Pavel A. Cherenkov
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1958.
Born: 28, Jul, 1904, Novaya Chigla, Russia
Died: 6, Jan, 1990, USSR (now Russia)
Prize motivation: "for the discovery and the interpretation of the Cherenkov effect"
Affiliation at the time of the award: P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Moscow, USSR (now Russia)
Prize share: 1/3