John Polanyi

University of Amsterdam, Barlaeus Gymnasium | January 23, 1992 - Bonn: June 2, 1956 | Doortje Smithuijsen | January 23, 1992 - Bonn: June 2, 1956

New Zealand-born Australian mathematician | Hamilton Award (2005) | Massey University (2001), Massey University | January 23, 1976 - São Vicente: February 29, 1972

award-Winning Malaysian-American Chemical Engineer | Owens Corning Early Career Award (2012), John H. Dillon Medal (2010), Fellow of the American Physical Society (2013)

French mathematician | Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2013), Academia Europaea, Cours Peccot (1998) | University of Paris-Sud, École normale

Swiss physicist | William Streifer Scientific Achievement Award (1998) | Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne | Geneva: January 23, 1962 - July 3, 2024

French writer | Paris: January 23, 1962 - Sofia: June 21, 1943 | Pascal Nouvel | Paris: January 23, 1962 - Sofia: June 21, 1943

born 1959; poet, philosopher and translator | Filter Vertaalprijs (2010) | University of Amsterdam, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam | Hilaard: January 23, 1959

Dutch mathematician | Spinoza Prize (2012), Descartes-Huygens Prize (2011) | University of Amsterdam | Veenendaal: January 23, 1958 - Munich: January 28, 1945

Barrister & professor | University of Oxford | Nepal: January 23, 1958 - Baku: January 1, 1963 | Surya Subedi | Nepal: January 23, 1958 - Baku: January 1, 1963

Japanese scientist | Kyushu University | Fukuoka Prefecture: January 23, 1957 - Del Mar: October 7, 2008 | Kosuke Morita | Fukuoka Prefecture: January 23, 1957

Ukrainian physicist | Odesa University | Odesa: January 23, 1955 - Kyiv: April 1, 1937 | Oleh Herasymov | Odesa: January 23, 1955 - Kyiv: April 1, 1937

Spiritual teacher of Advaita Vedanta especially as is contained in the teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi | January 23, 1955 - Crodo: August 29, 1862 | Nome

Northern Irish theologian, Anglican priest, and academic (born 1953) | Merton College, Linacre College, Wadham College, Westcott House, Down High School

Russian mathematician | VDNKh silver medal, Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class | MSU Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics, Moscow

Austrian physicist | Wolf Prize in Physics (2011), Karl Heinz Beckurts Award (2006), BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award (2013) | Technical University

Masaryk University Faculty of Arts | January 23, 1949 - Springfield: May 30, 1911 | Stanislav Hubík (Stanislav Hubik) | January 23, 1949 - Springfield: May 30, 1911

Australian mathematician | Whitehead Prize (1979), Euler Medal (2003), Senior Whitehead Prize (2017), Rhodes Scholarship (1968), Forder Lectureship (2008)

Russian physicist, President of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1946–2020) | Jubilee Medal "300 Years of the Russian Navy", Knight of the Legion of Honour

Russian oligarch, government official, engineer and mathematician (1946-2013) | Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Gratitude (1996), Lenin Komsomol

German philosopher and linguist | Timmendorfer Strand: January 23, 1944 - Manaslu: September 23, 2012 | Gunter Gebauer | Timmendorfer Strand: January 23, 1944

Romanian philosopher and phychiatrist | January 23, 1944 - Cambridge: September 22, 2023 | Corneliu Mircea | January 23, 1944 - Cambridge: September 22, 2023

Greek-American mathematician | honorary doctorate from the University of Paris-VII (2011), Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship (2011), honorary doctor of the

Belarusian scientist | Belarusian State University | January 23, 1943 - Minsk: January 1, 2023 | Valery Kononenko | January 23, 1943 - Minsk: January 1, 2023

French philosopher | École normale supérieure de Saint-Cloud | Paris: January 23, 1942 - January 1, 1020 | Alain Cugno | Paris: January 23, 1942 - January 1

Hungarian computer scientist and university professor | Eötvös Loránd University, University of Pannonia | Kecskemét: January 23, 1942 - Budapest: January 8, 2017

January 23, 1940 - January 1, 1917 | Franz Hasselbach | January 23, 1940 - January 1, 1917

Soviet and Russian chemist | MSU Faculty of Chemistry | Moscow: January 23, 1939 - July 27, 1907 | Sergey Kara-Murza | Moscow: January 23, 1939 - July 27, 1907

American space scientist (1936–2024) | NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal (1980), NASA Distinguished Service Medal (2001), NASA Distinguished

Russian physicist | Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Gratitude, Demidov Prize (1996), B. Golitsyn Prize, Order of Honour, Order "For Merit to the

Argentinian engineer | National University of the Littoral | Carmen de Patagones: January 23, 1935 - Santa Fe: July 12, 2014 | Alberto Cassano | Carmen de

Russian physicist | Hannes Alfvén Prize, USSR State Prize | January 23, 1931 - Tbilisi: October 2, 1929 | Ksenia Razumova | January 23, 1931 - Tbilisi: October 2, 1929

American astronaut (1930-2014) | Air Medal, NASA Distinguished Service Medal (1974), United States Astronaut Hall of Fame | Oklahoma State

inventor of the Frisbee (1920–2010) | flying disc | John Marshall High School | Richfield: January 23, 1920 - Monroe: February 9, 2010 | Walter Frederick

American biochemist and pharmacologist (1918–1999) | National Inventors Hall of Fame (1991), Lemelson–MIT Prize (1997), National Medal of Science (1991)

Petrozavodsk State University | January 23, 1918 - Saint Petersburg: February 27, 1970 | Grigory Makarov | January 23, 1918 - Saint Petersburg: February 27, 1970

American physicist | Joseph A. Craig High School, University of Wisconsin–Madison | Beaver Dam: January 23, 1913 - Rancho Santa Fe: June 27, 2009 | Edward

Hungarian-American philosopher | University of Szeged, University of Paris | Szeged: January 23, 1912 - Houston: January 1, 2008 | Ferenc Pető - Pető Dezső

Japanese theoretical physicist (1907-1981) | doctor honoris causa from the University of Paris (1956), Lomonosov Gold Medal (1963), Nobel Prize in Physics

German writer, psychologist and philosopher (1905-1960) | University of Erlangen–Nuremberg, Humboldt University of Berlin | Berlin: January 23, 1905 - Tel

South Korean poet (1902-1999) | University of Jena | January 23, 1902 - Incheon: February 21, 1999 | An Ho-sang | January 23, 1902 - Incheon: February 21, 1999

Chinese physicist (1901-1996) | Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (1955) | Shanghai Datong High School, Southeast University, Nanjing University

Kyoto University | January 23, 1900 - Vienna: August 24, 1914 | Masaaki Kōsaka (Masaaki Kosaka) | January 23, 1900 - Vienna: August 24, 1914

Dutch crystallographer (1892–1980) | Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1972) | University of Amsterdam | Amsterdam: January 23, 1892 - Winterswijk: March 4, 1980

Indian mathematician (1891-1968) | University of Calcutta, Clare College, Presidency University | Bhagalpur: January 23, 1891 - Kolkata: May 31, 1968 | Amiya

Sven Eriksonsgymnasiet | January 23, 1890 - Zella-Mehlis: November 20, 1928 | Sigurd Köhler (Sigurd Kohler) | January 23, 1890 - Zella-Mehlis: November 20, 1928

art historian, philosopher (1885-1970) | Hungarian Heritage Award (2001), Kossuth Prize (1957) | Eötvös Loránd University, Debrecen Reformed Theological University

physicist | Order of the British Empire | Trinity College, Harvard University | Prague: January 23, 1878 - Princeton: December 31, 1956 | Edwin Plimpton Adams

Russian lawyer (1876–?) | Imperial Kharkov University | Kharkov Governorate: January 23, 1876 - Saint Petersburg: February 27, 1887 | Aleksandr Aleksejev

German chemist (1876–1954) | Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1950), Adolf-von-Baeyer Gold Medal (1931), Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal

German mathematician (1873–1945) | University of Strasbourg, Columbia University | Strasbourg: January 23, 1873 - Brunswick: April 30, 1945 | Heinrich Emil

Belarusian-Israeli scientist | University of Bern | Vilnius: January 23, 1872 - Jerusalem: July 12, 1946 | Sophia Getzowa | Vilnius: January 23, 1872

French physicist, philosopher of science and pedagogue (1872-1946) | La Caze Prize of the Academy of Sciences (1924), Hughes Medal (1915), Commander of the

Japanese social activist (1871-1922) | Tōkyō Senmon Gakkō | Arao: January 23, 1871 - Tokyo Prefecture: June 12, 1922 | Tōten Miyazaki (Toten Miyazaki)

inventor of volleyball | Northfield Mount Hermon School, Springfield College | Lockport: January 23, 1870 - Lockport: December 27, 1942 | William G. Morgan

British biochemist who worked in India (1868-1953) | Paris: January 23, 1868 - March 21, 1953 | Gilbert John Fowler | Paris: January 23, 1868 - March 21, 1953

American inventor (1862–1918) | John Scott Award (1894) | Brooklyn: January 23, 1862 - Philadelphia: April 28, 1918 | Frank Shuman | Brooklyn: January 23

German mathematician (1862–1943) | Bolyai Prize (1910), Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order, Cothenius Medal (1906), Foreign Member of the Royal

German chemist | University of Würzburg | Zurich: January 23, 1861 - Tübingen: June 8, 1922 | Wilhelm Wislicenus | Zurich: January 23, 1861 - Tübingen: June 8, 1922

firearms designer of the United States (1855-1926) | National Inventors Hall of Fame (2007) | .45 ACP, Colt M1911, M2 Browning | Utah Tech University | Ogden

German inventor and mechanic (1847–1922) | Schönheide: January 23, 1847 - Chemnitz: October 21, 1922 | Louis Tuchscherer | Schönheide: January 23, 1847

United States Army general and inventor | United States Military Academy, University of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh: January 23, 1842 - Portland: August 17, 1914

Agronomist and botanist (1842-1898) | Harvard Medical School, Bowdoin College | Boston: January 23, 1842 - Framingham: July 30, 1898 | Edward Lewis Sturtevant

German physicist (1840–1905) | Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art (1903) | University of Göttingen, University of Jena | Eisenach: January 23

British historian and philosopher | King William's College | Feckenham: January 23, 1831 - St Leonards: March 7, 1915 | Edward Spencer Beesly | Feckenham

Spanish librarian, teacher and translator (1830–1897) | Alaior: January 23, 1830 - Paris: January 1, 1897 | Joseph-Michel Guardia | Alaior: January 23, 1830

jurist from Russia (1828-1899) | Order of St. Vladimir, 2nd class, Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class, Order of Saint Stanislaus, 1st class, Order of Saint Anna, 1st class

Belgian Catholic philosopher and theologian (1823-1872) | Graide: January 23, 1823 - Leuven: January 26, 1872 | Nicolas Laforet | Graide: January 23, 1823

Austrian scientist (1811-1872) | Order of the Iron Crown | Palacký University Olomouc | Nový Jičín: January 23, 1811 - Vienna: December 7, 1872 | Peter von

German-Russian mathematician (1806–1885) | Order of St. Vladimir, 3rd class | pseudosphere | Humboldt University of Berlin | Kalisz: January 23, 1806

Baltic German scientist (1796-1864) | Demidov Prize (1845) | Imperial University of Dorpat | Tartu: January 23, 1796 - Tartu: March 24, 1864 | Karl Ernst Claus

Swedish cleric and botanist (1785–1859) | Lund, Lund University | Båstads parish: January 23, 1785 - Karlstad church parish: January 28, 1859 | Carl Adolph

French lawyer, pharmacist and writer | Chevalier de l'Empire (1809), Knight of the Legion of Honour (1815) | Paris: January 23, 1769 - Paris: November 21, 1821

Austrian dramatic, graphic, constructer, linguist, painter, writer, inventor and nobleman (1734-1804) | Bratislava: January 23, 1734 - Alservorstadt: March 26, 1804

German mathematician (1693-1750) | University of Tübingen | Bad Cannstatt: January 23, 1693 - Stuttgart: February 18, 1750 | Georg Bernhard Bilfinger | Bad