Yoichiro Nambu

Yoichiro Nambu was a male theoretical physicist and professor born in Tokyo on January 18, 1921. He held citizenship in the United States and Japan. Nambu worked as a researcher and physicist, with interests in physics. He was educated at the University of Tokyo and Princeton University, earning a Doctor of Science degree. His academic career included positions at the University of Chicago, Osaka City University, Ritsumeikan University, and the University of Tokyo.

Nambu received the Nobel Prize in Physics, the Guggenheim Fellowship, the Order of Culture, and the Benjamin Franklin Medal. He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Physical Society, and the Japan Academy. He spoke Japanese and had an Erdős number of 5. His doctoral student was Savas Dimopoulos.

He authored works including *Elementary Particle Physics Vol. 1* and *Quarks*. Nambu died of a myocardial infarction in Toyonaka on July 5, 2015, from natural causes. His name in kana is なんぶ よういちろう, and in his native language, it is 南部 陽一郎.