Physicists born on September 15

Take a focused look at the physicists born on September 15. Dive into curated bios, achievements, and cultural milestones verified by our editors.

• 1929 Murray Gell-Mann

  Murray Gell-Mann was a distinguished American physicist best known for his groundbreaking work in particle physics. He received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1969 for his contributions concerning the classification of elementary particles and their interactions, including the proposal of the quark model. [bio]