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John W. Cahn

  • Cologne: January 9, 1928 celebration
  • Seattle: March 14, 2016 celebration
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    Cologne: January 9, 1928  

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    Seattle: March 14, 2016  

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    1. University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
    2. University of California, Berkeley
     

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    1. Department of Commerce Gold Medal
    2. Von Hippel Award (1985)
    3. Dickson Prize in Science (1981)
    4. National Medal of Science (1998)
    5. Harvey Prize (1995)
    6. Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology (2011)
    7. honorary doctorate from University of Evry (1995)
    8. Guggenheim Fellowship
    9. Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science (2002)
     

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  • American materials scientist (1928–2016) | Department of Commerce Gold Medal, Von Hippel Award (1985), Dickson Prize in Science (1981), National Medal of

1. Talitha Washington

  • Frankfort: January 9, 1974 celebration

American mathematician | Fellow of the Association for Women in Mathematics (2021), Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2021) | Benjamin Bosse High

2. Jarl Inge Wærness (Jarl Inge Waerness)

  • January 9, 1971 celebration

Norwegian researcher | January 9, 1971 - Sheepshead Bay: May 1, 1891 | Jarl Inge Wærness (Jarl Inge Waerness) | January 9, 1971 - Sheepshead Bay: May 1, 1891

3. İlqar Məmmədov (Ilqar Məmmədov)

  • Goydərə, Gobustan: January 9, 1971 celebration

Azerbaijani mathematician | Golden Pen Prize (media award) | Lyceum of Physics, Mathematics and Computer Science | Goydərə, Gobustan: January 9, 1971

4. Jeremy Avigad

  • New York City: January 9, 1968 celebration

American mathematician | Harvard University, University of California, Berkeley | New York City: January 9, 1968 - Pierrefonds: May 28, 1924 | Jeremy Avigad

5. Renata Salecl

  • Slovenj Gradec: January 9, 1962 celebration

Slovene philosopher | University of Ljubljana | Slovenj Gradec: January 9, 1962 - Arlington County: August 7, 2010 | Renata Salecl | Slovenj Gradec: January 9

6. Petr Kulhánek (Petr Kulhanek)

  • January 9, 1959 celebration

Czech astrophysicist and physicist | Charles University | January 9, 1959 - Prague: December 15, 1989 | Petr Kulhánek (Petr Kulhanek) | January 9, 1959

7. Stephen Neale

  • England: January 9, 1958 celebration

British philosopher | Guggenheim Fellowship | England: January 9, 1958 - London: April 5, 2022 | Stephen Neale | England: January 9, 1958 - London: April 5, 2022

8. Jean-Claude Heudin

  • Neuilly-sur-Seine: January 9, 1957 celebration

French scientist | Neuilly-sur-Seine: January 9, 1957 - Tinchebray: June 20, 1845 | Jean-Claude Heudin | Neuilly-sur-Seine: January 9, 1957 - Tinchebray: June 20, 1845

9. Christopher Rose

  • New York City: January 9, 1957 celebration

American electrical engineer | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | New York City: January 9, 1957 - London: September 29, 1703 | Christopher Rose | New

10. Irina Lebedeva

  • Rostov Veliky: January 9, 1956 celebration

Russian scientist | Merited worker of culture of the Russian Federation | Saint Petersburg State Institute of History, Saint Petersburg State University

11. Aleksandr Gusev

  • January 9, 1955 celebration

Chuvash State Pedagogical University (1977) | January 9, 1955 - Sèvres: June 16, 1967 | Aleksandr Gusev | January 9, 1955 - Sèvres: June 16, 1967

12. Peter Schneider

  • Karlsruhe: January 9, 1953 celebration

German mathematician (1953- ) | Gay-Lussac-Humboldt-Prize (1995), Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize (1992) | University of Regensburg | Karlsruhe: January 9

13. Ștefan Urâtu (Stefan Uratu)

  • Ustia: January 9, 1951 celebration

Moldovan politician | Order of the Republic (2010) | Ustia: January 9, 1951 - Iași: November 5, 1984 | Ștefan Urâtu (Stefan Uratu) | Ustia: January 9, 1951

14. Vladimir Entin

  • Moscow: January 9, 1950 celebration

Russian diplomat | Moscow State Law University, Moscow State Linguistic University | Moscow: January 9, 1950 - Tarascon-sur-Ariège: March 18, 1920 | Vladimir

15. Shun'ichi Tanaka

  • Fukushima: January 9, 1945 celebration

Japanese physicist | Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star | Tohoku University | Fukushima: January 9, 1945 - Geneva: June 30, 1893 | Shun'ichi Tanaka

16. Odd Magnus Faltinsen

  • Stavanger: January 9, 1944 celebration

Norwegian professor | Fridtjof Nansen Award of Excellence, Mathematics-Natural sciences class (2011) | University of Michigan, University of Bergen

17. Jan Lacina

  • Tišnov: January 9, 1944 celebration
  • Tišnov: March 21, 2020 deceased

Czech geobiocenologist | Gymnázium Tišnov | Tišnov: January 9, 1944 - Tišnov: March 21, 2020 | Jan Lacina | Tišnov: January 9, 1944 - Tišnov: March 21, 2020

18. Fernando Flores

  • Talca: January 9, 1943 celebration

Chilean politician | Pontifical Catholic University of Chile | Talca: January 9, 1943 - Fyne Court: July 6, 1855 | Fernando Flores - Carlos Fernando Flores

19. Dario Antiseri

  • Foligno: January 9, 1940 celebration

Philosophy professor | University of Perugia | Foligno: January 9, 1940 - November 26, 1943 | Dario Antiseri | Foligno: January 9, 1940 - November 26, 1943

20. Marcello Costa

  • Turin: January 9, 1940 celebration
  • April 14, 2024 deceased

Italian-born Australian medical doctor, research academic, and public health advocate | Officer of the Order of Australia (2020), Fellow of the Australian

21. Samuel I. Stupp

  • San José: January 9, 1939 celebration

American chemist | MRS Medal Award (2000), Ronald Breslow Award for Achievement in Biomimetic Chemistry (2013), Von Hippel Award (2022), Ralph F. Hirschmann

22. Gary Starkweather

  • Lansing: January 9, 1938 celebration
  • Orlando: December 26, 2019 deceased

American inventor and engineer (1938–2019) | National Inventors Hall of Fame (2012), David Richardson Medal (1991) | laser printer | Michigan State

23. Royce W. Murray

  • Birmingham: January 9, 1937 celebration
  • Carolina Meadows: July 6, 2022 deceased

American chemist | Olin Palladium Award (1997), ACS Award in Analytical Chemistry (1991), Guggenheim Fellowship, Oesper Award (2002), North Carolina Award for

24. Robert W. Lucky

  • Pittsburgh: January 9, 1936 celebration
  • March 10, 2022 deceased

American engineer | Edwin Howard Armstrong Achievement Award (1975), Marconi Prize (1987), IEEE Richard M. Emberson Award (2002), Edison Medal (1995) | Purdue University

25. Jacob T. Schwartz

  • The Bronx: January 9, 1930 celebration
  • Manhattan: March 2, 2009 deceased

American mathematician and computer scientist (1930-2009) | Wilbur Cross Medal (1977), Leroy P. Steele Prize (1981) | Dunford–Schwartz theorem, Schwartz–Zippel lemma

26. Donn E. Rosen

  • New York City: January 9, 1929 celebration
  • Closter: September 14, 1986 deceased

American ichthyologist (1929-1986) | Leidy Award (1967) | New York University | New York City: January 9, 1929 - Closter: September 14, 1986 | Donn E. Rosen

27. John W. Cahn

  • Cologne: January 9, 1928 celebration
  • Seattle: March 14, 2016 deceased

American materials scientist (1928–2016) | Department of Commerce Gold Medal, Von Hippel Award (1985), Dickson Prize in Science (1981), National Medal of

28. Stanisław Plewa (Stanislaw Plewa)

  • Vawkavysk: January 9, 1925 celebration
  • Kraków: April 28, 2006 deceased

Polish scientist, (geophysics) | Silver Cross of Merit, Armia Krajowa Cross, Knight of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Gold Cross of Merit | AGH University of

29. Vasily Vladimirov

  • Dyaglevo: January 9, 1923 celebration
  • Odintsovsky District: November 3, 2012 deceased

Russian mathematician (1923–2012) | Hero of Socialist Labour (1983), Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Order of

30. Mollie Orshansky

  • New York City: January 9, 1915 celebration
  • New York City: December 18, 2006 deceased

American economist | Fellow of the American Statistical Association (1974) | American University, Hunter College High School, Hunter College | New York City

31. Zhang Wenyu

  • Fujian: January 9, 1910 celebration
  • November 5, 1992 deceased

Chinese physicist | Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (1957) | University of Science and Technology of China, University of Cambridge, Yenching University

32. James L. Tuck

  • Manchester: January 9, 1910 celebration
  • Los Alamos: December 15, 1980 deceased

British physicist (1910–1980) | Officer of the Order of the British Empire, Guggenheim Fellowship, Fellow of the American Physical Society | Victoria

33. Simone de Beauvoir

  • 6th arrondissement of Paris: January 9, 1908 celebration
  • rue Victor-Schœlcher: April 14, 1986 deceased

French philosopher, social theorist and activist (1908–1986) | Jerusalem Prize (1975), honorary doctorate of Concordia University, Prix Goncourt (1954)

34. Charles Mérieux (Charles Merieux)

  • 2nd arrondissement of Lyon: January 9, 1907 celebration
  • 2nd arrondissement of Lyon: January 19, 2001 deceased

French scientist (1907-2001) | honorary doctorate from University of Lyon-II (1987), Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour | 2nd arrondissement of Lyon: January

35. Wilhelm Groth

  • Hamburg: January 9, 1904 celebration
  • Bonn: February 20, 1977 deceased

German chemist (1904-1977) | Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1970) | University of Tübingen, Technical University

36. Elli Lambridi

  • Athens: January 9, 1896 celebration
  • Athens: January 28, 1970 deceased

Greek writer and philosopher (1896-1970) | Athens Conservatoire | Athens: January 9, 1896 - Athens: January 28, 1970 | Elli Lambridi | Athens: January 9, 1896

37. Finn Malmgren

  • Domkyrkoförsamlingen in Göteborg: January 9, 1895 celebration
  • Spitsbergen: June 1, 1928 deceased

Swedish meteorologist and explorer (1895–1928) | Commander of the Order of St. Olav | Uppsala University | Domkyrkoförsamlingen in Göteborg: January 9

38. Oscar Knapp

  • Budapest: January 9, 1892 celebration
  • Budapest District IV: November 14, 1970 deceased

Hungarian chemical engineer (1892-1970) | Budapest University of Technology and Economics | Budapest: January 9, 1892 - Budapest District IV: November 14, 1970

39. Reginald W. James

  • London: January 9, 1891 celebration
  • Cape Town: July 7, 1964 deceased

British researcher (1891–1964) | Polar Medal | St John's College, University of Cambridge | London: January 9, 1891 - Cape Town: July 7, 1964 | Reginald W.

40. Karel Čapek (Karel Capek)

  • Malé Svatoňovice: January 9, 1890 celebration
  • Vinohrady: December 25, 1938 deceased

Czech writer (1890–1938) | honorary citizen of Prague 10 (2021), Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, 1st class (1995), honorary citizen of Hradec Králové (2019)

41. Percy John Daniell

  • Valparaíso: January 9, 1889 celebration
  • Sheffield: May 25, 1946 deceased

British mathematician (1889–1946) | Daniell integral | Trinity College, King Edward's School, University of Göttingen | Valparaíso: January 9, 1889

42. Arthur Kronfeld

  • Berlin: January 9, 1886 celebration
  • Moscow: October 16, 1941 deceased

German psychiatrist (1886–1941) | Heidelberg University | Berlin: January 9, 1886 - Moscow: October 16, 1941 | Arthur Kronfeld | Berlin: January 9, 1886

43. Giovanni Papini

  • Florence: January 9, 1881 celebration
  • Florence: July 8, 1956 deceased

Italian writer (1881-1956) | Marzotto Prize | A Man — Finished | Florence: January 9, 1881 - Florence: July 8, 1956 | Giovanni Papini (Cartouche | Gianfalco

44. Bernard Groethuysen

  • Berlin: January 9, 1880 celebration
  • Luxembourg: September 17, 1946 deceased

French literary historian, translator and writer (1880-1946) | Ludwig-Maximilian-University in Munich | Berlin: January 9, 1880 - Luxembourg: September 17, 1946

45. Robert Michels

  • Cologne: January 9, 1876 celebration
  • Rome: May 2, 1936 deceased

German sociologist (1876–1936) | iron law of oligarchy | Leipzig University, Ludwig-Maximilian-University in Munich, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg

46. Valerian Velichko

  • January 9, 1874 celebration

Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of Moscow Imperial University | January 9, 1874 - Moscow: December 5, 2024 | Valerian Velichko | January 9, 1874

47. Hans Frederick Blichfeldt

  • Grønbæk Parish: January 9, 1873 celebration
  • Palo Alto: November 16, 1945 deceased

mathematician (1873–1945) | Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog (1939) | Blichfeldt's theorem | Leipzig University, Stanford University | Grønbæk Parish

48. Efim Semyonovich London

  • Kalvarija: January 9, 1869 celebration
  • Saint Petersburg: March 21, 1939 deceased

Lithuanian chemist | Honored Scientist of the RSFSR | University of Warsaw | Kalvarija: January 9, 1869 - Saint Petersburg: March 21, 1939 | Efim Semyonovich

49. Richard Abegg

  • Gdańsk: January 9, 1869 celebration
  • Koszalin: April 3, 1910 deceased

German chemist (1869-1910) | Humboldt University of Berlin, University of Kiel, University of Tübingen | Gdańsk: January 9, 1869 - Koszalin: April 3, 1910

50. Aleksandr Ivanov

  • Rostov-on-Don: January 9, 1868 celebration
  • Moscow: January 8, 1935 deceased

scientist | Honored Scientist of the RSFSR | Medical faculty of Moscow University | Rostov-on-Don: January 9, 1868 - Moscow: January 8, 1935 | Aleksandr Ivanov

51. Søren Peter Lauritz Sørensen (Soren Peter Lauritz Sorensen)

  • Havrebjerg: January 9, 1868 celebration
  • Copenhagen: February 12, 1939 deceased

Danish chemist | honorary doctor of the University of Bordeaux (1938), doctor honoris causa from the University of Paris (1938) | University of Copenhagen

52. Vladimir Steklov

  • Nizhny Novgorod: January 9, 1864 celebration
  • Gaspra: May 30, 1926 deceased

Russian mathematician (1863–1926) | Order of Saint Anna, 3rd class (1906), Order of St. Vladimir, 4th class (1917), Order of Saint Stanislaus, 2nd class (1903)

53. Jan Harusewicz

  • Łomża: January 9, 1863 celebration
  • Warsaw: September 17, 1929 deceased

Polish politician | University of Warsaw | Łomża: January 9, 1863 - Warsaw: September 17, 1929 | Jan Harusewicz | Łomża: January 9, 1863 - Warsaw: September 17, 1929

54. František Wald (Frantisek Wald)

  • Brandýsek: January 9, 1861 celebration
  • Ostrava: October 19, 1930 deceased

Czech chemist and university educator (1861–1930) | Brandýsek: January 9, 1861 - Ostrava: October 19, 1930 | František Wald (Frantisek Wald) | Brandýsek

55. Gustaf Melander

  • Kuopio: January 9, 1861 celebration
  • Helsinki: August 25, 1938 deceased

Finnish physicist and meteorologist | Professor | Kuopio: January 9, 1861 - Helsinki: August 25, 1938 | Gustaf Melander | Kuopio: January 9, 1861 - Helsinki

56. Varnava Ignatyev

  • January 9, 1860 celebration

Medical faculty of Moscow University, Moscow State University | January 9, 1860 - Yekaterinburg: January 1, 1981 | Varnava Ignatyev | January 9, 1860

57. Walter Leighton Clark

  • Philadelphia: January 9, 1859 celebration
  • Stockbridge: December 18, 1935 deceased

American artist (1859-1935) | Philadelphia: January 9, 1859 - Stockbridge: December 18, 1935 | Walter Leighton Clark (Clark, Walter Leighton) | Philadelphia

58. Edmund Oscar von Lippmann

  • Vienna: January 9, 1857 celebration
  • Halle (Saale): September 24, 1940 deceased

German chemist (1857-1940) | Silver Leibniz medal (1919) | Heidelberg University, ETH Zurich | Vienna: January 9, 1857 - Halle (Saale): September 24, 1940

59. John Augustus Just

  • January 9, 1854 celebration
  • September 13, 1908 deceased

American shemist (1854-1908) | Heidelberg University | January 9, 1854 - September 13, 1908 | John Augustus Just | January 9, 1854 - September 13, 1908

60. Richard Börnstein (Richard Bornstein)

  • Königsberg: January 9, 1852 celebration
  • Berlin: May 13, 1913 deceased

German physicist (1852–1913) | University of Göttingen | Königsberg: January 9, 1852 - Berlin: May 13, 1913 | Richard Börnstein (Richard Bornstein)

61. William H. Nichols

  • Brooklyn: January 9, 1852 celebration
  • Honolulu: February 21, 1930 deceased

American chemist and businessman (1852–1930) | commander of the Order of the Crown of Italy (1912), Honorary doctor of the Tufts University (1921), Doctor of

62. Robert Augustus Chesebrough

  • London: January 9, 1837 celebration
  • Spring Lake: September 8, 1933 deceased

chemist and inventor of Vaseline (1837–1933) | vaseline | London: January 9, 1837 - Spring Lake: September 8, 1933 | Robert Augustus Chesebrough | London

63. Angiolo Nardi Dei

  • Chiusi: January 9, 1833 celebration
  • Florence: January 23, 1913 deceased

Italian mathematician (1833–1913) | Chiusi: January 9, 1833 - Florence: January 23, 1913 | Angiolo Nardi Dei | Chiusi: January 9, 1833 - Florence: January 23, 1913

64. Léonce Ribert (Leonce Ribert)

  • Bordeaux: January 9, 1824 celebration
  • Arcachon: July 3, 1904 deceased

French official | Knight of the Legion of Honour (1881) | École Normale Supérieure | Bordeaux: January 9, 1824 - Arcachon: July 3, 1904 | Léonce Ribert

65. Otto Gilbert David Aubert

  • January 9, 1809 celebration
  • March 29, 1838 deceased

Norwegian mathematician | University of Oslo | January 9, 1809 - March 29, 1838 | Otto Gilbert David Aubert | January 9, 1809 - March 29, 1838

66. Thomas Brown

  • Wigtownshire: January 9, 1778 celebration
  • London: April 2, 1820 deceased

Scottish philosopher and poet, born 1778 | Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh | University of Edinburgh | Wigtownshire: January 9, 1778 - London: April 2, 1820

67. Giambattista Suardi

  • Brescia: January 9, 1711 celebration
  • March 2, 1767 deceased

Italian mathematician | University of Padua | Brescia: January 9, 1711 - March 2, 1767 | Giambattista Suardi | Brescia: January 9, 1711 - March 2, 1767

68. Janez Anton Dolničar (Janez Anton Dolnicar)

  • Ljubljana: January 9, 1662 celebration
  • Ljubljana: April 19, 1714 deceased

1662-1714) | Ljubljana: January 9, 1662 - Ljubljana: April 19, 1714 | Janez Anton Dolničar (Janez Anton Dolnicar) | Ljubljana: January 9, 1662 - Ljubljana

69. Jacques Cartier

  • Saint-Malo: January 9, 1492 celebration
  • Saint-Malo: September 11, 1557 deceased

Breton maritime explorer of North America (1491–1557) | Saint-Malo: January 9, 1492 - Saint-Malo: September 11, 1557 | Jacques Cartier | Saint-Malo: January

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