Georg von Békésy was a Hungarian-American biophysicist.
By using strobe photography and silver flakes as a marker, he was able to observe that the basilar membrane moves like a surface wave when stimulated by sound. Wikipedia
Born: June 3, 1899, Budapest, Hungary
Died: June 13, 1972 (age 73 years), Honolulu, HI
Awards: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine and ASA Gold Medal