Shuji Nakamura

Shuji Nakamura is a Japanese–American electronics engineer and co-inventor of the blue LED, a major breakthrough in lighting technology. For this achievement, Nakamura, together with Isamu Akasaki and Hiroshi Amano, received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2014.

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Who was born first?

• Shuji Nakamura and Joseph Polchinski were born the same year
• Shuji Nakamura and Peter Hegemann were born the same year
• Shuji Nakamura and Peter J. Ratcliffe were born the same year
• Shuji Nakamura and Jean Bourgain were born the same year
• Shuji Nakamura and Ingrid Daubechies were born the same year

Timeline

1. Ingrid DaubechiesAugust 17, 1954 – present
2. Jean BourgainFebruary 28, 1954 – December 22, 2018
3. Joseph PolchinskiMay 16, 1954 – February 2, 2018
4. Peter HegemannDecember 11, 1954 – present
5. Peter J. RatcliffeMay 14, 1954 – present
6. Shuji Nakamura (this page)May 22, 1954 – present

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