Born: 22 April 1904 · Died: 18 February 1967 · Age: 62
Quick facts
Date of birth22 April 1904
Date of death18 February 1967
Age at death62
NationalityAmerican
BirthplaceManhattan, United States
Editor's Take:
J. Robert Oppenheimer led the team that built the atomic bomb. He then spent his remaining years haunted by what it meant. He was a brilliant theorist who could unite difficult scientists around one goal. After the war he argued for international control of nuclear weapons and opposed the hydrogen bomb. That stance helped his enemies strip his security clearance in 1954. The US government formally reversed that decision in 2022.
Key Milestones
1943: Becomes director of Los Alamos
1945: Witnesses the Trinity test
1947: Leads the Institute for Advanced Study
1954: Loses his security clearance
J. Robert Oppenheimer (born Julius Robert Oppenheimer; April 22, 1904 – February 18, 1967) was an American theoretical physicist who served as the director of the Manhattan Project's Los Alamos Laboratory during World War II.
J. Robert Oppenheimer's birthday is April 22. He was born on April 22, 1904 in Manhattan, United States.
How old was J. Robert Oppenheimer when he died?
J. Robert Oppenheimer died on February 18, 1967, aged 62.
Who shares a birthday with J. Robert Oppenheimer?
Famous people who share J. Robert Oppenheimer's April 22 birthday include Vladimir Lenin, Immanuel Kant, Jack Nicholson, Donald Tusk and Isabella I of Castile.
