014), Oswald Veblen Prize in Geometry (2001), Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2021)

10. Sergei Pavlovich Rastorguev

  • Soviet Union: April 18, 1958 celebration
  • July 12, 2017 deceased

scientist | Moscow State Institute of Electronics and Mathematics | Soviet Union: April 18, 1958 - July 12, 2017 | Sergei Pavlovich Rastorguev | Soviet Union

11. Mikhail Pogosyan

  • Moscow: April 18, 1956 celebration

Russian aircraft engineer, scientist | Order of Alexander Nevsky, State Prize of the Russian Federation in Literature and the Arts, Russian Federation

12. R. J. Dwayne Miller

  • Winnipeg: April 18, 1956 celebration

Canadian chemist | Earle K. Plyler Prize for Molecular Spectroscopy (2025), Centenary Prize (2016), Guggenheim Fellowship, honorary doctorate from the

13. Mirosław Dworniczak (Miroslaw Dworniczak)

  • Poznań: April 18, 1956 celebration

Polish chemist | Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań | Poznań: April 18, 1956 - Chatham: January 1, 1902 | Mirosław Dworniczak (Miroslaw Dworniczak)

14. Arvydas Juozaitis

  • Vilnius: April 18, 1956 celebration

Lithuanian politician and swimmer | Vilnius University | Vilnius: April 18, 1956 - Paris: April 12, 1871 | Arvydas Juozaitis | Vilnius: April 18, 1956 - Paris

15. S. Ivakhnenko

  • Murafa: April 18, 1950 celebration

researcher | National University of Kharkiv | Murafa: April 18, 1950 - October 28, 2020 | S. Ivakhnenko | Murafa: April 18, 1950 - October 28, 2020 | National

16. Olha Kocherha

  • Chernivtsi: April 18, 1949 celebration

Ukrainian translator | Chernivtsi: April 18, 1949 - October 19, 2019 | Olha Kocherha | Chernivtsi: April 18, 1949 - October 19, 2019

17. Charles Fefferman

  • Washington, D.C.: April 18, 1949 celebration

American mathematician | Wolf Prize in Mathematics (2017), Stefan Bergman Prize (1992), Bôcher Memorial Prize (2008), Alan T. Waterman Award (1976), Fields

18. Valentin Parmon

  • Brandenburg an der Havel: April 18, 1948 celebration

Russian chemist | State Prize of the Russian Federation, Order of Alexander Nevsky, Medal of Francysk Skaryna, Global Energy Prize (2016), Order "For Merit to

19. Wolfgang A. Herrmann

  • April 18, 1948 celebration

German chemist | Gay-Lussac-Humboldt-Prize (1989), honorary doctor of the University of Rennes I (2003), Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art (2012)

20. Evgeny Henner

  • Berezniki: April 18, 1946 celebration

Russian mathematician | Excellence in Public Education of the RSFSR, Merited Scientist of the Russian Federation (2009), Russian President's Prize in the field

21. Joseph Bernstein

  • Moscow: April 18, 1945 celebration

Russian mathematician | The EMET Prize for Art, Science and Culture (2016), Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2013), Israel Prize (2004)

22. Jean-Marc Lévy-Leblond (Jean-Marc Levy-Leblond)

  • Montpellier: April 18, 1940 celebration

French physicist | Jean-Perrin Prize (1980), Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres | École Normale Supérieure, University of Paris, University of Paris-Sud

23. F. David Peat

  • Waterloo: April 18, 1938 celebration
  • Pari: June 6, 2017 deceased

British physicist (1938–2017) | University of Liverpool | Waterloo: April 18, 1938 - Pari: June 6, 2017 | F. David Peat | Waterloo: April 18, 1938 - Pari: June 6, 2017

24. Don Buchla

  • South Gate: April 18, 1937 celebration
  • Berkeley: September 14, 2016 deceased

Musical instrument inventor (1937–2016) | Guggenheim Fellowship | Berklee College of Music | South Gate: April 18, 1937 - Berkeley: September 14, 2016 | Don

25. Gerhard Proeseler

  • Aschersleben: April 18, 1937 celebration
  • November 15, 2014 deceased

German phytomedicine and plant virologist (1937-2014) | Aschersleben: April 18, 1937 - November 15, 2014 | Gerhard Proeseler | Aschersleben: April 18, 1937

26. Jan Sokol

  • Prague: April 18, 1936 celebration
  • Prague: February 16, 2021 deceased

Czech philosopher (1936–2021) | Cross of the President of the Slovak Republic, 1st Class (2003), honorary citizen of Prague 6 (2014), Order of Tomáš

27. Peter Toschek

  • Hindenburg: April 18, 1933 celebration
  • Hamburg: June 25, 2020 deceased

German physicist (1933–2020) | Robert Wichard Pohl Prize (1990), Herbert Walther Prize (2015) | University of Bonn | Hindenburg: April 18, 1933 - Hamburg

28. Ivan Leonovich

  • Cyryn: April 18, 1929 celebration
  • Minsk: October 6, 2018 deceased

Belarusian scientist | Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin", Diploma of the Supreme Soviet of the

29. Alla Shcherbo

  • Saint Petersburg: April 18, 1928 celebration
  • Vinnytsia: January 22, 2016 deceased

Ukrainian educator | Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin", Excellence in People's Education of the

30. Samuel P. Huntington

  • New York City: April 18, 1927 celebration
  • Martha's Vineyard: December 24, 2008 deceased

American political scientist (1927-2008) | Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Grawemeyer Awards (1992), Guggenheim Fellowship | Clash of

31. Arseny Chanyshev

  • April 18, 1926 celebration

Moscow University's Department of Philosophy | April 18, 1926 - Richmond Hill: November 18, 1956 | Arseny Chanyshev | April 18, 1926 - Richmond Hill

32. Harry Volkman

  • Medford: April 18, 1926 celebration
  • Des Plaines: August 20, 2015 deceased

American television meteorologist | University of Tulsa | Medford: April 18, 1926 - Des Plaines: August 20, 2015 | Harry Volkman | Medford: April 18, 1926

33. Tullio Pietrocola

  • Naples: April 18, 1922 celebration
  • Monterotondo: March 14, 1976 deceased

Italian partisan and chemist | Naples: April 18, 1922 - Monterotondo: March 14, 1976 | Tullio Pietrocola | Naples: April 18, 1922 - Monterotondo: March 14, 1976

34. T Peter Brody

  • Budapest: April 18, 1920 celebration
  • Pittsburgh: September 18, 2011 deceased

Inventor of Active Matrix technology (1920–2011) | Charles Stark Draper Prize (2012) | University of London | Budapest: April 18, 1920 - Pittsburgh: September 18, 2011

35. Maurice Goldhaber

  • Lviv: April 18, 1911 celebration
  • Suffolk County: May 11, 2011 deceased

American physicist (1911-2011) | Fellow of the American Physical Society, Wolf Prize in Physics (1991), Enrico Fermi Award (1998), Tom W. Bonner Prize in

36. Lars Ahlfors

  • Helsinki: April 18, 1907 celebration
  • Pittsfield: October 11, 1996 deceased

Finnish mathematician (1907-1996) | Leroy P. Steele Prize (1982), Wolf Prize in Mathematics (1981), Guggenheim Fellowship (1971), Fields medal (1936)

37. Iwao Kōyama (Iwao Koyama)

  • Yamagata: April 18, 1905 celebration
  • July 7, 1993 deceased

Japanese philosopher (1905-1993) | Order of the Sacred Treasure, 3rd class | Kyoto University | Yamagata: April 18, 1905 - July 7, 1993 | Iwao Kōyama (Iwao

38. George H. Hitchings

  • Hoquiam: April 18, 1905 celebration
  • Chapel Hill: February 27, 1998 deceased

Nobel Prize-winning American physician | Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1974), Canada Gairdner International Award (1968), Nobel Prize in Physiology or

39. Bento de Jesus Caraça (Bento de Jesus Caraca)

  • Vila Viçosa: April 18, 1901 celebration
  • Lisbon: June 25, 1948 deceased

Portuguese politician (1901-1948) | Grand Officer of the Order of Liberty, Grand Cross of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword | Technical University of Lisbon

40. Na Hye-sok

  • Suwon: April 18, 1896 celebration
  • Seoul: December 10, 1948 deceased

writer and painter from Korea (1896-1948) | Tokyo University of the Arts | Suwon: April 18, 1896 - Seoul: December 10, 1948 | Na Hye-sok | Suwon: April 18

41. André Félix Boivin (Andre Felix Boivin)

  • April 18, 1895 celebration

honorary doctor of Alexandru Ioan Cuza University | April 18, 1895 - Ann Arbor: November 26, 1943 | André Félix Boivin (Andre Felix Boivin) | April 18

42. Willem de Groot

  • April 18, 1892 celebration

Ph.D. Universiteit van Amsterdam 1923 | University of Amsterdam | April 18, 1892 - August 13, 2020 | Willem de Groot | April 18, 1892 - August 13, 2020

43. Eugene Houdry

  • Domont: April 18, 1892 celebration
  • Darby: July 18, 1962 deceased

American mechanical engineer (1892-1962) | Howard N. Potts Medal (1948), E. V. Murphree Award in Industrial and Engineering Chemistry (1962), John Scott Award

44. Dmitrii Menshov

  • Moscow: April 18, 1892 celebration
  • Moscow: November 25, 1988 deceased

Russian mathematician (1892 – 1988) | Order of Friendship of Peoples, Order of the October Revolution, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Stalin Prize, Order

45. Julius Wolff

  • Nijmegen: April 18, 1882 celebration
  • Bergen-Belsen concentration camp: February 8, 1945 deceased

Dutch mathematician | University of Amsterdam | Nijmegen: April 18, 1882 - Bergen-Belsen concentration camp: February 8, 1945 | Julius Wolff (Jules Wolff)

46. Julius Edgar Lilienfeld

  • Lviv: April 18, 1882 celebration
  • Charlotte Amalie: August 28, 1963 deceased

Austro-Hungarian physicist | Humboldt University of Berlin | Lviv: April 18, 1882 - Charlotte Amalie: August 28, 1963 | Julius Edgar Lilienfeld | Lviv: April

47. Márk Antal (Mark Antal)

  • Devecser: April 18, 1880 celebration
  • Cluj-Napoca: October 29, 1942 deceased

mathematician, teacher, politician (1880-1942) | Devecser: April 18, 1880 - Cluj-Napoca: October 29, 1942 | Márk Antal (Mark Antal) | Devecser: April 18, 1880

48. Valentin Nikolaevich Speranskiĭ (Valentin Nikolaevich Speranskii)

  • Moscow: April 18, 1877 celebration
  • Paris: November 9, 1957 deceased

French Russian lawyer (1877-1957) | Knight of the Legion of Honour | Moscow Imperial University, Faculty of Law | Moscow: April 18, 1877 - Paris: November 9, 1957

49. Nadezhda Gernet

  • Ulyanovsk: April 18, 1877 celebration
  • Saint Petersburg: June 24, 1943 deceased

Russian mathematician (1877-1943) | Bestuzhev Courses, University of Göttingen | Ulyanovsk: April 18, 1877 - Saint Petersburg: June 24, 1943 | Nadezhda Gernet

50. Ugo Amaldi

  • Verona: April 18, 1875 celebration
  • Rome: November 11, 1957 deceased

Italian mathematician (1875-1957), father of Edoardo Amaldi | Mathematical Prize of the Italian Academy of Sciences (1918) | University of Bologna | Verona

51. Marston T. Bogert

  • Flushing: April 18, 1868 celebration
  • Islip: March 21, 1954 deceased

American chemist (1868–1954) | Priestley Medal (1938), honorary doctorate from Columbia University (1929), American Institute of Chemists Gold Medal (1936)

52. Hugh Longbourne Callendar

  • Hatherop: April 18, 1863 celebration
  • London Borough of Ealing: January 21, 1930 deceased

British physicist (1863-1930) | Rumford Medal (1906), Bakerian Lecture (1912), Fellow of the Royal Society, Dennis Gabor Medal and Prize (1923) | Hatherop

53. Pavel Julius Vychodil

  • Přemyslovice: April 18, 1862 celebration
  • Brno: April 7, 1938 deceased

Czech translator, writer and roman catholic priest (1862-1938) | Přemyslovice: April 18, 1862 - Brno: April 7, 1938 | Pavel Julius Vychodil | Přemyslovice

54. Victor Kandinsky

  • Transbaikal Oblast: April 18, 1849 celebration
  • Saint Petersburg: July 15, 1889 deceased

Russian psychiatrist (1849–1889) | Imperial Moscow University | Transbaikal Oblast: April 18, 1849 - Saint Petersburg: July 15, 1889 | Victor Kandinsky

55. Adolf Slaby

  • Berlin: April 18, 1849 celebration
  • Berlin: April 6, 1913 deceased

German wireless pioneer (1849-1913) | Grashof Commemorative Medal (1902) | Technische Universität Berlin, University of Erlangen–Nuremberg, University of Jena

56. Syed Mir Hassan

  • April 18, 1844 celebration
  • September 25, 1929 deceased

Pakistani philosopher | April 18, 1844 - September 25, 1929 | Syed Mir Hassan | April 18, 1844 - September 25, 1929

57. Antero de Quental

  • Ponta Delgada: April 18, 1842 celebration
  • Ponta Delgada: September 11, 1891 deceased

Portuguese poet (1842–1891) | University of Coimbra | Ponta Delgada: April 18, 1842 - Ponta Delgada: September 11, 1891 | Antero de Quental | Ponta Delgada

58. Vasily Isachenko

  • April 18, 1839 celebration

Order of Saint Anna, 1st class | Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of the Saint Petersburg University | April 18, 1839 - January 1, 1627 | Vasily Isachenko

59. Alois Jandouš (Alois Jandous)

  • April 18, 1838 celebration

April 18, 1838 - Warsaw: September 12, 1983 | Alois Jandouš (Alois Jandous) | April 18, 1838 - Warsaw: September 12, 1983

60. Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran (Paul-Emile Lecoq de Boisbaudran)

  • Cognac: April 18, 1836 celebration
  • Paris: May 28, 1912 deceased

French chemist (1838–1912) | Davy Medal (1879), Knight of the Legion of Honour | École polytechnique | Cognac: April 18, 1836 - Paris: May 28, 1912

61. Eduard Ketteler

  • April 18, 1836 celebration

Gymnasium Paulinum, University of Bonn, Frederick William University Berlin | April 18, 1836 - Cambridge: January 19, 2016 | Eduard Ketteler | April 18

62. Ivan Yegorovich Troitsky

  • April 18, 1832 celebration

Olonetsk Theological Seminary | April 18, 1832 - San Francisco: February 2, 2021 | Ivan Yegorovich Troitsky | April 18, 1832 - San Francisco: February 2, 2021

63. Alfons Ferdinand Šťastný (Alfons Ferdinand Stastny)

  • Štěkeň: April 18, 1831 celebration
  • Padařov: November 8, 1913 deceased

Czech member of Czech council and philosopher | Štěkeň: April 18, 1831 - Padařov: November 8, 1913 | Alfons Ferdinand Šťastný (Alfons Ferdinand Stastny)

64. Marc Thury

  • Nyon: April 18, 1822 celebration
  • Eaux-Vives: January 17, 1905 deceased

botanist (1822-1905) | University of Geneva, University of Strasbourg | Nyon: April 18, 1822 - Eaux-Vives: January 17, 1905 | Marc Thury | Nyon: April 18, 1822

65. George Henry Lewes

  • London: April 18, 1817 celebration
  • London: November 30, 1878 deceased

British philosopher (1817-1878) | London: April 18, 1817 - London: November 30, 1878 | George Henry Lewes | London: April 18, 1817 - London: November 30, 1878

66. Louis de Vilmorin

  • Paris: April 18, 1816 celebration
  • Paris: March 22, 1860 deceased

botanist (1816-1860) | Knight of the Legion of Honour | Paris: April 18, 1816 - Paris: March 22, 1860 | Louis de Vilmorin | Paris: April 18, 1816 - Paris: March 22, 1860

67. Leonard H. Wheeler

  • April 18, 1811 celebration
  • February 25, 1872 deceased

18 Apr 1811 - 25 Feb 1872 | April 18, 1811 - February 25, 1872 | Leonard H. Wheeler | April 18, 1811 - February 25, 1872

68. Henry Philip Tappan

  • Rhinebeck: April 18, 1805 celebration
  • Vevey: November 15, 1881 deceased

President of the University of Michigan | Doctor of Divinity (1845) | Union College | Rhinebeck: April 18, 1805 - Vevey: November 15, 1881 | Henry Philip

69. Robert Davidson

  • Aberdeen: April 18, 1804 celebration
  • Aberdeen: November 16, 1894 deceased

British inventor, built first electric locomotive (1804–1894) | University of Aberdeen, Marischal College | Aberdeen: April 18, 1804 - Aberdeen: November 16, 1894

70. Ottaviano-Fabrizio Mossotti

  • Novara: April 18, 1791 celebration
  • Pisa: March 20, 1863 deceased

Italian physicist (1791-1863) | Knight of the Order of Saint Joseph, Commander of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus, Civil Order of Savoy | University of Pavia

71. David Ricardo

  • London: April 18, 1772 celebration
  • Gloucestershire: September 11, 1823 deceased

British economist and politician (1772–1823) | Talmud Torah school | London: April 18, 1772 - Gloucestershire: September 11, 1823 | David Ricardo | London

72. Thomas Thorild

  • Svarteborg: April 18, 1759 celebration
  • Greifswald: October 1, 1808 deceased

Swedish writer | University of Greifswald | Svarteborg: April 18, 1759 - Greifswald: October 1, 1808 | Thomas Thorild | Svarteborg: April 18, 1759

73. Étienne Chauvin (Etienne Chauvin)

  • Nîmes: April 18, 1640 celebration
  • Berlin: April 6, 1725 deceased

French protestant divine | Nîmes: April 18, 1640 - Berlin: April 6, 1725 | Étienne Chauvin (Etienne Chauvin) | Nîmes: April 18, 1640 - Berlin: April 6, 1725

74. Michele Mercati

  • San Miniato: April 18, 1541 celebration
  • Rome: June 25, 1593 deceased

Italian polyhistor (1541-1593) | University of Pisa | San Miniato: April 18, 1541 - Rome: June 25, 1593 | Michele Mercati | San Miniato: April 18, 1541 - Rome

75. Al-Karaji

  • Karaj: April 18, 0953 celebration
  • January 1, 1029 deceased

Persian mathematician and engineer (c. 953 – c. 1029) | Al-Fakhri | Karaj: April 18, 0953 - January 1, 1029 | Al-Karaji | Karaj: April 18, 0953 - January 1

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