# Frank Wilczek

_American theoretical physicist_

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> Frank Anthony Wilczek is an American theoretical physicist. He shared the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics with David Gross and H. David Politzer "for the discovery of asymptotic freedom in the theory of the strong interaction".

## Quick facts

- **Born:** 15 May 1951 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107450#P569))
- **Place of birth:** Mineola ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107450#P19))
- **Citizenship:** United States ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107450#P27))
- **Occupation:** physicist; professor; theoretical physicist; university teacher ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107450#P106))
- **Education:** Princeton University; University of Chicago; Martin Van Buren High School ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107450#P69))
- **Spouse:** Betsy Devine ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107450#P26))
- **Official website:** frankawilczek.com ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107450#P856))
- **Awards:** Nobel Prize in Physics; MacArthur Fellows Program; Lorentz Medal; King Faisal Prize in Science; Oskar Klein Medal; High Energy and Particle Physics Prize; Julius Wess Prize; ICTP Dirac Medal; Fellow of the American Physical Society; Lilienfeld Prize; Sakurai Prize; Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; honorary doctor of the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University; honorary doctor of the Jagiellonian University of Krakow; Commander of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107450#P166))
- **X (Twitter):** FrankWilczek ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107450#P2002))

## Questions

**When was Frank Wilczek born?**  
Frank Wilczek was born on 15 May 1951 in Mineola.

**Where did Frank Wilczek study?**  
Frank Wilczek was educated at Princeton University, University of Chicago, Martin Van Buren High School.

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Frank Wilczek](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Wilczek) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q107450](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107450) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- [Image: Frank Wilczek. 01.jpg by Bengt Oberger (CC BY-SA 4.0)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frank_Wilczek._01.jpg)

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## Cite this page

"Frank Wilczek". DigiNepal. Last updated 2 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/frank-wilczek. Retrieved 4 November 2026.