- Born
- Yakov Borisovich Zeldovich, (Я́ков Бори́сович Зельдо́вич) , 8 March 1914, Minsk , Minsk Governorate , Russian Empire , (now Minsk in Belarus )
- Died
- 2 December 1987 (1987-12-02) (aged 73), Moscow, Russia , Soviet Union
- Resting place
- Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow
- Siglum
- YaB
- Citizenship
- USSR
- Alma mater
- Saint Petersburg State University
- Awards
- Friedmann Prize (2002) , Dirac Medal (1985) , Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1983) , Bruce Medal (1983) , Kurchatov Medal (1977) , Lenin Prize (1957) , Hero of Socialist Labor (1949, 1954, 1956)
- Fields
- Physics
- Institutions
- Institute of Chemical Physics , Moscow State University , Sternberg Astronomical Institute
- Thesis
- Theory of Nitrogen Oxidation (1939)
- Doctoral advisor