EntityQ360445· pop 28· linked from 623 articlesNick HolonyakSign in to saveAmerican physicist (1928–2022)Person · Open LibraryWorks0via Open Library + WikidataConnectionsOpticaEntityJack KilbyEntityInstitute of Electrical and Electronics EngineersEntityVint CerfEntityElias James CoreyEntityJohn BackusEntityRobert NoyceEntityUniversity of Illinois Urbana–ChampaignEntityBob KahnEntityNational Medal of ScienceEntityRobert WeinbergEntityRobert H. DennardEntityJohn R. PierceEntityBill PickeringEntityBradford ParkinsonEntityUnited StatesCountryRussiaCountryJapanCountryUnited KingdomCountryGeorge W. BushPersonCategories1928 births2022 deaths20th-century American inventors21st-century American inventorsAmerican optical engineersAmerican people of Rusyn descentBenjamin Franklin Medal (Franklin Institute) laureatesDraper Prize winnersElectrical engineering academicsFellows of Optica (society)Fellows of the American Physical SocietyForeign members of the Russian Academy of Sciences