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George E. Smith

1930 - 2025

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George Elwood Smith (May 10, 1930 – May 28, 2025) was an American scientist, applied physicist, and co-inventor of the charge-coupled device (CCD). He was awarded a one-quarter share in the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics for "the invention of an imaging semiconductor circuit—the CCD sensor, which has become an electronic eye in almost all areas of photography". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George E. Smith is the 170th most popular physicist (up from 172nd in 2019), the 606th most popular biography from United States (up from 621st in 2019) and the 26th most popular American Physicist.

George E. Smith is most famous for being the founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, George E. Smith ranks 170 out of 851. Before him are Georges Charpak, Gerd Binnig, Ernst Abbe, Paul Langevin, Hideki Yukawa, and François Englert. After him are Polykarp Kusch, Edmond Becquerel, Martinus J. G. Veltman, Leon Cooper, James Jeans, and Julius von Mayer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, George E. Smith ranks 36. Before him are Frank Lucas, Silvana Mangano, Maximilian Schell, Philippe Noiret, Yves Chauvin, and Thomas P. Stafford. After him are Leon Cooper, Niki de Saint Phalle, Claude Chabrol, Carlos Menem, Jerome Isaac Friedman, and Anisa Makhlouf. Among people deceased in 2025, George E. Smith ranks 19. Before him are Leo Beenhakker, Eddie Jordan, Khamtai Siphandon, Ágnes Keleti, Horst Köhler, and Aga Khan IV. After him are George Foreman, Sofia Gubaidulina, Fouad Mebazaa, Frederick Forsyth, Richard Williamson, and Dražen Dalipagić.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George E. Smith ranks 606 out of 20,380. Before him are Gilbert N. Lewis (1875), Jack Ruby (1911), Robert Mitchum (1917), George Clooney (1961), Michael Keaton (1951), and Lewis H. Morgan (1818). After him are George Armstrong Custer (1839), Jared Leto (1971), Louise Glück (1943), George Westinghouse (1846), J. Edgar Hoover (1895), and Nick Nolte (1941).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, George E. Smith ranks 26. Before him are Arthur Compton (1892), James Rainwater (1917), Robert Coleman Richardson (1937), Clifford Shull (1915), John Bardeen (1908), and Joseph Henry (1797). After him are Leon Cooper (1930), Martin Lewis Perl (1927), Arthur Leonard Schawlow (1921), Burton Richter (1931), Jerome Isaac Friedman (1930), and Douglas Osheroff (1945).

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