Ahmed Zewail

Ahmed Hassan Zewail was an Egyptian-American chemist, known as the "father of femtochemistry". He was awarded the 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on femtochemistry and became the first Egyptian and Arab to win a Nobel Prize in a scientific field, and the first African to win a Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

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Who was born first?

• Ahmed Zewail and Roh Moo-hyun were born the same year
• Ahmed Zewail and John Barnard were born the same year
• Ahmed Zewail and Robert Jarvik were born the same year
• Ahmed Zewail and Kees Schouhamer Immink were born the same year
• Ahmed Zewail was born 1 year before James Dyson

Timeline

1. Ahmed Zewail (this page)February 26, 1946 – August 2, 2016
2. John BarnardMay 4, 1946 – present
3. Kees Schouhamer ImminkDecember 18, 1946 – present
4. Robert JarvikMay 11, 1946 – May 26, 2025
5. Roh Moo-hyunSeptember 1, 1946 – May 23, 2009
6. James DysonMay 2, 1947 – present

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