# Gerd Binnig

_German physicist (born 1947)_

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> Gerd Karl Binnig is a German physicist. He is most famous for having won the Nobel Prize in Physics jointly with Heinrich Rohrer in 1986 for the invention of the scanning tunneling microscope.

## Quick facts

- **Born:** 20 July 1947 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76766#P569))
- **Place of birth:** Frankfurt ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76766#P19))
- **Citizenship:** Germany; allied-occupied Germany ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76766#P27))
- **Occupation:** physicist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76766#P106))
- **Education:** LMU Munich; Goethe University Frankfurt ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76766#P69))
- **Awards:** Nobel Prize in Physics; Elliott Cresson Medal; IBM Fellow; Bavarian Order of Merit; Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany; King Faisal Prize in Science; Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art; Gustav Hertz Prize; National Inventors Hall of Fame; Klung Wilhelmy Science Award; Kavli Prize in Nanoscience; Urania Medal; EPS Europhysics Prize; honorary member of the Physics Association (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76766#P166))

## Questions

**When was Gerd Binnig born?**  
Gerd Binnig was born on 20 July 1947 in Frankfurt.

**Where did Gerd Binnig study?**  
Gerd Binnig was educated at LMU Munich, Goethe University Frankfurt.

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Gerd Binnig](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerd_Binnig) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q76766](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76766) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- [Image: Gerd Binnig sw.jpg by The original uploader was Stefan Kühn at German Wikipedia . (Public domain)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gerd_Binnig_sw.jpg)

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## Cite this page

"Gerd Binnig". DigiNepal. Last updated 1 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/gerd-binnig. Retrieved 6 November 2026.