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Theodore von Kármán (Theodore von Karman)

  • Budapest: May 11, 1881 celebration
  • Aachen: May 7, 1963 celebration
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    Theodore von Karman  

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    Hungary, United States, Weimar Republic, German Empire  

  • wc Gender

    Male  

  • badge Full Name

    Theodore von Kármán (Theodore von Karman)

  • assignment_ind Surname

    Kármán Tivadar Mihály  

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  • celebration Date of birth

    Budapest: May 11, 1881  

  • deceased Rest in Peace

    Aachen: May 7, 1963  

  • language Official Website

     

  • engineering Field of Work

    1. aerodynamics
    2. thermodynamics
    3. fluid mechanics
    4. aerospace engineering
    5. aeronautical engineering
     

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  • person_book Student

    1. Qian Xuesen
    2. Hu Ning
     

  • school Education

    1. Budapest University of Technology and Economics
    2. University of Göttingen
     

  • trophy Awards & Honors

    1. Doctor of Engineering (honorary) (1953)
    2. Ludwig-Prandtl-Ring (1956)
    3. Doctor of Engineering (honorary) (1948)
    4. Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1946)
    5. honorary doctorate of Seville University (1958)
    6. honorary chairperson
    7. doctor honoris causa from the University of Paris (1957)
    8. Honorary doctor of the University of Liège (1947)
    9. Doctor of Engineering (honorary) (1955)
    10. honorary doctor of the University of Lille (1953)
    11. Doctor of Engineering (honorary) (1947)
    12. Fellow of the American Physical Society
    13. Medal of Freedom (1956)
    14. Meritorious Civilian Service Award (1945)
    15. Doctor of Engineering (honorary) (1929)
    16. Timoshenko Medal (1958)
    17. honorary doctorate (1960)
    18. National Inventors Hall of Fame (2003)
    19. Doctor of Engineering (honorary) (1959)
    20. International Space Hall of Fame (1976)
    21. Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
    22. Doctor of Science (honorary) (1958)
    23. National Aviation Hall of Fame (1983)
    24. Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy (1954)
    25. Goddard Gold Medal (1960)
    26. Norwegian PhD (1961)
    27. honorary doctorate (1956)
    28. Medal for Merit (1946)
    29. University of Liège Gold Medal (1937)
    30. Doctor of Science (honorary) (1952)
    31. doctor honoris causa from the University of Aix-Marseille (1949)
    32. honorary doctor of the University of Athens (1961)
    33. Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise (1961)
    34. Officer of the Legion of Honour (1947)
    35. Franklin Medal (1948)
    36. Doctor of Science (honorary) (1960)
    37. Gold Medal of the Royal Aeronautical Society (1952)
    38. Doctor of Science (honorary) (1956)
    39. honorary doctor of the Université libre de Bruxelles (1937)
    40. Daniel Guggenheim Medal (1955)
    41. Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
    42. Doctor of Law (honorary) (1943)
    43. Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship (1939)
    44. Wilhelm Exner Medal (1962)
    45. Doctor of Engineering (honorary) (1940)
    46. John Fritz Medal (1948)
    47. Department of the Air Force Decoration for Exceptional Civilian Service (1955)
    48. Kelvin Gold Medal (1950)
    49. Carl Friedrich Gauss Medal (1960)
    50. National Medal of Science (1962)
    51. Doctor of Science (honorary) (1961)
    52. Doctor of Science (honorary) (1954)
    53. Doctor of Law (honorary) (1959)
    54. James Watt International Medal (1961)
    55. Grand Médaille d'Honneur (1946)
    56. ASME Medal (1941)
    57. Doctor of Science (honorary) (1951)
     

  • social_leaderboard Notable Works

    1. Kármán line
    2. Kármán vortex street
     
  • Hungarian-American mathematician, aerospace engineer and physicist (1881–1963) | Doctor of Engineering (honorary) (1953), Ludwig-Prandtl-Ring (1956), Doctor

1. Anna Brożek (Anna Brozek)

  • Kraków: May 11, 1980 celebration

Polish philosopher | Fellow of Collegium Invisibile | Pontifical University of John Paul II, University of Warsaw, Academy of Music in Kraków | Kraków: May

2. Andrej Bauer

  • May 11, 1971 celebration

Slovenian Mathematician | Carnegie Mellon University | May 11, 1971 - Podgrad: November 3, 1962 | Andrej Bauer | May 11, 1971 - Podgrad: November 3, 1962

3. Eero Uustalu

  • Tallinn: May 11, 1967 celebration

Estonian physicist, educator and politician | Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology | Tallinn: May 11, 1967 - London: July 24, 2014 | Eero Uustalu

4. Bruce Allen

  • United States: May 11, 1959 celebration

American physicist | Fellow of the American Physical Society, Richard A. Isaacson Award in Gravitational-Wave Science (2020), Marshall Scholarship, Fellow of

5. Taras Voznyak

  • Broshniv-Osada: May 11, 1957 celebration

Ukrainian writer | Lviv Polytechnic | Broshniv-Osada: May 11, 1957 - Buenos Aires: July 16, 1976 | Taras Voznyak | Broshniv-Osada: May 11, 1957 - Buenos Aires

6. Kim Dong-man

  • Daejeon: May 11, 1955 celebration

South Korean food engineer | Dongguk University | Daejeon: May 11, 1955 - August 17, 2023 | Kim Dong-man | Daejeon: May 11, 1955 - August 17, 2023 | Dongguk University

7. Giacomo Mauro D'Ariano

  • Alessandria: May 11, 1955 celebration

Italian quantum physicist | University of Pavia | Alessandria: May 11, 1955 - Jerusalem: April 16, 2012 | Giacomo Mauro D'Ariano | Alessandria: May 11, 1955

8. Václav Cílek (Vaclav Cilek)

  • Brno: May 11, 1955 celebration

Czech geologist, translator, writer and university educator | Award of the Minister of the Environment (2007), Tom Stoppard Prize (2004), Egon Erwin Kisch

9. Anatoly Gulyaev

  • May 11, 1952 celebration

MSU Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics, MSU Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics | May 11, 1952 - Saudi Arabia: May 12, 1978 | Anatoly

10. Maurizio Mori

  • Cremona: May 11, 1951 celebration

Italian philosopher | University of Milan | Cremona: May 11, 1951 - Nice: January 29, 1891 | Maurizio Mori | Cremona: May 11, 1951 - Nice: January 29, 1891

11. Boris Nikolaevich Ryzhov

  • Moscow: May 11, 1951 celebration

Russian scientist | Prize of the Government of the Russian Federation in the field of education (2009), Vygotsky Medal, Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th

12. Philippe Nemo

  • Paris: May 11, 1949 celebration

French philosopher | Koenigswarter Prize (1999), Prix du livre libéral (2002) | Lycée Pasteur, École normale supérieure de Saint-Cloud, Lycée Louis-le-Grand

13. Hrant Arakelyan

  • Yerevan: May 11, 1947 celebration

Armenian philosopher | Yerevan State University | Yerevan: May 11, 1947 - Geneva: March 3, 1984 | Hrant Arakelyan | Yerevan: May 11, 1947 - Geneva: March 3, 1984

14. Hilda Pérez Carvajal (Hilda Perez Carvajal)

  • Cumaná: May 11, 1945 celebration
  • Caracas: July 19, 2019 deceased

Venezuelan biologist | Central University of Venezuela | Cumaná: May 11, 1945 - Caracas: July 19, 2019 | Hilda Pérez Carvajal - Hilda Antonieta Pérez

15. Boris Pukhlik

  • Dovzhansk: May 11, 1945 celebration

Ukrainian immunologist | State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology | Vinnytsia National Medical University. N. I. Pirogov | Dovzhansk: May 11, 1945

16. Michael Grätzel (Michael Gratzel)

  • Dorfchemnitz near Sayda: May 11, 1944 celebration

Swiss chemist (1944–) | Harvey Prize (2007), August Wilhelm von Hofmann Medal (2018), Paracelsus Prize (2016), Centenary Prize (2016), honorary doctor of the

17. Renuka Ravindran

  • May 11, 1943 celebration

Indian academic | Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru | May 11, 1943 - Málaga: November 10, 1890 | Renuka Ravindran | May 11, 1943 - Málaga: November 10, 1890

18. Wojciech Karpiński (Wojciech Karpinski)

  • Warsaw: May 11, 1943 celebration
  • 13th arrondissement of Paris: August 18, 2020 deceased

Polish writer and literary critic | Kościelski Award (1975), Officer of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Cross of Freedom and Solidarity | University of Warsaw

19. József Horák (Jozsef Horak)

  • Cluj-Napoca: May 11, 1942 celebration

Romanian chemist | Babeș-Bolyai University, Liceul Brassai | Cluj-Napoca: May 11, 1942 - Helsinki: December 9, 1986 | József Horák (Jozsef Horak)

20. Boris Zharov

  • Ivanovo: May 11, 1937 celebration

scientist | Faculty of Philology of Saint Petersburg State University | Ivanovo: May 11, 1937 - January 1, 1957 | Boris Zharov | Ivanovo: May 11, 1937

21. Rudolf Herrmann

  • Charlottenburg: May 11, 1936 celebration

German physicist | Charlottenburg: May 11, 1936 - Dhaka: May 9, 2009 | Rudolf Herrmann | Charlottenburg: May 11, 1936 - Dhaka: May 9, 2009

22. Ludgarda Buzek

  • Lubliniec: May 11, 1935 celebration

Polish chemist | Silesian University of Technology | Lubliniec: May 11, 1935 - Kraków: April 27, 1895 | Ludgarda Buzek | Lubliniec: May 11, 1935 - Kraków

23. Anna Marguerite McCann

  • Mamaroneck: May 11, 1933 celebration
  • Sleepy Hollow: February 12, 2017 deceased

American art historian and archaeologist (1933–2017) | Fulbright Scholarship, Gold Medal of the Archaeological Institute of America | Wellesley College, New

24. Mir Shamsuddin Adib-Soltani

  • Borujerd: May 11, 1931 celebration
  • Tehran: October 12, 2023 deceased

Iranian philosopher and translator | University of Tehran | Borujerd: May 11, 1931 - Tehran: October 12, 2023 | Mir Shamsuddin Adib-Soltani | Borujerd: May 11

25. Edsger W. Dijkstra

  • Rotterdam: May 11, 1930 celebration
  • Nuenen: August 6, 2002 deceased

Dutch computer scientist (1930–2002) | Turing Award (1972), Dijkstra Prize (2002), ACM Fellow (1994), C&C Prize (2002), Harry H. Goode Memorial Award (1974)

26. Koji Nakanishi

  • British Hong Kong: May 11, 1925 celebration
  • New York City: March 28, 2019 deceased

Japanese chemist | Scheele Award (1992), Welch Award in Chemistry (1996), Remsen Award (1981), Arthur C. Cope Award (1990), William H. Nichols Medal (1992)

27. Eugene Dynkin

  • Leningrad: May 11, 1924 celebration
  • Ithaca: November 14, 2014 deceased

Russian mathematician (1924-2014) | doctor honoris causa from the Pierre and Marie Curie University (1997), Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement (1993)

28. Antony Hewish

  • Fowey: May 11, 1924 celebration
  • September 13, 2021 deceased

English physicist and radio astronomer (1924–2021) | Albert A. Michelson Medal (1973), Eddington Medal (1969), Karl Schwarzschild Medal (1971), Holweck Prize

29. Dan H. Yaalon

  • Uherské Hradiště: May 11, 1924 celebration
  • Mevaseret Zion: January 29, 2014 deceased

Israeli pedologist and soil scientist (1924-2014) | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences | Uherské Hradiště: May 11, 1924 - Mevaseret Zion: January 29, 2014

30. Eugenio Calabi

  • Milan: May 11, 1923 celebration
  • Bryn Mawr: September 25, 2023 deceased

Italian American mathematician (1923–2023) | Guggenheim Fellowship, Leroy P. Steele Prize (1991), Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2013)

31. Günther Drefahl (Gunther Drefahl)

  • Rostock: May 11, 1922 celebration
  • Jena: July 28, 2013 deceased

German chemist and politician (1922-2013) | Banner of Labor, Patriotic Order of Merit, National Prize of East Germany | University of Rostock | Rostock: May

32. Alfred Thenius

  • May 11, 1921 celebration

May 11, 1921 - Jena: January 1, 1667 | Alfred Thenius | May 11, 1921 - Jena: January 1, 1667

33. Richard Feynman

  • Far Rockaway: May 11, 1918 celebration
  • UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center: February 15, 1988 deceased

American theoretical physicist (1918–1988) | Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1965), Oersted Medal (1972), National Medal of Science (1979), Albert

34. Sergei Chernikov

  • Sergiyev Posad: May 11, 1912 celebration
  • Kyiv: January 23, 1987 deceased

Russian mathematician | Order of Friendship of Peoples (1982), Krylov prize (1974), Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" (1946)

35. Zhautilov Primbek

  • May 11, 1911 celebration
  • Almaty: May 15, 1989 deceased

Russian mathematician (1911–1989) | Order of the Badge of Honour, Order of the October Revolution | Saint Petersburg State University, Kazakh National

36. Alexandre Kojève (Alexandre Kojeve)

  • Moscow: May 11, 1902 celebration
  • City of Brussels: June 4, 1968 deceased

Russian-born French philosopher and statesman | Knight of the Legion of Honour | Humboldt University of Berlin, Heidelberg University | Moscow: May 11, 1902

37. Shuddhananda Bharati

  • Sivaganga: May 11, 1897 celebration
  • March 7, 1990 deceased

Indian philosopher and poet (1897–1990) | Sivaganga: May 11, 1897 - March 7, 1990 | Shuddhananda Bharati | Sivaganga: May 11, 1897 - March 7, 1990

38. Frank Löbell (Frank Lobell)

  • Sumatra: May 11, 1893 celebration
  • Munich: May 31, 1964 deceased

German mathematician (1893–1964) | University of Tübingen | Sumatra: May 11, 1893 - Munich: May 31, 1964 | Frank Löbell (Frank Lobell) | Sumatra: May 11

39. Griffith C. Evans

  • Boston: May 11, 1887 celebration
  • Berkeley: January 1, 1972 deceased

American mathematician (1887-1973) | Fellow of the Econometric Society (1933), Fellow of the American Physical Society | Harvard University, Sapienza University of Rome

40. Richard Baldus

  • Thessaloniki: May 11, 1885 celebration
  • Munich: January 28, 1945 deceased

German mathematician (1885-1945) | University of Erlangen–Nuremberg | Thessaloniki: May 11, 1885 - Munich: January 28, 1945 | Richard Baldus | Thessaloniki

41. Theodore von Kármán (Theodore von Karman)

  • Budapest: May 11, 1881 celebration
  • Aachen: May 7, 1963 deceased

Hungarian-American mathematician, aerospace engineer and physicist (1881–1963) | Doctor of Engineering (honorary) (1953), Ludwig-Prandtl-Ring (1956), Doctor

42. Zenas Sanford Loftis

  • Gainesboro: May 11, 1881 celebration
  • Batang County: August 12, 1909 deceased

American physician | Vanderbilt University | Gainesboro: May 11, 1881 - Batang County: August 12, 1909 | Zenas Sanford Loftis | Gainesboro: May 11, 1881

43. Ángel del Campo y Cerdán (Angel del Campo y Cerdan)

  • May 11, 1881 celebration

Universidad Central | May 11, 1881 - Minneapolis: February 21, 1961 | Ángel del Campo y Cerdán (Angel del Campo y Cerdan) | May 11, 1881 - Minneapolis

44. Harry Shoemaker

  • May 11, 1879 celebration
  • August 23, 1932 deceased

American inventor | May 11, 1879 - August 23, 1932 | Harry Shoemaker | May 11, 1879 - August 23, 1932

45. Frans Maurits Jaeger

  • The Hague: May 11, 1877 celebration
  • Haren: March 1, 1945 deceased

Dutch chemist | Leiden University | The Hague: May 11, 1877 - Haren: March 1, 1945 | Frans Maurits Jaeger | The Hague: May 11, 1877 - Haren: March 1, 1945

46. Mariano Fortuny

  • Granada: May 11, 1871 celebration
  • Venice: May 3, 1949 deceased

Spanish artist, photographer and fashion designer (1871-1949) | Delphos gown | Granada: May 11, 1871 - Venice: May 3, 1949 | Mariano Fortuny - Mariano Fortuny

47. Otakar Kádner (Otakar Kadner)

  • Poděbrady: May 11, 1870 celebration
  • Poděbrady: May 6, 1936 deceased

Czech pedagogue and historian of pedagogy | Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague | Poděbrady: May 11, 1870 - Poděbrady: May 6, 1936 | Otakar Kádner

48. Paul Schmidt

  • Köthen: May 11, 1868 celebration
  • Berlin: August 4, 1948 deceased

German inventor and entrepreneur (1868-1948) | Köthen: May 11, 1868 - Berlin: August 4, 1948 | Paul Schmidt | Köthen: May 11, 1868 - Berlin: August 4, 1948

49. Jan Vilím (Jan Vilim)

  • Horní Studenec: May 11, 1856 celebration
  • Podolí: July 31, 1923 deceased

Czech photographer, entrepreneur and engraver (1856–1923) | Horní Studenec: May 11, 1856 - Podolí: July 31, 1923 | Jan Vilím (Jan Vilim) | Horní

50. Ottmar Mergenthaler

  • Hachtel: May 11, 1854 celebration
  • Baltimore: October 28, 1899 deceased

German-American precision mechanic and inventor of the Linotype typesetting machine (1854-1899) | John Scott Award (1889), Elliott Cresson Medal (1889)

51. Bernard N. Baker

  • Baltimore: May 11, 1854 celebration
  • December 20, 1918 deceased

American businessman (1854-1918) | Yale College | Baltimore: May 11, 1854 - December 20, 1918 | Bernard N. Baker | Baltimore: May 11, 1854 - December 20, 1918

52. John Milne Bramwell

  • Perth: May 11, 1852 celebration
  • Ospedaletti: January 16, 1925 deceased

British doctor (1852-1925) | University of Edinburgh | Perth: May 11, 1852 - Ospedaletti: January 16, 1925 | John Milne Bramwell | Perth: May 11, 1852

53. Anders Christensen

  • May 11, 1852 celebration

Decoration of the Cross of Honour of the Dannebrog (1922), Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog (1915) | May 11, 1852 - Manhattan: November 24, 1939

54. Victor August Julius

  • Utrecht: May 11, 1851 celebration
  • Utrecht: May 1, 1902 deceased

Dutch university teacher | Utrecht University | Utrecht: May 11, 1851 - Utrecht: May 1, 1902 | Victor August Julius | Utrecht: May 11, 1851 - Utrecht: May 1, 1902

55. Nikolay Pantusov

  • Mykolaiv: May 11, 1849 celebration
  • Mykolaiv: June 11, 1909 deceased

Russian orientalist (1849-1909) | Saint Petersburg State University | Mykolaiv: May 11, 1849 - Mykolaiv: June 11, 1909 | Nikolay Pantusov | Mykolaiv: May 11

56. Wilhelm Windelband

  • Potsdam: May 11, 1848 celebration
  • Heidelberg: October 22, 1915 deceased

German philosopher (1848–1915) | Humboldt University of Berlin, University of Göttingen, University of Jena | Potsdam: May 11, 1848 - Heidelberg: October 22, 1915

57. Godefroid Kurth

  • Arlon: May 11, 1847 celebration
  • Asse: January 4, 1916 deceased

historian, philologist and professor from Belgium (1847-1916) | University of Liège | Arlon: May 11, 1847 - Asse: January 4, 1916 | Godefroid Kurth (Victor

58. Emanoil Bacaloglu

  • Bucharest: May 11, 1830 celebration
  • Bucharest: August 30, 1891 deceased

Romanian scientist | Bucharest: May 11, 1830 - Bucharest: August 30, 1891 | Emanoil Bacaloglu | Bucharest: May 11, 1830 - Bucharest: August 30, 1891

59. Josef Kolbe

  • Vienna: May 11, 1825 celebration
  • Vienna: February 27, 1897 deceased

Austrian mathematician and university teacher (1825-1897) | Vienna: May 11, 1825 - Vienna: February 27, 1897 | Josef Kolbe | Vienna: May 11, 1825 - Vienna

60. Grigorie Sturdza

  • Sculeni: May 11, 1821 celebration
  • Bucharest: January 26, 1901 deceased

Moldavian general and politician (1821–1901) | École Normale Supérieure | Sculeni: May 11, 1821 - Bucharest: January 26, 1901 | Grigorie Sturdza | Sculeni

61. Theodore Nicolas Gobley

  • Paris: May 11, 1811 celebration
  • Bagnères-de-Luchon: September 1, 1876 deceased

French chemist (1811-1876) | Officer of the Legion of Honour | Paris: May 11, 1811 - Bagnères-de-Luchon: September 1, 1876 | Theodore Nicolas Gobley | Paris

62. Karel Daniel Gangloff

  • Prague: May 11, 1809 celebration
  • Rožmitál pod Třemšínem: February 7, 1879 deceased

Czech forester and inventor (1809–1879) | Prague: May 11, 1809 - Rožmitál pod Třemšínem: February 7, 1879 | Karel Daniel Gangloff | Prague: May 11, 1809

63. Emmanuel-Louis Gruner

  • Ittigen: May 11, 1809 celebration
  • Beaucaire: March 26, 1883 deceased

geologist and engineer (1809-1883) | Knight of the Legion of Honour (1861), Officer of the Legion of Honour (1852), Commander of the Legion of Honour (1877)

64. Ernst Stiedenroth

  • Hanover: May 11, 1794 celebration
  • Greifswald: May 3, 1858 deceased

German philosopher | Hanover: May 11, 1794 - Greifswald: May 3, 1858 | Ernst Stiedenroth | Hanover: May 11, 1794 - Greifswald: May 3, 1858

65. James Stirling

  • Stirling: May 11, 1692 celebration
  • Edinburgh: December 5, 1770 deceased

Scottish mathematician (*1692 – †1770) | Fellow of the Royal Society | Stirling number, Stirling's approximation | University of Oxford, Balliol College

66. William Lilly

  • Diseworth: May 11, 1602 celebration
  • Hersham: June 9, 1681 deceased

English astrologer (1602–1681) | Diseworth: May 11, 1602 - Hersham: June 9, 1681 | William Lilly | Diseworth: May 11, 1602 - Hersham: June 9, 1681

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