# François Englert

_Belgian theoretical physicist (1932–2026)_

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> François, Baron Englert (French: [ɑ̃ɡlɛʁ]; 6 November 1932 – 18 June 2026) was a Belgian theoretical physicist and 2013 Nobel Prize laureate.

## Quick facts

- **Born:** 6 November 1932 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q151746#P569))
- **Place of birth:** Etterbeek ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q151746#P19))
- **Died:** 18 June 2026 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q151746#P570))
- **Place of death:** Uccle ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q151746#P20))
- **Citizenship:** Belgium; France ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q151746#P27))
- **Occupation:** physicist; university teacher; theoretical physicist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q151746#P106))
- **Education:** Free University of Brussels ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q151746#P69))
- **Awards:** Wolf Prize in Physics; Francqui Prize; Nobel Prize in Physics; Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research; High Energy and Particle Physics Prize; Sakurai Prize; Honorary doctor of the University of Mons; honorary doctor of the Peking University; honorary doctor of the University of Edinburgh; honorary doctor of the Bar-Ilan University; honorary doctorate of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel; honorary doctor of the University of Miami; honorary doctorate at the Blaise-Pascal university; Clarivate Citation Laureates ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q151746#P166))

## About

Englert was professor emeritus at the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), where he was a member of the Service de Physique Théorique. He was also a Sackler Professor by Special Appointment in the School of Physics and Astronomy at Tel Aviv University and a member of the Institute for Quantum Studies at Chapman University in California. He was awarded the 2010 J. J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics (with Gerry Guralnik, C. R. Hagen, Tom Kibble, Peter Higgs, and Robert Brout), the Wolf Prize in Physics in 2004 (with Brout and Higgs) and the High Energy and Particle Prize of the European Physical Society (with Brout and Higgs) in 1997 for the mechanism which unifies short and long range interactions by generating massive gauge vector bosons.

Englert made contributions in statistical physics, quantum field theory, cosmology, string theory, and supergravity. He was the recipient of the 2013 Prince of Asturias Award in technical and scientific research, together with Peter Higgs and CERN.

Englert was awarded the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics, together with Peter Higgs for the discovery of the Brout–Englert–Higgs mechanism.

## Questions

**When was François Englert born?**  
François Englert was born on 6 November 1932 in Etterbeek.

**Where did François Englert study?**  
François Englert was educated at Free University of Brussels.

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