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Ahmed Zewail

Egyptian chemist
Person human Q106624

Facts

32 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[36]
Date of birth
February 26, 1946
Date of death
August 2, 2016
Place of birth
Damanhur
Place of death
Pasadena
Country of citizenship
Egypt, United States[8][9]
Occupation
chemist, university teacher, inventor, physicist
Employer
California Institute of Technology, Alexandria University[12][13]
Field of work
chemistry[11]
Educated at
University of Pennsylvania, Alexandria University[14][15]
Religion or worldview
Islam[35]
Award received
Guggenheim Fellowship, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Benjamin Franklin Medal, Davy Medal, Wolf Prize in Chemistry, NAS Award in Chemical Sciences, Albert Einstein World Award of Science, Priestley Medal, King Faisal International Prize in Science, Order of the Nile, Tolman Award, Zeiss Research Award, Honorary doctor of the University of Lausanne, Mendel Medal, Fellow of the American Physical Society, honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense, E. Bright Wilson Award in Spectroscopy, Welch Award in Chemistry, Herbert P. Broida Prize, Earle K. Plyler Prize, Knight of the Legion of Honour, honorary doctor of the Peking University, Foreign Member of the Royal Society, honorary doctorate of Lund University, Grand Cordon of the National Order of the Cedar‎, Officer of the National Order of Merit, Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences, Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award, honorary doctor of Yale University, Othmer Gold Medal, Linus Pauling Award, Peter Debye Award in Physical Chemistry, Great Immigrants Award, William H. Nichols Medal, Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards, King Faisal Prize, Order of the Republic, Order of Merit, Order of the Republic, National Order of the Cedar, Order of Zayed, Order of the Republic, Order of the Two Niles, honorary doctorate from ENS, honorary doctor of Baku State University, Benjamin Franklin Medal in Chemistry, Golden Plate Award[16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29]
Official website
www.caltech.edu
Cause of death
spinal cord lymphoma
Languages spoken, written or signed
English, Arabic
Short name
أحمد زويل, Ahmed Zewail
Academic degree
Doctor of Sciences in Chemistry
Birth name
أحمد حسن زويل
Described by source
Dictionary of African Biography
Erdős number
+9
Family name
Zewail
Given name
Ahmad, Ahmed
Interested in
chemistry
Show all 32 facts +8
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Biography, WikiProject Scientists and academics, WikiProject Chemistry, WikiProject Egypt, WikiProject University of Pennsylvania
Manner of death
natural causes
Member of
Royal Society of London, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Pontifical Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, French Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Russian Academy of Sciences, Indian National Science Academy, American Philosophical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society, The World Academy of Sciences, Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België voor Wetenschappen en Kunsten, Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, European Academy of Sciences[30][31][32][33][34]
Native language
Arabic[10]
Number of children
+4
Place of burial
6th of October City[7]
Residence
Los Angeles County, Desouk
Social media followers
70k (70k–76k, n=4)
🏷️ Also known as
en Ahmed H. Zewail en Ahmed Zewail en Ahmed Hassan Zewail ar زويل ar أحمد حسن زويل ar أحمد زويل ar الدكتور أحمد زويل ar أحمد حسني زويل ar احمد زويل cs Ahmed Hassan Zewail cs Ahmad Zuwayl cs Ahmed H. Zewail da Ahmed Hassan Zewail de Ahmed H. Zewail de Zewail de Ahmed Hassan Zewail es Ahmed Hassan Zewail es Ahmed H Zewail es Ahmed Zewail fa احمد زویل
🔖 Identifiers · 91
ISNI
0000000374930318
VIAF cluster ID
95254701
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n78020898
GND ID
128714743
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Ahmed Zewail HD2009 Othmer Gold Medal portrait.JPG ↗
Academic Tree ID
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Article ID in the Lithuanian Universal Encyclopedia Online
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Awards & Winners artist ID
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BIBSYS ID
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Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
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Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society ID
2019.0040
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
zewail-ahmed-hassan
Show all 91 identifiers +79
CANTIC ID
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CONOR.SI ID
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CTHS person ID
128428
Canadiana Name Authority ID
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CiNii Research ID
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DDB person (GND) ID
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Described at URL
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Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
128714743
EGAXA ID
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ELNET ID
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Enciclopedia Galega Universal ID
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Encyclopedia of China (Second Edition) ID
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Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)
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Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)
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Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
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FAST ID
23193
Film.ru person ID
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Find a Grave memorial ID
167704967
Freebase ID
/m/0syhm
French Academy of Sciences member ID
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Geni profile ID
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Google Scholar author ID
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Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
ahmed-h.-zewail
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0267634
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Ahmed_H._Zewail, Ahmed_Zewail
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
5177121, 2878481
Guggenheim fellows ID
ahmed-hassan-zewail
Hrvatska enciklopedija ID
67181
IMDb ID
nm2212570
IdRef ID
032384688
J9U entity ID
987007306357305171
JRC Names ID
753941
KBR person ID
14789317
KVAB member ID
403
Kallías ID
PE00128200
Krugosvet article (archived)
nauka_i_tehnika/himiya/ZEVAL_AHMED.html
Lex ID
Ahmed_H._Zewail
LibraryThing author ID
zewailahmedh
Libris-URI
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LittleSis people ID
73476
Munzinger person ID
00000023143
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA02521853
NE.se ID
ahmed-h-zewail
NL CR AUT ID
ntk2010598307
NLP ID
a0000003501683
NNDB people ID
830/000100530
NSK (VIAF) ID
000256360
NSK ID
981005773268709366
NUKAT ID
n00042220
National Academy of Sciences member ID
4583
National Library of Korea ID
KAC201856730
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810635232505606
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
239958918
Nobel Laureate API ID
292
Obálky knih ID
ntk2010598307
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
4001167
Open Library ID
OL1489872A
Our Campaigns candidate ID
184582
PAS member ID
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Prabook ID
810646
Proleksis enciklopedija ID
3550
Quora topic ID
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RERO ID (legacy)
A003998235
Russian Academy of Sciences person ID
53810
SELIBR ID
396515
SHARE Catalogue author ID
501917
SNAC ARK ID
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SNK ID
157495
Savoirs ENS ID
226
Scopus author ID
7004914740
Slovak National Library (VIAF) ID
vtls010552787
The World Academy of Sciences fellow ID
zewail-ahmed-hassan
Treccani ID
ahmed-hassan-zewail
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058516407206706
Wellcome Collection concept ID
mgrhdvrf
WikiTree person ID
Zewail-1
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJbM9MKbkK6Mw7YcfRqvpP
X (Twitter) username
_zewail_
Yale LUX ID
person/e148e23f-ad24-4a39-b2b5-9d859917c7c8

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🔗 Connections
Award received 39
Nobel Prize in Chemistry, National Order of Merit, Davy Medal, Wolf Prize in Chemistry, Priestley Medal, Guggenheim Fellowship, King Faisal Prize, Albert Einstein World Award of Science +31 more
Member of 14
Royal Society of London, Russian Academy of Sciences, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, French Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Pontifical Academy of Sciences +6 more
← Winner 6
Wolf Prize in Chemistry, Albert Einstein World Award of Science, NAS Award in Chemical Sciences, Herbert P. Broida Prize, Earle K. Plyler Prize, King Faisal International Prize in Science
Occupation 4
physicist, chemist, inventor, university teacher
Country of citizenship 2
United States, Egypt
Educated at 2
University of Pennsylvania, Alexandria University
Given name 2
Ahmad, Ahmed
Languages spoken, written or signed 2
English, Arabic
Residence 2
Los Angeles County, Damanhur
Employer 1
California Institute of Technology
Field of work 1
chemistry
Instance of 1
human
Interested in 1
chemistry
Manner of death 1
natural causes
Named after 1
Ahmed Zewail Award
Place of birth 1
Damanhur
Place of burial 1
6th of October City
Place of death 1
Pasadena
Religion or worldview 1
Islam
Sex or gender 1
male
← FactGrid item ID 1
Bey
← Relative 1
Shakir al-Fahham
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Ahmed Zewail was born on February 26, 1946, in Damanhur [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]. He was a chemist, university teacher, inventor, and physicist who worked in the field of chemistry [9][10][11][12]. Zewail passed away on August 2, 2016, in Pasadena from spinal cord lymphoma [13][2][7][4][5][8].

Throughout his career, Zewail received numerous prestigious awards, including the Guggenheim Fellowship, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Davy Medal, Wolf Prize in Chemistry, NAS Award in Chemical Sciences, and Albert Einstein World Award of Science, among others [14]. He was elected as a member of several distinguished scientific societies, including the Royal Society, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Pontifical Academy of Sciences, and National Academy of Sciences [14].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Ahmed Zewail include Ahmed Zewail Award[37], a science award[38], in United States[39], founded in 2005[40].

Why It Matters

Entities named for him include Ahmed Zewail Award[37], a science award[38], in United States[39], founded in 2005[40].

FAQs

Where was Ahmed Zewail born?

Ahmed Zewail was born in Damanhur[1].

Where did Ahmed Zewail die?

Ahmed Zewail died in Pasadena[2].

What did Ahmed Zewail do for work?

Ahmed Zewail worked as a chemist[3], university teacher[4], inventor[5], and physicist[6].

Where did Ahmed Zewail go to school?

Ahmed Zewail was educated at University of Pennsylvania[14] and Alexandria University[15].

What awards did Ahmed Zewail receive?

Honors received include Guggenheim Fellowship[16], Nobel Prize in Chemistry[17], Benjamin Franklin Medal[18], and Davy Medal[19].

Related Entities

6th of October City California Institute of Technology chemistry Egypt United States

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  18. [16] ↑ . Guggenheim Fellows database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . nobelprize.org. nobelprize.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  28. [26] ↑ . scalacs.org. scalacs.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . zeiss.com. Retrieved . zeiss.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . unil.ch. unil.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [29] ↑ . www1.villanova.edu. www1.villanova.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [30] ↑ . royalsociety.org. Retrieved . royalsociety.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  34. [32] ↑ . www.pas.va. Retrieved . pas.va. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [33] ↑ . nasonline.org. Retrieved . nasonline.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [34] ↑ . english.casad.cas.cn. Retrieved . english.casad.cas.cn. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 12d ago · ~2026-57376-48 · 2026-10-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Residence → Los Angeles County, Desouk
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  5. 18w ago · Mr.Karhi · 2026-06-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Native language → Arabic
    Award received → Guggenheim Fellowship, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Benjamin Franklin Medal +44
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    Award received → Guggenheim Fellowship, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Benjamin Franklin Medal +44
    "Created claim: Award received: Order of the Two Niles"
  7. 25w ago · PKalnai · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Kallías ID → PE00128200
    "Created claim: Kallías ID: PE00128200, Matched to Ahmed H. Zewail (#117076459) in Kallías #mi"
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