JEWISH RECIPIENTS OF THE WOLF PRIZE IN PHYSICS
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Listed below are recipients of the Wolf Prize in Physics who were, or are, Jewish. The Wolf Prize is one of the most prestigious international awards in physics. Approximately one-fourth of its recipients have subsequently been awarded the Nobel Prize.
- Michael Fisher (1980)
- Leo Kadanoff (1980)
- Victor Weisskopf (1981)
- Leon Lederman (1982)
- Martin Perl (1982)
- Erwin Hahn (1983/84)
- Sir Peter Hirsch (1983/84)
- Theodore Maiman (1983/84)
- Mitchell Feigenbaum (1986)
- Albert Libchaber (1986)
- Herbert Friedman (1987)
- Bruno Rossi (1987)
- Maurice Goldhaber (1991)
- Valentine Telegdi (1991)
- Benoit Mandelbrot (1993)
- Vitali Ginzburg (1994/95)
- Yakir Aharonov (1998)
- Sir Michael Berry (1998)
- Dan Shechtman (1999)
- Bertrand Halperin (2002/03)
- Robert Brout (2004)
- Francois Englert (2004)
- Daniel Kleppner (2005)
- Jacob Bekenstein (2012)
- Robert Kirshner (2015)
- Yosef Imry (2016)
- Rafi Bistritzer (2020)
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