J. Robert Oppenheimer

J. Robert Oppenheimer was an American theoretical physicist. He was director of the Manhattan Project's Los Alamos Laboratory during World War II and is often called the "father of the atomic bomb".

22 April 1904

Born on the same birth day (22 April): Carl Lindner Jr. • John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville • Joshua Rifkin • Mickey Vernon • Paul Davies • Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten • Ray Guy (humorist) • Regine Velasquez • Theo Waigel • Violet McGraw • William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg • William Jay Smith

Born in the same month (April 1904): Bruce Cabot • Cecil Day-Lewis • Chancellor of Germany • David Robinson (philanthropist) • Duncan Renaldo • Erwin Komenda • John Gielgud • K. L. Saigal • Nikos Zachariadis • Odilo Globocnik • Paul-Émile Léger • Pigmeat Markham • Richard Eberhart • Roland Wilson (economist) • Russel Wright • Sally Rand • Sharkey Bonano • Xenophon Zolotas