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Kai Siegbahn

Swedish physicist (1918–2007)

  • Fame55.0
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  • Wikipedia1.1K
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Lived 1918–2007, aged 89Sweden
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  • Wikipedia
    65 languages
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  • Era
    1918–2007
    Aged 89
  • Awards
    6
    recognised works
Summary
Updated 2026-06-21

A Swedish physicist who landed half the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physics—quiet work, loud recognition.

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Kai Manne Börje Siegbahn was born on 20 April 1918 in Sweden. He built a career in physics through decades of precision and discipline. In 1981, that path peaked: he shared the Nobel Prize in Physics, joining the short list of names the field remembers. He died on 20 July 2007, eighty-nine years after he started.

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