Paul J. Crutzen

Paul Jozef Crutzen was a Dutch meteorologist and atmospheric chemist. He and Mario Molina and Frank Sherwood Rowland were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1995 for their work on atmospheric chemistry and specifically for his efforts in studying the formation and decomposition of atmospheric ozone. In addition to studying the ozone layer and climate change, he popularized the term Anthropocene to describe a proposed new epoch in the Quaternary period when human actions have a drastic effect on the Earth. He was also amongst the first few scientists to introduce the idea of a nuclear winter to describe the potential climatic effects stemming from large-scale atmospheric pollution including smoke from forest fires, industrial exhausts, and other sources like oil fires.

3 December 1933

Born on the same birth date (3 December 1933): Nicolas Coster

Born on the same birth day (3 December): Avraam Papadopoulos • Craig Raine • Frank Sinclair • Hal Steinbrenner • Jenna Dewan • Manuel Arana • Maxim Korobov • Moyra Fraser • Steven Culp • Yelena Zadorozhnaya

Born in the same month (December 1933): Akihito • Aquilino Pimentel Jr. • Ashleigh Brilliant • Basil Heatley • Dick Ricketts • Edward Bunker • Flip Wilson • Gennadiy Agapov • Jackie Hendriks • John Hartle • John Y. Brown Jr. • Kevan Gosper • Peter Harding (RAF officer, born 1933) • Philip R. Craig • Robert Worcester • Timité Bassori • Violette Verdy • Wink Martindale