Murray Gell-Mann Age, Birthday, Zodiac Sign and Birth Chart

Murray Gell-Mann was an American physicist born on September 15, 1929. He won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1969 for his pioneering achievements in defining the quark model of nuclear particles and for discovering flavor symmetry of light quarks. His work significantly advanced the field of particle physics. Gell-Mann also received the Albert Einstein Medal in 2005, highlighting his contributions to the study of elementary particles, including quarks, neutrinos, and string theory.

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Meaning of the name - Murray

From the Gaelic word 'muir' meaning 'sea' or 'lake', often associated with a place near water.

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September 15, 1929 Facts

Generation Group

Murray Gell-Mann belongs to the Silent Generation group.

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Place of Birth: Lower Manhattan

Place of Death: Santa Fe

Educated At: Jonathan Edwards College | Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School | Yale College | Yale University | Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Occupation: theoretical physicist | non-fiction writer | researcher | physicist

Spouses: Marcia Southwick | J. Margaret Dow

Employers: California Institute of Technology | University of Chicago

Awards Received: Honorary doctorate from the University of Florida | honorary doctor of the Yale University | honorary doctor of the University of Chicago | Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry | Fellow of Pakistan Academy of Sciences | Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences | honorary doctorate from the University of Cambridge | Humanist of the Year | Honorary doctor of the University of Oxford | Fellow of the American Physical Society | honorary doctorate from Columbia University | Foreign Member of the Royal Society | William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement | Richtmyer Memorial Lecture Award | John J. Carty Award for the Advancement of Science | Franklin Medal | Helmholtz Medal | Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award | Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics | Guggenheim Fellowship | Nobel Prize in Physics | Albert Einstein Medal

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Astrology Analysis

Note: This birth chart is calculated using the date and place of birth, with the time set to noon (12:00 PM) local time. While this provides accurate planetary positions for most celestial bodies, the Ascendant (Rising Sign) and house cusps are not calculated since they require precise birth time. For a complete astrological analysis including houses and rising sign, please provide the exact birth time.