Andrei Sakharov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Andrei Sakharov

Soviet nuclear physicist and human rights activist

Date of Birth: 21-May-1921

Place of Birth: Moscow, Russia

Date of Death: 14-Dec-1989

Profession: physicist, human rights activist, nuclear physicist

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov (Russian: ?????´? ???´??????? ??´?????; 21 May 1921 – 14 December 1989) was a Russian nuclear physicist, dissident, Nobel laureate, and activist for disarmament, peace and human rights.He became renowned as the designer of the Soviet Union's RDS-37, a codename for Soviet development of thermonuclear weapons.
Sakharov later became an advocate of civil liberties and civil reforms in the Soviet Union, for which he faced state persecution; these efforts earned him the Nobel Peace Prize in 1975.
The Sakharov Prize, which is awarded annually by the European Parliament for people and organizations dedicated to human rights and freedoms, is named in his honor.