Lippmann

Article summary

Lippmann is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alexandre Lippmann (1881–1960), French Olympic champion fencer * Bernard Lippmann, American physicist, known for the Lippmann–Schwinger equation * Edmund Oscar von Lippmann (1857–1940), German chemist * Frank Lippmann (born 1961), German footballer * Horst Lippmann (1927–1997), German jazz musician * Gabriel Lippmann (1845–1921), physicist, inventor, and Nobel laureate in physics ** Lippmann (crater), on the Moon, is named after Gabriel Lippmann ** a Lippmann plate is a clear glass plate in early photography ** a Lippmann electrometer is a device for detecting small rushes of electric current, invented by Gabriel Lippmann in 1873 * Julie M.…

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1. date of birth: 1961 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. date of birth: 1961 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1332045983