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Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

  • Lahore: October 19, 1910 celebration
  • Chicago: August 21, 1995 celebration
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    Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar  

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    United States, India, British Raj  

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    Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

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  • celebration Date of birth

    Lahore: October 19, 1910  

  • deceased Rest in Peace

    Chicago: August 21, 1995  

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  • engineering Field of Work

    1. mathematics
    2. physics
    3. astrophysics
     

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    1. Arthur Eddington
     

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  • school Education

    1. Trinity College
    2. University of Cambridge
    3. Presidency College
    4. Hindu Higher Secondary School
     

  • trophy Awards & Honors

    1. Srinivasa Ramanujan Medal (1962)
    2. National Medal of Science (1966)
    3. Nobel Prize in Physics (1983)
    4. Karl G. Jansky Lectureship (1978)
    5. Copley Medal (1984)
    6. Henry Draper Medal (1971)
    7. Rumford Prize (1957)
    8. Adams Prize (1948)
    9. Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics (1974)
    10. Richtmyer Memorial Lecture Award (1969)
    11. Marcel Grossmann Award (1994)
    12. Royal Medal (1962)
    13. Henry Norris Russell Lectureship (1949)
    14. Bruce Medal (1952)
    15. Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1953)
    16. Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship (1946)
    17. Gordon J. Laing Award (1989)
    18. Tomalla Foundation (1981)
    19. Karl Schwarzschild Medal (1986)
    20. Padma Vibhushan in science & engineering (1968)
    21. Silliman Memorial Lectures (1962)
    22. Fellow of the Royal Society (1944)
    23. honorary doctor of Harvard University (1979)
     

  • social_leaderboard Notable Works

    1. Chandrasekhar limit
    2. dynamical friction
    3. Schönberg–Chandrasekhar limit
    4. Chandrasekhar number
    5. Chandrasekhar potential energy tensor
    6. Chandrasekhar virial equations
    7. Emden–Chandrasekhar equation
    8. Chandrasekhar's white dwarf equation
    9. Chandrasekhar's H-function
    10. Chandrasekhar's X- and Y-function
    11. Chandrasekhar polarization
    12. Chandrasekhar-Kendall function
    13. Chandrasekhar–Wentzel lemma
    14. Batchelor–Chandrasekhar equation
    15. Chandrasekhar–Page equations
    16. Chandrasekhar–Fermi method
     
  • Indian-American astrophysicist | Srinivasa Ramanujan Medal (1962), National Medal of Science (1966), Nobel Prize in Physics (1983), Karl G. Jansky Lectureship

1. Olena Krushynska

  • Kyiv: October 19, 1978 celebration

Ukrainian chemist | Chemical faculty of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv | Kyiv: October 19, 1978 - Berlin: May 24, 1914 | Olena Krushynska

2. Pekka Himanen

  • Helsinki: October 19, 1973 celebration

Finnish philosopher | University of Helsinki | Helsinki: October 19, 1973 - Goes: September 17, 2003 | Pekka Himanen | Helsinki: October 19, 1973 - Goes

3. Vladimir Protasov

  • Moscow: October 19, 1970 celebration

Russian mathematician | Moscow State University, MSU Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics | Moscow: October 19, 1970 - Saint Petersburg: July 30, 1908

4. Christopher Monroe

  • Southfield: October 19, 1965 celebration

American physicist | Fellow of the Institute of Physics, Fellow of the American Physical Society, I. I. Rabi Prize (2001), Arthur L. Schawlow Prize in Laser

5. Stéphane Douady (Stephane Douady)

  • Paris: October 19, 1965 celebration

French physicist | CNRS silver medal (2005) | École Normale Supérieure | Paris: October 19, 1965 - January 1, 1300 | Stéphane Douady (Stephane Douady)

6. Iryna Kazulina

  • Minsk: October 19, 1959 celebration
  • Minsk: February 23, 2008 deceased

Belarusian scientist | Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics of the Belarusian State University | Minsk: October 19, 1959 - Minsk: February 23, 2008 | Iryna

7. Martin Kusch

  • Austria: October 19, 1959 celebration

German philosopher | Austria: October 19, 1959 - Konice: January 1, 1928 | Martin Kusch | Austria: October 19, 1959 - Konice: January 1, 1928

8. Katharina Shamery

  • Eutin: October 19, 1958 celebration

German chemist | Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany | Eutin: October 19, 1958 - Moscow: March 30, 1965 | Katharina Shamery | Eutin

9. Aleksandr Smirnov

  • Moscow: October 19, 1958 celebration

scientist | Medal "For excellent service in the protection of public order", Zhukov Medal, Order of Honour, Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of

10. Jan Sobczyk

  • Wrocław: October 19, 1955 celebration

Polish physicist | Knight of the Order of Polonia Restituta | University of Wrocław | Wrocław: October 19, 1955 - Warsaw: August 11, 1944 | Jan Sobczyk

11. James Demmel

  • Pittsburgh: October 19, 1955 celebration

American mathematician and computer scientist | James H. Wilkinson Prize in Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing (1993), Fellow of the American

12. Gerhard Pfaff

  • Meiningen: October 19, 1953 celebration

German chemist | Meiningen: October 19, 1953 - Los Alamos: September 20, 2007 | Gerhard Pfaff | Meiningen: October 19, 1953 - Los Alamos: September 20, 2007

13. Demetrios Christodoulou

  • Athens: October 19, 1951 celebration

Greek-American mathematician | The Shaw Prize in Mathematical Sciences (2011), Shaw Prize (2011), Tomalla Foundation (2008), Doctor of Science (honorary)

14. Wolfgang Dahmen

  • Linnich: October 19, 1949 celebration

German mathematician | Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize (2002), Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (2019), Gauss Lectureship (2011)

15. Sergey Goncharov

  • October 19, 1949 celebration

military medic | Honoured Physician of the Russian Federation, Order of Military Merit, Merited Scientist of the Russian Federation, Russian government prize

16. Aleksandr Klimenko

  • October 19, 1947 celebration

Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class, Order of Honour, Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow", Russian

17. Carlos Mota Cardoso

  • October 19, 1945 celebration

Portuguese scientist | October 19, 1945 - Kenosha: November 10, 1935 | Carlos Mota Cardoso | October 19, 1945 - Kenosha: November 10, 1935

18. Michio Kobayashi

  • October 19, 1945 celebration
  • June 2, 2015 deceased

philosopher in Japan | Kyoto University, University of Paris | October 19, 1945 - June 2, 2015 | Michio Kobayashi | October 19, 1945 - June 2, 2015 | Kyoto

19. Maurice Pouzet

  • Brive-la-Gaillarde: October 19, 1945 celebration
  • 7th arrondissement of Lyon: December 31, 2023 deceased

Ph.D. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 1978 | Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 | Brive-la-Gaillarde: October 19, 1945 - 7th arrondissement of Lyon: December 31, 2023

20. Saidmohammad Odinaev

  • Khovaling District: October 19, 1942 celebration
  • August 3, 2023 deceased

Tajik Physict | Order of Glory (Tajikistan) (2004) | Tajik National University | Khovaling District: October 19, 1942 - August 3, 2023 | Saidmohammad Odinaev

21. Wolfgang Kuhlmann

  • Kiel: October 19, 1939 celebration

German philosopher and university teacher (born 1939) | Kiel: October 19, 1939 - Geneva: September 11, 1938 | Wolfgang Kuhlmann | Kiel: October 19, 1939

22. Vyacheslav Klykov

  • October 19, 1939 celebration
  • Moscow: June 2, 2006 deceased

Russian sculptor (1939–2006) | Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Gratitude (1989), Honored art worker of the Russian Federation, USSR State

23. Aleksandr Kurzhansky

  • Shanghai: October 19, 1939 celebration
  • February 8, 2025 deceased

Russian mathematician | Order of Friendship (2022), Honoured Professor of Moscow State University, Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class

24. Daniel Bloch

  • Remiremont: October 19, 1938 celebration

French engineer | Commander of the French Order of Academic Palms, Officer of the Legion of Honour, Commander of the National Order of Merit | Remiremont

25. Joseph H. Eberly

  • October 19, 1935 celebration
  • April 30, 2025 deceased

American physicist | Fellow of the American Physical Society, Charles Hard Townes Award (1994), Fellow of the Optical Society, Frederic Ives Medal (2010)

26. Tamerlan Bekirbaev

  • Makhachkala: October 19, 1934 celebration
  • November 13, 2023 deceased

Soviet/Russian electronic engineer, inventor and chief designer of military aircraft electronics (1934-2023) | Honoured Radioman of the USSR, Order of the Red

27. Lev Naumenko

  • Novokhopyorsk: October 19, 1933 celebration
  • Moscow: June 18, 2020 deceased

Soviet and Russian philosopher | Order of Friendship of Peoples | Moscow University's Department of Philosophy | Novokhopyorsk: October 19, 1933 - Moscow: June 18, 2020

28. Carles Perelló i Valls (Carles Perello i Valls)

  • Rubí: October 19, 1932 celebration
  • January 27, 2021 deceased

Spanish engineer | Narcís Monturiol Medal (2002) | Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM, Brown University, Faculty of Engineering | Rubí: October 19, 1932 - January 27, 2021

29. Huseyn Hasanov

  • Yerevan: October 19, 1932 celebration
  • Baku: July 18, 1995 deceased

Azerbaijani neurophysiologist (1932–1995) | State Prize of the Azerbaijan SSR, Order of the Badge of Honour, Honored Scientist of Azerbaijan | Baku State University

30. Alexander Ter-Krikorov

  • October 19, 1932 celebration

Russian mathematician | Rostov State University | October 19, 1932 - India: January 1, 0763 | Alexander Ter-Krikorov | October 19, 1932 - India: January 1, 0763

31. Paolo Corradini

  • Rome: October 19, 1930 celebration
  • Rome: January 1, 2006 deceased

Italian chemist (1930-2006) | Scuola Normale Superiore. Classe di Scienze | Rome: October 19, 1930 - Rome: January 1, 2006 | Paolo Corradini | Rome: October

32. Heinrich Kleisli

  • October 19, 1930 celebration
  • April 5, 2011 deceased

mathematician (1930-2011) | ETH Zurich | October 19, 1930 - April 5, 2011 | Heinrich Kleisli | October 19, 1930 - April 5, 2011 | ETH Zurich

33. Kálmán Burger (Kalman Burger)

  • Aszód: October 19, 1929 celebration
  • Budapest: June 8, 2000 deceased

Pharmacologist, chemist | Széchenyi Prize (1995) | Aszód: October 19, 1929 - Budapest: June 8, 2000 | Kálmán Burger (Kalman Burger) | Aszód: October 19

34. Ruth M. Davis

  • Sharpsville: October 19, 1928 celebration
  • March 28, 2012 deceased

American computer scientist | Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences | American University | Sharpsville: October 19, 1928 - March 28, 2012 | Ruth

35. Jean François Oth (Jean Francois Oth)

  • Virton: October 19, 1926 celebration
  • February 1, 2003 deceased

Belgian chemist and professor at ETH Zurich | University of Liège | Virton: October 19, 1926 - February 1, 2003 | Jean François Oth (Jean Francois Oth)

36. Al Hibbs

  • Akron: October 19, 1924 celebration
  • Pasadena: February 24, 2003 deceased

American mathematician (1924-2003) | Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry | California Institute of Technology | Akron: October 19, 1924 - Pasadena

37. Milan Osredkar

  • Ljubljana: October 19, 1919 celebration
  • April 8, 2003 deceased

Slovenian physicist | Order of Freedom of the Republic of Slovenia | Ljubljana: October 19, 1919 - April 8, 2003 | Milan Osredkar | Ljubljana: October 19, 1919

38. Russell Kirk

  • Plymouth: October 19, 1918 celebration
  • Mecosta: April 29, 1994 deceased

American political theorist, moralist, historian, social critic, literary critic, and writer (1918–1994) | Guggenheim Fellowship (1954), Presidential Citizens Medal

39. Walter Munk

  • Vienna: October 19, 1917 celebration
  • La Jolla: February 8, 2019 deceased

American oceanographer (1917-2019) | Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (1962), Golden Plate Award (1964), William Bowie Medal (1989), Bakerian Lecture

40. Jean Dausset

  • Toulouse: October 19, 1916 celebration
  • Palma: June 6, 2009 deceased

French immunologist (1916-2009) | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1980), honorary doctorate of the University of Las Palmas, Gran Canaria (1996), Canada

41. Moshe Wolman

  • Warsaw: October 19, 1914 celebration
  • Israel: September 5, 2009 deceased

Israeli scientist | Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium, University of Florence | Warsaw: October 19, 1914 - Israel: September 5, 2009 | Moshe Wolman | Warsaw: October

42. Syed Ali Abbas Jalalpuri

  • Jalalpur: October 19, 1914 celebration
  • Karachi: December 6, 1998 deceased

Indian poet (1914–1998) | Government College University | Jalalpur: October 19, 1914 - Karachi: December 6, 1998 | Syed Ali Abbas Jalalpuri | Jalalpur

43. Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

  • Lahore: October 19, 1910 celebration
  • Chicago: August 21, 1995 deceased

Indian-American astrophysicist | Srinivasa Ramanujan Medal (1962), National Medal of Science (1966), Nobel Prize in Physics (1983), Karl G. Jansky Lectureship

44. Tom W. Bonner

  • Greenville: October 19, 1910 celebration
  • Houston: December 6, 1961 deceased

American physicist | Fellow of the American Physical Society, Guggenheim Fellowship (1938) | Rice University, California Institute of Technology, Southern

45. Marguerite Perey

  • Chicago: October 19, 1909 celebration
  • Louveciennes: May 13, 1975 deceased

French physicist (1909–1975) | Lavoisier Medal (1964), Commander of the National Order of Merit (1974), Leconte Prize (1960), Commander of the French Order

46. Jean Delsarte

  • Fourmies: October 19, 1903 celebration
  • Nancy: November 28, 1968 deceased

French mathematician (1903-1968) | Knight of the Legion of Honour (1954), Bordin Prize (1964), Madame Victor Noury Prize (1935), Commander of the French Order

47. Isamu Nitta

  • Tokyo: October 19, 1899 celebration
  • January 16, 1984 deceased

Japanese chemist (1899-1984) | Person of Cultural Merit (1966), Order of Culture (1966) | University of Tokyo | Tokyo: October 19, 1899 - January 16, 1984

48. Lewis Mumford

  • Flushing: October 19, 1895 celebration
  • Amenia: January 26, 1990 deceased

American historian, sociologist, philosopher of technology and literary critic (1895-1990) | Benjamin Franklin Medal (1983), National Book Award for Nonfiction

49. Giancarlo Vallauri

  • Rome: October 19, 1882 celebration
  • Turin: May 7, 1957 deceased

Italian engineer, mathematician and officer (1882-1957) | Star to the merit of school, Commemorative Medal of the Unity of Italy, Commemorative Medal for the

50. Marian Kazimierz Olszewski

  • October 19, 1881 celebration

October 19, 1881 - January 1, 1898 | Marian Kazimierz Olszewski | October 19, 1881 - January 1, 1898

51. Yasukazu Fukada

  • October 19, 1878 celebration
  • November 12, 1928 deceased

Japanese philosopher (1878-1928) | University of Tokyo | October 19, 1878 - November 12, 1928 | Yasukazu Fukada | October 19, 1878 - November 12, 1928

52. Cesare Serono

  • Turin: October 19, 1871 celebration
  • Rome: December 23, 1952 deceased

Italian chemist (1871-1952) | Turin: October 19, 1871 - Rome: December 23, 1952 | Cesare Serono | Turin: October 19, 1871 - Rome: December 23, 1952

53. Auguste Lumière (Auguste Lumiere)

  • Besançon: October 19, 1862 celebration
  • 7th arrondissement of Lyon: April 10, 1954 deceased

French inventor (1862–1954) | Knight of the Legion of Honour (1897), Order of the Francisque, Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour (1935), star on Hollywood

54. Richard Seifert

  • Schmorkau: October 19, 1861 celebration
  • Radebeul: June 25, 1919 deceased

German chemist (1861–1919) | Schmorkau: October 19, 1861 - Radebeul: June 25, 1919 | Richard Seifert | Schmorkau: October 19, 1861 - Radebeul: June 25, 1919

55. Pehr af Bjerkén (Pehr af Bjerken)

  • Värnamo parish: October 19, 1859 celebration
  • Solna: September 30, 1919 deceased

Swedish physicist (1859-1919) | Värnamo parish: October 19, 1859 - Solna: September 30, 1919 | Pehr af Bjerkén (Pehr af Bjerken) | Värnamo parish: October

56. Georg Knorr

  • October 19, 1859 celebration
  • Davos: April 15, 1911 deceased

German engineer | Order of the Red Eagle 4th Class | October 19, 1859 - Davos: April 15, 1911 | Georg Knorr - Ernst Theodor Georg Knorr | October 19, 1859

57. Napoleon Milicer

  • October 19, 1842 celebration
  • Warsaw: June 27, 1905 deceased

Polish chemist (1842-1905) | Szkoła Główna Warszawska | October 19, 1842 - Warsaw: June 27, 1905 | Napoleon Milicer | October 19, 1842 - Warsaw: June 27

58. Amanda Jones

  • East Bloomfield: October 19, 1835 celebration
  • Brooklyn: March 31, 1914 deceased

American author and inventor (1835–1914) | East Bloomfield: October 19, 1835 - Brooklyn: March 31, 1914 | Amanda Jones | East Bloomfield: October 19, 1835

59. Louis-Nicolas Ménard (Louis-Nicolas Menard)

  • Paris: October 19, 1822 celebration
  • Paris: February 9, 1901 deceased

French artist, historian, chemist and writer (1822-1901) | Paysage d'hiver avec un aqueduc | École Normale Supérieure | Paris: October 19, 1822 - Paris

60. Temple Chevallier

  • Badingham: October 19, 1794 celebration
  • Harrow Weald: November 4, 1873 deceased

British astronomer | Pembroke College | Badingham: October 19, 1794 - Harrow Weald: November 4, 1873 | Temple Chevallier | Badingham: October 19, 1794 - Harrow

61. Theophilos Kairis

  • Andros: October 19, 1784 celebration
  • Syros: January 13, 1853 deceased

Greek priest and revolutionary (1784-1853) | Gold cross of the Order of the Redeemer (1835) | University of Pisa | Andros: October 19, 1784 - Syros: January 13, 1853

62. Adam Bittner

  • Suchdol: October 19, 1777 celebration
  • Litoměřice: September 3, 1844 deceased

Czech mathematician and astronomer | Suchdol: October 19, 1777 - Litoměřice: September 3, 1844 | Adam Bittner | Suchdol: October 19, 1777 - Litoměřice

63. Garlieb Merkel

  • Lēdurga: October 19, 1769 celebration
  • Riga: May 9, 1850 deceased

Baltic German writer and publicist (1769-1850) | Riga State Gymnasium No.1, University of Jena, Alma Mater Viadrina, Leipzig University | Lēdurga: October 19

64. Peter Mislej

  • Podraga: October 19, 1761 celebration
  • Vienna: January 1, 1840 deceased

Slovene philosopher | Podraga: October 19, 1761 - Vienna: January 1, 1840 | Peter Mislej | Podraga: October 19, 1761 - Vienna: January 1, 1840

65. Johann Friedrich Hennert

  • Berlin: October 19, 1733 celebration
  • Utrecht: March 29, 1813 deceased

German mathematician | Utrecht University | Berlin: October 19, 1733 - Utrecht: March 29, 1813 | Johann Friedrich Hennert | Berlin: October 19, 1733 - Utrecht

66. Joseph von Petrasch

  • Slavonski Brod: October 19, 1714 celebration
  • Nesovice: May 15, 1772 deceased

German philologist | Slavonski Brod: October 19, 1714 - Nesovice: May 15, 1772 | Joseph von Petrasch | Slavonski Brod: October 19, 1714 - Nesovice: May 15, 1772

67. Pierre Nicole

  • Chartres: October 19, 1625 celebration
  • Paris: November 16, 1695 deceased

French Jansenists | Chartres: October 19, 1625 - Paris: November 16, 1695 | Pierre Nicole (Barthélemy | Chanteresme | Chanteresne | Damvillier | Damvilliers

68. Thomas Browne

  • London: October 19, 1605 celebration
  • Norwich: October 19, 1682 deceased

English polymath and author (1605–1682) | Religio Medici | Pembroke College, University of Montpellier, Leiden University, Winchester College | London

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