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Zhores Alferov — Age & Birthday
Born: 15 March 1930 · Died: 1 March 2019 · Age at death: 88
How old was Zhores Alferov when he died?
Zhores Alferov died aged 88. He was born on 15 March 1930 and died on 1 March 2019.
Nobel Prize-winning physicist who developed modern semiconductor technology
Did you know?His scientific breakthroughs paved the way for the creation of mobile phones, lasers, and barcode scanners used in shops today.
Zhores Ivanovich Alferov (15 March 1930 – 1 March 2019) was a Soviet and Russian physicist who contributed significantly to the creation of modern heterostructure physics and electronics. In 2000, Alferov shared the Nobel Prize in Physics for the development of the semiconductor heterojunction for optoelectronics.
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- Age at death
- 88
- Would be
- 96
- Years since death
- 7
- Born
- March 15, 1930 · Vitebsk, Belarus
- Died
- March 1, 2019
- Cause of death
- Heart failure, malignant hypertension
- Nationality
- Russian
- Known for
- Science, Politics, Technology
Family
- Spouse
- Tamara Darskaya
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- See the front page from the day Zhores Alferov was bornA newspaper front page for 15 March 1930, styled like the papers of the time, with headlines and famous birthdays from that day.Birthday newspaper
- Would-be age todayZhores Alferov would be 96 years old today. See how many birthdays they would have celebrated.Age
- Birth anniversaryZhores Alferov's 97th birthday is in 140 days. If it's your birthday too, it's a double celebration!97th
- Death anniversaryThe 8th anniversary of Zhores Alferov's death is in 126 days. A moment to remember their legacy.8th
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