Famous people died in August - page 8

James Cronin

James Cronin

James Cronin was an American nuclear physicist who won the 1980 Nobel Prize in Physics

Ernest Lawrence

Ernst Lawrence was an American nuclear scientist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1939 for his invention of the cyclotron

AmericanAugust 8, 190181 views

Otto Stern

Otto Stern was a German born American physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1943

GermanFebruary 17, 1888128 views

William Shockley

William Shockley was an American physicist and inventor

AmericanFebruary 13, 1910159 views

Ugyen Wangchuck

Gongsa Ugyen Wangchuck was the first Druk Gyalpo (King of Bhutan).

Bhutanese1862208 views

C. F. Powell

Cecil Frank Powell was an English physicist who received Nobel Prize for Physics in 1950

BritishDecember 5, 1903120 views

Andrew William Mellon

Andrew Mellon was an American industrialist and philanthropist

AmericanMarch 24, 1855138 views

Grazia Deledda

Grazia Deledda was a Nobel Prize winning Italian novelist and short story writer

ItalianSeptember 27, 1871178 views

Leigh Hunt

James Henry Leigh Hunt better known as Leigh Hunt was an English poet, essayist, journalist, editor, writer and critic

BritishOctober 19, 1784163 views

Andrea Pozzo

Andrea dal Pozzo was a famous Italian Jesuit painter, architect, stage designer and art theoretician

ItalianNovember 30, 1642175 views