# Juris Upatnieks

> Juris Upatnieks was a Latvian-American physicist and inventor, and pioneer in the field of holography. He was nominated for the 1969 Nobel Prize in Physics alongside Emmett Leith but did not win.

*Latvian-American physicist and inventor (born 1936), one of the inventors of the hologram*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1936-05-07
- **Died:** 2026-05-17
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
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- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Juris Upatnieks](https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juris_Upatnieks)
- [چوريس وپاتنيكس](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%88%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B3)
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- [Juris Upatnieks](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juris_Upatnieks)
- [Juris Upatnieks](https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juris_Upatnieks)
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- [Juris Upatnieks](https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juris_Upatnieks)
- [Juris Upatnieks](https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juris_Upatnieks)
- [Упатниекс, Юрис](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%2C_%D0%AE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81)
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q284088)

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