Science is constantly evolving, helping us understand the world better. Throughout history, some of the greatest inventors and scientists were born in April. Their contributions to the field of science have changed the way we understand and perceive the world. But most importantly, they inspire us to strive for better, question more, and trust our instincts to reach our goals.
Here are a few famous scientists born in the month of April
Sophie Germain
Birthday: April 1, 1776
Birthplace: France
Fields: Mathematics, Physics, and Philosophy
Trivia: Germain’s work on Fermat’s Last Theorem laid a foundation for other mathematicians who were exploring the subject for years.
Honours: Germain was the first woman to win the Mathematics Prize awarded by the French Academy of Prizes.
Known for: Her notable contribution to the study of acoustics, number and elasticity theories.
Ananda Mohan Chakrabarty
Birthday: April 4, 1938
Birthplace: India
Fields: Microbiology
Trivia: In 2008, Chakrabarty co-founded his second bio-pharmaceutical company called Amrita Therapeutics to develop therapies and vaccines to treat cancer.
Honours: Scientist of the Year Award by the Industrial Research Organisation of the United States (1975), Golden Eurydice Award (2007) and Padma Shri (2007).
Known for: Chakrabarty’s remarkable role in genetically engineering a new species of Pseudomonas bacteria (oil-eating bacteria) in 1971 opened gates to the world of genetics and nuclei.
Robert Burns Woodward
Birthday: April 10, 1917
Birthplace: United States of America
Fields: Organic Chemistry
Trivia: Woodward worked closely with Roald Hoffmann in synthesising vitamin B-12 and formulated the Woodward-Hoffmann Rules.
Honours: ForMemRs (1956), Davy Medal (1959), National Medal of Science (1964), Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1965), Willard Gibbs Award (1967), and Copley Medal (1978).
Known for: Woodward is known for organic synthesising of cholesterol and chlorophyll, Woodward cis-hydroxylation, and molecular structure determination.
Leonardo da Vinci
Birthday: April 15, 1452
Birthplace: Italy
Fields: Renaissance art, music and architecture, Mathematics and Science
Trivia: Known as the greatest painters of all time, Vinci painted the Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, and the iconic Vitruvian Man.
Honours: Though he didn’t receive any awards during his lifetime, the Leonardo da Vinci Award was established by the Rotary Club of Florence in 1975 to honour outstanding young people in the field of science, technology, literature, and the arts.
Known for: Vinci is recognised as the father of palaeontology, ichnology, and architecture. His sketches of the flying machine and other scientific futuristic technologies often credit him with the invention of the parachute, and helicopter
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Birthday: April 30, 1777
Birthplace: Germany
Fields: Mathematics, physics, astronomy, and writing
Trivia: When Gauss was just 21 years old, he wrote a book on number theory called the Disquisitiones Arithmeticae. For this, he was nicknamed as “Princeps mathematicoru” and “greatest mathematician since antiquity”
Honours: Lalande Prize (1809) and Copley Medal (1838)
Known for: Gauss is known for his contributions to the field of mathematics and science. His gave the world the Gauss Law for Magnetism and degaussing.
So, which scientist do you share your birthday with?
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Comments
Sabarish Subramanyan.S
May 31, 2019
Woodward shares my birthday and I am Sabarish Subramanyan.S 10/4/2006
Sabarish Subramanyan.S
May 31, 2019
Robert Burns Woodward shares my birthday
Sabarish Subramanyan.S
May 31, 2019
All the scientists are a great human but I inspired
a lot on Newton and Einstein and I like theory of momentum and
relativity respectively
Vaishnavi
May 30, 2019
Happy birthday to all the scientists whose birthdays are on the month of April
Sharayu
May 29, 2019
My favourite scientists are all as all are great but among which I know SIR Robert milliken I am always inspired by him because he found out charge of electron by oil drop experiment.
For thinking of a oil drop and charge of electron together is very inspiring and creative.
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AADITYA SINGH
May 22, 2019
AMAZING IT’S REALLY GOOD
Ishrat shaikh
May 21, 2019
Leonardo Da Vinci shares birthday with me 🙂
Lekshmi
May 12, 2019
Thanks Byjus for sharing this wonderful information. My brother shares his birthday with Carl Friedrich.
Mahek
May 8, 2019
My birthday comes between Sophie Germain and Ananda Mohan
Shobi
May 7, 2019
It’s nice and gives us knowledge
Anuruth.R
May 5, 2019
thanks Tanaya for your informative blog. Hope you will share more knowledge
Shagun
May 4, 2019
Thanks for the info Byju’s
Varshitha Yepoori
May 4, 2019
I was born on August 8th and I share my birthday with
Nevill Francis Mott. He is a physicist.
Thank you byujus for letting me know this.
Sneha Sharma
May 3, 2019
My birthday is with Leonardo Da Vinci???
Sourik Maitra
May 3, 2019
I will share my birthday with Leonardo Da Vinci
Purnima ?
May 2, 2019
Nice information ☺️
Prashanth
May 2, 2019
Nice blog
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May 2, 2019
Hi this is a nice blog
Riya vikas Kapse
May 1, 2019
Happy birth anniversary to all great scientist of their time.
Sakshi Yadav
May 1, 2019
Happy birthday to all scientists ??
Soumyajit
May 1, 2019
I don’t share my birthday with anyone…..
Poojha
April 30, 2019
Happy birthday to our great scientists
Poojha
April 30, 2019
Many more returns of the day to our great scientists??☺☺☺
Purnima
April 30, 2019
Great scientists
Purnima
April 30, 2019
Happy Birthday Carl Friedrich Gauss?
Purnima
April 30, 2019
Happy Birthday
Kshitij Kharat
April 30, 2019
Carl Friedrich Guass he is great mathematical. He wrote book at 21 year
Prashanth BN
April 30, 2019
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Navnoor Singh
April 30, 2019
Happy Birthday to alll great scientists
Akshat sharma
April 30, 2019
Happy birthday to all great person s, they are milestone off science I salute them
Akanksha
April 30, 2019
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Vedang
April 29, 2019
I don’t share birthday ith anyone???
Yogesh j
April 29, 2019
I share birthday with robert burns
Woodward
Sriragul
April 29, 2019
The scientists should be live long
Aryananda
April 29, 2019
My grandmother share her birthday
with Ananda Mohan chakrabarty
Sahil
April 29, 2019
Happy birthday all of you.
Yash
April 29, 2019
Send scientist who born in July
Saransh
April 29, 2019
Mine is Carl Friedrich gauss
Jay yadav
April 29, 2019
Happy birthday to all those scientist
Reet jaitly
April 29, 2019
All the respected scientists, A very happy birthday!!
Sruthi
April 29, 2019
Leonardo da Vinci
Anushka singh
April 29, 2019
Robert burns Woodward’s birthday is 1 day after my birthday.
Sathya sneka
April 29, 2019
?Leonardo da Vinci is a great painter and
I loved paint then ?wishes to them ?
Sayan Manna
April 29, 2019
Leonardo da Vinci
Ambikeya Mohapatra
April 29, 2019
Happy birthday to all geniuses
Sarika Reghu
April 29, 2019
Happy Birthday to All great scientists
AYUSHI UPADHYAY
April 29, 2019
I share my birthday with famous chess player “GARRY KASPAROV”
Akshaya ramya
April 29, 2019
Happy birthday to all these great and wonderful scientist
Anushka shreyash shah
April 29, 2019
Happy birthday to all great scientist s
Swastika
April 29, 2019
My friend and brother share their birthdays with Sophie Germain and Carl Friedrich Gauss
Please send such facts for February also (**my birthday**)
Gomathi
April 29, 2019
Happy birthday to every scientists you may be live for many many years
Josna
April 29, 2019
Albert Einstein shares birthday with me
Shavul Hameed
April 29, 2019
Happy birthday to scientists
May God bless you
Lawanya
April 29, 2019
This information is great
Saara
April 29, 2019
Carl fricdrich Gauss shares birth day with me.
Saptarshi sanyal
April 29, 2019
My favourite scientist is Dr.stephen hawking . He has inspired me a lot . I have an ambition to become a good astronomer like him . I have read ‘the brief history of time’ written by him and that novel/book is my favourite one.
Prashanth BN
April 29, 2019
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