John Bardeen

John Bardeen

male, deceased (1991)
1908-1991, Erdős number 5, National Medal of Science recipient, Nobel laureate in Physics, Semiconductor physicist, American electrical engineer
John Bardeen was an American physicist and electrical engineer. He is the only person to have won two Nobel prizes in physics: in 1956 for the...
Alan Turing

Alan Turing

male, deceased (1954) (london)
computer scientist, computer pioneer, turing machine, British computer scientist, British cryptographer at Bletchley Park, scientist…Erdős number 5
This short on-line biography of Alan Turing is based on the entry I wrote for the British Dictionary of National Biography in 1995. The eight parts...
Niels Bohr

Niels Bohr

male, deceased (1962)
physicist, Quantum Theory physicist, scientist, Danish, Nobel Prize, quantum mechanics…Erdős number 5
Niels (Henrik David) Bohr was a Danish physicist who made fundamental contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum mechanics, for...
Andrew S. Tanenbaum

Andrew S. Tanenbaum

male, 65 years old
Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery, Erdős number 5, professor, Andrew Stuart "Andy" Tanenbaum, Unix-like, Vrije Universiteit
Dr. Andrew Stuart "Andy" Tanenbaum (sometimes called ast) (born 1944) is a professor of computer science at the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam in...
J. B. S. Haldane

J. B. S. Haldane

male, deceased (1964)
Old Dragon, John Burdon Sanderson Haldane, Old Etonian, Fellow of the Royal Society, Biochemist, geneticist…Erdős number 5
John Burdon Sanderson Haldane FRS (November 5, 1892 - December 1, 1964), who normally used "J.B.S." as a first name, was a British geneticist and...
Arnold Sommerfeld

Arnold Sommerfeld

male, deceased (1951)
German native of East Prussia, Oersted Medal recipient, physicist, Quantum Theory physicist, theoretical physics, quantum physics…Erdős number 5
Arnold Johannes Wilhelm Sommerfeld (December 5, 1868 - April 26, 1951) was a German theoretical physicist who pioneered developments in atomic and...
Wu Wenjun

Wu Wenjun

male, 90 years old
Xi'an Jiaotong University, Erdős number 5, Shaw Prize, State Preeminent Science and Technology Award, President of the PRC, Wu Wen-Tsün
Wu Wenjun (Wu Wen-Tsün born in Shanghai, China is a Chinese mathematician and academician at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). He graduated f...
George Gamow

George Gamow

male, deceased (1968)
physicist, 1904-1968, University of California, Berkeley, quantum tunneling, Russian, University of Colorado…Erdős number 5
George Gamow (March 4, 1904 - August 19, 1968), born Georgiy Antonovich Gamov (Георгий Антонович Гамов), was a Russian born theoretical physicist...
Felix Hausdorff

Felix Hausdorff

male, deceased (1942)
University of Bonn faculty, Jewish person, Descriptive Set Theory, function theory, Measure Theory, set theory…Erdős number 5
Felix Hausdorff (November 8, 1868 - January 26, 1942) was a German mathematician who is considered to be one of the founders of modern topology and...
Iya Abubakar

Iya Abubakar

male, 74 years old
University of Ibadan alumni, ph.d, Olusegun Obasanjo, Erdős number 5, Adamawa State, Adamawa
Professor Iya Abubakar (born 14 December 1934) is a Nigerian mathematician and politician. Abubakar was educated at University College Ibadan (a...