Georges Charpak was a Polish-born French physicist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1992. Wikipedia
Born: Dubrovytsya, Ukraine
Died: September 29, 2010, 5th arrondissement, Paris, France
Children: Yves Charpak and Nathalie Charpak
Education: Collège de France (1948–1954), École des Mines de Paris, and Lycée Saint-Louis
Awards: Nobel Prize in Physics