Kip Thorne

Kip Stephen Thorne is an American theoretical physicist and writer known for his contributions in gravitational physics and astrophysics. Along with Rainer Weiss and Barry C. Barish, he was awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics for his contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves.

1 June 1940

Born on the same birth date (1 June 1940): Katerina Gogou • René Auberjonois

Born on the same birth day (1 June): Aleksei Uvarov (footballer) • Anatoly Albul • Charlie Wilson (Texas politician) • Clementina Maude, Viscountess Hawarden • Jill Black, Lady Black of Derwent • Morgan Freeman • Nick Young (basketball)

Born in the same month (June 1940): A. J. Quinnell • Adam Faith • Bobby Bell • Bobby Freeman • Carole Ann Ford • Clint Warwick • Constantine II of Greece • Ian Lang, Baron Lang of Monkton • Joan Busfield • John Mahoney • Katerina Gogou • Mary Beth Peil • Neil Goldschmidt • René Auberjonois • Vittorio Storaro