David Jonathan Gross is an American theoretical physicist and string theorist. Along with Frank Wilczek and David Politzer, he was awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics for their discovery of asymptotic freedom. Wikipedia
Born: 1941 (age 83 years), Washington, D.C.
Spouse: Jacquelyn Savani
Parents: Bertram Myron Gross and Nora Faine Gross
Notable students: Frank Wilczek, Edward Witten, Rajesh Gopakumar, and more