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David Gross — Age & Birthday

Born: 19 February 1941 · Age: 85

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David Gross is 85 years old as of October 2026. He was born on 19 February 1941.

Nobel Prize-winning theoretical physicist and string theorist

Did you know?He was a child prodigy who reportedly began teaching himself advanced mathematics while still in primary school.

David Jonathan Gross (born February 19, 1941) is an American theoretical physicist and string theorist. He shared the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics with Frank Wilczek and Hugh David Politzer "for the discovery of asymptotic freedom in the theory of the strong interaction".

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Age: 85
Status: Living

Born: February 19, 1941 · Washington, D.C., United States
Nationality: American
Known for: Science

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Father: Bertram Myron Gross

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