About
Vladimir Kosma Zworykin was a Russian-American inventor, engineer, and pioneer of television technology. Zworykin invented a television transmitting and receiving system employing cathode-ray tubes.
Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Milestones, by age
Dated facts from Wikidata; ages marked “about” come from year-only dates.
- ~62Received the IEEE Medal of Honor1951
- ~63Received the Edison Medal1952
- ~77Received the National Medal of Science1966
Sources
Every fact on this page traces to one of these.
Sources (2)
- Vladimir K. Zworykin (Q296545) · Wikidata
- Vladimir K. Zworykin · Wikipedia
Also born on July 30
Notable birthday twins
- Benjamin de Rothschild · 1963–2021 · Swiss banker
- Dominika Kulczyk · 1977 · Entrepreneur
- Lev Leviev · 1956 · Entrepreneur
- Arnold Schwarzenegger · 1947 · Entrepreneur
- Emily Brontë · 1818–1848 · Author
- Henry Ford · 1863–1947 · Entrepreneur