David Griffiths

December 5, 2002 - Leuven: November 19, 1927 | Mohammed Albaaj | December 5, 2002 - Leuven: November 19, 1927

ENSTA Paris, Sorbonne University | December 5, 1973 - June 8, 1990 | Jean-Pierre Goux | December 5, 1973 - June 8, 1990 | ENSTA Paris, Sorbonne University

Czech physicist and translator | Harvard Junior Fellow, The seal of the city of Pilsen (1992) | Rutgers University, Charles University | Plzeň: December 5

Valencian politician | University of Valencia | Province of Valencia: December 5, 1973 - La Plata: October 9, 1936 | Isabel Martín Gómez (Isabel Martin

Swiss politician | University of Zurich | Winterthur: December 5, 1969 - Königsberg: May 15, 1934 | Hans-Ueli Vogt | Winterthur: December 5, 1969

December 5, 1966 - Netanya: October 24, 1984 | Effendi Gazali | December 5, 1966 - Netanya: October 24, 1984

Scientist of Korea | Korea Science Award (2015) | Tohoku University, Yonsei University, Seoul National University | Seoul: December 5, 1966 - Aravaca: October 29, 1936

Polish chemist | VI Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Tadeusza Reytana, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw | Warsaw: December 5, 1964 - Biała Podlaska

Russian psychologist | Psychological Institute of the Russian Academy of Education | Orsk: December 5, 1964 - Petrozavodsk: September 24, 2005 | Igor

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, John F. Kennedy School of Government | December 5, 1961 - Barcelona: October 17, 2017 | Alex Lightman | December 5

Estonian philosopher and translator | December 5, 1960 - Bonn: June 2, 1956 | Andrus Tool | December 5, 1960 - Bonn: June 2, 1956

Ukrainian scientist | Kivertsi Raion: December 5, 1960 - Munich: January 28, 1945 | Svetlana Levitskaya | Kivertsi Raion: December 5, 1960 - Munich: January 28, 1945

Russian politician (born 1960) | Russian Federation Government Certificate of Honour, Order of Friendship, Medal «For Salvation in Commonwealth», Medal of

professor of philosophy and women's studies | Guggenheim Fellowship (2013), MacArthur Fellows Program (2019) | Manchester High School, Swarthmore College

French physicist | CNRS silver medal (1997) | École Normale Supérieure, Pierre and Marie Curie University, Princeton University | Talence: December 5, 1955

American scientist | David Adler Lectureship Award in the Field of Materials Physics (2001), Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Indian theoretical physicist | University of Delhi | Shivpuri: December 5, 1951 - Tucson: December 28, 2016 | Daya Shankar Kulshreshtha | Shivpuri: December 5

Canadian physicist | Brockhouse Medal (2004), Rutherford Memorial Medal in Physics (1994) | McMaster University | Landkreis Karlsruhe: December 5, 1949 - Metz

Polish mathematician and chess player | University of Łódź | Łódź: December 5, 1948 - Moscow: July 24, 2009 | Andrzej Łuczak (Andrzej Luczak) | Łódź

Russian mathematician | Ostrowski Prize (1997), Humboldt Prize, Mikhail Lomonosov Award | Moscow State University, MSU Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics

Norwegian politician and biotechnologist | December 5, 1943 - Cresskill: May 14, 2006 | Terje Traavik | December 5, 1943 - Cresskill: May 14, 2006

Spanish scientist | Complutense University of Madrid, Northern Illinois University | Logroño: December 5, 1943 - Caracas: July 19, 2019 | Pío Tudela

English mathematician | The Open University, Balliol College, University of Pennsylvania | London: December 5, 1943 - Oxford: September 2, 1764 | Robin Wilson

American nuclear engineer and academic administrator | National Medal of Technology and Innovation (1991), Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award (1986) | Yale

Russian scientist | Chechen State Pedagogical Institute | Vedensky District: December 5, 1941 - Grozny: June 24, 2016 | Sharpuddin Ahmadov | Vedensky District

Italian physicist (1936-) | University of Michigan, Sapienza University of Rome | Naples: December 5, 1936 - Goleta: April 25, 2025 | Giuseppe Trautteur

Austrian physicist (1934-2007) | Max Planck Research Award (1992), Max Planck Medal (1987), Wigner Medal (1992), honorary doctor of the University of Vienna

Russian scientist | USSR State Prize, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Russian government prize for science and technology, VDNKh gold medal, VDNKh bronze medal

French mathematician (1933-2020) | Knight of the Legion of Honour | École polytechnique | Dijon: December 5, 1933 - Milos: October 28, 2020 | Pierre

Estonian chemist (1933-1989) | Estonian SSR State Prize (1985), Merited Scientist of Estonian SSR (1977) | University of Tartu, Tallinn Secondary School of Science

American theoretical physicist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics (1979) | honorary doctor of the Bar-Ilan University, Richtmyer Memorial Lecture Award

French mathematician (1932–2024) | Fénéon Prize (1968), Grand prix de littérature Paul-Morand (2008), Grand prix de littérature de la SGDL (1994)

American mathematician | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Lancaster: December 5, 1931 - December 7, 2006 | Donald Kreider | Lancaster: December 5, 1931

Indian physicist | Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology (1966), Fellow of the American Physical Society | University of Delhi | Saharanpur

French philosopher (1924-2009) | Châlons-en-Champagne: December 5, 1924 - Dijon: March 27, 2009 | Jean Svagelski | Châlons-en-Champagne: December 5, 1924

US physician and physicist (1924-2019) | University of Cincinnati | Cincinnati: December 5, 1924 - March 11, 2019 | Edward Rubenstein | Cincinnati: December 5

Russian mathematician (1924-2007) | Tomsk State University, Moscow State University | Odesa: December 5, 1924 - Novosibirsk: July 30, 2007 | Abram Fet | Odesa

German mathematician | Jeffery–Williams Prize | McGill University | Leipzig: December 5, 1922 - Montreal: June 23, 2014 | Joachim Lambek | Leipzig: December

Swiss chemist (1919-2012) | Bunsen Medal (1994), Ernst Hellmut Vits Award (1978), Liebig Medal (1972), Carl Friedrich Gauss Medal (1980) | ETH Zurich | Bern

writer and philosopher (1919-1969) | National Southwestern Associated University, Tsinghua University | Huanggang County: December 5, 1919 - Taipei: September 16, 1969

chemist from Hungary | Kossuth Prize (1954), Kossuth Prize (1950) | University of Szeged, University of Graz | Budapest: December 5, 1915 - San Diego: November 3, 2000

Norwegian author | Stavanger: December 5, 1911 - Tjøme: August 14, 1991 | Waldemar Christoffer Brøgger (Waldemar Christoffer Brogger)

Norwegian physicist | Gunnerus Medal (1983) | December 5, 1909 - May 24, 1992 | Sverre Westin | December 5, 1909 - May 24, 1992 | Gunnerus Medal (1983)

Italian physicist, who contributed to the discovery of the pion or pi-meson decay | Vallauri Prize (1931), Wolf Prize in Physics (1979), Foreign Member of the

Russian physicist (1907–1978) | Order of the October Revolution, Order of the Badge of Honour, State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology, Order of the

Portuguese mathematician (1905–1984) | Grand Officer of the Order of Liberty | University of Coimbra | Porto: December 5, 1905 - Porto: October 27, 1984

Kashmiri politician (1905-1982) | Sahitya Akademi Award in Urdu (1988) | Aligarh Muslim University, Sri Pratap College, Islamia College | Soura: December 5

American aviator (1904-1991) | Quebec: December 5, 1904 - June 26, 1991 | Domina Jalbert | Quebec: December 5, 1904 - June 26, 1991

British physicist | honorary doctor of the University of Bordeaux (1952), Guthrie Medal and Prize (1969), Bakerian Lecture (1957), Fellow of the Royal Society

American animator, producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor and entrepreneur, founder of The Walt Disney Company (1901–1966) | Special Achievement

German-Israeli philosopher (1897–1982) | Reuchlin Award (1969), Rothschild prize, Israel Prize (1958), Harvey Prize (1974), Fellow of the British Academy

British philosopher (1896-1958) | Military Cross | Tonbridge School, Magdalen College | Marylebone: December 5, 1896 - May 13, 1958 | Thomas Dewar Weldon

Czech Nobel prize laureate and scientist (1896–1984) | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1947), honorary doctorate of the University of Granada (1967)

American mathematician (1895-1969) | Indiana University, Cornell University | Evansville: December 5, 1895 - Washington, D.C.: November 28, 1969 | Elbert Frank

Estonian mathematician (1892-1968) | Imperial University of Dorpat, University of Göttingen | Rõuge parish: December 5, 1892 - Tartu: June 27, 1968 | Gerhard

Estonian chemist and politician (1891–1951) | Order of the White Star, 2nd Class, Legion of Honour | Imperial University of Dorpat, Imperial College London

Italian mathematician (1885-1962) | Casale sul Sile: December 5, 1885 - Padua: June 22, 1962 | Angelo Tonolo | Casale sul Sile: December 5, 1885 - Padua: June 22, 1962

Czech physicist, mathematician and university educator (1884-1951) | Legion of Honour | Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague | Prague: December 5

Romanian chemist and university professor | Alexandru Ioan Cuza University | Iași: December 5, 1883 - Bucharest: July 23, 1955 | Gheorghe Spacu | Iași

Russian chemist (1881-1957) | S. M. Kirov Military Medical Academy | Saint Petersburg: December 5, 1881 - Kazan: October 15, 1957 | Andrey Lunyak | Saint

German mathematician (1873-1944) | Humboldt University of Berlin, Askanian Gymnasium, Frederick William University Berlin | Greifswald: December 5, 1873 - Bad

American philanthropist, inventor, and businessman (1869–1974) | Memphis: December 5, 1869 - August 6, 1974 | Henry Jacques Gaisman | Memphis: December 5

German physicist (1868-1951) | Lorentz Medal (1939), Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art (1931), Matteucci Medal (1924), Foreign Member of the Royal

German chemist and university teacher (1864-1942) | Humboldt University of Berlin | Radwanice: December 5, 1864 - Rolândia: January 1, 1942 | Willi Marckwald

French mathematician and politician (1863-1933) | Bordin Prize (1894), Collar of the Order of Charles III (1925), Poncelet Prize (1896), Knight of the Legion

attorney/merchant/publisher/author/occultist/American pioneer of the New Thought movement (1862–1932) | Baltimore: December 5, 1862 - Los Angeles: November 22, 1932

Spanish author | Diccionario de escritores, maestros y oradores naturales de Sevilla y su actual provincia | Universidad Central, University of Seville

Hungarian chemist and ceramist (1851–1932) | Graz University of Technology | Sopron: December 5, 1851 - Budapest: June 7, 1932 | Lajos Petrik | Sopron

German philosopher | Goethe Medal for Art and Science (1938) | Ziębice: December 5, 1848 - Berlin: April 12, 1940 | Berthold Kern | Ziębice: December 5, 1848

Italian photographer and inventor | Giarole: December 5, 1846 - Casale Monferrato: November 18, 1918 | Oreste Pasquarelli | Giarole: December 5, 1846 - Casale

American inventor (1834–1920) | Weathersfield: December 5, 1834 - Hartford: June 5, 1920 | Charles E. Billings | Weathersfield: December 5, 1834 - Hartford

Swiss chemist, 1831 - 1910 | Zurich: December 5, 1831 - Wilmersdorf: March 15, 1910 | Hans Heinrich Landolt | Zurich: December 5, 1831 - Wilmersdorf: March 15, 1910

American educator, naturalist, writer (1822-1907) | Boston: December 5, 1822 - Arlington: June 27, 1907 | Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz (Actaea) | Boston: December

Swedish poet (1812-1835) | Uppsala University | Vadsbo hundred: December 5, 1812 - Buonconvento train station: June 18, 1835 | Ernst Kjellander | Vadsbo

Danish mathematician (1806–1856) | Nykøbing Falster: December 5, 1806 - Copenhagen: June 10, 1856 | Christian Ramus | Nykøbing Falster: December 5, 1806

Russian poet (1803–1873) | Order of Saint Anna, 1st class, Order of St. Vladimir, 3rd class, Order of Saint Stanislaus, 1st class | Faculty of History and

Order of Saint Stanislaus | Jagiellonian University | December 5, 1784 - Narberth: August 22, 2018 | Antoni Matakiewicz | December 5, 1784 - Narberth: August 22, 2018

French politician and medallist | Officer of the Legion of Honour | Toulouse: December 5, 1757 - Toulouse: February 14, 1841 | Jean-Pierre Marcassus de

Danish philosopher | Order of the Dannebrog | Vejlby: December 5, 1731 - Copenhagen: April 18, 1809 | Børge Riisbrigh (Borge Riisbrigh) | Vejlby: December 5

Physician, chemist | Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg | Wrocław: December 5, 1572 - Lutherstadt Wittenberg: July 21, 1637 | Daniel Sennert

French jurist, poet and philosopher | University of Bourges | Paris: December 5, 1536 - Clermont: September 18, 1613 | Louis Le Caron (Charondas) | Paris