Science · Technology · 1902–1984

Paul Dirac

Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac ( dih-RAK; 8 August 1902 – 20 October 1984) was an English theoretical physicist who is considered to be one of the founders of quantum mechanics. Dirac laid the foundations for both quantum electrodynamics and quantum field theory, coining the former term.

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Age at death: 82
Years since death: 41

Born: August 8, 1902 · Bristol, United Kingdom
Died: October 20, 1984
Nationality: British
Known for: Science, Technology

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1951–2019

Mohamed Morsi

Mohamed Mohamed Morsi Eissa Al-Ayyat (Arabic: مُحَمَّد مُحَمَّد مُرْسِي عِيسَى العَيَّاط, romanized: Muḥammad Muḥammad Mursī ʿĪsā al-ʿAyyāṭ, IPA:; 8 August 1951 – 17 June 2019) was an Egyptian politician, engineer, and professor who served as the fifth president of Egypt from 2012 to 2013, when General Abdel Fattah…

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b. 1964

Giuseppe Conte

Giuseppe Conte (Italian pronunciation:; born 8 August 1964) is an Italian jurist, academic, and politician who served as prime minister of Italy from June 2018 to February 2021. He has been the president of the Five Star Movement (M5S) since August 2021.

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1879–1919

Emiliano Zapata

Emiliano Zapata Salazar (Latin American Spanish:; 8 August 1879 – 10 April 1919) was a Mexican revolutionary and guerrilla leader.

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1887–1970

Shmuel Yosef Agnon

Shmuel Yosef Agnon (Hebrew: שמואל יוסף עגנון \ שְׁמוּאֵל יוֹסֵף עַגְנוֹן shmuél yoséf agnón; August 8, 1887 – February 17, 1970) was an Austro-Hungarian-born Israeli novelist, poet, and short-story writer. He was one of the central figures of modern Hebrew literature.

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1901–1958

Ernest Lawrence

Ernest Orlando Lawrence (August 8, 1901 – August 27, 1958) was an American physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1939 for his invention of the cyclotron.

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b. 1931

Roger Penrose

Sir Roger Penrose (born 8 August 1931) is an English mathematician, mathematical physicist, and philosopher of science.

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1930–2012

Neil Armstrong

NASA astronaut and commander of Apollo 11, the first person to walk on the Moon.

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b. 1961

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States and the first African American to hold the office.

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1769–1821

Napoleon

Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was Emperor of the French from 18 May 1804 until his first abdication in 1814, with a brief restoration during the Hundred Days in 1815.

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1749–1832

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German polymath who is widely regarded as the most influential writer in the German language.

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