FamousPeopleFacts - Johannes Stark

Johannes Stark

Date of Birth: April 15, 1874 Zodiac Sign: Aries Date of Death: June 21, 1957 Biography Johannes Stark was a prominent German physicist born on April 15, 1874, in Schickenhof, Bavaria, Germany. He is best known for his discovery of the Stark effect, which describes…
FamousPeopleFacts - James Van Allen

James Van Allen

Date of Birth: September 7, 1914 Zodiac Sign: Virgo Date of Death: August 9, 2006 Biography James Alfred Van Allen was an American physicist known for his pioneering work in space science. Born in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, he developed an early interest in science which…

James Prescott Joule

Date of Birth: December 24, 1818 Zodiac Sign: Capricorn Date of Death: October 11, 1889 Biography James Prescott Joule was a prominent English physicist and brewer born in Salford, Lancashire. He is best known for his work on the first law of thermodynamics and the…
FamousPeopleFacts - James Jeans

James Jeans

Date of Birth: 11 September 1877 Zodiac Sign: Unknown Date of Death: 16 September 1946 Biography Sir James Hopwood Jeans was a distinguished British physicist, astronomer, and mathematician, born on 11 September 1877. He made significant contributions to the fields of quantum theory, the theory…
FamousPeopleFacts - James Cronin

James Cronin

Date of Birth: September 29, 1931 Zodiac Sign: Libra Date of Death: August 25, 2016 Biography James Watson Cronin was an eminent American physicist renowned for his groundbreaking work in particle physics. Born in Chicago, Illinois, Cronin spent his early years fostering a keen interest…

Jack Steinberger

Date of Birth: May 25, 1921 Zodiac Sign: Gemini Date of Death: December 12, 2020 Biography Jack Steinberger was a German-American physicist who made significant contributions to the field of particle physics. Born in Germany, Steinberger fled the Nazi regime and eventually settled in the…
FamousPeopleFacts - J. Robert Oppenheimer

J. Robert Oppenheimer

Date of Birth: April 22, 1904 Zodiac Sign: Taurus Date of Death: February 18, 1967 Biography J. Robert Oppenheimer, also known as the “father of the atomic bomb,” was a prominent American theoretical physicist renowned for his role as the scientific director of the Manhattan…
FamousPeopleFacts - Ivar Giaever

Ivar Giaever

Date of Birth: April 5, 1929 Zodiac Sign: Aries Biography Ivar Giaever is a Norwegian-American physicist who was born on April 5, 1929, in Bergen, Norway. He is best known for his work on tunneling phenomena in superconductors, for which he was awarded the Nobel…
FamousPeopleFacts - Hiroshi Amano

Hiroshi Amano

Date of Birth: September 11, 1960 Zodiac Sign: Virgo Biography Hiroshi Amano is a renowned Japanese physicist noted for his significant contributions to the development of blue light-emitting diodes (LEDs). Born in Japan, Amano’s pioneering work in the field of semiconductor technology has transformed the…
FamousPeopleFacts - Hermann von Helmholtz

Hermann von Helmholtz

Date of Birth: August 31, 1821 Zodiac Sign: Virgo Date of Death: September 8, 1894 Biography Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz was a German physicist and physician renowned for his contributions to various scientific fields including physiology, optics, and electrodynamics. Born on August 31, 1821,…