Q7186

Polish-French physicist and chemist (1867–1934)

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Q7186 refers to Marie Curie, a Polish-French scientist who made groundbreaking discoveries in physics and chemistry during the late 1800s and early 1900s. She matters because her research on radioactivity fundamentally changed our understanding of atomic science and earned her multiple Nobel Prizes, making her one of history's most influential scientists.

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Film & TV

Acting · Warsaw, Poland

Known for

Duels of History2024
100 Years of the Atom — Self (archive footage)2020
The Genius of Marie Curie: The Woman Who Lit up the World — Herself (archive footage)2013
Marie Curie: Beyond the Myth — Self2011
Life Begins Tomorrow — Self (archive footage)1950

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Type: Person
Gender: Female
Country: France
Active from: 1867
Active to: 1934

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Authority record · VIAF

Lifespan: 1867–1934
Nationality: FR, PL
Role / Field: Physicists, Fyzicky, Chemists, Chemicky, Zinatniece, Chemia
Language: fre, pol, fra
Gender: Female

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Described at

Marie Curie - Marie Curie and Her Legend

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birth name: Marya Salomea Skłodowska
Commons category: Marie Curie
date of birth: 1867-11-07
date of death: 1934-07-04
Erdős number: 7
name in native language: Maria Skłodowska-Curie
Commons gallery: Maria Skłodowska-Curie
Commons Creator page: Marie Curie
IPA transcription: ˈmarja salɔˈmɛa skwɔˈdɔfska
P6482: Q7186
described at URL: history.aip.org/exhibits/curie/romleg.htm
P8168: Joseph Trumbull

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Maria Salomea Skłodowska Curie ( Polish: [ˈmarja salɔˈmɛa skwɔˈdɔfska kiˈri] ; née Skłodowska; 7 November 1867 – 4 July 1934), better known as Marie Curie (/ˈkjʊəri/ KURE-ee; French: [maʁi kyʁi] ), was a Polish and naturalised-French physicist and chemist. She shared the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics with her husband Pierre Curie "for their joint researches on the radioactivity phenomena discovered by Professor Henri Becquerel". She won the 1911 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "[for] the discovery of the elements radium and polonium, by the isolation of radium and the study of the nature and compounds of this remarkable element".

She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person to win a Nobel Prize twice, and the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two different scientific fields. Marie and Pierre were the first married couple to win the Nobel Prize and launching the Curie family legacy of five Nobel Prizes. She was, in 1906, the first woman to become a professor at the University of Paris.