Updated Feb 20, 2026
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Birthday
(Monday)
Died
Languages
English, German
Spouse
Hedwig Born (1913)
Children
2 children: Gustav Victor Rudolf Born, Irene Helen Käthe Born
Parents
Gustav Born, Margarethe Kauffmann
Residences
Bad Pyrmont, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Göttingen, Wrocław
Education
Gonville and Caius College, Heidelberg University, University of Göttingen, University of Wrocław
Zodiac Sign
♐ Sagittarius
Chinese Zodiac
马 Horse
Name Origin
English < German
Popularity
Tier B -- 28,139 Wikipedia views/month
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Zodiac
Year of the Horse, sign of Sagittarius
AWARDS (9)
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Fellow of the Royal Society
WON
B
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
WON
B
Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
WON
B
Guthrie Lecture
WON
Biography
Max Born was a German–British theoretical physicist who was instrumental in the development of quantum mechanics. He also made contributions to solid-state physics and optics, and supervised the work of a number of notable physicists in the 1920s and 1930s. He shared the 1954 Nobel Prize in Physics with Walther Bothe "for his fundamental research in quantum mechanics, especially for his statistical interpretation of the wavefunction."
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How old was Max Born?
Max Born was born on and passed away on at the age of 87.
Where was Max Born born?
Max Born was born in Wrocław.
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